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Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original; but all in blank verse. : Fitted unto the tunes commonly used in our churches. Which pure offering is accompanied with illustrations, digging for hidden treasures in it; and rules to employ it upon the glorious and various intentions of it. : Whereunto are added, some other portions of the sacred Scripture, to enrich the cantional.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
ILLUSTRATIONS on the CIV. PSALM.
THE Works of Creation and Providence are here celebrated; and the Destruction of the Wicked, who have corrupted the use of these Works, is denounced. This, as Dr. Allie observes, chiefly relates to the Kingdom of the Messich; who is to execute the Curse expressed in the last. Verse of the Psalm.
THE Works of Creation and Providence are here celebrated; and the Destruction of the Wicked, who have corrupted the use of these Works, is denounced. This, as Dr. Alli• observes, chiefly relates to the Kingdom of the Messich; who is to execute the Curse express'd in the last. Verse of the Psalm.
Dr. Patrick thinks, That when David was treated by Nathan, as he was, about Evilding the Temple, he not long after fell into a Contemplation of the Divine Majesty, who having built this great World for His Temple, needed none of his Erecting. The Psalm here begins in Terms like those, 2 Sam. VII. 22.
Dr. Patrick thinks, That when David was treated by Nathan, as he was, about Euilding the Temple, he not long after fell into a Contemplation of the Divine Majesty, who having built this great World for His Temple, needed none of his Erecting. The Psalm here begins in Terms like those,