N01640:2490
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.
22 Behold a rare stroke in the Midrash Tillin; a rare stroke from the Infidel Jews: The Sun is the MESSIAH. Yea, they proceed further, to find Hell, the Dens of the Wild-Beasts.
24 Is every one of the Fixed Stars, whereof the Telescope has brought great Numbers into view, a Sun attended with a Chorus of Satellites? Come from our Sun and pass by the Planets in our System, and pass by the Mete•rs of our Atmospsiaere; In our Globe the Fossils are without Number. Of the Beasts including Serpents, we know 150 sorts; Of Birds 500; O• Fishes 500; the Shell-Fish Six times as many; Of Insects little short of 20000, according to Rays Computation, ⟨p. 278⟩Bauhinus finds of Plants, about 6000: But R•y concludes there are more than Triple the Number. But then what prodigious Numbers of Individuals in the several species! An amazing instance in the Acci, malcules discovered by Lewenhoeck, which discoveries are confirmed by others. No less than 45000 living Creatures in a quantity of Water no bigger than a grain of Millet. He affirins 8280000 of these living Creatures to be seen in a drop of Water, yea, Millions of Millions of Millions. Oh! Manifold Works! Oh! the Power, Oh! the Wisdom, Oh! the Majesty of our Glorious GOD!
24 Is every one of the Fixed Stars, whereof the Telescope has brought great Numbers into view, a Sun attended with a Chorus of Satellits? Come from our Sun and pass by the Planets in our System, and pass by the Mete•rs of our Atmospsiaere; In our Globe the Fossils are without Number. Of the Beasts including Serpe•ts, we know 150 sorts; Of Birds 500; O• Fishes 500; the Shell-Fish Six times as many; Of Insects little short of 20000, according to Rays Computation,