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Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

Name: Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Author: Cotton Mather

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.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 119k words · Evans 1946

Title page: Oberlin College Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Book 1 › Psalm 11: PSALM. XI. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

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.

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4 Why? the ETERNAL One is in ‖ His holy Temple still; ‖ And the ETERNAL One has in ‖ the Heavens above His Throne. ‖ His eyes exactly do behold ‖ all that is done below: ‖ His eye-lids do discover well ‖ the Sons of Earthly Man. ‖

4 Why? the ETERNAL One is in ‖ His holy Temple still; ‖ And the ETERNAL One has in ‖ the Heav'ns above His Throne. ‖ His eyes exactly do behold ‖ all that is done below: ‖ His eye-lids do discover well ‖ the Sons of Earthly Man. ‖

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5 Th' ETERNAL God makes trial of ‖ him that's a righteous Man: ‖ But his Soul hates a wicked man, ‖ and him that loves to force. ‖

5 Th' ETERNAL God makes tryal of ‖ him that's a righteous Man: ‖ But his Soul hates a wicked man, ‖ and him that loves to force. ‖

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6 Upon the wicked He shall rain, ‖ snares free and sulphur down; ‖ a Spirit also full of storm's ‖ the portion of their cup. ‖

6 Upon the wicked He shall rain, ‖ snares fre and sulphur down; ‖ a Spirit also full of storm's ‖ the portion of their cup. ‖

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

Boston

Printer

S. Kneeland

Bookseller

B. Eliot

Year

1718

Size

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Words

118,775

Catalogue

Evans 1946

Text

Evans-TCP N01640

Passages

3,865

Sections

364

Title page

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

ILLUSTRATIONS on the XI. PSALM.

PSALM XII. To the Chief Musician, Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

ILLUSTRATIONS on the XI. PSALM.

PSALM XII. To the Chief Musician, Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

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