N01640:2771
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.
1 The Jewish Rabbi's and the Midrash Tillin, remark, that it is Obedience rather than the Recompense of Obedience, that is the delight of the Godly Man. They bring the Alacrity of Abraham in his Obedience for an Example. The Truth is, The Picture of a•••ght••ms Man here seems drawn, with an eye very particularly on the Circumstances of our Father Abraham.
1 The Jewish Rabbi's and the Midrash Tillin, remark, that it is Obedience rather than the Recompence of Obedience, that is the delight of the God•y Man. They bring the Alacrity of Abraham in his Obedience for an Example. The Truth is, The Picture of a•••ght••ms Man here seems drawn, with an eye very particularly on the Circumstances of our Father Abraham.
4 And is not here an eye, to the Story of Abraham? Gen. XVI. 17. It was dark, and behold, a Burning Lamp. The comfortable support and Rescue which God gives to His People in their Darkest Hours of A••iction, seems to be promised, in Allusion to that Appearance.
4 And is not here an eye, to the Story of Abraham? Gen. XVI. 17. It was dark, and behold, a Burning Lamp. The comfortable support and Rescue which God gives to His People in their Dark•st Hours of A••iction, seems to be promised, in Allusion to that Appearance.