N01640:2791
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.
Our Doctor Goodwin mentioning the application that some have made of a certain Text, unto our SAVIOUR, adds, I would there were a Thousand more of them, For the more such Lines of Prophecy about our JESUS, meet in one centre, the more ascertained we are, that He is that MESSIAH who was then to ⟨p. 312⟩come; and the Scriptures are discovered thereby, to be the more mysterious, and Himself the more Illustri••• And now, why may not our SAVIOUR be ultimate•• intended in the Psalm that is now before us. Christia•• Carry His Glory in thy mind, when thou readest the beginn•• of the •sa•m. When thou readest of the Po•• raised ou• of the Dust, and the Needy lifted out […] the Dunghill; thin• on the profound and wond••• Humil•at on of thy SAVIOUR, and His following E• altation. When thou re•dest of Him set with Princ•• consider Him S•tting on His Throne, surrounded with His Holy Angols. Lastly, When thou readest of […] Barren Woman becoming a Fruitful Mother; Wh• should not the stupendous Work of God that was d••• for the Virgin M•ry be thought upon? As well as […] Application, which the Chaldee Paraphrase, makes […] it unto the Church of Israel?
Our Doctor Goodwin mentioning the application that some have made of a certain Text, unto our SAVIOUR, adds, I would there were a Thousand more of them, For the more such Lines of Prophecy about our JESUS, meet in one center, the more ascertained we are, that He is that MESIAH who was then to