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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 CXXIV. PSALM.
The Miraculous conservation of Israel among the Idolaters and Barbarians, who have often sought their entire Destruction, is here celebrated.
THe Miraculous conservation of Israel among the Idolaters and Barbarians, who have often sought their entire Destruction, is here celebrated.
8 The Jews apprehend, not only the Cause, but also the very Time of their great Redemption to be here mysteriously intimated. The Lord permitted Six Days to roll away, while He made Heaven and Earth. Even •o, they say, the Lord will not appear for their Help, till towards the End of the Sixth Millennium; For, A Thousand Years is with the Lord •s one day. Then their Soul will escape as a Bird out of the Snare of the Fowler.