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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.
Behold an Hymn to be Sung, when the Tribes of Israel shall be gathered and restored.
BEhold an Hymn to be Sung, when the Tribes of Israel shall be gathered and restored.
When the Tribes of Israel had no Strife, but who should be most forward in returning to their. Allegiance; and the Children of Judah were inclined as one Man, to bring back David unto his Kingdom, after the Rebellion of Absalom; then might he fall into this Rapturous Admiration of their Unity. This is Dr. Patrick's Tho't.
When the Tribes of Israel had no Strife, but who should be most forward in returning to their. Allegiance; and the Children of Judah were inclin'd as one Man, to bring back David unto his Kingdom, after the Rebellion of Absalom; then might he fall into this Rapturous Admiration of their Unity. This is Dr. Patrick's Tho't.
But the Psalm was aptly to be applied unto the Babylonian Captivity; when as Theodoret Notes, the Tribes which had been divided by the Imprudence of Rehoboam; were again united.