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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.
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.
The Primitive Christians used the Psalm to express their Joy, for the blessed Union of the Jews and Gentiles, which had been as distant from one another as, Hermon from Zion.
2 Aaron, on the Collar of his Garment, bore the Names of all the Tribes of Israel; they were all perfumed.
3 Modern Travellers tell us, they found themselves ••et with the Dew of Hormon, falling in the Night, […] it had ra••'d upon them.
3 Modern Travellers tell us, they found the•selves ••et with the Dew of Hormon, falling in the Night, it had ra'd upon them.