N01640:335
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.
4 Old Arnobius understands, the Names, not of […] Idols, but of the Idolaters. I will deny them,—s•• our SAVIOUR. The same Hebrew Word that fi•• fies Idols, also signifies Sorrows. Christian, Let G•• alone Reign in thy Soul, or thou shalt find them […] Fond People causing Images to be made of their d•• Relatives, and with passionate Sorrows, first hone u•• and then adoring of them; This gave rise to the W••• shipping of Images.
4 Old Arnobius understands, the Names, not of 〈…〉 Idols, but of the Idolat•rs. I will deny them,—s•• our SAVIOUR. The same Hebrew Word that fi•• fies Idols, also signifies Sorrows. Christian, Let G•• alone Reign in thy Soul, or thou shalt find them 〈…〉 Fond People causing Images to be made of their d•• Relatives, and with passionate Sorrows, first hone u•• and then adoring of them; This gave rise to the W••• shipping of Images.
7 q. d. In the darkest Night of Affliction, whe•• can't see my way, God secretly inspires my mind w•• wise tho•'s, and shows me what He would have […] to do.