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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 CXXXIX. PSALM.
The Prophetic Spirit here teaches the Jewish Nation [Oh! would they learn!] how little able they are to hide themselves from the Judgments of GOD; And now they are to acknowledge GOD as their Maker and their Saviour; and Pray to Him for the Destruction of Antichrist and his Abettors.
THe Prophetic Spirit here teaches the Jewish Nation [Oh! would they learn!] how little able they are to hide themselves from the Judgments of GOD; And now they are to acknowledge GOD as their Maker and their Saviour; and Pray to Him for the Destruction of Antichrist and his Abettors.
9 'Tis astonishing to see what Passages there are in Plato. [De Leg. l. 10.] agreeable to these of the Psalmist. O Christian, the Light of Nature will teach thee such things as these.
14 Galen's Book, De Usu Partium, were a notable Commentary and Illustration on the Text now before us. And when he, who was a Pagan, cries out, Considera hic marabilem Creatoris Sapientiam, shall not we reflect, What Praises do I, that am a Christian, one to the Glorious GOD, upon the view of every thing that belongs to me!