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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.
6 We have a Key to this Passage, in 1. Sam. XXIV. 2. When the Judges of Israel, (Saul and his Officers,) were let down (to pursue and surprise David) by the Sides of the Rock (the Rocks of the Wild-Goats leading into the Cave;) Then they heard the Words of David's Apology for himself, which were so pleasing to Saul, that he went home, and gave over disturbing of David any more. Dr. Roberts gives us this Illustration in his Key of the Bible.
6 We have a Key to this Passage, in 1. Sam. XXIV. 2. When the Judges of Israel, (Saul and his Officers,) were let down (to pursue and surprise David) by the Sides of the Rock (the Rocks of th Wild-Goats leading into the Cave;) Then they heard the Words of David's Apology for himself, which were so pleasing to Saul, that he went home, and gave over disturbing of David any more. Dr. Roberts gives us this Illustration in his Key of the Bible.
7 Robusti Davidis erant a Davide dispersi. This is Aben-Fzra's Gloss.
Dr. Patrick's Paraphrase is this, They still persecute me, and the small Body of Men that follow me; whom they have reduced unto such Extremities, that like the Earth, when it is ploughed up, we break in Pieces and are ready to disperse, and flee for our Lives, with little hope of Safety.