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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 CXLIII. PSALM.
THE Prophetic Spirit here makes a Prayer for the Church, and for the Jewish Nation, lying in the State of Death, which is now described in the Prophecies of Ezekiel; and particularly Prays for the Out pouring of the Spirit, in such Gifts as are to be expected at the Second Coming of the Messiah.
But, O Christian, Think on thy Dying and Risen SAVIOUR ‖
10 Dr. Patrick finds the Psalmist longing to get into an honest Country. But, O Christian, Tis an Heavenly World that is the true Land of Rectitude.