N01640:3545

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

Name: Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Author: Cotton Mather

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.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) · 119k words · Evans 1946

Title page: Oberlin College Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Book 5 › Psalm 145: PSALM CXLV. Davids Praise.

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.

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9 Even to all the' ETERNAL God ‖ is ever [Oh! how] sweetly good; ‖ yea, and His tender mercies are ‖ towards all [the Works] that He has wrought. ‖

9 Even to all th' ETERNAL God ‖ is ever [Oh! how] sweetly good; ‖ yea, and His tender mercies are ‖ towards all [the Works] that He has wrought. ‖

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10 All thy Works, O ETERNAL God, ‖ shall [ever] celebrate thy Praise; ‖ and all that are thy gracious ones, ‖ they [ever] shall speak well of thee. ‖

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11 The Glory of thy Kingdom is ‖ what they shall speak [so much] about; ‖ and thine illustrious power is what ‖ they shall make [so much] mention of. ‖

11 The Glory of thy Kingdom is ‖ what they shall speak [so much] about; ‖ and thyn illustrious pow'r is what ‖ they shall make [so much] mention of. ‖

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Place

Boston

Printer

S. Kneeland

Bookseller

B. Eliot

Year

1718

Size

[2], xxxv, [1], 426 p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)

Words

118,775

Catalogue

Evans 1946

Text

Evans-TCP N01640

Passages

3,865

Sections

364

Title page

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

ILLUSTRATIONS on the CXLV. PSALM.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

ILLUSTRATIONS on the CXLV. PSALM.

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