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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 1 › Psalm 18: PSALM XVIII. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the Servant of the LORD, who spake…

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PSALM XVIII. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the Servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD, the words of this Song, in the day that the LORD delivered him from the •and of all his Enemies, and from the •and of Saul.

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1 O Thou ETERNAL God, I will ‖ love Thee, my Fortitude. ‖

1 OThou ETERNAL God, I will ‖ love Thee, my Fortitude. ‖

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2 The ETERNAL God my stone-defence;‖ my Tower too is He;‖ And He is my deliverer; ‖ He is my mighty God; ‖ He is my Rock; in Him I'll hope; ‖ He is to me a Shield; ‖ And He is that strong horn wherein ‖ all my salvation lies: ‖ He is that high Munition where ‖ my whole protection lies.‖

2 Th'ETERNAL God my stone-defence;‖ my Tower too is He;‖ And He is my deliverer; ‖ He is my mighty God; ‖ He is my Rock; in Him I'll hope; ‖ He is to me a Shield; ‖ And He is that strong horn wherein ‖ all my salvation lies: ‖ He is that high Munition where ‖ my whole protection lies.‖

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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

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

PSALM XVIII. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the Servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD, the words of this Song, in the day that the LORD delivered him from the •and of all his Enemies, and from the •and of Saul.

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