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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 CXLIX. PSALM.
The Psalm is fitted unto the Time, when the Messiah reigns over the restored Jewish Nation; and and their Joy on the Occasion mentioned it the XXXVIII of Ezekiel, and the XIV of Zechariah.
THe Psaim is fitted unto the Time, when the Messiah reigns over the restored Jewish Nation; and and their Joy on the Occasion mentioned it the XXXVIII of Ezekiel, and the XIV of Zechariah.
3 Tripudiating Joy. Or, the Dance. They Praise the Lord in the Dance, who use much Activity, in the Praising of God; They who are ever in Motions which have a Tendency to utter or produce the Praises of God; They who also associate with others in Vigorous Essays to do those things wherein God may be glorified. Behold the Dance of the Evangelical Dispensation. The Choreutic Agitations of the Body, are too mean things to be chiefly intended here.
4 When God shall bestow Salvation on His People, He will also beautify them. How? Sanctify them. The Beauties of Holiness will be seen upon them.