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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.
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.
Think on this, O Pretenders to a Justified State, and behold all Antinomian Presumptions fulminated. But one Singular Beauty on the saved People of God, and indeed one that prepares them for Salvation, is Meekness and Patience. Prosecute this with a Thousand Holy Meditations.
6 It hath been the Custom of all Nations, to prepare and excite themselves for a Fight, by some Instrument of Music. Clemens of Alexandria enumerates the Variety. But it was proper unto the Israelites, to go forth against their Enemies, with Psalms of Praise to the God, who had given great Victories unto their Ancestors.
6 It hath been the Custom of all Nations, to prepare and excite themselves for a Fight, by some Instrumen of Musick. Clemens of Alexandria enumerates the Variety. But it was proper unto the Israelites, to go forth against their Enemies, with Psalms of Praise to the God, who had given great Victories unto their Ancestors.