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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.
The Psalteries were Violins, on which they played. with a Bow, Ten Strings belonged unto it; and the several Notes were managed with the Bow and the touch, as tis done on the Violins in our days.
The Psalterys were Violins, on which they play'd. with a Bow, Ten Strings belong'd unto it; and the several Notes were managed with the Bow and the touch, as tis done on the Violins in our days.
The Harps, had Twelve Notes, and every Note had its own String, which was managed with the Fingers, and could not be altered by the different way of touching.
The Levites were the only Persons that were to play on these Instruments. Indeed we read of David, and all the House of Israel, playing on Instruments, at the Transportation of the Ark. But Monsieur Jurieu thinks, this might be one of the Irregularities which occasioned the Death Unzah. At least it may be supposed, that this was not allowed of, Except in the Country and in private Houses. But in the Temple, no body durst play on Instruments, unless he were a Levite, or the Son of a Levite. We say, the Son of a Levite, because the Rabbi's tell us, that such of the Levites as were Singers, did use to bring their Sons along with them, into the Court of the Priest, tho they were not come to their Full Age required unto the performance ⟨p. 410⟩of any Service there on their own behalf. There is another Tradition of the Rabbi's, That is was allowable to make choice of Singers from among the People of Israel, provided they were by Marriage near akin to the Sacerdotal Race.
The Levites were the only Persons that were to play on these Instruments. Indeed we read of David, and all the House of Israel, playing on Instruments, at the Transportation of the Ark. But Monsieur Jurieu thinks, this might be one of the Irregularities which occasioned the Death Unzah. At least it may be supposed, that this was not allowed of, Except in the Countrey and in private Houses. But in the Temple, no body durst play on Instruments, unless he were a Levite, or the Son of a Levite. We say, the Son of a Levite, because the Rabbi's tell us, that such of the Levites as were Singers, did use to bring their Sons along with them, into the Court of the Priest, tho they were not come to their Full Age required unto the performance