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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.
VI. Flaming Love.
6 O Set me as a Seal upon ‖ thine Heart; O set me as ‖ a Seal upon thine Arm: For Love ‖ it is as strong as Death. ‖ Oh! Jealousy, it is severe ‖ as is the very Crave; ‖ Its Arrows are Arrows of Fire, ‖ Flames of the Fire of God. ‖
7 Love, many Waters cannot quench, ‖ nor drown it can the Floods; ‖ should one give all He's worth for Love, ‖ it would be but despised. ‖
7 Love, many Waters cannot quench, ‖ nor drown it can the Floods; ‖ should one give all He's worth for Love, ‖ it would be but despis'd. ‖