N01640:3735

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)

Appendix › Part 12: XII. The Beatitudes.

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.

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XII. The Beatitudes.

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Matth. V. 3.—13.

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I. Blessed the Poor in Spirit are, † for theirs the Kingdom of the Heavens. †

I. BLessed the Poor in Spirit are, † for theirs the Kingdom of the Heavens. †

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II. Blessed are very Mournful ones, † for that they shall be Comforted. †

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III. Blessed the Meekly Patient are, † for they inherit shall the Earth. †

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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

Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…

XII. The Beatitudes.

Matth. V. 3.—13.

XIII. The Song of Simeon.

Luk. II. 24,—32.

XIV. A Golden Chain.

2 Pet. I. 5, 6, 7.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

XII. The Beatitudes.

Matth. V. 3.—13.

XIII. The Song of Simeon.

Luk. II. 24,—32.

XIV. A Golden Chain.

2 Pet. I. 5, 6, 7.

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