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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 XVIII. PSALM.
'TIS the Song of the Messiah on His Victory over Antichrist.
'TIS the Song of the Mossiah on His Victory over Antichrist.
1 Arnobius has a Gloss of Practical Piety. When 'tis come to this, that all our L•ves are swallowed up in this, I will Love Thee, O Lord; Then we are truly delivered from the hand of all our Enemies, that is to say, Our Vices; and from the hand of Saul, that is to say, The Prince of this World.
2 The Resort of David had been to Cave• & Lurking Places, and Fortresses, and Strong Holds, and Rocks, and impregnable Forts, and high Mountain. But now unto none of these does he ascribe any thing. 'Tis all ascribed unto GOD.