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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.
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.
2 The Resort of David had been to Cave• & Lurking Places, and Fortresses, and Strong Holds, and Rocks, and impregnable Forts, and high Mountaine. But now unto none of these does he ascribe any thing. 'Tis all ascribed unto GOD.
15 When accomplished? If David made the state of the Church of Israel his own (as every Ruler should!) —That Church had these things done for it in its Deliverance out of Egypt, and in some following Dispensations. But remember, here is a Prophecy as well as a History!
15 When accomplished? If David made the state of the Church of Israel his own (as every Ruler should!) —That Church had these things done for it in its Deliverance out of Egypt, and in some following Dispensations. But remember, here is a Prophecy as well as a Hisiory!