N01640:609
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.
9 Yea, and remember, O Christian, If thou art […] lest unto an Angry Impatience under thy Trials, […] will ben Sign, that GOD has not put thee away.
9 Yea, and remember, O Christian, If thou art 〈…〉 lest unto an Angry Impatience under thy T•yals, 〈…〉 will ben Sign, that GOD has not put thee away.
10 Is it not an Allusion to the Journey of Israel through the Wilderness? When the Three first Squadrons were passed on, the Fourth were to gather up, the Sick, and the Weak, and the Lame, that had been left behind.
13 This present World, alas, 'tis rather the Land of the Dying, than the Land of the Living. Believer, Look forwards, look upwards! The Ancients, both Jews & Christians, expounded, The Land of the Living, to mean, The World to come. Think on the New Earth, in the Kingdom of our SAVIOUR. Think on Mat. V. 3.