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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 XXXI. PSALM.
THE Haste of David, flying unto the Wilderness of Maou; [1 Sam. XXIII. 26.] seems to be mentioned in the Twenty second Verse of the Psalm; I said in my haste. But, Christian, Be sure to be hold thy Suffering SAVIOUR here! He died with the Fifth Verse of the Psalm in His Mouth.
2 David was now in a Rock; [1 Sam. XXIII. 25.] But, Lord, Thou art the only Rock!
4 The Net. The Treachery of the Ziphites, [1 Sam. XXIII. 10, 20.]