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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 Covered. The Law in the Ark, was covered by the Mercy-Seat; So our Sin against the Law, is covered by the Messiah, our Great Propitiatory.
1 Covered. The Law in the Ark, was covered by the Mercy-Seat; So our Sin against the Law, is covered by the Messiah, our Great Prepitiatery.
2 No guile. D. Kimchi describes him well; He that hath a purpose, never to return unto the Sin that he repents of.
3, 4 Austin will have the Fever here complained of, to be that of raging Concupiscence. A terrible Observation! That Sin keeps a strong and a strange hold on the minds of Men, till it be by a Penitent Confession repented of.
6 Compare Isai. LV. 6.