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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 XXXIV. PSALM.
Behold, The Praises which the Messiah gives unto His Father, for carrying Him through' His wonderful sufferings!
BEhold, The Praises which the Messiah gives unto His Father, for carrying Him thro' His wonderful sufferings!
5 They; All Good Men that hear the Story, GOD will revive and quicken them, from this Experience.
7 Encampeth. Here seems to be an eye upon Mahanaim [Gen. XXXII. 1, 2.] And is not this the special instance of Goodness, which the next Verse refers to? Upon the mention of these words, Origen has a Note, That when the Faithful Servants of GOD are assembled in His Churches, their Guardian-Angels are there present with them, so as to make a Double Church, one of Men, another of Angels. Compare,