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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 Quite contrary the wretched Ethics taught by that grand Apostle of Satan, Aristotle; who commends for a Virtue, an Indignation at the Prosperity of unworthy Men.
1 Quite contrary the wretched Ethicks taught by that grand Apostle of Satan, Aristotle; who commends for a Vertue, an Indignation at the Prosperity of unworthy Men.
3 David Kimchi so glosses it; Pasce alios, ubicunque habitas, insiructione in vijs Domini.
6 Kimchi's Gloss is, Men shall plainly see & own, that thou art a Righteous Man.
14 'Tis an Observation of R. Solomons; Pauper et egenus, in Psa•mis, semper de Israele dicuntur. The poor and needy always mean Israel.