LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR THE

LOCATION OF COPIES.

AAS American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
AJHS American Jewish Historical Society, 531 W. 123rd St.,

AK

New York.

August Kohn, Esq., Columbia, S. C.

Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, 1320 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Mass.

British Museum, London, England.

Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.
Dr. Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.

Congregation Shearith Israel, New York.

Dropsie College for Hebrew & Cognate Learning, Phila-
delphia, Pa.

Edmund D. Coleman, Esq., 2160 80th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. George Alexander Kohut, New York.

ASWR

BA

БМ

BPL

CA

CSI

DC

EDC

GAK
HC

HEH

HSP

HUC

HVJ

H. V. Jones, Esq., Minneapolis, Minn.

JCB

JTSA

LC

LCP

LL

LMF

MHS

MJK

Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass.

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Ga-
briel, Cal.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O.

John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R. I.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York.
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Leeser Library, Dropsie College, Philadelphia, Pa.
Lee M. Friedman, Esq., Boston, Mass.

Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass.
Max J. Kohler, Esq., New York.

NJHS New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, N. J.
NYHS New York Historical Society, New York.
NYPL New York Public Library, New York.
Watkinson Library, Hartford, Conn.

WL

THE

VVHOLE

BOOKE OF PSALMES
Faithfully

TRANSLATED in ENGLISH
Metre.

Whereunto is prefixed a difcourfe de claring not only the lawfullnes, but alfo the neceffity of the heavenly Ordinance of finging Scripture Plalmes in the Churches of God.

Coll. 111.

Let the word of God dwell plenteously in you, in all wisdome, teaching and exhorting one another in Pfalmes, Himnes, and Ppirituall Songs, finging to the Lord with grace in your hearts.

lames v.

If any be afflicted, let him pray ̧andif any be merry let him fing pfalmes.

Imprinted
1640

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No. 1.

members, but the whole Church is commaund-
ed to teach one another, in all the feverall forts
of Davids pfalmes, fome being called by himfelfe

Hymans היללים pfalms, fome :מזמורים

fome: fpirituall (ongs. foe that if the
finging Davids pfalmes be a morall duty & ther-
fore perpetuall, then-wee under the new Testamer
are bound to fing them as well as they under the
old: and if wee are exprefly commanded to fing
Pfalmes,Hymes, and fpiritual! fongs, then either
wee mult fing Davids pfalmes, or elfe may affirm
they are not fpirituall fongs: which being penned
by an extraordiary gift of the Spirit, forthe fake
efpecially of Gods fpirtuall Ifraell, not to be
read and preached only (as. other parts of holy
writ) but to be fung alfo, they are therefore moft
fpirituall, and fill to be fung of all the Ifraell of
God: and verily as their fin is exceeding great,
who will allow Davids pfalmes (as other fcrip
tures) to be read in churches (which is one end)
but not to be preached alfo,(which is another end
foe their fin is crying before God, who will ab
low them to be read and preached, but feeke to
deprive the Lord of the glory of the third end of
them, which is to fing them in chriftian churches.
obj. If it be fayd that the Saints in the primi
tive Church did compile fpirituall fongs of their
owne inditing, and fing them before the Church.
Cor. 14, 15, 16.

Anf. We answer first, that thofe Saints compiled
thefe fpirituall fongs by the extraordinary gifts of

3.

No. 1.

Bay Psalm Book, 1640.

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