02234nam 2200421Ia 450 99638758660331620221108033314.0(CKB)1000000000626157(EEBO)2240922363(UnM)99897722(UnM)9929055300971(EXLCZ)99100000000062615719990107d1647 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The whole Book of Psalmes, faithfully translated into English metre: Whereunto is prefixed a discourse, declaring not onely the lawfullnesse, but also the necessity of the heavenly ordinance of singing Scripture psalmes in the churches of God[electronic resource][Cambridge, Mass. Stephen Daye]Imprinted 1647[14], 274 pThe first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm book. Translated by Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld, among others. The preface is usually attributed to Mather, but this is disputed by Zoltan Haraszti, who attributes it to John Cotton. Cf. Haraszti's The enigma of the Bay Psalm book, 1956, p. 12-27.Printed at the press in Cambridge, Mass., supervised by Stephen Day (variously Daye). Day's son Matthew may have been responsible for the actual printing.Place of publication and publisher's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.Reproduction of original in the John Carter Brown Library.eebo-0114Music in churchesEarly works to 1800PsalmodyEarly works to 1800Music in churchesPsalmodyCotton John1584-1652.793681Eliot John1604-1690.1001904Mather Richard1596-1669.1001806Weld Thomas1590?-1662.793398Cu-RivESCu-RivESWaOLNBOOK996387586603316The whole Book of Psalmes, faithfully translated into English metre: Whereunto is prefixed a discourse, declaring not onely the lawfullnesse, but also the necessity of the heavenly ordinance of singing Scripture psalmes in the churches of God2355532UNISA