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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 9: How we may make Melody in our Hearts to God in Singing of Psalms. Serm. IX.
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. God hath Honoured this duty with glorious appearances. This we find upon record in 2 Chron. 5.13. And it came to pass, as the Trumpeters and Singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lift up their voice with Trumpets, and Cymbals, and Instruments of Music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever. Then the House was filled with a Cloud, even the House of the Lord. The Cloud was a certain sign of Divine presence in those times. A Cloud to rain blessings; a Cloud, because Divine brightness would over-power human sight; a Cloud, not to darken Service, but to denote the certainty of God's approach.
1. God hath Honoured this duty with glorious appearances. This we find upon record in 2 Chron. 5.13. And it came to pass, as the Trumpeters and Singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lift up their voice with Trumpets, and Cymbals, and Instruments of Musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever. Then the House was filled with a Cloud, even the House of the Lord. The Cloud was a certain sign of Divine presence in those times. A Cloud to rain blessings; a Cloud, because Divine brightness would over-power human sight; a Cloud, not to darken Service, but to denote the certainty of God's approach.
2. With Eminent Victories. This we find upon record, 2 Chron. 20.21, 22. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed Singers unto the Lord, that they should praise the Beauty of Holiness, as they went out before the Army, and to say, Praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever: And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the Children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, which came against Israel, and they were smitten. Israel's success follows Israel's singing. If the people of Israel will look to their Duty, God will look to their Enemy, and lay that Ambush which shall ensnare and overthrow their power.