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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.
How can a serious Christian sing in a mixed Congregation? The presence Object. 1 of the wicked will surely jar the Music, and give a very just Occasion of Offence.
How can a serious Christian sing in a mixed Congregation? The presence Object. 1 of the wicked will surely jar the Musick, and give a very just Occasion of Offence.
Many who forbear singing in the Congregation, will not forbear it in their Answ. 1 families: And is there no Ham, no Judas, no withered branch? Are all the Son• of Zion? Are all the Friends of the Bride-Chamber? This is not an usual Happiness.
Many who forbear singing in the Congregation, will not forbear it in their Answ. 1 families: And is there no Cham, no Judas, no withered branch? Are all the Son• of Zion? Are all the Friends of the Bride-Chamber? This is not an usual Happiness.
2. And are there not mixtures when we pray, and when we hear? and this scruple may be levelled against these as well as against singing. There is as much purity, and so ought to be in Petitioners and Hearers as in Singers. And why then are we not as curious in these duties as in Singing? which if we were, few would join with us in these solemn approaches. Let us not (Dear Christians) consult fancy, but reason and Scripture-proof.
2. And are there not mixtures when we pray, and when we hear? and this scruple may be levelled against these as well as against singing. There is as much purity, and so ought to be in Petitioners and Hearers as in Singers. And why then are we not as curious in these duties as in Singing? which if we were, few would join with us in these solemn approaches. Let us not (Dear Christians) consult fansy, but reason and Scripture-proof.