A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

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.

3. Singing may be sanctified for Conviction of sinners; Moses penned a Song, and God commands the people to sing it, Deut. 31.30. And this Song was to convince the sinful Israelites of their obstinacy and Apostasy.

3. Singing may be sanctified for Conviction of sinners; Moses penned a Song, and God commands the people to sing it, Deut. 31.30. And this Song was to convince the sinful Israelites of their obstinacy and Apostacy.

4. And if we are thus shy and scrupulous, with whom at last shall we join? Our Saviour himself had but 12 Apostles, and there was a Judas among them; what Constellation shall we aim at, where there is no blazing Comet or falling Star? Let us at last avoid that Language, stand further off I am holier than thee. It was but a Pharisaical boast to say, I am not as this Publican,