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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.
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2. What is not now, may afterwards be thy condition; thou mayest fall, and then the 51th Psalm is accommodated to thee; thou mayest be under distempers, and then the 38th Psalm is not incongruous to thee; thou mayest be penitentially inclined, and then the 6th Psalm is well calculated for thy Condition.
2. What is not now, may afterwards be thy condition; thou mayest fall, and then the 51th Psalm is accommodated to thee; thou mayest be under distempers, and then the 38th Psalm is not incongruous to the; thou mayest be penitentially inclined, and then the 6th Psalm is well calculated for thy Condition.
Object. 3 But why must we be confined to David's Psalms?
Answ. Why? What more comprehensive and suitable to every condition? They are the Bible Epitomized; How full of sweet counsels, Divine raptures, humble complaints, hearty expressions of Love to God? Sometimes we may find David swimming in his tears, Psal. 6.6. Sometimes ravished with his joys, Psal. 43.4. Sometimes eclipsed with ⟨p. 189⟩distrust, Psal. 77.7. Sometimes raised with confidences, Psal. 30.7. The Psalms are a Christian's choicest Oracle to fly to in times of distress; And was not the holy Psalmist guided by an infallible Spirit? How often are the Psalms quoted by Christ?