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A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Chapter 3 › Direction 15 › Directions for Glorifying God with our tongues, in his Praises.
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.
§. 25. Direct. 4. Be much in singing Psalms of praise, and that with the most heart-raising cheerfulness 1and melody: especially in the holy assemblies. The melody and the conjunction of many serious holy souls, doth •end much to elevate the heart. And where it is done intelligibly, reverently, in conjunction with a rational, spiritual, serious Worship, the use of Musical Instruments are not to be scrupled or refused, any more than the Tunes and Melody of the V•ic•.
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§. 26. Direct. 5. Remember to allow the praises of God, their due proportion in all your prayers. 1Use not to shut it out, or forget it, or cut it short with two or three words in the conclusion. The Lords Prayer begins and ends with it: and the three first Petitions are for the glorifying the Name of God, and the coming of his Kingdom, and the doing o• his Will, by which he is glorified: and all this before we ask any thing directly for our selves. Use will much help you in the Praise of God.
§. 26. Direct. 5. Remember to allow the praises of God, their due pr•portion in all your prayers. 1Use not to shut it out, or forget it, or cut it short with two or three words in the conclusion. The Lords Prayer begins and ends with it: and the three first Petitions are for the glorifying the Name of God, and the coming of his Kingdom, and the doing o• his Will, by which he is glorified: and all this before we ask any thing directly for our selves. Use will much help you in the Praise of God.