The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

Name: The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
Author: Lewis Bayly

The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author

Lewis Bayly d. 1631London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695

[17], 566 p. · 116k words · Wing B1502 · ESTC R29026

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THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. › Rules to be observed in singing of Psalm.

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.

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They are God's Word, take them not in thy mouth in vain.

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2 Remember to sing David's Psalms, with David's Spirit.

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3.¹ Practise Saint Paul's rule,^a I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing with the understanding also.

1Mat. 12. 43.
a1 Cor. 14. 15.

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4. As you sing,^b uncover your heads and behave your selves in comely reverence, as in the sight of God, singing to God, in God's own words: but be sure that the matter make more

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The book

Title as printed

The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author

Author

Lewis Bayly d. 1631

Place

London

Bookseller

Edward Brewster

Year

1695

Size

[17], 566 p.

Words

116,325

Catalogue

Wing B1502 · ESTC R29026

Text

EEBO-TCP A27107

Passages

1,251

Sections

155

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36