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The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
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 morec melody in ⟨p. 216⟩your hearts, than the Music in your ear: for the singing with grace in our hearts, is that which the Lord is delighted withal, according to that old verse: Non vox, sed votum, non musica cordula, sed cor: Non clamans, sed amans psallit in aure Dei. 'Tis not the voice, but vow; Sound heart, not sounding string; True zeal, not outward show, That in God's ear doth ring.
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 morec melody in ⟨p. 216⟩