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Singing of Psalms a Gospel-ordinance, or, A TreatiseSinging of Psalmes a Gospel-ordinance, or, A Treatise
Singing of Psalms a Gospel-ordinance, or, A Treatise wherein are handled these particulars 1. Touching the duty itself, 2. Touching the matter to be sung, 3. Touching the singers, 4. Touching the manner of singing / by John Cotton ...Singing of Psalmes a Gospel-ordinance, or, A Treatise wherein are handled these particulars 1. Touching the duty itselfe, 2. Touching the matter to be sung, 3. Touching the singers, 4. Touching the manner of singing / by John Cotton ...
London: printed for J.R., 1650
OF THE SINGING OF PSALMS. › Chapter 5OF THE SINGING OF PSALMES. › Chapter 5
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Say not these writings of the Apostles and Evangelists, of David and the Prophets, do not speak to the edification of the Church, but as they are expounded and applied by the spiritual gifts of the Ministers and people of God in each age. For the very reading of them is an Ordinance of God, and no Ordinance of God is empty and beggarly, and destitute of the Spirit: which is the vanity of mens traditions, and may not be imputed to any of Gods Ordinances.
Say not these writings of the Apostles and Evangelists, of David and the Prophets, doe not speake to the edification of the Church, but as they are expounded and applyed by the spirituall gifts of the Ministers and people of God in each age. For the very reading of them is an Ordinance of God, and no Ordinance of God is empty and beggarly, and destitute of the Spirit: which is the vanitie of mens traditions, and may not be imputed to any of Gods Ordinances.
Neither ought you to say, That in singing the Psalms of David, there is no more personal gift manifested, then there is in reading a stinted form of Prayer.
Neither ought you to say, That in singing the Psalmes of David, there is no more personall gift manifested, then there is in reading a stinted forme of Prayer.
For 1. in reading a stinted form of prayer, there is no gift of the Spirit at all manifested, but rather (as I conceive) a manifest breach of the second Commandment of God, which is a grieving of the Spirit. But in singing of the Psalms of David, there is a gift of the Spirit manifested, even the gift of obedience to the command of the Apostle. And that is the personal gift of him that singeth.
For 1. in reading a stinted forme of prayer, there is no gift of the Spirit at all manifested, but rather (as I conceive) a manifest breach of the second Commandement of God, which is a grieving of the Spirit. But in singing of the Psalmes of David, there is a gift of the Spirit manifested, even the gift of obedience to the command of the Apostle. And that is the personall gift of him that singeth.