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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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Answ. 3. Let it be considered in the fear of God, whether the words of David and Asaph, sung with grace in the heart unto God, ⟨p. 19⟩be not as truly and properly (in the Apostles sense) the word of Christ, as any Song indited by the private gift of any Saint of God now living? If so, then the Apostle encourageth us to sing the Psalms of David and Asaph with their Spirit: If not, then there be Christians now, that are carried by a more infallible Spirit, then the Prophets were in old time. And yet Paul speaketh of the Saints now, as led by the Spirit of God, Rom. 8.14. But Peter speaketh of the Prophets then, as carried ([Greek or Hebrew]) by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. 1.21. Which putteth this difference, that such as are led by the Spirit may err; but such as are carried by the Spirit, are carried and lifted above themselves by the Holy Ghost, and cannot err: and so was David and Asaph.
Answ. 3. Let it be considered in the feare of God, whether the words of David and Asaph, sung with grace in the heart unto God, ⟨p. 19⟩be not as truly and properly (in the Apostles sence) the word of Christ, as any Song endited by the private gift of any Saint of God now living? If so, then the Apostle encourageth us to sing the Psalmes of David and Asaph with their Spirit: If not, then there be Christians now, that are carried by a more infallible Spirit, then the Prophets were in old time. And yet Paul speaketh of the Saints now, as led by the Spirt of God, Rom. 8.14. But Peter speaketh of the Prophets then, as carried (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. 1.21. Which putteth this difference, that such as are led by the Spirit may erre; but such as are carried by the Spirit, are carried and lifted above themselves by the Holy Ghost, and cannot erre: and so was David and Asaph.