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Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
II. Another private duty is singing of Psalms, for this may and ought to be performed in your families, as well as in the Congregation. This David commends for one duty of the Sabbath, as Psal. 92. 1. The title of the Psalm is, A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath day. And thus it begins, It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, to sing praises unto thy Name, O most High. This Ordinance being questioned by some, and denied by others, I shall
1 Prove the lawfulness thereof.
2 Give you some directions for the right manner of performing the same.
First the lawfulness of singing Psalms doth appear both from Scripture, Example, and Reasons.
1 For Scripture-proofs there are many, both in the Old and New Testament; but not to mention those in the Old Testament, which may not prove so convincing. In the New we find it commanded by the Apostle to the Ephesians Speak to your selves in Psalms and Hymns,