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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.
2 As we must sing with the heart, so with grace in the heart, that is, we must exercise the graces of Gods holy Spirit in singing, as well as in praying; labouring to express the same affection in singing the Psalm, as David had in penning the same; as if it be a Psalm of Confession, then to express some humility and brokenness of heart and spirit in singing it. If it be a Psalm of prayers and petitions, then must our affections be fervent. If a Psalm of praises and thanksgivings, then must our hearts be cheerful. And thus must the affection of the heart be ever suitable to the quality of the Psalm.
2 As we must sing with the heart, so with grace in the heart, that is, we must exercise the graces of Gods holy Spirit in singing, as well as in praying; labouring to express the same affection in singing the Psalm, as David had in penning the same; as if it be a Psalm of Confession, then to express some humility and brokenness of heart and spirit in singing it. If it be a Psalm of prayers and petitions, then must our affections be fervent. If a Psalm of praises and thanksgivings, then must our hearts be chearful. And thus must the affection of the heart be ever suitable to the quality of the Psalm.
3 It must be to the Lord, that is, as in the sight and presence of the Lord, and to his honour and glory. As the Apostle expresseth it in the next verse,1 Whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do it as in the name of Christ, so to the praise and glory of God, making his glory the main end and aim of what you do.
3 It must be to the Lord, that is, as in the sight and presence of the Lord, and to his honour and glory. As the Apostle expresseth it in the next verse,1 Whatsoever yee do, in word or deed, do it as in the name of Christ, so to the praise and glory of God, making his glory the main end and aim of what you do.
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