Secondly, This Duty and holy Ordinance of Singing in Gospel-Days is evident from these Prophetic Psalms. I may speak, saith Mr. W•lls, of Singing, as Paul speaks of Timothy's Ordination, 1 Tim. 4. 14. it was given by Prophesy. There are divers Prophecies in the Old Testament concerning Saints singing in Gospel-times, on Psal. 108. 2. saith he, M••r• observe•, that there David pours ⟨p. 50⟩forth his ardent Prayers and Wishes for the Kingdom of Christ. And so Divines observe, that the 100 Psalm is Prophetical; Make a joyful Noise unto the Lord, all ye Lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: Come before his Presence with Singing. O sing unto the Lord a new Song: Sing unto the Lord all the Earth. Here we, and all […] Gentiles be sure who believe in Christ, are required to sing, nay, and to come into his Presence, that is, into his Public Worship, with Singing. The like […] 1 Chron. 16. 23, 24. Sing unto the Lord all the Earth: show forth from day to day his Salvation. Declare his Glory among the Heat••; his marvellous Works among all Nations. So Psal. 66. 1, 2. Make a joyful Noise unto […] God, all ye Lands. Sing forth the Hono•• […] his Name: make his Praise glorious. Psal 21. 13. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thine […] strength: so will we sing, and praise thy Power. These, and many other Psalms, are, 'tis evident, Prophecies of Gospel-Times, when the old Boundaries of the Church should be broken down, to give an entrance unto the Gentiles into the Church of God; and to show us, that is the Jews in their Church-State were to celebrate the Praises of God by Psalms, so are we: and as Israel sang the Praises of God in the Wilderness, and at the Red Sea, and therein acknowledged the Benefits they received; so […] we, with Songs of Thanksgiving, show forth from day to day his Salvation, and declare his Glory among the Heathen, with a joyful and triumphant ⟨p. 51⟩Noise; otherwise we fall short of answering the Prophesy in our Day and Times, and render not to God the Duty he requires. And to all the prophetical Psalms, I might add that pregnant Prophecy recorded by the Prophet Isa, Chap. 52. 8. Thy Watchmen shall lift up the Voice, with the Voice together shall they sing.
Secondly, This Duty and holy Ordinance of Singing in Gospel-Days is evident from these Prophetick Psalms. I may speak, saith Mr. W•lls, of Singing, as Paul speaks of Timothy's Ordination, 1 Tim. 4. 14. it was given by Prophesy. There are divers Prophecies in the Old Testament concerning Saints singing in Gospel-times, on Psal. 108. 2. saith he, M••r• observe•, that there David pours ⟨p. 50⟩forth his ardent Prayers and Wishes for the Kingdom of Christ. And so Divines observe, that the 100 Psalm is Prophetical; Make a joyful Noise unto the Lord, all ye Lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: Come before his Presence with Singing. O sing unto the Lord a new Song: Sing unto the Lord all the Earth. Here we, and all 〈…〉 Gentiles be sure who believe in Christ, are required to sing, nay, and to come into his Presence, that is, into his Public• Worship, with Singing. The like 〈…〉 1 Chron. 16. 23, 24. Sing unto the Lord all the Earth: shew forth from day to day his Sal•ation. Declare his Glory among the Heat••; his marvellous Works among all Nations. So Psal. 66. 1, 2. Make a joyful Noise unto 〈…〉 God, all ye Lands. Sing forth the Hono•• 〈…〉 his Name: make his Praise glorious. Psal 21. 13. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thine 〈…〉 strength: so will we sing, and praise thy Power. These, and many other Psalms, are, 'tis evident, Prophecies of Gospel-Times, when the old Boundaries of the Church should be broken down, to give an entrance unto the Gentiles into the Church of God; and to shew us, that is the Jews in their Church-State were to celebrate the Praises of God by Psalms, so are we: and as Israel sang the Praises of God in the Widerness, and at the Red Sea, and therein acknowledged the Benefits they received; so 〈…〉 we, with Songs of Thanksgiving, shew forth from day to day his Salvation, and declare his Glory among the Heathen, with a joyful and triumphant
