The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…

However, by Psalms we are assured is intended the Book of Psalms, or those called the Psalms of David, because we read not in all the Scripture of any called Psalms but them only; so that the Form of these are contained in God's Word; I hope these will not be called Human• ▪ The Holy Ghost hath enjoined the Singing of Psalms particularly, and many of the Psalms of David, are, 'tis ⟨p. 97⟩evident, pure Gospel, i. e. Prophecies and Promises that relate or refer wholly unto Gospel-times; and divers excellent Psalms there are, that be filled full of the High Praises of God for Christ, and the Blessings and Privileges Christians receive by him; tho I do not judg all the Psalms of David are so suitable to our days, nor can be so properly sung as some others, to the Edification of the Church. But,

However, by Psalms we are assured is intended the Book of Psalms, or those called the Psalmes of David, because we read not in all the Scripture of any called Psalms but them only; so that the Form of these are contained in God's Word; I hope these will not be called Human• ▪ The Holy Ghost hath enjoined the Singing of Psalms particularly, and many of the Psalms of David, are, 'tis ⟨p. 97⟩evident, pure Gospel, i. e. Prophecies and Promises that relate or refer wholly unto Gospel-times; and divers excellent Psalms there are, that be filled full of the High Praises of God for Christ, and the Blessings and Priviledges Christians receive by him; tho I do not judg all the Psalms of David are so sutable to our days, nor can be so properly sung as some others, to the Edification of the Church. But,

I do not find any Man giving any convincing Argument, that no Hymns that are made out of God's Word, or putting other Scripture-Songs, as the Canticles, &c. into Verse, or proper Measure to be sung, are excluded in those words, Psalms, and Hymns and Spiritual Songs. I am of the same Mind with those Learned Men that Mr. Wilson in his Dictionary, and others speak of, that Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs comprehend all kinds of Spiritual Songs, whereby the Faithful sing to the Glory of God, and the Edification of the Church, provided they are taken out of the Word of Christ. Moreover, I have met with a Piece written by a very Learned Man, who after he hath given the Sense of some Men about the Titles of the Psalms, and various Acceptation of the words, Psalms, Hymns and spiritual Songs, speaks thus, Yet I must tell you by the way, that these words in the Hebrew do not make such a precise difference: For Tehillim is the general Title of all the Psalms; Mismor the particular Title of most Psalms, as well as of the Psalms of Degrees: Nor do the Greek