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Five disputations of church-government and worship

Name: Five disputations of church-government and worship
Author: Richard Baxter

Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659

[10], 38, [10], 24, 492 p. · 215k words · Wing B1267 · ESTC R13446

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Qu. Whether Humane Ceremonies be Necessary or Profitable to the Chu… › Chapter 2: Such Ceremonies as God hath forbidden, or given man no Power to institute, are not to b…

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§. 10. 4. God hath not determined in what language the Scripture shall be read or preached to such or such a congregation (though by the general Rule, that all be done to edification, and that we speak to the understanding, there is sufficient direction for it) But he that commandeth us to preach, implieth that we translate the Scripture, and preach and read in a language fittest for the peoples edification. And if (as in many places of Wales) there be two languages equally understood, we may indifferently choose that which we think most agreeable to the general rules.

§. 10. 4. God hath not determined in what language the Scripture shall be read or preacht to such or such a congregation (though by the generall Rule, that all be done to edification, and that we speak to the understanding, there is sufficient direction for it) But he that commandeth us to preach, implyeth that we translate the Scripture, and preach and read in a language fittest for the peoples edification. And if (as in many places of Wales) there be two languages equally understood, we may indifferently choose that which we think most agreeable to the generall rules.

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§. 11. 5. The Scripture hath commanded us in general to sing Psalms: but it hath not told us whether they shall be in R•thme, or Meter, or in what tune we shall sing them. These modes are left to humane Prudence to determine of.

§. 11. 5. The Scripture hath commanded us in generall to sing Psalms: but it hath not told us whether they shall be in R•thme, or Meeter, or in what tune we shall sing them. These modes are left to humane Prudence to determine of.

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