Touching the first, certainly the singing of Davids psalms was an acceptable worship of God, not only in his ow•e, but in succeeding ti•e• ▪ as in Solomons time 2 Chron. 5.13. in […] time 2 chron. 20.31. in Ez•• […] time Ez•a 3.10, 11. and the text is evident in Hezekiahs time they are commanded to sing praise in the words of David and Asaph, 2 chron. 29, 30. which one place may serve to resolve two of the questions (the first and the last) at once▪ for this commandment was it ceremonial ⟨image ?⟩or moral? some things in it indeed were ceremonial, as their musical instruments &c but what ceremony was there in singing praise with the wo•ds of David and Asaph? what if David was a type of Christ, was Asaph also? was every thing of David typical? are his words (which are of moral, universal, and perpetual authority in all nations and ages) are they typical? what type can be imagined in making use of his songs to praise the Lord? If they were typical because the ceremony of musical instruments was joined with them, then their prayers were also typical, because they had that ceremony of incense admixt with them: but we know that prayer then was a moral duty, notwithstanding the incense; and soe singing those psalms notwithstanding their musical instruments. Beside, that which was typical (as that they were sung wi•h musical instruments, by the twenty-four orders of Priests and Levites. 1 chron 25.9.) must have the moral and spiritual accomplishment in the new Testament, in all the Churches of the Saints principally, who are made kings & priests Reu. 1.6. and are the first fruits unto God. Reu. 1• 4. as the Levites were Num. 3.45. with hearts & lips, in stead of musical instruments, to praise the Lord; who are set forth (as some judiciously think) Reu. 4.4. by twenty four Elders, in the ripe age of the Church, Gal. 4.1, 2, 3. answering to the twenty four order• of Priests and Levites 1 chron. 25.9. Therefore not some select ⟨image ?⟩members, but the whole Church is […] to teach one another in all the special singing of Davids psalms, some being called by the• th• [Greek or Hebrew]: psalms, some [Greek or Hebrew] Hymns some [Greek or Hebrew]: spiritual songs. •oe that if the singing Davids psalms be a moral duty & therefore perpetual; then we under the new Testament are bound to sing them as well as they under the old:
Touching the first, certainly the singing of Davids psalmes was an acceptable worship of God, not only in his ow•e, but in succeeding ti•e• ▪ as in Solomons time 2 Chron. 5.13. in 〈…〉 time 2 chron. 20.31. in Ez•• 〈…〉 time Ez•a 3.10, 11. and the text is evi••nt in Hezekiahs time they are commanded to sing praise in the words of David and Asaph, 2 chron. 29, 30. which one place may serve to resolve two of the questions (the first and the last) at once▪ for this commandement was it cerimoniall ⟨image ?⟩or morall? some things in it i•deed were cerimoniall, as their musicall instruments &c but what cerimony was there in singing prayse with the wo•ds of David and Asaph? what if David was a typeof Christ, was Asaph also? was every thing of David typicall? are his words (which are of morall, universall, and perpetuall authority in all nations and ages) are they typicall? what type can be imagined in making use of his songs to prayse the Lord? If they were typicall b•cause the cerimony of musicall instruments was joyned with them, then their prayers were alsotypicall, because they had that ceremony of incense admixt with them: but wee know that prayer then was a morall duty, notwithstanding the incense; and soe singing those psalmes notwithstanding their musicall instruments. Beside, that which was typicall (as that they were sung wi•h musicall instruments, by the twenty-foure orders of Priests and Levites. 1 chron 25.9.) must have the morall and spirituall accom•lishment in the new Testament, in all the Churches of the Saints principally, who are made kings & priests Reu. 1.6. and are the first fruits unto God. Reu. 1• 4. as the Levites were
