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The accomplished singer. Instructions how the piety of singing with a true devotion, may…
The accomplished singer. Instructions how the piety of singing with a true devotion, may be obtained and expressed; the glorious God after an uncommon manner glorified in it, and his people edified. : Intended for the assistance of all that would sing Psalms with grace in their hearts; but more particularly to accompany the laudable endeavours of those who are learning to sing by rule, and seeking to preserve a regular singing in the assemblies of the faithful. : [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed by B. Green for S. Gerrish, 1721
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§ 2. BUT this piece of Natural Worship is further Confirmed by a positive Institution of GOD our SAVIOUR for it. The Sacred Scriptures with which the Holy SPIRIT of GOD has Enriched us, have directed us unto this Way of Worshipping. In our Old Testament we there find it as a Command of GOD; but Calculated particularly for Times under the New-Testament: Psal. LXVIII. 32. Sing Praises unto GOD, ye Kingdoms of the Earth, O Sing Praises unto the Lord. And Psal. C. 1, 2. Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord, All ye Lands; Come into his Presence with Singing. The Ninety-fifth Psalm in our Psalter, does according to the Interpretation of our Apostle Paul, an Interpreter, One of a Thousand, certainly to be relied upon! — Prescribe the Duties of a Sabbath in the Days of the Gospel. But what is the First of those Duties? O come, Let us Sing unto the Lord, Let us with Psalms make a Joyful Noise unto Him. In our New-Testament it self ⟨p. 3⟩'tis a Thing so positively enjoined, that it must be a wonder, if any Christian can make any Question of it. How plainly is it commanded? Jam. V. 13. Is any cheerful among you, Let him sing Psalms. Yea, In the Pauline Epistles, we have it; how frequently, how earnestly inculcated! This Exercise is none of those Intrusions into our Worship, which the Worshippers in the Inner-Court, would see a Quo Warranto serv'd upon, 'Tis Warranted with a most Incontestable Institution.
§ 2. BUT this piece of Natural Worship is further Confirmed by a positive Institution of GOD our SAVIOUR for it. The Sacred Scriptures with which the Holy SPIRIT of GOD has Enriched us, have directed us unto this Way of Worshipping. In our Old Testament we there find it as a Command of GOD; but Calculated particularly for Times under the New-Testament: Psal. LXVIII. 32. Sing Praises unto GOD, ye Kingdoms of the Earth, O Sing Praises unto the Lord. And Psal. C. 1, 2. Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord, All ye Lands; Come into his Presence with Singing. The Ninety-fifth Psalm in our Psalter, does according to the Interpretation of our Apostle Paul, an Interpreter, One of a Thousand, certainly to be relied upon! — Prescribe the Duties of a Sabbath in the Days of the Gospel. But what is the First of those Duties? O come, Let us Sing unto the Lord, Let us with Psalms make a Joyful Noise unto Him. In our New-Testament it self