N01895:43
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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WHEN the Pardoning Mercy of our GOD is to be implored, how pathetically, how effectually may we with the cries of our Spiritual Songs pierce the Heavens, ⟨p. 9⟩till our Hearts are melted with some Assurance of our Pardon?
WHEN we are Panting after the Dispositions of a Sanctified Soul, as the Hart after the Water-Brooks, our Spiritual Songs will be found, how sanctifying ones; and how likely to bring us into the very Feeling of what we are Asking for?
WHEN we are Afflicted very much, be the occasions what they will, what Consolations of GOD, which are not small, may we find in our Spiritual Songs, which GOD our Maker has given us for the Night, of those Dark Hours, which our Afflictions may bring upon us?
WOULD we know our Duty in every condition? Our Spiritual Songs will soon bring us to the Knowledge of it, yea, spur us to the Practice of it.