N01895:56
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
WHEREOF the First Three are,
WHEREOF the Frst Three are,
Dirige Cor sursum; proffer been; respice sensum.
Dirige Cor sursum; profer bene; respice sensum.
TO GOD above direct thy Heart; He for thy Heart does call. With thy Voice duly bear thy part; And mind the Sense of all.
TO GOD above direct thy Heart; He for thy Heart does call. With thy Voice duely bear thy part; And mind the Sense of all.
BUT let this be one of the First Things prescribed. Study and Labour for such Impressions of PIETY on our Minds, as we may easily discover to have been upon the Minds of the Inspired Writers, at the Time when they wrote the spiritual Songs, which we are now Singing unto the Lord. An Exultation of PIETY in Singing unto GOD, has an Infinite Recommendation of it, from This; That the Prophetic SPIRIT, falling according to the Good Pleasure of GOD, upon the Children of Men, and His Good Angels possessing of them, one of the Gifts with which they were endowed, and one of the Acts to which they were excited, was that of Singing unto GOD. They could not but break forth into songs, wherein the Great Things of GOD were celebrated: When they came together, every one (whom Heaven Inspired for it) had a Psalus. Those Extraordinary Operations have been withheld from the Church, during the Three Years and an half (that is to say, Twelve hundred and sixty) wherein it must not Rain. And whether they will be revived, when that Period shall be Expired, and there will be a sound of abundance of Rain, 'tis known only to our Ascended Lord, who has the bestowing of them. In the mean time, This is what we have to do, that according to the Dispensation of the Day, we may Sing with the Spirit, and Sing also with Understanding. The Writers of our spiritual Songs were Holy Men of GOD; and had a