An Essay on Psalmody ...1775 - Bible - 368 pages |
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... subject of these divine hymns plain and clear , and to re- ftore the finging of them in the congre- gation to their primitive usefulness . This is my present attempt . Succefs in it de- pends on help from God . He revealed the book of ...
... subject of these divine hymns plain and clear , and to re- ftore the finging of them in the congre- gation to their primitive usefulness . This is my present attempt . Succefs in it de- pends on help from God . He revealed the book of ...
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... subjects mix faith , and can then fing them with a hope full of glory and immortality . The pfalms throughout fo describe the king of faints , that they who partake of his grace may find in them continual exercise of their faith , and ...
... subjects mix faith , and can then fing them with a hope full of glory and immortality . The pfalms throughout fo describe the king of faints , that they who partake of his grace may find in them continual exercise of their faith , and ...
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... book . It gives an ac- count of the subject , and is an abridgment of it , containing in fubftance what is largely handled in the other parts . For Chrift is here here described under the character of that perfect perfon , [ 16 ]
... book . It gives an ac- count of the subject , and is an abridgment of it , containing in fubftance what is largely handled in the other parts . For Chrift is here here described under the character of that perfect perfon , [ 16 ]
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... unto the Lord . Thefe three names take in the subject of the whole book - the hymns contain the praifes of Immanuel , our fun of righteouf- nefs - the pfalms treat of his taking our nature , - nature , and in it being cut off for [ 30.
... unto the Lord . Thefe three names take in the subject of the whole book - the hymns contain the praifes of Immanuel , our fun of righteouf- nefs - the pfalms treat of his taking our nature , - nature , and in it being cut off for [ 30.
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... subjects treat- ed of in the facred poetry ; hymns are in praise of Immanuel , fpiritual fongs are in praise of his fpiritual kingdom , according to the fenfe of the words in the Hebrew , and according to the translation of them in the ...
... subjects treat- ed of in the facred poetry ; hymns are in praise of Immanuel , fpiritual fongs are in praise of his fpiritual kingdom , according to the fenfe of the words in the Hebrew , and according to the translation of them in the ...
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