An Essay on Psalmody ...1775 - Bible - 368 pages |
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Page 37
... acceptable , well pleafing to God . No bleffing is beyond this . No joy is to be compared with the joy of this . If any one had been prefent who did not know the occafion of this wonderful rejoicing , and had afked good Hezekiah what ...
... acceptable , well pleafing to God . No bleffing is beyond this . No joy is to be compared with the joy of this . If any one had been prefent who did not know the occafion of this wonderful rejoicing , and had afked good Hezekiah what ...
Page 51
... the fubject , and made harmony there , then it became a delight- ful , as well as an acceptable fervice . But we fhall fee clearer evidence of this mat- ter , if we attend to C 2 CHAP- CHAP . IV . Some paffages in the new testament [ 51.
... the fubject , and made harmony there , then it became a delight- ful , as well as an acceptable fervice . But we fhall fee clearer evidence of this mat- ter , if we attend to C 2 CHAP- CHAP . IV . Some paffages in the new testament [ 51.
Page 62
... in Chrift Jefus . It is a fpiritual fervice , in which only the fpiritual man can join . No one can make any melody acceptable to God , who has not been first a partaker of • of the holy Ghoft . He is the Lord [ 62 11 ]
... in Chrift Jefus . It is a fpiritual fervice , in which only the fpiritual man can join . No one can make any melody acceptable to God , who has not been first a partaker of • of the holy Ghoft . He is the Lord [ 62 11 ]
Page 67
... acceptable to God , and a reasonable fer- vice . The apostle agrees in fentiment with the pfalmift : For thus he speaks to the Corinthians : " If I pray in an unknown " tongue , my spirit prayeth , but my un- " derstanding is unfruitful ...
... acceptable to God , and a reasonable fer- vice . The apostle agrees in fentiment with the pfalmift : For thus he speaks to the Corinthians : " If I pray in an unknown " tongue , my spirit prayeth , but my un- " derstanding is unfruitful ...
Page 69
... acceptable to God through Jefus Chrift . This is the melody of the heart . While it feels its infinite debt to free grace , is deeply con- vinced of its utter unworthiness , and is kept humble by the abiding sense of its imperfections ...
... acceptable to God through Jefus Chrift . This is the melody of the heart . While it feels its infinite debt to free grace , is deeply con- vinced of its utter unworthiness , and is kept humble by the abiding sense of its imperfections ...
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