An Essay on Psalmody ...1775 - Bible - 368 pages |
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... ordinance of God they were intended to adminifter . I have long feen the defign of them greatly mistaken , and have long lamented the contempt put upon them . At last I have been per- fuaded to try to make the subject of these divine ...
... ordinance of God they were intended to adminifter . I have long feen the defign of them greatly mistaken , and have long lamented the contempt put upon them . At last I have been per- fuaded to try to make the subject of these divine ...
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... ordinance is so much neg- lected . The holy affections , which should be ftirred up by fo heavenly an exercise , are generally damped by it . When it is performed with coldness and indifference , how can it produce fenfations fuitable ...
... ordinance is so much neg- lected . The holy affections , which should be ftirred up by fo heavenly an exercise , are generally damped by it . When it is performed with coldness and indifference , how can it produce fenfations fuitable ...
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... ordinance , and I have been led to the following re- flections in order to try to bring it again into repute . Happy indeed fhall I think myself , if the Lord fhould be pleased to make use of them , as any way conducive to the finging ...
... ordinance , and I have been led to the following re- flections in order to try to bring it again into repute . Happy indeed fhall I think myself , if the Lord fhould be pleased to make use of them , as any way conducive to the finging ...
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... and glory , and this renders the pfalms precious , and finging them an high ordinance . Their God does meet them and bless them in finging pfalms . While they express their love love to him , he communicates his love to them [ 21 ]
... and glory , and this renders the pfalms precious , and finging them an high ordinance . Their God does meet them and bless them in finging pfalms . While they express their love love to him , he communicates his love to them [ 21 ]
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... ordinance to express our communion with them , and to bring us a foretaft of their happiness . From this paffage in Chronicles we fee the use of the pfalms in the old testament , and for what end they were then fung in the church . It ...
... ordinance to express our communion with them , and to bring us a foretaft of their happiness . From this paffage in Chronicles we fee the use of the pfalms in the old testament , and for what end they were then fung in the church . It ...
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