Argem. 3. 362, ) sn fpecie, therefore many filch are left tohumane Prudential De- termination. The Minor isfufhciently proved by inflances. God bathmade it our Duty to Affemble for his Publick Wor(hip : But he bath not told us in what place ; nor in what feats each perfon .(hall fit. Yet fome place is necefftry : and therefore it is left to mans Determination : Nor hach he tied us for weekly Lectures to any one day; nor on the Lords day, to begin at any one certain hoar : and yet fume dayand hoar is necefftry ; which therefore man muff determineof. So God bath commanded us to read the Scriptures : But bath not told as whether they fhall be printedor written whether we (hall read withSpectacles or without ; what Chapter we (hail read on fuch or fuch a day ; nor howmuch at a time ivlinifl:rs mull preach in feafos and out of feabon : But whether theymuff Randor fit, or what text they (hail preach on, or how long, and whether in a preparedformof words or not, whether they (hall aft notes, or not, or ufe the Bible, or recite textsby memory, e -e. none of thefe things are determined by God ; and therefore are left to humane prudential decerminu tion. Abundance of Inch undetermined circumflhnces may be enumerated about Singing, Praying, Sacraments and all duties. Now that the formof Liturgy is ofttis nature is manifefl;God bath-bid us Pray ; but whether in fore -conceived words, or not, or whether in words of other mens firfi conceiving or our own, or whether oft in the fame words or various, and whether with aBook or without,thefe are no partsof Prayer at all, but only fuchundetermined Circumfiances or Modes as God bath left to our prudential Determination : And the forementioned In- fiances, about Reading, Preaching Singing,d c. are as pertinent toour yueflion as this ofPrayer, they being all parts of the Li- turgy, or publick fervice, as well as this. Argun). 3. There are many exprefs Examples in Scripture for forms of Gods fervice : therefore they are angaeffionably lawfrol. The .`7'falmsof Davidwere of common ufe in the Synagogues and Temple- worfhip, and alto in Private; and indiced to Inch ends. Hezekiah commanded the Levites to fing Praifeunto the Lord, with the words of David and of Afaph the feer, zCbron, 29.3 0.,. The 92. Pfalm is entitled [ A Pfalm or fong for the Sabiath
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