upon the Epiflle of J A M I s. VIRS.q. a Plalmin any toogu€, whidtgjfc being fo~; confirmation, could not be difcernt~d- if all th(j)uH joyo. I' C<!>nf,cfs this pratlice was,after the expiration of. the ag~ of Miracltfs,,ketpt up mthe: Ch1:1rch,as appeareth by that pa(flge of Tertultian cited before,, and among us·in eur Ca– t~edrals,wher~ ofaem on€ a-lone chanred,Jhe nefi being.filemn. But yet I £hould judg, that the•mofi.GmFlc performance of ~his dut}' is.as·'cis m>wprafl:ifed,the wh(j)le Co~regation joyning; this is moll fuitable to the preGde.nts ofScripture, where ~he daty isfpoken of without any relatiotH<:> that txtraordinary gift; as ENod. t 5. t. Then fang . Mofes and ~~~ Jfrael thu Song unto God: So 'cis fa id, 2 Chron. 5. 1 ;. they joyned together, &c. So Chrifi and his Apofiles fang an Hymn, and Paul and Si/M joyned, &c• . Others fcruple the Pfalms, becaufe they are done in Meeter and Rhyme ; avain cavil. Many learned tpen, as gomar14:4 and others, prove, That the Pfalms,of Da.vid.were penned in meafure, and with mufical accents: Certainly as we read them· in our Tr,anf1uion, a common ear may dlfcern chat they are of a different Hile and ca– dency from other Scriptures. So /tJ[ephm faith, The Song of Mo– fes was penned in Hebrew Hexameter Verfe; now ~here is no rea– fon,, but chat V~rfe maybe done into Verfe, or fuch Meecer with which Nation& are moR accufiomed. If tfue Scruple concinueth, flllch may f'mg nhe reading Pfalms, as hathbeem: ufed in Cathedrals ~ and,as .Auftin tepottt.th of .-itha~Mjim, that he. was pronuncianti, qu~Zm ciJ¥~tnti v-icini .r, that his tinging was rather amore deliberate andex~eoded pr.omunci.a-t-iolil. - Some {cruple Gnging as- afee and ufual Ordinance, ·urging ·chis Scripture which we ate now upon ; lJ 11ny merry ? let him jing Pfolms : In whith claufe the Apoftle fileweduhe chiefeft: feafon, . no·t the only time of perfermance; as in tbe other duty: Pr.aJer, 'cis to oo ptad:ikd at other times beGdes in lljfiiaion, though then itb€ moaneedful. So alfo·for jin,ging, 'ds not only ufeful when we· ""f: m~tfJ, that we may turn the coorfe of our affe~ions into a.-· religious ,channel, bu·t fometimes to bt>get fpiricual mirth, and to te di.vert ,our, fadnefs. PAul and Sil.u fang in prifon; and title Di.fciples;fang anHymtt after .the Supper of the Lord, though ou" . Lord was 1 prefemly tofuffer, and they were troubled ·at it, as appeareth '/ob. 1'4·1.- In that (~edhoHr they fang. · Some (cruple Gnging ofScltiptural Pfalms as {et byothers,bccaufe · tbt matter doth ~o~ .f~ ~it~ ~h~ir cafe, .but . ~elongetltto .other.– men~ 57'
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