Breit. XIII. OfSanEli ccatian. 275 licly, 2 Sam xxiii. r, 2. yea, privately too, Pfairn xl. 3. 2 Chron. XXiX. 30. Pfalni cv. 2. Other fongs alfo were made upon íeveral occafions, and ufed, whether they were parts of the fcripture or no ; as Solomon made a thoufand and five, t Kings iv. 32. And they made fangsupon occafion. Which teach- eth that it is lawful for us to do fo, if they be accord- ing to the word, Ifa. xxxviii. 9, 14. The matter of fcripture may be fung, Pfalm cxiit. 54. Chrift and his difcipies lung a hymn, Mattli xxvi. 30. fuppof- ed to be one of David's pfalms: and they were writ- ten for our inftruaion, as well as other parts of fcripture, Rom. xv. 4, &c. and fo to he ufed now in tinging. They fpeak of the things of the New Teftament, either figuratively or clearly; and we may underftand them better now, than the Jews could, under the Old Teftament, 2 Cor. iii. 16. Gal. ii. 17 Chriftians heretofore praetifed this duty as well as Jews, Aas xvi. 25. Hence their anteluca ni hyanni (the hymns theyTung before day - light) were noted by Pliny a Heathen, Thefe fongs or hymns may be ufed at ail times, efpecially for holy mirth or rejoicing, James v. 13. But this text is not to be taken exciufively in finging, any more than in pray- er, Pfalrn xxxviii. 18. 2 Chron xxxv 25. Iiut the right manner of this duty is chiefly to be noted. And, here, (r.) Trull; not upon the melody of the voice ; as if that pleafed God, whodelighteth only in the melody of the heart, Col. iii. 16. Nei.. flier let the recreatingyour fenfesbe your end, which is but a carnal work : Non mufica chordula, fed cor ¡.on clamans, fed amans, pfallit in aure Dei ; " Not a mufical firing, but the heart; not crying, but " loving founds in the ear of the Lord." This fpi. ritual mufic was typified by mufical inftruments of old. (2.) You mutt ufe it for the fame end as medi.. tation and prayer, according to the nature of what is Tung, i. e. to quicken faith, 2 Chron. XX. 21, 22. Acts xvi. 25, 26. and joy and delight in the Lord, N na a
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