AnExpofationofthe 87. Pfalme. Verf. T. Church is in danger, mifery ,and calamity; by the confide- ration ofher founder, which is the Lord ?ehovaeb, ver1 j. ofhis fpeciall affection towards her, verfe z.'oftheglorious things, which are fpokenofher, verfe 3. as great encreafe and enlargement, by thecalling and conversion offorrain nations, verfe 4. great honour, by the regenerationor effe- c`tuall callingof many inher, and great fafety,by theLords own ef}ablifhment of her, verfe 5. and great renown, by inrowling her true members in his book, verfe 6. Laftly, joy and comfort unfpeakable, by the cheerful! fervice of God, and thewell-fprings, or fountains of faving graces The Title of in her, verfe 7. Before this Pfalme is this title. A Pfalmeor the Nairn ex- Fong for the fonmes of Korah. Which Title fhewes two plained. things ; the ufe of it in Gods fervice, and the parties, by whom it fhoul4be ufed. . For the ufe,it is a Pfalme or,Son?,or a Pfalme andSong, that is, an holy hymne, which was both to be played on their muficall inJruments, and to be lungwithvoice toge- ther. And here themu1icall intruments were to lead the voyce, as Pfalme 67. 1. and 68. 1. Sometime the voyce was to lead the inftruments,, as Pfalme48.-1., 4 song or Pfalme. Hereonwe neednot long infilt,becaufe this kind offing- ing waspeculiar to the TabernacleandTemple, and fo en- ded in Chrit: as Heb. 7.. r r , with 19. as Color. 2.17. î. O.bfervp. Yet thus much it íhewetht; That God required joy and tion. gladneffe iii his fervice, therefore would he -have inftru- mentsofjoy ufed in his fervice, which Davidprepared, ,c Chron, a 3.5 . and r Chron. 25. r . And tae bidsalihis peo- ple to rejoyce in their fulls, Deut. 16.11.14. whichfeafts did reprefent the livesofChrilians. And in Evangelical! worChip he requires maltingmelody ro :the Lord in their hearts, Ephef. 5. a 9. The reafon is great ; for in Gods fervice we have focie- TheReafon. tywith God, which is a juft caufeofexceeding joy. Here- in Godvouchfafeth us evidence of his fpeciall favour : and ifwefhall takeno delight therein, it argues feàrfell con- tempt
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