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book_n	age_n	write_v	year_n	1,957	5	4.7409	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44281	Gospel musick, or, The singing of Davids psalms, &c. in the publick congregations, or private families asserted, and vindicated, against a printed pamphlet, entitled, Certain reasons by way of confutation of singing psalms in the letter, objections sent in, in writing, scruples of some tender consciences by thy loving brother, N.H., D.D., M.M.S. ; vnto which is added, the iudgement of our worthy brethren of New-England touching singing of psalms, as it is learnedly and gravely set forth in their preface to the Singing psalms, by them translated into metre.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1644 (1644)	Wing H2567; ESTC R13654	26,991	33

prayer_n etc._n etc._n for_o hieron_n and_o augustine_n it_o make_v no_o matter_n which_o we_o put_v first_o though_o in_o age_n we_o know_v hieron_n be_v ancient_a than_o augustine_n we_o look_v to_o the_o order_n of_o time_n when_o man_n likely_a may_v write_v those_o thing_n we_o quote_v yet_o that_o man_n may_v not_o mistake_o think_v we_o mistake_v we_o put_v augustine_n first_o as_o young_a in_o age_n augustine_n 385._o 385._o who_o be_v make_v professor_n of_o rhetoric_n and_o hear_v ambrose_n as_o bucholcerus_n say_v about_o 385._o after_o write_v divers_a book_n 11._o aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr catechizandis_fw-la rudibus_fw-la retractat_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 11._o commend_v the_o church_n in_o egypt_n for_o their_o sweet_a ejaculatory_a sing_n say_v that_o not_o voice_n but_o devotion_n ascend_v up_o to_o god_n ear_n add_v that_o he_o will_v have_v their_o public_a sing_n to_o be_v such_o as_o that_o all_o the_o people_n may_v understand_o say_v amen_n he_o write_v also_o a_o 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