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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43345	Family-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms.	Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714.	1695 (1695)	Wing H1475A; ESTC R31532	28,341	86

Family-Hymns Gather'd mostly out of the best Translations of David's Psalms Psal. 118.15 The voice of rejoycing and of salvation is in the Tabernacles of the righteous Psalmis Hymnis cùm oratis Deum hoc versetur in corde quod profertur in voce Aug. Epist. 109. ad Monachas Licenced 15 January 1694 5. Edward Cooke LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns the lower End of Cheapside 1695. ERRATA IN the Preface p. 3. lin 13. r. cap. 9. p. 6. l. 21. r. pronuncianti Pag. 4. l. 11. for th' read the. p. 5. l. 27. add I. in the beginning of the line p. 9. l. 17. for Thou art then read Thus art thou p. 13. l. 21. for wo read who p. 17. l. 14. for fulness read fatness p. 19. l. 24. for on read in p. 22. l. 13. for will be perform'd read will we perform p. 23. l. 17. for adorn'd read advanc'd p. 29. l. 6. for Ages read Age. p. 45. l. 5. for ond read and. p. 49. l. 5. for Hill read Hills p. 53. l. 9. for was read wast p. 63. l. 18. add And in the beginning of the line TO THE READER MY Design in this Essay is to promote the singing of Psalms in Families as a part of their Daily Worship especially their Sabbath-Worship an Exercise which however it be now with other Instances of the warmest Devotion sadly disus'd yet was antiently practised by the generality of serious Christians who thus turn'd their Houses into Churches such Churches as Saint Paul speaks of Rom. 16.5 〈…〉 2. by praising God together and by teaching and admonishing one another in singing of Psalms If we ask for the good Old Way we shall f●nd this Path in it trodden by the Primitive Christians in the Church's early days among the particulars of whose Religion that Learned Pen which wrote the Primitive Christianity traceth remarkable Foot-steps of this Family-Exercise Part 1. Ch. 9. The sound of this Melody was not only heard in their Solemn Assemblies where it appears by many passages particularly that known Account which Pliny gives to Trajan of the Christians Epist. l. 10. to have been a considerable part of their Publick Worship but in their private Houses also where it seems to have been the common usage to sing Psalms with their Wives and Children especially at and after their Meals a practice commended by Clemens Alexandrinus Paedag. lib. 2. c. 4. by Chrysostom in Psal. 41. which made the Psalms so familiar to them that as Jerom tells us Epist. ad Marcel in the place where be liv'd you could not go into the Field but you should bear the Plow men and the Mowers and the Vine-dressers thus employ'd Sonet Psalmos convivium sobrium saith Cyprian Socrates Hist. Eccles. lib. 7. cap. 22. speaks of it as the practice of Theodosius the Emperor to rise early every morning to sing Psalms with his Sisters so that his Palace saith he was like a Monastery or Religious House 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And I have sometimes thought that the Service of the Monasteries in the degenerate Ages of the Church which is known to have consisted very much in Singing was but the remaining Form and Carcass of that Life and Power of Godliness and Religious Worship which had originally reign'd in most Christian Families That 's a good hint of Tertullian in his Book ad Uxorem written about the Year 205. lib. 2. cap. where cautioning Christian Women not to marry with Unbelievers he urgeth this against it that those who were so link'd could not have their Husbands to sing Psalms with them in their Houses whereas when those in that Relation draw together in the Yoke of Christ sonant inter duos Psalmi Hymni mutuo provocant quis melius Deo suo canet their only strife then is which shall be most affectionate and serious in singing Psalms And to come nearer our own day that is worthyour notice which Mr. Quick in the In roduction to his Synodicon tells us Vol. 1. p. 5. that the singing of Psalms in Families even those of the best Rank not only at their Morning and Evening Worship but at their Meals conduced very much to the strength and growth of the Reformed Religion in France in its first and best days And the Title page of our old English Translation of the Psalms into Metre set forth and allowed at the beginning of our Reformation in Edw. the 6th's Time recommends them to be sung in private houses for their godly solace and comfort And how the houses of the good old Protestants were perfum'd with this Incense daily especially on Lord's days we have heard with our Ears and our Fathers have told us Gladly therefore would I contribute something towards the revival of this duty in Christian Families which if they be as they should be Nurseries and Seminaries of Piety would certainly embrace this as an excellent means of instilling Religion betimes into the minds of their little Children who as they commonly attend most to this duty so they will sooner receive the good impressions of it than of any other and thus out of the mouths of Babes and Sucklings will praise be perfected to the glory of God and strength ordained to the comfort of Families compare Mat. 21.16 with Psal. 8.2 Austin Prolog in Lib. Psalm suggests that Psalms were written and the singing of Psalms appointed very much for the sake of Youth Propterea Psalmorum saith he nobis per modulos aptata sunt Carmina ut vel aetate Puerili vel qui Adolescentes sunt moribus quasi cantilenâ quâdam psallentes delectari videantur What shall I say then to persuade Masters of Families who have hitherto neglected their duty to begin it now Better late than never The experience of many that make conscience of it will testifie both the sweetness and profit of it If Psalms were more sung in Families they would be better sung in Congregations Let none plead want of time as their excuse for how can time be spent better than in praising God And is there not a great deal of our precious hours thrown away every day upon other things that are less to the purpose of a Christian Nor will there be room for this pretence if care be taken not to defer Family Worship too late either morning or evening so as to crowd it into a corner as many do by a thousand impertinences as likewise so to proportion the other parts of the duty that they may not justle out this It is the wisdom of Masters of Families so to manage their Family Worship that they may make it as much as possible a pleasure and not a task to their Children and Servants Nor let want of skill be an excuse there may be much of acceptable Affection where there appears but little of Art Plain Song best befits plain Israelites A small degree of skill and that easily attain'd by any that give their minds to it will