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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

prayers c. For Hieron and Augustine it makes no matter which we put first though in age we know Hieron was ancienter then Augustine we look to the order of times when men likely might write those things we quote yet that men may not mistakingly think we mistook we put Augustine first as younger in age Augustine 385. who was made Professor of Rhetorick and heard Ambrose as Bucholcerus saith about 385. after writing divers bookes Aug. lib. de Catechizandis rudibus Retractat lib. 2. cap. 11. commends the Churches in Egypt for their sweet ejaculatory singings saying that not voyces but devotions ascend up to Gods eares Adding that he would have their publick singings to be such as that all the people might understandingly say Amen He wrote also a booke as we have said against Hilarius in the behalfe of singing Hieronymus made a Presbyter at 20 years of age about A.D. 353. 353. so Helvicus and wrote his Catalogue of Illustrious men about An. Dom. 392. Canon Non mediocr distinct 5. so Bucholcerus finds fault that in his time they sang no more reverently And he is cited to say Better it is to sing five Psalmes with purity serenity and spirituall cheerfulnesse of heart then all the Psalter with distractions of heart Ambrose made Episc Mediol 369. about 369. yeares after Christ as Bucholc affirms Lib. 9. Confessionum is said by Augustine to have zealously put on the Westerne Churches in singing of Hymnes and Psalms Among whom the Roman Church was then eminent Basil the great 365. a learned pious man mightily commends the singing of Psalmes as we shall heare afterwards in the usefulnesse of it and therefore no doubt it was the custome of the Greek Churches in his time who flourished about 365. yeares 365. after Christ So he in his Com. in Gr. upon the Psalms Athanasius advanced singing in the Greeke Church of Alexandria who flourished about the yeare 325. viz. then made Episcop eo loci which Augustine commends and Gregory in imitats 325. in the Latin Church Tertullian who flourished neerer the Apostles times saith 194. that the Christians after their Love-feasts as Jude calls them Apologet. cap. 19. Jude 12.98 Tertullian useth the same word were wont to sing out of the holy Scriptures Eusebius tells us that Plinie the second about Anno 98. wrote an Epistle to Trajan the Emperour In the time of the Apostles This Epist of Plin. is extant in Euseb in hist Eccles lib. 3. cap. 33. Euseb Hist Eccles lib. 2. cap. 17. that the Christians being gathered together before day were wont to sing together Hymnes and praises to Christ as to a God And the same Eusebius testifies that Philo Judaeus did testifie the same of the Christians singing which Philo Judaeus did as Eusebius affirmeth live in the time of some of the Apostles And assures us also that the said Plinie and Trajan lived in the time of the Apostle John who died not till about 100. yeares after Christ And thus I have brought the practice of the Churches in singing of Psalmes up to the Apostles times by the writings of the most godly and learned men of former ages whose judgments you have heard approving the goodnesse of the practice as well as their Histories affirming the truth of the fact Upon which Zanchie boldly affirmes that singing was an Apostolicall institution And no wonder he should be bold in this when the text of Scriptures we laid down at first are so evident from which no doubt the Churches took their warrant 4. The necessarinesse of Singing with other Ordinances The Churches well knew that some ordinances are maimed without the connexion of this Gospel Musick with them if we follow the Scriptures and example of Christ and the Apostles How doe we celebrate a day of praise for deliverance according to the Scriptures unlesse we have Psalmes and Hymnes of praise as Moses had Exod. 15. Deborah had Judg. 5. David had 2 Sam. 22.2 See also Junius on Judg. 5.2 which Psalmes all Israel sang Exod. 15.1 Psal 18. How doe we receive the communion after the example of Christ which we justly urge for sitting at the Communion if after the administration thereof we doe not sing an Hymne or Psalme When are we Christian-like merry if not for receivall of mercies from the hand of God And how are we merry according to the prescript of Scriptures Jam. 5. if we sing not Saints glory in tribulation oft-times Rom. 5.2 so that Paul and Silas sing Psalmes in the prison yea in the stocks What kind of Christians then are we that will not sing at all Season no duties with singing Whereas the Churches in the primitive times in the ten persecutions sugared and sweetned their meetings and duties with singing of Psalmes afore they parted as we heard before The truth is devout singing of Psalmes is a savourie sauce to relish every condition and ordinance that is an iterated ordinance For Baptisme after once administration is never to be repeated Before Sermon the Churches sing to quicken their hearts to prayer After the communion they sing to raise them up in praise Yea I may say this spirituall sauce is meat it selfe In singing we pray we praise we confesse we petition we exhort we meditate we beleeve we joy we mourn Singing is praising Ephes 5.19.20 Speaking to your selves in Psalmes and giving thankes alwayes It is joying In the same place Making melody in your hearts Psal 38. ritle or first vers So in Hebr. So Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is meditating In the same place Speaking to your selves As David entitles one of his Psalmes A Psalme to bring to remembrance It is teaching Exhorting and admonisting our owne souls Coloss 3.16 Teaching and admonishing your selves in Psalms c. It is mourning See Davids many Penitentiall Psalms And that 102. Psalme whose title or first verse so in the Hebrew is A prayer of the afflicted when he is over-whelmed and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. When we will be merry in the Lord we must sing Jam. 5.13 But he doth not say but that when we are sad before the Lord we may sing as the Saints have done as we see in the instances we have given To which adde the sad song of the Lamentations of Jeremiah for the afflictions of the Church and made in curious meetre with great varietie as they that know the Hebrew can see which the Jewes sung for many yeares 2 Chron. 35.24 25. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah for his death was the beginning of the ruine of the Church and Jeremiah lamented for Josiah For 22 yeares at least till the captivity in Zedechia his time and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel and behold they are written in the Lamentations By that we have said of mourning in