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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

as well as Moses the women also as well as the men ver 20 21. and Deut. 32. whereto some think John had reference as well as to Exod. 15.1 when he brings in the Protestant Churches getting the victory over the beast with Harps in their hands and singing the song of Moses Rev. 15.3 this song Moses is commanded not only to put into their hearts but into their mouthes also Deut. 31.19 which argues they were with their mouthes to sing it together as well as with their hearts Thirdly Isaiah foretells in the dayes of the new Testament that Gods watchment and desolate lost souls signified by wast places should with their voices sing together Isa 52.8.9 and Rev. 7.9 10. the song of the Lamb was by many together and the Aposte expresly commands the singing of Psalms Hymnes c. not to any select Christians but to the whole Church Eph. 5.19 Col. 3.16 Paul and Silas sang together in private Acts 16. 25. and must the publick heare only one man sing To all these we may adde the practice of the primitive Churches the testistimony of ancient and holy Basil is in stead of many Epist 63. When one of us saith he hath begun a Psalme the rest of us set in to sing with him all of us with one heart and one voyce and this saith he is the common practice of the Churches of Egypt Lybia Thebes Palestina Syria and those that dwell on Euphrates and generally every where where singing of Psalmes is of any account To the same purpose also Eusebius gives witnesse Eceles hist lib. 2. cap. 17. The objections made against this doe most of them plead against joyning to sing in heart as well as in voyce as that by this means others out of the Church will sing as also that we are not alway in a suteable estate to the matter sung and likewise that all cannot sing with understanding in all not therefore all that have understanding joyn in heart and voyce together Are not all the creatures in heaven earth seas men beasts fishes fowles c. commanded to praise the Lord and yet none of these but men and godly men too can doe it with spirituall understanding As for the scruple that some take at the translation of the book of Psalms into meeter because Davids Psalmes were sung in his own words without meeter we answer First there are many verses together in severall Psalmes of David which run in rithmes as those that know the Hebrow and as Buxtorf shewes Thesau p. 629. which shewes at least the lawfulnesse of singing Psalmes in English rithmes Secondly the Psalmes are penned in such verses as are sutable to the Poetry of the Hebrew language and not in the common stile of such other books of the old Testament as are not poeticall now no Protestant doubteth but that all the books of the Scripture should by Gods ordinance be extant in the mother tongue of each nation ☟ Observe Reader that this Note viz. that they may be understood of all hence the Psalms are to betranslated into our English tongue and if in our English tongue we are to sing them * See Mr. Mede on 1 Cor. 11.5 where he proves that it is so far from being unlawful for a woman to sing because she is not permitted to speak in the Church that in singing she ought to speak as being her duty of prophesying I say this note being omitted in his place must be referred thither viz. 10 pa. 9. lin the last then as all our English songs according to the course of our English Poetry do run in meeter so ought Davids Psalms to be translated into meeter that so we may sing the Lords songs as in our English tongue so in such verses as are familiar to an English care which are commonly Metrical and as it can be no just offence to any good conscience to sing Davids Hebrew songs in English words so neiher to sing his Poeticall verses in English Poeticall meeter men might as well stumble at singing the Hebrew Psalms in our English tunes and not in the Hebrew tunes as at singing them in English meeter which are our verses and not in such verses as are generally used by David according to the Poetry of the Hebrew language but the truth is as the Lord hath hid from us the Hebrew tunes lest we should think our selves bound to imitate them so also the course and frame for the most part of their Hebrew Poetry that we might not think our selves bound to imitate that but that every nation without scruple might follow as the graver sort of tunes of their own countrey songs so the graver sort of verses of their own countrey Poetry FINIS

sea By singing we present unto our sences and minds the lively type of heavenly joyes whether to be acted by the Church triumphant in Heaven or under Heaven at the great restauration when the spirituall Pharaohs the Antichrists of the world shall be drowned in the Red sea of their own blood In three verses of foure it is said three times Allelujah by the Church seeing the fall of Antichrist Revel 19.1 2 3 4. Singing of Psalms according to the Apostles prescript is a making or acting the Word to dwell richly in us Colos 3.16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisedom teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms A filling of us in publick with the spirit or an acting the graces of the spirit a prevention of drunken idle songs and mirth in private Ephes 5.18 19. Be not drunk with wine but be filled with the spirit speaking to your selves in Psalms c. or by * Tho Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 will bear it compared with ver 18. speaking to your selves in Psalms To burthen you with no more of mine own observations touching the usefulnesse of singing I will now refresh you with the notions of others upon this point so far as they speak according to the rule Rabanus Manrus whose name and parts and time you have chronicled afore saith that into grosser and heavier minds whom bare words do not so easily move the sweetnesse of melodie makes some entrance for good things So he So in Saul Basil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Basil in Psal of whom also you heard afore saith Whereas the holy Spirit saw that mankind is unto vertue hardly drawn and that righteousnesse is the lesse accounted of by reason of the pronnesse of our affections to that which delighteth it pleaseth the wisdom of the same Spirit to borrow from melodie that pleasure which mingled with heavenly mysteries causeth the smoothnesse and softnesse of that which toucheth the eare to conveigh as it were by stealth the treasure of good things into mans mind To this purpose were those harmonious tunes of Psalms devised for us that which are in eares but young or touching perfection of vertue as yet not grown to ripenesse might when they think they sing learn O the wise conceit of that heavenly teacher which hath by his skill found out a way that doing those things wherein we delight we may also learn that whereby we profit So Basil And experience speaks for it For when we can hardly draw young people to other duties they cheerfully learn and sing Psalms And those that are ancient who cannot go abroad to and among the secular and civill joyes of men can sit at home and praise God with a Pialme And every well minded family by singing can make themselves a little Church And everie Church make themselves a little Heaven Hooker saith That musicall harmonic if but by voice consisting of high and lowe sounds is of that force and hath such pleasing effects in that very part of man which is most divine that some have been thereby induced to think that the soul it self by nature is or hath in it harmony A thing which delighteth all ages and beseemeth all states A thing as seasonable in grief as in joy as decent being added to actions of greatest weight and solemnitie as being used when men most sequester themselves from action The reason hereof is an admirable facilitie which Musick hath to expresse and represent to the mind more inwardly then any other sensible mean the very standing rising and falling the steps and inflections every way the turns and varieties of all passions whereunto the mind is subject yea so to imitate them that whether it resemble unto us the same state wherein our minds already are or a clean contrary we are not more contentedly confirmed by the one then changed and led away by the other In harmonie the very image and character even of vertues and vice is perceived the mind delighted with their resemblances and brought by having them often iterated into a love of the things themselves Yea although we lay altogether aside the consideration of dittie or matter the verie harmonie of sounds being framed in due sort and carried from the eare to the spirituall faculties of our souls is by a native puissance and efficacie greatly available to bring to a perfect temper whatsoever is there troubeld a part as well to quicken the spirits as to allay that which is too eager soveraigne against melancholie and despaire forcible to draw forth tears of devotion if the mind be such as can yeeld them Able both to move and moderate all affections The Prophet David therefore having singular skill not in Poetrie alone but in Musick also judged them both to be things most necessarie for the house of God left behind him to that purpose a number of Divinitie endited Poems for the raising mens hearts and the sweetning of their affections towards God In which considerations the Church of Christ doth retain it to this day Thus far Hooker To all which if not proceeding from a learned man professing Christianitie but from the mouth of an Heathen Christian experience may seal to as most true Zanchie saith Much and manifold is the use of this Musick viz. of singing Psalms 1. The glorie of God is held forth more illustrious because by this means the praises of God contained in Psalms and Hymnes are celebrated more magnificently and gloriously with greater attention and admiration of the auditorie then if they were recited with a lower voice without singing Which was the cause why the Levites in setting forth the great benefits of God to the people did do it with sweet harmonie So before the building of the Temple when they carried the Ark they sang with a shrill voice Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered And when they returned conquerours they also sung that thereby the benefits of God might be better understood more attentively heard and more princelike admired As on the other side hereby the enemies were terrified There is no Prince but thinks himself more honoured by singing forth his praise then by recitall of the bare voice 2. Use is the manifold profit 1 Mans spirit is much cheered by the sweetnesse of the harmonie As like is delighted with like For the mind of man is all harmonie and therefore is much recreated with Musick Which the Heathens understood in their parables of Orpheus and Arion alluring the stones after them by the harmonie of the Harp to build Thebans But those stories in the sacred Scripture of Elisha fitted for prophesie and Saul pacified in spirit by Musick are most certain 2 The Spirit of God is stirred up in us by singing So Ephes 5 Be filled with the Spirit speaking to your selves with Psalms And therefore it is apparent that this Musick in the Churches is not onely lawfull but necessarie Adde to all that it is oft read that