Excerpt from The Whole Book of Psalms, With the Usual Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Together With All the Ancient and Proper Tunes Sung in Churches, With Some of Later Use; Compos'd in Three Parts, Cantus, Medius and Bassus; In a More Plain and Useful Method Than Hath Been Formerly Published

And alfo how acceptable it was to thelord.' This being ejiablilhed {the Priefls and Levites continued thufolemn Worjhip during the time of the Fir}? And Secondz'emple, even 'ti11théde/iru&iion thereof; foretold by our blefled Saviour, who [am the Glory thereof, and frequented that place, as heachnowledgeth, Luke,22. 53. I was daily with you in the Temple. Andria a Learned Divine obferves itienotcredible that our bleflbd Saviour, who I o often quoted David's P-fahns forthe C onfirmation of hit Dottrine, would neglefi that part of worfhip then in, force, and who did himfelf jay that it became him to fulfill all righ teoul'nefs; which he further te ified when together with hie Bifciples hefutig a Pfahn or Hymn at the endo the Celebration ofhirlaji'supper. Er hie Afcen/ion, hie Dij'ciples gave te/iimony of their Approbation A615 'they were daily with one accord in the Temple praifing God tic. And the averle followitg mentions, That Peter and ffohn went up into the Temple at the hour 'of prayer, (that was the fet time for the Celebrationof Publicé, Worjhip.) A11?) A433 16. 25. We read that Paul and Silas being in Ton at mid night fang Pfalrns and in [o audible and chearful voices that e fey}, of the pri(oners'heard them. And St. Paul in hie Epifile to the Ephefians, chap. 5. Verl'. '19. And C01. 3. I6. Exhorts to the publicb finging of Pfalms, sand Hymns and Spiritual Songs, which words, an one learnedly obferves, are in the Original the very Titles of David's Pfalms Now what teufon had the Apoflle to dire? Us inourfinging to the very Titles of David's Pfalms if it were not hit meaning we jhould [a them? 'the fame Author'obferves, that holy David in the 95th Pfalm hath propheticallyfet down the publickwor/hip of the C hriflidn Sabbath as it con/ifls of Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Preaching Thaagiving, verf. Lho, come let us hug unto the Lord, (sc. Prayer, Nerf. 6. 0 come let us worlhip and Fall down and knee] before the Lord, 8c. Attention on, the Wordpreached. Nerf. 8. To day if ye will hear his The 0] e of finging Pfalms and Hymns was continued with great reverence and devotion among the'primitive Chriliians: Thofe who' confult the Writings of the Pri mitive Fathers fhallfcarce meet with one that mabes not mention thereof. An mount hereof I find learnedly difcourfed by drz'cave, in hit Primitive Chri-f iiianity Part I.' pag. 277. Where flea/(jug of the reading the appointed ztefins, he hath thefe words: About this part of the Service it was that they fung Hymns and 'pfalms, a confiderable part of the Divine Worlhi p (as it had ever been, accounted both amonglt jews and Gentiles) and more immediately fervieeable for celebrating the Honour of God and lifting Up the Minds of Men to Divine and Heavenly Raptures. Alla pag. 351. Jetting down the Cuflom of the Adminiflration of the Blefifed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in thofe 'times, he writes, 'during the time of Adminifiration', which in populous Congregations was no filittle' time, they futrg Hymns and Pfalms. Thie he confirms by teflimonies out of the'writings of the Fathers, there mentioned. Thus far my Author 'from whom alfo [have received thie farther account, that thie was the Pratlice net only'of the Eafiern but the Weitern.

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