Download or read book A Discourse on the Divine Ordinance of Singing Psalms written by John Anderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Discourse on the Divine Ordinance of Singing Psalms: Intended to Prove, I. That the Singing of Psalms Is a Part of That Social or Publick Worship Which God Hath Appointed in His Word; II. That There Are Parts of the Sacred Scriptures Adapted to the Purpose of Singing The danger, that grifes to the fouls of men from:1 fuch hit: man devices, is great and alarming. Taken up with thefe de vices, they forget that it is only through the blefling of God in 'chrift, upon his own inflitutions, that we have any ground to expect that' communion with him, without which our religious exerciles are vain. It is not meant, that, where fuch corrup tion in any meafure prevails, the word and ordinances of Chrifl: baveno faving effect at' all. He fulfils in his elect, all the good pleafure of his goodnel's, and the work of faith with pow er. But we learn from his word, that men's attachment to there devices, where they are once admitted, befides be ing evil in itfelf, is inordinate, and attended with an undervalu ing and negl'eel; ofgod's own iniiitutions: fortit is 'in vain to imagine, that men will ufe moderation in following what ought. Not to be followed at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."