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felf, recorded i«i the New Teftament^ which arc '
mitten for our inftrudion, tho' not to oblige us
to exprefs our felves in thofc very words : And
yet there is not one Example amon^j them of their
fraifing God in Rhime^ as our Brethren do
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1 ihall give you \omc few Inftances^defiring yon
would read at lemi^tb all tnafe following qmtattom.
Luk, 1 . 4f , 42 •»
> 43 44- 45 -^^^ Elizabeth was filled
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with the Holy (jhojt^ and jhe [pake om with a hud voice^
and [aid, &c. Aifo Luk. i . irom ver. 45, to yer 5 5.
j4nd Mary Jatd^ my foul doth magnifie the Lord^ &C.
Zachariahlhe Prieit, Luke 1*67-, 6ic. being ijlledjvith
the Holy Choji^ prophefted., faying, Bltfjed be
the Lord Godof Ifraely &c. Here was the high
praifesof God in his mouth joined with Prophefie.
It is left upon record, how the Lord Jefus^^v^
^L«i^no his Father, A/^r. 11.25,26. Lnkeio.zi,
In that hour Jefm rejoiced in fptrit, andfaid y J thank
thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, 6cc.
And in ^51s j^. 24, &'c, we have an account of
the Apojiks arid their Company lifting up their
voice t6Godi, both in p^^T*^^ of him, and praying
to him at the fame time, which may ferve as an
Example to us, to mix our Praifes to God with
the prayers we make unto him, according to that
ExSprcation, 1 Tim, 2. i, Tnus you fee that in
all thefe places there is ufed neither Rhtme nor
Metre ^ but a praifing God in Trofe, which met
with the highefi: acctptatton trom him, through the
hitercejfion^of Chnfi. And I hope our Brethren
for the time to conxe, will be pleafed CO follow
fuch Praife-wortby Examples;
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