Excerpt-Psalm 19:2. Second Part. S. M. God's word most excellent; or, Sincerity and watchfulness. For a Lord's-day morning. 1 Behold the morning sun Begins his glorious way; His beams thro' all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light, It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 How perfect is thy word And all thy judgments just For ever sure thy promise, Lord, And men securely trust.
Excerpt-Psalm 19:2. Second Part. S. M. God's word most excellent; or, Sincerity and watchfulness. For a Lord's-day morning. 1 Behold the morning sun B...
Verse was at first design'd for the service of God, tho' it hath been wretchedly abused since. The ancients among the Jews and the Heathens taught their children and disciples the precepts of morality and worship in verse. The children of Israel were commanded to learn the words of the song of Moses, Deut. 31. 19,30. And we are directed in the New Testament, not only to sing with grace in the heart, but to teach and admonish one another by hymns and songs, Eph. 5. 19.
Verse was at first design'd for the service of God, tho' it hath been wretchedly abused since. The ancients among the Jews and the Heathens taught the...
