A paraphrasticall explication of the twelve minor prophets. Viz. Hoseah. Joel. Amos. Obadiah. Jonah. Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi. / By Da. Stokes. D.D.
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A paraphrasticall explication of the twelve minor prophets. Viz. Hoseah. Joel. Amos. Obadiah. Jonah. Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi. / By Da. Stokes. D.D.
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Stokes, David, 1591?-1669.
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London, :: Printed for Thomas Davies, at the sign of the Bible over against the little North door of St. Pauls Church.,
1659.
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Bible -- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800.
Prophecies -- Early works to 1800.
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"A paraphrasticall explication of the twelve minor prophets. Viz. Hoseah. Joel. Amos. Obadiah. Jonah. Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi. / By Da. Stokes. D.D." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61668.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
THe third Chapter, in a devout Prayer, or divine Hymne, set to an Instrument of Musick, admires the Justice, and Provi∣dence, and Goodnesse of Almighty God. And teacheth us, by the holy Prophets ex∣ample, to trust, and repose our selves in the will and mercy of God, whatsoever it plea∣seth him to bring upon us.
Wherein we cannot but observe, that the devout Prophet made no scruple, either at a set Form of Prayer, or of putting that Prayer into a(a) 1.1Song, and having that set to a Musicall Instrument, which containes in it not a Prayer onely, but a Prophesie of much sadnesse, and calamity to his whole Nation. I beleive, it cannot be said, that
any were more truely, and compassionately affected with it, than himself was; and I think he was never the lesse affected with it, when he made it a part of his solemn Musick.
Shall I adde this too? that, though his Prayer could not move God any thing the more, by the advantage of the rarest skill in Musick, wherein it might be delivered: yet if the Prophet, or others, that used it after him, by the help of those solemn, and harmonious Tones had their own Devo∣tion any thing the more affected in the deli∣very: then was there Motive enough, why he should (for theirs, or his own sake) com∣mend it to some Artist, that could fit it to a Musicall Instrument.
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(a) 1.1
In like manner holy David put all his penitentiall Prayers into Musicall Psalmes. And one of them (the 32.) as the learned Grotius, and some others think, was purposely composed to be sung upon the day of Expiation, which was the solemnest day for ••asting and afflicting themselves. Levit. 23. 27.