La scala santa, or, A scale of devotions musical and gradual being descants on the fifteen Psalms of Degrees, in metre : with contemplations and collects upon them, in prose, 1670.

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Title: La scala santa, or, A scale of devotions musical and gradual being descants on the fifteen Psalms of Degrees, in metre : with contemplations and collects upon them, in prose, 1670.
Author: Coleraine, Hugh Hare, Baron, 1606?-1667.
Publication: London :: Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford,; 1681.
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Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms CXX-CXXXIV -- Paraphrases, English.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms CXX-CXXXIV -- Commentaries.; Psalms (Music)
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Like the 11^th Psalm, sheweth David's Trust and Recourse to God, not like Saul to the Witch of Endor, or Wealth of Amalek, but where Believers are established and secured in the Presence of the Almighty, and perpetuity of the Church, whereby they find the goodness of their Portion, and the evil Lot of the Wicked, whatsoever he be, whether Hypocritical, Profane, or Backsliding.

It is applied by the Rabbins to the Days of the Messiah; and so by us it may be appositely used on Sacramental Days, or any such time of greater manifestation and experience of God's Integrity, and the Faith of Man.