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         Awdeley, Lewis.
      
       
         
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             The axe at the root of the innovation of singing in the worship of God lately sprung up to the trouble of many, and the defiling of others. Or, some brief queries; with an introduction proposed to the singers in the popular way of singing Psalms, as translated, and tunes as invented, and as now sung together by the professor and prophane, as an ordinance of God. Designed for the preservation of right worship, especially in the churches of Christ, that have upon the declaration of their faith been baptized. By a Baptist.
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           The
           Axe
           at
           the
           Root
           OF
           THE
           Innovation
           OF
           SINGING
           In
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ;
           Lately
           sprung
           up
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           the
           defiling
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           OR
           ,
           Some
           brief
           Queries
           ;
           with
           an
           Introduction
           proposed
           to
           the
           Singers
           in
           the
           popular
           way
           of
           singing
           Psalms
           ,
           as
           translated
           ,
           and
           Tunes
           as
           invented
           ,
           and
           as
           now
           sung
           together
           by
           the
           Professor
           and
           Prophane
           ,
           as
           an
           Ordinance
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           DESIGNED
           For
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Right
           Worship
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           have
           upon
           the
           declaration
           of
           their
           Faith
           been
           Baptized
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Baptist
           .
        
         
           
             In
             vain
             do
             they
             Worship
             me
             ,
             teaching
             for
             Doctrine
             the
             Commandments
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           
             
               Matth.
               15.9
            
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1696
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           To
           all
           Christians
           of
           the
           Baptized
           Congregations
           ,
           Salutation
           .
        
         
           
             Dearly
             Beloved
             in
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
        
         
           HAVING
           been
           conversant
           amongst
           you
           for
           Forty
           years
           past
           ,
           I
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           ignorant
           of
           your
           Practises
           in
           Matters
           of
           Worship
           ;
           and
           am
           well
           assured
           (
           notwithstanding
           some
           Differences
           in
           Matters
           of
           lesser
           moment
           )
           you
           have
           maintained
           the
           Essentials
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           Church
           Communion
           ,
           to
           your
           great
           commendation
           .
           But
           of
           late
           ,
           there
           hath
           arisen
           amongst
           you
           certain
           Persons
           who
           have
           troubled
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           have
           occasioned
           Divisions
           ,
           to
           the
           Grief
           of
           many
           ,
           by
           innovating
           a
           Form
           of
           Worship
           never
           practised
           (
           as
           I
           find
           in
           all
           Histories
           )
           by
           any
           of
           your
           Brethren
           before
           you
           :
           Nor
           indeed
           in
           the
           World
           by
           any
           other
           ,
           till
           about
           the
           time
           of
           Beza
           and
           Calvin
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           Century
           .
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           sing
           in
           Rhyme
           by
           a
           set
           Form
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           all
           the
           People
           together
           ;
           whether
           Saints
           or
           Sinners
           ,
           Members
           or
           no
           Members
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           Young
           or
           Old
           ,
           understand
           or
           not
           understand
           what
           is
           sung
           .
        
         
         
           For
           the
           Reverend
           
             Ri.
             Watson
          
           Doctor
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           printed
           at
           
             London
             ,
             Anno
          
           1684.
           about
           this
           Subject
           ,
           Pag.
           19.
           saith
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             Original
             of
             this
             Device
          
           ,
           (
           viz.
           
             of
             turning
             the
             Psalms
             of
          
           David
           
             into
             Rhime
             and
             Metre
             )
             was
             not
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             but
             first
             taken
             up
             by
             one
          
           Clement
           Marrot
           ,
           
             a
             Groom
             of
             the
             Bed-chamber
             to
             the
             French
             King
          
           Francis
           
             the
             First
             ,
             and
             having
             told
             us
             how
             he
             made
             Songs
             for
             the
             King
             to
             sing
             .
          
           He
           adds
           Pag.
           20.
           
           
             That
             he
             was
             prevailed
             with
             by
          
           Fr.
           Vetablus
           ,
           
             to
             relinquish
             his
             trifling
             Doggerel
             ,
             and
             to
             turn
          
           David
           
             's
             Psalms
             into
             French
             Metre
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             the
             first
          
           30.
           
             and
             that
             the
             King
             sung
             them
             as
             he
             had
             done
             his
             former
             Ballads
             .
          
           And
           as
           he
           afterwards
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             He
             went
             to
          
           Geneva
           ,
           
             and
             was
             incouraged
             by
          
           Beza
           and
           Calvin
           ,
           
             and
             that
             afterwards
             he
             turned
          
           20
           
             more
             into
             Rhyme
             ,
             by
             their
             means
             and
             procurement
             ;
             and
             that
             the
          
           Papists
           
             were
             strangers
             to
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             against
             this
             Novel
             Practice
             ,
          
           is
           plain
           :
           For
           that
           the
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Sorbon
           complained
           of
           it
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           procured
           an
           Edict
           against
           the
           use
           thereof
           .
           But
           he
           went
           to
           Geneva
           and
           there
           it
           was
           imbraced
           .
           Now
           to
           know
           about
           what
           time
           this
           was
           ,
           we
           may
           guess
           by
           an
           Eminent
           Passage
           in
           History
           .
           That
           disturbance
           given
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guise
           ,
           by
           those
           who
           sung
           Marots
           Psalms
           ,
           Anno
           1562.
           and
           for
           that
           Marot
           was
           with
           Calvin
           at
           Geneva
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           is
           noted
           ,
           as
           hapning
           quickly
           after
           they
           began
           to
           put
           these
           Rhymes
           of
           his
           into
           Practice
           :
           It
           must
           have
           its
           Original
           from
           or
           about
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           we
           may
           infer
           from
           thence
           ,
           as
           we
           usually
           do
           on
           another
           Subject
           .
           We
           say
           ,
           that
           seeing
           our
           Adversaries
           cannot
           prove
           from
           Scripture
           or
           any
           Authentick
           History
           ,
           that
           any
           Infant
           was
           Baptized
           in
           the
           first
           two
           
           Centuries
           ,
           it
           was
           because
           the
           same
           was
           not
           commanded
           by
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           taught
           by
           his
           Apostles
           .
           And
           surely
           the
           case
           will
           hold
           good
           here
           also
           ,
           seeing
           that
           1500
           years
           past
           ,
           since
           our
           Saviours
           time
           ,
           and
           no
           instance
           to
           be
           given
           of
           any
           Church
           of
           Christ
           that
           ever
           sung
           in
           Rhyme
           .
        
         
           Now
           were
           there
           no
           other
           Objection
           against
           it
           than
           only
           the
           form
           of
           its
           performance
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           a
           matter
           so
           slightly
           to
           be
           passed
           over
           ;
           because
           your selves
           deny
           Sprinkling
           to
           be
           Baptism
           ,
           purely
           from
           a
           wrong
           Form
           used
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           applying
           the
           Water
           to
           the
           Person
           that
           is
           to
           be
           Baptized
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Learned
           among
           you
           know
           ,
           That
           it
           could
           not
           be
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           to
           sing
           in
           Rhyme
           ;
           because
           neither
           the
           Song
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             Deborah
          
           ,
           nor
           the
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           are
           any
           of
           them
           in
           Rhyme
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           Prose
           :
           And
           yet
           certainly
           they
           must
           acknowledge
           the
           Jews
           had
           as
           great
           an
           Obligation
           upon
           them
           to
           perform
           it
           in
           that
           mode
           as
           any
           now
           ,
           in
           case
           it
           had
           been
           an
           essential
           part
           of
           Singing
           .
           Moreover
           the
           Jews
           amongst
           us
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           do
           believe
           they
           sing
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           their
           Fore-fathers
           did
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           they
           do
           is
           in
           Prose
           ,
           not
           in
           Rhyme
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           am
           as
           certain
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Form
           of
           Singing
           expressed
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           to
           be
           practised
           by
           Christ
           ,
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           the
           Primitive
           Churches
           ;
           Nor
           as
           yet
           have
           I
           met
           with
           any
           of
           our
           Brethren
           of
           a
           contrary
           Persuasion
           ,
           who
           have
           asserted
           it
           ,
           altho
           their
           Practice
           indeed
           is
           otherwise
           ;
           for
           they
           all
           sing
           in
           Rhyme
           :
           And
           when
           it
           hath
           been
           demanded
           of
           them
           ,
           why
           they
           sung
           in
           a
           Form
           different
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Jews
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           also
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ?
           They
           have
           Answered
           ,
           
           because
           they
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           sing
           otherwise
           .
           I
           might
           make
           some
           Reflections
           upon
           this
           ,
           which
           might
           not
           be
           very
           pleasing
           ;
           but
           I
           design
           Truth
           and
           not
           Division
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           forbear
           .
           As
           to
           the
           other
           parts
           which
           belong
           to
           this
           Controversy
           ,
           I
           find
           the
           Assertors
           of
           it
           are
           divided
           among
           themselves
           ;
           some
           having
           pleaded
           for
           it
           as
           a
           Duty
           simply
           Moral
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           need
           of
           a
           Gospel
           Precept
           .
           Others
           ,
           they
           have
           pleaded
           for
           it
           in
           both
           senses
           ,
           and
           therefore
           think
           themselves
           at
           liberty
           to
           argue
           either
           .
           And
           others
           ,
           in
           the
           latter
           only
           as
           a
           Gospel
           Institution
           ;
           and
           some
           as
           partly
           Legal
           ,
           and
           partly
           Evangelical
           ,
           viz.
           The
           singing
           it self
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           but
           the
           Form
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Persons
           performing
           it
           ,
           they
           take
           from
           the
           former
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Law.
           And
           therefore
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           better
           agreed
           in
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Controversy
           ,
           I
           shall
           refer
           the
           whole
           matter
           to
           the
           Answer
           which
           shall
           be
           given
           to
           the
           following
           Paper
           ,
           which
           (
           in
           my
           Opinion
           )
           comprehends
           the
           true
           state
           of
           the
           Case
           .
           And
           if
           our
           Brethren
           will
           please
           to
           answer
           these
           Queries
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           great
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           Doubting
           .
           Whereas
           if
           they
           must
           go
           without
           a
           particular
           and
           due
           Answer
           ,
           they
           will
           serve
           to
           keep
           me
           and
           others
           in
           our
           present
           and
           antient
           Practice
           ;
           and
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           blamed
           by
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           for
           refusing
           to
           admit
           any
           thing
           into
           the
           Church
           as
           an
           Ordinance
           which
           we
           have
           not
           a
           sufficient
           Authority
           for
           ,
           from
           the
           New
           Testament
           ;
           because
           some
           of
           them
           cannot
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           Corruptions
           that
           are
           found
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           were
           not
           brought
           in
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           by
           degrees
           .
           Yea
           ,
           even
           the
           Mass
           it self
           was
           brought
           in
           by
           divers
           Popes
           ,
           at
           more
           than
           12
           several
           times
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           ,
           one
           he
           appointed
           the
           Confiteor
           ,
           another
           the
           Introitus
           ,
           another
           the
           
             Kyrie
             Eleyson
          
           ,
           another
           the
           
             Gloria
             in
             Excelsis
          
           ,
           another
           
           the
           Gradual
           ,
           another
           the
           Offertorium
           ,
           another
           the
           Canon
           ,
           another
           the
           Memento
           ,
           another
           the
           
             Te
             igitur
          
           ,
           another
           the
           
             Agnus
             Dei
          
           ;
           with
           other
           things
           too
           tedious
           to
           relate
           ,
           which
           has
           made
           it
           so
           monstrous
           a
           piece
           of
           Worship
           as
           it
           is
           now
           found
           to
           be
           .
           And
           altho'
           I
           do
           allow
           ,
           that
           what
           our
           Brethern
           have
           done
           in
           bringing
           in
           this
           of
           Singing
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           not
           in
           it self
           a
           matter
           of
           the
           greatest
           moment
           ;
           yet
           if
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           we
           should
           have
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           introduc'd
           next
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           other
           things
           ,
           which
           might
           also
           by
           degrees
           upon
           the
           same
           Foundation
           be
           innovated
           ;
           it
           might
           tend
           to
           the
           utter
           ruine
           of
           Primitive
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           they
           know
           fell
           out
           in
           the
           first
           Grand
           Apostacy
           .
           But
           hoping
           our
           Brethren
           design
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           will
           always
           stir
           up
           some
           of
           his
           faithful
           Servants
           to
           oppose
           it
           ,
           if
           attempted
           .
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           refer
           you
           to
           the
           Queries
           themselves
           ,
           which
           I
           judge
           may
           be
           fit
           to
           be
           published
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           those
           concerned
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           appears
           to
           me
           upon
           the
           reading
           of
           them
           :
           For
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           the
           Author
           thereof
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           not
           assume
           that
           to
           my self
           which
           is
           the
           Product
           of
           the
           Labour
           and
           Study
           of
           one
           ,
           much
           better
           skilled
           in
           this
           Controversy
           .
        
         
           But
           upon
           the
           request
           of
           the
           Publisher
           ,
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           write
           this
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           
           
             QVERY
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             VVHether
             or
             no
             the
             word
             Sung
             ,
             be
             not
             added
             in
             Matth.
             26
             ,
             30.
             and
             in
             Mark
             14.16
             .
             and
             in
             Acts
             16.25
             .
             and
             in
             Heb.
             2.12
             .
             For
             in
             none
             of
             those
             places
             the
             term
             Sung
             is
             to
             be
             found
             as
             is
             affirmed
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Whether
             the
             Translators
             have
             done
             well
             in
             adding
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Whether
             they
             do
             well
             that
             justifie
             the
             Translators
             who
             have
             so
             done
             it
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             Whether
             they
             that
             Preach
             ,
             and
             Print
             ,
             and
             confidently
             urge
             from
             those
             Texts
             they
             sung
             ,
             do
             not
             deceive
             others
             ,
             and
             justify
             the
             Translators
             in
             their
             adding
             to
             God's
             Word
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Whether
             those
             Translations
             that
             read
             that
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             Hymned
             ,
             or
             given
             Thanks
             ,
             be
             not
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Truth
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Whether
             the
             Term
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Hymnesantes
             ,
             doth
             not
             as
             strongly
             imply
             ,
             that
             they
             lamented
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             sung
             and
             rejoyced
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             Whether
             there
             is
             not
             a
             greater
             probability
             ,
             that
             they
             Mourned
             or
             Lamented
             ,
             than
             that
             they
             sung
             and
             rejoyced
             at
             that
             time
             ?
          
           
             Note
             ,
             Now
             altho'
             you
             cannot
             take
             this
             Point
             from
             us
             ,
             neither
             can
             we
             give
             it
             you
             ;
             yet
             seeing
             you
             will
             insist
             upon
             it
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             make
             your
             best
             on
             't
             ,
             and
             answer
             these
             following
             Queries
             .
          
           
           
             8.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             if
             Christ
             and
             all
             the
             Apostles
             sung
             the
             Hymn
             together
             ,
             that
             the
             Hymn
             that
             they
             thus
             sung
             did
             not
             belong
             to
             the
             Passover
             ,
             and
             ceased
             with
             the
             Passover
             ?
          
           
             9.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             as
             there
             was
             a
             Hymn
             belonging
             to
             the
             Passover
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             a
             necessity
             they
             should
             sing
             the
             Hymn
             as
             belonging
             to
             the
             Passover
             ;
             otherwise
             ,
             how
             could
             it
             be
             said
             they
             kept
             the
             Passover
             ?
          
           
             10.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             they
             sung
             two
             Hymns
             ,
             the
             one
             belonging
             to
             the
             Passover
             ,
             and
             ceased
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             belonging
             to
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             and
             remaining
             ?
          
           
             11.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             if
             it
             be
             as
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             sung
             together
             ,
             and
             went
             out
             singing
             ,
             that
             they
             returned
             back
             to
             conclude
             with
             Prayer
             ,
             as
             now
             you
             generally
             do
             ;
             but
             where
             is
             your
             President
             for
             it
             ?
          
           
             12.
             
             Whether
             (
             notwithstanding
             all
             that
             you
             have
             said
             )
             there
             is
             either
             Precept
             or
             President
             for
             your
             singing
             either
             at
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             or
             before
             ,
             or
             after
             your
             Sermons
             ?
             If
             you
             have
             ,
             you
             are
             desired
             to
             produce
             it
             ;
             for
             that
             will
             end
             the
             Controversy
             about
             it
             :
             but
             nothing
             short
             of
             that
             will.
             
          
           
             But
             seeing
             some
             of
             the
             Singers
             stick
             not
             to
             this
             ,
             but
             fly
             to
             the
             Law
             for
             their
             Refuge
             :
             As
             those
             seventeen
             Gentlemen
             ,
             whose
             hands
             are
             put
             to
             a
             Pamphlet
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               A
               Sober
               Reply
               ,
               &c.
            
             do
             assert
             in
             their
             third
             Argument
             .
             
               If
               singing
               Gods
               Praises
               were
               under
               the
               Law
               with
               Voices
               lift
               up
               together
               ,
               and
               the
               Saints
               are
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               required
               to
               sing
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               way
               it
               prescribed
               or
               laid
               down
               how
               they
               should
               sing
               :
               Then
               the
               Saints
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               ought
               to
               sing
               as
               they
               sang
               under
               the
               Old.
               But
               such
               was
               the
               singing
               of
               Gods
               People
               under
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               the
               Churches
               are
               enjoyned
               to
               sing
               Psalms
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               
               and
               no
               other
               way
               prescribed
               or
               laid
               down
               how
               they
               should
               sing
               .
            
             Ergo.
             
               The
               Churches
               are
               now
               to
               sing
               in
               the
               times
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               Gods
               People
               under
               the
               Law.
            
             Therefore
             let
             them
             answer
             these
             Queries
             following
             :
          
           
             13.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             the
             Jews
             when
             they
             sung
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             or
             else-where
             ,
             what
             they
             sung
             was
             not
             in
             Prose
             ?
          
           
             14.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             any
             sung
             in
             the
             Temple
             Worship
             ,
             but
             the
             Singers
             only
             ?
          
           
             15.
             
             Whether
             singing
             was
             not
             an
             Office
             instituted
             of
             God
             for
             his
             Worship
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             performed
             by
             the
             Levites
             only
             ?
          
           
             16.
             
             Whether
             all
             the
             Levites
             sung
             together
             ,
             or
             only
             
               Asaph
               ,
               Heman
            
             and
             Jeduthan
             ,
             and
             their
             Sons
             and
             Bretheren
             ?
          
           
             17.
             
             Whether
             they
             had
             not
             a
             chief
             Chanter
             ,
             to
             give
             Instructions
             in
             the
             Song
             to
             the
             Singers
             ?
          
           
             18.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             the
             Singers
             were
             not
             commanded
             to
             be
             clothed
             in
             White
             Linnen
             ?
          
           
             19.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             they
             were
             not
             commanded
             to
             sing
             with
             Musick
             ,
             viz.
             with
             Cymbals
             ,
             Psalteries
             and
             Harps
             ?
          
           
             20.
             
             Whether
             the
             Priests
             themselves
             were
             not
             appointed
             with
             their
             Trumpets
             ,
             to
             join
             with
             the
             Singers
             in
             their
             singing
             ?
          
           
             21.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             all
             the
             Congregation
             which
             Assembled
             together
             ,
             ever
             sung
             with
             the
             Levites
             ?
          
           
             22.
             
             Whether
             the
             Jews
             ever
             sung
             in
             their
             Synagogue
             Worship
             ?
          
           
             23.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             singing
             in
             our
             Cathedrals
             (
             if
             we
             must
             take
             our
             Rules
             from
             Legal
             Practices
             )
             be
             not
             a
             more
             agreeable
             Practice
             than
             yours
             ?
             for
             they
             Sing
             in
             Prose
             ,
             and
             have
             Musick
             ,
             and
             are
             clothed
             in
             White
             Linnen
             ,
             
             and
             have
             Choristers
             ,
             with
             a
             Chaunter
             to
             give
             instructions
             :
             but
             you
             have
             none
             of
             these
             .
          
           
             24.
             
             Yet
             whether
             or
             no
             these
             Practices
             are
             not
             condemned
             by
             all
             judicious
             Christians
             ,
             as
             superstitious
             ;
             and
             seeing
             you
             plead
             for
             your
             Singing
             from
             the
             same
             Authority
             ,
             what
             can
             yours
             be
             less
             ?
          
           
             25.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             strange
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Direction
             how
             to
             sing
             in
             all
             the
             Gospel
             ?
          
           
             26.
             
             If
             this
             be
             true
             ,
             (
             as
             't
             is
             said
             )
             then
             whether
             it
             is
             not
             more
             strange
             that
             we
             having
             no
             Direction
             ,
             should
             be
             necessitated
             to
             sing
             as
             they
             sung
             under
             the
             Law
             ?
          
           
             27.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             most
             strange
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             following
             those
             Directions
             they
             have
             given
             ,
             they
             should
             set
             up
             a
             way
             of
             Singing
             ,
             in
             direct
             opposition
             to
             that
             as
             practised
             under
             the
             Law
             ?
          
           
             28.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             1
             Cor.
             14.15
             .
             where
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             saith
             ,
             
               He
               will
               sing
               with
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               with
               Vnderstanding
               also
               ,
            
             was
             not
             only
             Direction
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             a
             President
             also
             ,
             whatever
             they
             have
             said
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             29.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             what
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             hath
             said
             in
             Eph.
             5.18
             ,
             19.
             if
             it
             be
             a
             Precept
             ;
             that
             be
             not
             the
             Precept
             ,
             
               Not
               to
               be
               drunk
               with
               Wine
               ;
               but
               be
               filled
               with
               the
               Spirit
               :
            
             implying
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             were
             not
             filled
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             speak
             to
             themselves
             in
             Psalms
             and
             Hymns
             ,
             and
             Spiritual
             Songs
             :
             And
             in
             Coloss
             .
             3.16
             .
             
               That
               the
               Word
               of
               Christ
               must
               dwell
               richly
               in
               them
               ,
               in
               all
               Wisdom
            
             ;
             implying
             ,
             that
             otherwise
             they
             could
             not
             admonish
             one
             another
             in
             Psalms
             and
             Hymns
             ,
             and
             Spiritual
             Songs
             ,
             nor
             sing
             with
             grace
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ;
             and
             surely
             ,
             this
             is
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Apostles
             Doctrine
             and
             Practices
             whatever
             is
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             said
             to
             the
             contrary
             ?
          
           
           
             30.
             
             Whether
             or
             no
             it
             were
             not
             better
             to
             pluck
             off
             the
             Mask
             ,
             and
             give
             over
             your
             Singularity
             ,
             and
             join
             with
             the
             other
             Auxiliaries
             ,
             and
             rest
             in
             what
             you
             practise
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             Psalms
             as
             Translated
             into
             English
             Metre
             ,
             with
             the
             Tunes
             as
             printed
             and
             allowed
             to
             be
             sung
             by
             all
             people
             together
             ,
             before
             and
             after
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             before
             and
             after
             their
             Prayers
             ?
             For
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             a
             clear
             case
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             were
             then
             Translated
             in
             English
             Metre
             ,
             they
             were
             never
             Translated
             before
             ?
             and
             if
             they
             were
             then
             allowed
             and
             appointed
             to
             be
             sung
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             allowed
             nor
             appointed
             before
             .
             And
             never
             talk
             of
             repairing
             the
             Breach
             ;
             for
             if
             there
             ever
             was
             a
             Breach
             ,
             it
             was
             then
             repaired
             ,
             or
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             repaired
             .
          
           
             But
             ceasing
             at
             present
             ,
             hoping
             some
             of
             the
             great
             Singers
             will
             Answer
             these
             Queries
             ;
             it
             is
             also
             desired
             they
             would
             Answer
             this
             one
             Argument
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             not
             questioned
             but
             it
             is
             of
             more
             weight
             than
             those
             Three
             that
             have
             been
             levyed
             against
             it
             ,
             tho'
             ushered
             into
             the
             world
             with
             the
             Authority
             of
             seventeen
             Hands
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             Christ
             our
             great
             Law-giver
             never
             commanded
             ,
             nor
             his
             Apostles
             in
             his
             Name
             never
             taught
             ,
             nor
             practised
             ,
             cannot
             be
             a
             Gospel
             Duty
             .
          
           
             But
             Christ
             never
             commanded
             ,
             nor
             his
             Apostles
             never
             taught
             nor
             practised
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             that
             ever
             a
             Christian
             Congregation
             ,
             when
             Congregated
             together
             ,
             should
             sing
             Psalms
             or
             Hymns
             promiscuously
             ,
             or
             all
             together
             ,
             both
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             Young
             and
             Old
             ,
             Boys
             and
             Girls
             ,
             Professors
             and
             Prophane
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             such
             a
             singing
             of
             Psalms
             or
             Hymns
             by
             a
             Christian
             Congregation
             ,
             when
             congregated
             together
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             Duty
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

