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praised him bv prayer and taank giving ^;| hat they did not cons urns in sacrifices the things which ^ iy
created for food , but ( regarding this as the only honour worthy o him , ) rmpluyed them for themselv ^ jjf and the needy , and under the inj fluence of gratitude , offered ratioi ) 3 al ceremonies and hvrnns for his
various mercies : otoc X ^ yovitofMtag xai v ^ vov $ rfz ^ Ttew . If there were no other passage in his works bearing on the subject , I should from this willingly admit it to be
hft improbable , that the Christians
in" Justin ' s time commonJy sung h ^ rrins ; ( though still I know not how any decisive inference could be derived from it as to , their em . plpyrpent or noo-eipplayment of instrumental aecompjmjments : *) Bui the fact is , that' ^ e reading prrlcital of David ' s Psalms , ofc
of ajjy similar devotional compoi sjtions , is the most that is necessarily implied in this passage , ana fylieh ^ stijn is giving a particular accbjjht of the public worship of trie Christians , he takes no notice ; : whatever of psalmod y * J I will ingert in a note the whole of the passage just referred to ; f and fljoygh it affords negative evidence
m - / We , continually speakoT the siTiging in tho * e places of worship where instrumental accompaniments are employed ** to
without making an ^ allusion thenSffi r # 6 not theVeforc'perceive that a wrfte ^ »?« nce- 'respcrcfring instrumental accon * l § P ^^ euts , when he is speaking of the P § ali ? apdy , of ( he Christians ^ is in itseK ' ^ iisidere ^ j , *» y proof that it was with
HfeWW ^ alon c . ^ 4 « &f * Qt g # vipgr im-accpiint of the JSu-r % W £ t % r a $ performed after a baptismfl * F&kmii J list in proceeds ft * ' On thciday Wi ^ ie cdlled Sunday , all -who live in ^^ J ^^ r 4 o th ^ cau ^ tr ^ ae « en » bl € ip ^ ^ JwIMM « W ^ mwffimb J *** 0 **' 1 * ZF - ° !^ 9 # *! ^ GBftiSMmt ^' jne writings of the p *« H § t * Fand then * fce reader ceasing , theWifesidcnt gives
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( faff Xe ' tsseof J ^ ocal and Instrumentafm u ^ Jn Public Worship . 463
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| ipnly , P' cannot but regard ' it as proving , not only that singing did not form a principal part in the worship of the Christians of Europe and Asia in Justins time , bift even that it was not employed jtt all in their public worshi p * w 4 , But Justin Martyr has by some been supposed to declare ,
Ci that the use of singing with' instrunteital music was not received in the Christian churches as it was ilfnong the Jews , but only the use df iheptain song ; and it has beeltvsfewd that this testimony seems iricf ^ &trave rtible . The fact is , the tfeattise in which this passage is contained ( Qusestiones et Respon * sii | nes ad Orthodoxos ) , though gihited with Justin ' s works , is ^ pVersally allowed to have been composed by a much later writer , and is attributed to the fifth or sixth century . J The author is
suitable instructions and exhorts to the imitation of the excellencies displayed ^ them . Then we all ^ iae up together , « ui 4 pray ; and as I Hare before stated , whin our prayers are ended , the bread is offered , and tise wine and water / 1 [ These appear to have been
mixed together , as mention is before made 4 ?' it . c 4 ip ; of wine and water . ] *« And the president in like manner offers up prayers and thanksgivings to the best of his abilities , and the ^ people audibly express their assent by ^ sayijig the Amm ¦ The things for Whith thznksgiv * have been then
P | ^ ngs offered are distri-> uted , and ev ^ ry one partakes of then * * > nd , ^ o those who are not pr esent they a « y&ent by the deacons . Then those 0 Jfhp are affluent and liberal give each . V ^ hat be choo « es ; and the money which
is collected ^ is laid up with ( Ttocpx ) ttie ptssidcntf who gives aid to the orphaifetftid widow , ami to those whom diisetft or any other cause has reduced tOM ^ nt , and to the prisoher and the stranger ; and in short * takes tare of all w ^ io aced pelief / 1 X The writer warmly ^^ enda singing , by appealing to itB effects on the mind ; he condemn * instrumental ac-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1813, page 463, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2430/page/39/
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