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A33245 An answer to Richard Allen's essay, vindication and appendix wherein he endeavors to prove that singing of Psalms with conjoyn'd voices is a Christian duty / by R.C. Claridge, Richard, 1649-1723. 1697 (1697) Wing C4431; ESTC R33307 88,028 139

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Jesus there is a greater Likelyhood that he Mourned with the One and for the Other than Sung when the One Mourned and the Other was running into Eternal Perdition And if Christ did not Sing with his Disciples at this time which is far more probable than that he did Then R. A's First Answer to the Objection carries no Solution in it For if the Hymn or Praise was not Sung but Simply Said or Spoke 't is no matter whether it appertained to the Passover or the Lord's Supper or both 3. Methinks he is too positive in Saying It must be granted that our Lord indeed Sang an Hymn because many Learned Men who were for Common Singing did yet Hesitate about Christ's Singing an Hymn with his Disciples telling us It is not Certain and the Greek Word doth not necessarily Evince it as is before taken Notice of more particularly And the Objection it self doth not grant that Christ Sang tho' R. A. would have us believe it doth by his Words as it must in the Parenthesis but supposes if that should be granted it would yield no Advantage to his Cause presuming it did peculiarly belong to the Passover and so was no part of the New Celebration The Special and Peculiar Respect of the Passover and the Lord's Supper to the Sufferings of Christ for our Redemption doth not prove that this Hymn or Praise was Sung at all or upon occasion of either of them But if for Argument sake we should suppose it was Sung 't is more probable it was upon the Account of the Passover than of the Lords-Supper because the Jews had such a Custom at the Celebration of the Passover as Learned Men tell us and our Saviour who was a Member of the Jewish Church was Circumcised Luke 2.21 Brought to Jerusalem and presented to the Lord v. 22. and kept the Passover with his Disciples Mat. 26.18 19 c. And tho' the Jews Custom of Singing of an Hymn was not of Divine Appointment yet forasmuch as he was present at the Feast of Dedication which was ordained by the Jews themselves 1 Mac. 4.59 2 Mac. 10.8 in Remembrance of the New Consecration of the Altar after it had been Prophaned by Antiochus we may suppose that if he did Sing at this Time it was peculiarly and only with respect to the Passover Sect. 2. R. A. But 2. To suppose that it was Sung only upon the Occasion of the Passover is altogether groundless for had it been so what reason can be rendred why it should not be Sung immediately after it as 't is plain it was not Essay p. 22. Reply 2. I only allow of the Supposition for Argument sake and upon no other Account for I think there is Authority enough alledg'd in the former Chapter to induce us to conclude the Hymn was not Sung And when he can give a Reason why * 26.29 Matthew and † 14.25 Mark place those Words of Christ I will not drink henceforth of the Fruit of the Vine c. immediately after the Cup of the Lord's Supper and ‖ 22.18 Luke places them immediately after the Cup of the Passover as appertaining thereunto He may with Ease resolve the Difficulty In the mean time I desire him to remember that there is a Figure called Trajectio very frequently used in Scripture whereby Words and Sentences are Transposed For which let him consult * Annotat. in N. Test Beza † Philolog Sac. Glassius ‖ Animadv in Lib. N. Test Knatchbull and (a) Synops. Crit. in plurimis Locis Pool And I observe that not only Words and Sentences are oft Transposed but also Psalms Chapters and whole Books of Holy Scripture For Psalms the 52d should be before the 3d. for we read of Doeg the Edomite 1 Sam. 21. and 22. who is mentioned in the Title of the 52d to have told Saul that David was come to the House of Ahimelech which was long before Absolom's Rebellion 2 Sam. 15. upon Occasion whereof the 3d. Psalm was penn'd as appears by the Inscription A Psalm of David when he fled from Absolom his Son And the 90th Psalm if Moses was the Author challengeth Precedency in Point of Time to all the Other for he was above 400 Years before David Asaph and other Holy Penmen of the Psalms For Chapters there is a strange * Alstedij Thesaur Chronol Transposition of them in Jeremiah The 26th and 27th are in Order of Time before the 25th The 35th and 36th before the 32d 33d 34th The 45th and 46th before the 37th 38th 39th 40th 42d 43d 44th So the 29th of Ezekiel is prior to the 26th 27th 28th And the 31st to the End of the Book is before the 30. Lastly For Books Hosea is before † Alsted ubi supra Isaiah Jeremiah Ezechiel and Daniel so is Jonah before Hosea Joel Amos and Obadiah tho' placed after them So * Ibid. Luke wrote before Mark and John wrote the Gospel 6 Years after the Revelation And (a) Annot. on the Title of the Epist to the Romans Hammond tells us 't is commonly acknowledged that the 1st and 2d to the Thess were written before the 1st and 2d to the Corinthians And Alstedius says that Peter wrote his First Epistle and Jude his before Paul wrote to the Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians the Second to Timothy Philemon and the Hebrews Now as this Transposition is no Argument against their Divine Authority or the least Diminution of the Truths in them contained so it shews the Probability of a Trajection in Mat. 26.30 and the more especially if we consider these two Things 1. That Writers in general tell us from Paulus Burgensis of whom before p. 78. that the Jews used a Passover-Hymn 2. That Luke who mentions this Passage I will not drink of the Fruit of the Vine c. places it immediately after the Paschal-Cup Chap. 22.18 which Matthew and Mark put just after the Lord's-Supper So that if we would reconcile the Evangelists and do believe there was a Passover Hymn in Use among the Jews and that Christ kept the Passover according to their Custom and Usage we must admit of a Trajection in Mat. 26.29 and Mark 14.25 and consequently in Mat. 26.30 and Mark 14.26 And 't is no more groundless all these things well considered for the Ohjecters to appropriate this Hymn to the Passover tho' 't is not placed immediately after it by Matthew and Mark than to say such a Word Verse Psalm Chapter or Book of Holy Scripture doth Peculiarly belong to such a Person Thing Fact or Time because the Natural Order is Tra●ected or Transposed We have two remarkable ●nstances further to clear this in Psal 78 46 ●7 48. the Plague of Hail and Thunder is set ●fter that of the Caterpillar and Locust when in Exodus 9. and 10 Chapters 't is set before it And ●n Amos 2.9 10. the Bringing of the Children of ●srael up from the Land of Egypt is