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A96385	Cain's generation discover'd. In ansvver to an epistle directed to the reader, in a book titled, A short and full vindication of that svveet and comfortable ordinance, of singing of Psalms. Put forth by one Jonathan Clapham, vvho calls himself M.A. and minister of Christ in VVramplingham in Norffolk; wherein he is found in envy, in Cain's way, in his false accusations and fierce despising and envious railing against the innocent, which is answered by me whose name in the flesh is George VVhitehead, who am one of them who are called Quakers, ... and wee having answered before six of his chief arguments for singing Psalms, which are answered in that book called, Davids enemies discovered, which this priest Clapham durst not answer nor reply to; therefore he makes excuse to the reader, that we left out some of his arguments, for the which cause I am moved further to answer to some of his arguments concerning singing, ...	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1655 (1655)	Wing W1898; Thomason E844_12; ESTC R202146	13,314	16

rage and imagine vaine things against the Lord and his Annointed Psal 2. so here the Reader may see what thou hast written from thy studie and how thou hast been studying lyes and divinations of thy own brain and teaches for Doctrine thy own traditions and thy own Precepts and art one of them who seeks deep to hide their Counsell from the Lord who art in Cains way and afraid as Cain was who would not have had thy deceit brought to the light but art found in the works of Darkness and one who hates the Light and there thy prayers are abomination unto God who art wicked and in thy deceit and confusion and prayes for a blessing upon it which is cursed and thy sacrifice is but Cains who in his steps are found whose sacrifice God doth not accept and amongst them which Christ cryed wo against who stood praying in the Synagogues who were called of men Masters and with a pretence did make long prayers to be heard of men as now thou dost and the same wo is to thee now who art found in these steps therefore let the Reader see that I have not railed nor falsly accused thee nor back-bited thee but plainly unto thee I speak Scripture Language which the Prophets Christ and his Apostles did declare against such blind guides and dumb shepheards as thou art who hast here foamed out thy owne shame so to thee this is truth which respects no mans person nor hath any mans person in admiration because of advantage neither come I with any great swelling words unto thee but in plainness of speech so therefore take heed that thou call it not cursing nor reviling least thou blaspheme against the Truth and be found a slanderer of them that spoke forth the Scriptures who in plainness of speech did declare against and cry wo against such as went in Cains way to envy and in Balaams way to covetousness therefore put it not from thee for from the guilt of these things thou cannot clear thy self So thou Priest Clapham having said to the Reader that we would not print the later part of thy vindication lest thou sayes peradventure our simple cavills being removed we should have had nothing to have stumbled the weakest Reader and so thou sayest our folly should be made manifest to all I answer We having answered the chief of thy matter wherein so much confusion thou hast uttered and repeated over and over also in the later part of thy Book nany of the same things which were answered and had plainly laid open thy singing which is both without the Spirit and without understanding therefore to remove ehy vain excuse whereby thou would'st cloak thy deceit to the Reader I am moved to answer more of thy confusion which is laid down in the later part of thy book that the Reader may not at all stumble nor doubt but plainly see thy shame folly manifested so that if the Reader be never so weak if he be not altogether blinde he may see thee taken in thy own snare and out of thy own mouth judged and thy torment increased which are answered as followeth c. Io. Clapham Whereas thou sayest in thy third page that it is exceeding probable that the Psalms sung by Christ and the Apostles were Davids Psalms and that they did imitate the Jewish custome in singing To this I answer Here thou would make Christ and his appostles like thy selfe to live in imitations and customes which thou hast no Scripture for but sayes that those who were skilled in their customes wrote that the Jewes did so and there 's all thy worship without the knowledg of God and worships thou knows not what as the Jews did Iohn 4. who worshipped at the Temple where singing was once used which was to cease with its worship ver 21 Amos 8.3.10 and here thou would make Christ a lyar like thy self who commeth to declare against imitations and shadows thou who lived in them and said the true worshippers worship in Spirit and Truth and here thou hast shewed thy self and thy worship to be false without the Spirit and without understanding to worship thou knows not what as they did and thou sayest in Ephes 5. and Col. 3. where thou sayes he commands singing of Psalms doth clearly point us at Davids Psalms I answer there thou ads to Scripture and speaks that which thou canst not prove therefore for shame stop thy mouth for the Apostle never bad them go forth to sing other mens conditions as thou dost and here thou would make the Apostle like thy self who makes Rimes and customes of other mens conditions but he bids them let the word of Christ dwel in them richly and be filled with the Spirit and therein they worshipped and not in the oldness of the Letter as thou and thy generation do and this that Paul wrote unto the Ephesians and Collossians was not to thee nor thy generation generation as thou sayest you are commanded to sing Psalms here thou lyest for thou never had a command for it but acts it in thy own imaginations and imagines that Christ and his Apostles did imitate as thou dost and here thou hast no command from God nor from any of the Apostles nor the Saints which Paul wrote unto but teaches divinations of thy own brain and not from the mouth of the Lord as the false Prophets did who said thus saith the Lord when he never spoke to them and there thou art seen and tryed to be sensuall having not the Spirit and the word of Christ doth not dwel in thy heart as it did in the Saints who did not imagine imitation of others neither did ever the Apostle bid proud men and covetous men sing as thou art but doth declare against all such and saith no such hath any inheritance in the Kindom of Christ as thou may read Ephes 5.5 And therefore how canst thou sing with the Spirit who art ' without the Spirit who art found in their steps who had not the Spirit such as Iude speaks of who go in the way of Cain to envy and run greedily after the errour of Balaam for gifts and rewards as thou may read Iude 11.13.19 And whereas in thy arguments to prove the lawfulness of singing in a mixed congregation thou art going about to justifie the wicked and prophane persons singing and asks why it should not be lawfull for them to joyne with you in singing I answer with the wicked and prophane thou art joyned who art going about to justifie them in thy carnall imaginations and there amongst the wicked thou art found in whose mouth praises are not comely saith David therefore for the wickeds singing and praying thou art pleading whose prayers are abomination unto God and thou askest if God hath not enjoyned it by the very dictate of nature I answer here thou art going about to make God like thy selfe and his teachings naturall like thine who art found in their steps who knew