The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…

What is said in the third Paragraph, and beginning of the fourth, concerning the rendering those words before mentioned, and some others, is of little importance in clearing the present Controversy, seeing it is granted already that God may be praised without Singing, tho Singing is a principal way of setting forth the Praise of God, as Dr. Owen saith. And certainly that which is the principal way of praising God, ought not to be excluded by Christians• neither can we think that these Translators had any design to do it, seeing they use such words as include this as well as other ways of praising God. And whereas Mr. M. thinks he hath got clear and undeniable Evidence for his simple praising God only, he hath got none at all, unless three be not contained in the number four, because one is. Solomon saith, The wringing of the Nose brings forth Blood; and straining the words of these Translators, may bring forth a sense which they never intended. I see no such restrictive terms used by them, which may reasonably be thought to restrain the Duty of Praising God to the particular mode of this ⟨p. 55⟩Author; but if they did intend it, I could (if the Bounds of my Paper would admit it) produce six or seven Translators who are generally esteemed by learned Men very accurate, who have rendered the words for that way of praising God which is pleaded for in the foregoing Treatise.

What is said in the third Paragraph, and beginning of the fourth, concerning the rendring those words before mentioned, and some others, is of little importance in clearing the present Controversy, seeing it is granted already that God may be praised without Singing, tho Singing is a principal way of setting forth the Praise of God, as Dr. Owen saith. And certainly that which is the principal way of praising God, ought not to be excluded by Christians• neither can we think that these Translators had any design to do it, seeing they use such words as include this as well as other ways of praising God. And whereas Mr. M. thinks he hath got clear and undeniable Evidence for his simple praising God only, he hath got none at all, unless three be not contained in the number four, because one is. Solomon saith, The wringing of the Nose brings forth Blood; and straining the words of these Translators, may bring forth a sense which they never intended. I see no such restrictive terms used by them, which may reasonably be thought to restrain the Duty of Praising God to the particular mode of this