Ainsworth - Houston-Packer Collection BT972 .A46 1628

CHAP. XVIII. 199 anions, to playon inílruments, and fing longs ofpraife unto the Lord ; IikewiLe in itudie of the fcriptures, for they were to o teach IaakobGods judgments,& If- oDeft.f,r9. rael his law , & thereby to i' turne many P Maf,.L ' 6 from iniquitie. And their trayningup & information,was under the handof their q fathers and governours. Thefe all,that q z chro.2Ç, they might attend to the workof their 6. zniniferie,had therefore rno part nor in- r Deu. xt.', heritance among their brethren, the If- z. raelites, in the land ofCanaan,in manu- ring whereof to fpend their time and la- bours;but had their liuelihood from the Lord, by the tithes, firft- fruits, andob- lations ofIfrael ; that they might be fin_ fh2 Chro.3r, couraged in the Law of the Lord. Be- fides thefe , there were in Samnels dayes and after , others, called the t formes of t'Sam. io, the Prophets, (as well v maried men as 5 others,) whichhad information, dire- V 2 Kin.4,r. x 1Sam.19, }:ion, & government by x other ancient 20. Prophets and fathers in Ifrael. And thefe fonnes of the. Prophets , af inhled Y in Y ;Sam. 'o, bands or. Companies , & had in{lruments .5 19,2e ofmufck, (as was the manner ofz Gods 2 I Chr.2s) t fervice in thofe daies,)prayfing the Lord 2,3,e7" and

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