A demonstration of family-duties: or Certaine propositions and reasons of them taken [ou]t of the holy Scriptures, tending to shew the necessity, nature, and manner of performance of such religious duties, as Christian families ought to spare some time unto from common affaires every day. By T.P.
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- A demonstration of family-duties: or Certaine propositions and reasons of them taken [ou]t of the holy Scriptures, tending to shew the necessity, nature, and manner of performance of such religious duties, as Christian families ought to spare some time unto from common affaires every day. By T.P.
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- Paget, Thomas, d. 1660.
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- [London] :: M DC XLIII. Printed by H.A. for Thomas Vnderhill, dwelling at the signe of the Bible, in Woodstreet, London,
- [1643]
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- Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
- Family -- Religious life -- Early works to 1800.
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"A demonstration of family-duties: or Certaine propositions and reasons of them taken [ou]t of the holy Scriptures, tending to shew the necessity, nature, and manner of performance of such religious duties, as Christian families ought to spare some time unto from common affaires every day. By T.P." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54497.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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PROOF. Thus the Lord by the prophe•• Isaiah expresly sheweth, Isaia. 52.8. W•••• the voice together they shall sing; &c. that is▪ They shall sing, all of them together.
I. REAS. Because the lifting up of voice together, and joyning together in singing o•• Psalmes, is most pleasing and delightfull 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Lord; as may be seene by the graciou•• testimony which he hath given of his appro¦bation and acceptance thereof. See 2 Chro•••• 5.13.
It came to passe as the trumpette•• & singers were as one, to make one soun•• to be heard, in praising and thanking the Lord: and when they lift up their voice, with the trumpets and cymbals, and in∣struments of musick, and praysed the Lord, saying, For he is good, for h•••• mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord.
II. REAS. Because it greatly gladdeth and affecteth the godly themselves, whe•• by the lifting up of their voices in singing, they doe make a joyfull noyse unto the Lord, as it is implyed in that saying of the Psalmist, Psal. 95.2. Let us make a joyfull noy•• unto him with Psalmes. It seemeth that the people of God did apprehend, that spiritual joy was bred, increased, and stirred up by the melodious noyse, which is made in sin••¦ging
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of Psalmes. See for further proofe of this, that which is advised and exhorted unto Ephes. 5.18, 19. And as hath beene already observed Proposit. 16.
I. OBSERV. Albeit all the Christian fa∣mily ought to lift up their voices together in singing of Psalmes, yet some one should begin the tune, for the better avoiding of confusion. This may be observed from that appointment of David of the cheife Musi∣cians, unto whom the Psalmes were com∣mitted. See 1 Chron. 25.1. and likewise the Titles prefixed unto sundry of the Psalmes, To the cheife Musician, Psal. 4.1, &c.
II. OBSERV. In case that some of the members of the family cannot read; then it is most requisite that some one of the family do read the Psalme line after line, as it is sung, that so all may sing, and be better edi∣fied thereby. See 1 Corinth. 14.26.