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fr^fffiated into Rlnme and Metre^ until the Sixteenth
Century after the Birth of Chrift : Ergo, It wasimfojfible
that any Church ofChrift could fofing them as
our Brethren now do.
The major is undeniable. The minor I thus
prove :
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]fit he fo recorded^ that they were tranjlated tnto
Jihime and Metre before that time, you or fame other
are able to fljew it
But neither you nor any other are able tojhew it
Ergo, Jt is not fo recorded.
Argument cannot be
Now as the major of this
denied, fo the mmor will alfo ftand good till
you give an Inftance where it is fo recorded
the Argument being a univerfal Negative : And
therefore I fhall thus inter upon you,
JfSinking in Rhime and Metre was never fraUifed
by any Church of Chrifl until the Sixteenth Century^
it was becaufe the Lordjefus had not commandedit fo
to be:
But it was never fo pra[tifed by any Church of
Chrift before that time : Ergo, The Lord Jeftts hath
not commanded it fo to be.
The minor
ftands good till you give your Inftance,
The Confequence of the major I thus
prove,
.
If the Lordjefus had fo commandedit, then bts
would have taught the Churches to bavefo
Jifoflles
praBifed it :
But they did not fe teach the Ch/irches:
itnotfo commanded
Ergo, ft
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