Instrumental Music in the Public Worship of the Church 4 of 5 (Second Commandment In Covenanter, Puritan & Reformation Worship)

This message is Chapter 4 from Girardeau's book, titled the 'Argument from the Presbyterian Standards.'

Arguments from Scripture, history and creedal standards are all considered, while objections are noted and countered. Defending the Apostolic (and later Puritan and Reformed) position, against Popish innovations, Girardeau clearly lays down what God requires in the area of public worship. Given the present rejection of the regulative principle of worship (which is nothing less than the biblical application of the second commandment) in most Protestant quarters, this book is even more valuable today than when it was first written. It contains the best discussion of biblical and godly guidelines regarding worship in general, and the instrumental music question in particular, that has come to us out of the 19th century.

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