The lawfulness, excellency, and advantage of instrumental musick in the publick worship of God urg'd and enforc'd, from Scripture, and the example of the far greater part of Christians in all ages. Address'd to all (particularly the Presbyterians and Baptists) who have hitherto been taught to look upon the use of instrumental musick in the worship of God as unlawful. / By a Presbyterian. ; [Two lines from Congreve]

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Attributed to James Lyon as likely author in the Dictionary of American biography. Erroneously attributed to Francis Hopkinson by Shipton & Mooney. Hopkinson is possibly the author of the satirical A second edition (with necessary improvements, which now render the sense entirely plain) of The lawfulness, excellency, and advantage of instrumental music ... Philadelphia: Andrew Stewart, 1763, which despite its title, is entirely distinct from the present work.