A47407:104
The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…
The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, proved to be an holy ordinance of Jesus Christ with an answer to all objections : as also, an examination of Mr. Isaac Marlow's two papers, one called, A discourse against singing, &c., the other, An appendix : wherein his arguments and cavils are detected and refuted / by Benjamin Keach ...
London: printed for Author, 1691
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Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, an Holy Ordinance of… › Chapter 3
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Remarkable is that passage of Moses in Gen. 4. Then began Men to call upon the Name of the Lord]. Ainsworth showeth that the Text is taken two manner of ways, the Chaldee in the Masovites Bible saith, Then in his days Men left off Praying, or became profane, so that they prayed not in the Name of the Lord.
Remarkable is that passage of Moses in Gen. 4. Then began Men to call upon the Name of the Lord]. Ainsworth sheweth that the Text is taken two manner of ways, the Chaldee in the Masovites Bible saith, Then in his days Men left off Praying, or became prophane, so that they prayed not in the Name of the Lord.
Others understand it directly the contrary way, i. e. Then Men begun to pray, or call on the Name of the Lord, or erected public Worship, Preaching in the Name of the Lord. So Ainsworth.
Others understand it directly the contrary way, i. e. Then Men begun to pray, or call on the Name of the Lord, or erected publick Worship, Preaching in the Name of the Lord. So Ainsworth.
Take it either way, it appears they knew ⟨p. 30⟩it was their Duty to Pray and Preach; yet there was no positive Law, or written Precept for either in those Days, nor▪ for many Years after, even till Moses came; so that 'tis clear, these are parts of moral or natural Worship.