A47407:109
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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Either they did it by the Dictates of their own Conscience, as a part of Divine Homage due to God, from the Law or Light of God in their own Hearts, to magnify him for That wonderful Salvation, or else by some special means of Inspiration or Injunction from the Lord, though I incline to the former. Plain it is, this was before the Law was given forth, or there were any written Prescription or Rule to walk by; which clearly shows, take it either way, it was no Levitical Ceremony (as some are ready to assert) but a Duty it was, and it has been practised by multitudes that never had any knowledge of the Scripture or positive Precepts.
Either they did it by the Dictates of their own Conscience, as a part of Divine Homage due to God, from the Law or Light of God in their own Hearts, to magnify him for That wonderful Salvation, or else by some special means of Inspiration or Injunction from the Lord, though I incline to the former. Plain it is, this was before the Law was given forth, or there were any written Prescription or Rule to walk by; which clearly shews, take it either way, it was no Levitical Ceremony (as some are ready to assert) but a Duty it was, and it has been practised by multitudes that never had any knowledg of the Scripture or positive Precepts.
Further, to confirm what we have said upon this respect, i. e. that Singing the Praises of God is a moral Duty, and a part of God's natural ⟨p. 31⟩Worship, as well as Prayer, take what Mr. Robert's says; Singing of Psalms, &c. to God with the Voice (saith he) seems to be part of God's natural Worship; which upon due consideration of God's Nature, Man by the Light of Nature should perform to him, though there were no particular Law requiring it, nor Institution appointing it.