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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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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.
For, 1. Singing of Psalms, &c. to God, is a king of Prayer; a Prayer, not in Prose, but in Metre, with Melody. The Apostle joins them together as of like Nature. And who can be so gross as to deny Prayer to be part of God's natural Worship?
For, 1. Singing of Psalms, &c. to God, is a king of Prayer; a Prayer, not in Prose, but in Meeter, with Melody. The Apostle joins them together as of like Nature. And who can be so gross as to deny Prayer to be part of God's natural Worship?
2. Singing of Songs to God, was practised by God's People at the Red Sea, before the Law was given forth, or any particular Law for that Duty.