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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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Thirdly, That Faculty (as one observes) which God hath placed in Men to praise him in an harmonious or a melodious manner, shows that it is a moral Duty belonging to all Men (tho more especially the Saints of God) to be found ⟨p. 35⟩in the Practice of singing forth his Praise. God, who made nothing in vain, but all things for his own Glory, even the Tongue of little Birds to warble forth with their pleasant Notes the Praises of their Creator amongst the branches of the Trees, Psal. 104. 12. Who made our Tongues, and placed that singing Faculty in them but the Almighty? We see all Men and Women more or less are naturally as apt and ready to sing as to speak. Now was this tunable and musical Tongue, or that Faculty of Si•• ing, not given to us and to all Mortals, think you, to sing forth the Praises of our Creator? Can any be so weak as to think it was given to be employed to sing any other Songs, but such as are sacred and divine? If it be a great abuse of the Tongue, or rather a Dishonour to God, for any to employ their Tongues to sing profane and carnal Songs, that stir up Lust, and promote Ungodliness, as all will say doubtless it is; then it follows clearly, this tunable or melodious note or faculty of Singing that God hath placed in the Tongue, can be for no other reason, but that thereby, viz. with a sweet and melodious manner, they, nay all of them, might discharge this Duty of singing the Praises of the Almighty God. And indeed upon this account, as well as any other (or more than upon any other) the Tongue may be called our Glory, i. e. because thereby we, in the highest manner we are capable of, do praise and laud the Name of God in singing and setting forth that Glory that is owing to him from
Thirdly, That Faculty (as one observes) which God hath placed in Men to praise him in an harmonious or a melodious manner, shews that it is a moral Duty belonging to all Men (tho more especially the Saints of God) to be found ⟨p. 35⟩in the Practice of singing forth his Praise. God, who made nothing in vain, but all things for his own Glory, even the Tongue of little Birds to warble forth with their pleasant Notes the Praises of their Creator amongst the branches of the Trees,