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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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Then God takes possession of it as his Dwelling-place, he is so affected with the Praises of his People, when in a right manner they sing to set forth his Glory. And (as he minds) for the neglect of this Ordinance in the Church, viz. the not improving our Tongues and Faculties, by the Assistance of the Holy Ghost, in Singing the Praises of God, he may withhold the Influences of his Spirit, and may not be found to that deg••• in his Dwelling-place.
Fourthly, We may perceive what the Nature of this Ordinance of Singing is, if we consider how often it is in the Holy Scripture joined with Prayer. When we are exhorted to pray to him, to worship him, we are called upon also to sing his Praises. And thus Paul seems to join them together in his practice, When I pray, I will pray in the Spirit, &c. and when I sing, I will sing with the Spirit, &c. 1 Cor. 14. 15. So doth the Apostle James join them together, as of equal Worth, Nature, and Authority, James 5. 13.
From all which Considerations, it appears, •inging is of the same Nature with Prayer, even ⟨p. 39⟩a Moral Duty. These things I thought good to communicate to the consideration of all, especially for the sake of some weak Christians.