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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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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.
Object. What, you then (say some) plead for a natural or carnal thing, natural Religion and Worship. Away with your Singing, we thought all our Religion ought to be Spiritual.
Answ. We plead for Spiritual Worship as well as you, and say, That all the Parts of Religious Duties must be Spiritual, or they will not be accepted of God. But what is this to the purpose? Divers Ordinances, in their original and proper Nature, are Moral, and part of natural Worship: Is not Prayer in particular by all acknowledged so to be? And may not Prayer be carnally performed too, as well as Singing? nay, and so may any other Ordinance of Christ. Another Man will tell you, whilst you plead for Prayer, you plead for a Moral Duty, and a Branch of natural Worship: But doth that detract from its Glory? No sure, all wise Men know it adds greatly to it.