A47407:133
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 4
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CHAP. VIII.
Proving Singing of Psalms, &c. an Ordinance of Christ from the Practice of the Saints, before the Law, in the Law, and under the Gospel.
MY next Argument shall be taken from the Practice of the Saints and People of God in all Ages of the World. 'Tis strange any should doubt of the truth of Singing the Praises of God, if it be made appear it was the Practice of the People of God before the Law, ⟨p. 42⟩and also under the Dispensation of the Gospel.
1. Not wholly to pass over what I have b• fore hinted of the Angels Singing, though I shall but touch upon it here, and do little more than cite a Passage out of a Sermon preached by Reverend Mr. Wells, in the Supplement to the Morning Exercise, these […] his words; Singing is the Music of Ang••• Job tells us, the Morning Stars sang together,