A47407:147
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 5
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2. Consider these Commands, by which […] Lord established this part of his Worship of […] are as obligatory unto us in Gospel-Times, […] they were then to them when first instituted, •• cept it could be proved to be either Ceremo•• or Judaical, or hath received a change in […] Gospel. And this is evident in many resp••• particularly as to Prayer, that was a Duty […] and the Precepts contained in the Psalms […] the Prophets, which enjoin it, are of the […] Authority with those in the New Testament and equally bind the Conscience. So also […] Fasting, a Duty (as one observes) required […] the Prophets; and not so clearly repeated […] any Institution under the Gospel, as this […] ⟨p. 47⟩Singing is; and the same might be said for Days of Thanksgiving. Nay, and 'tis observable, how oft our Brethren, upon all proper •nd fit Occasions, fly to those Precepts to press Prayer, Fasting, and Thanksgiving too. If therefore Singing, as it is laid down and enjoined in these Sacred Precepts in the Book of Psalms, &c. is not binding, notwithstanding tis repeated and given forth in the New Testament afresh; Why do you, when you exhort •o other Duties, make use of Arguments and Proofs out of the Book of Psalms and the Prophets, in other Cases, since the Commands thereof, though neither Ceremonial nor Judaical, are (as you seem to affirm) of any Force, •or obligatory to us? This seems strange, for certainly Men have more reason in them, than •o press Obedience on Subjects to their Superiors, by abrogated or antiquated Statutes; And shall the Lord's Ambassadors be more irrational in pressing Obedience to the Lord, than mere rational Men are in Civil Affairs?
2. Consider these Commands, by which 〈…〉 Lord established this part of his Worship of 〈…〉 are as obligatory unto us in Gospel-Times, 〈…〉 they were then to them when first instituted, •• cept it could be proved to be either Ceremo or Judaical, or hath received a change in Gospel. And this is evident in many resp particularly as to Prayer, that was a Duty and the Precepts contained in the Psalms the Prophets, which enjoin it, are of the Authority with those in the New Testament and equally bind the Conscience. So also Fasting, a Duty (as one observes) required the Prophets; and not so clearly repeated any Institution under the Gospel, as this