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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 5
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3. To this, take what Mr. Wells affirms; […] shall (saith he) take one Shaft out of the whole Quiver, i. e. I shall use one Argument, among many, which is this, viz. W• always find this Duty of Singing Psalm• linked to, and joined with other moral Duties; ⟨p. 49⟩thus the Psalmist joins Singing and Prayer together, Psal. 95. 1, 6. O come let us sing unto the Lord—O come, let us worship, and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
3. To this, take what Mr. Wells affirms; 〈…〉 shall (saith he) take one Shaft out of the whole Quiver, i. e. I shall use one Argument, among many, which is this, viz. W• always find this Duty of Singing Psalm• linked to, and joined with other moral Duties; ⟨p. 49⟩thus the Psalmist joins Singing and Prayer together, Psal. 95. 1, 6. O come let us sing unto the Lord—O come, let us worship, and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
There is Prayer and Singing connected, Singing being of equal necessity and authority with other Ordinances […] so the Apostle James joins these two together, Is any […] you afflicted? let him pray. Is any […]? let him sing Psalms, Jam. 5. 13. You […] observe, both these Services are equally calculated for Man's Necessity. Thus Paul and Silas join them in their practice, Acts 16. 26