A47407:16
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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Dedication: THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO ALL THE Baptized Congregations In England and Wales, Who are…
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In a Word, Singing is enjoined; Some thing it is: If we have it not (but 'tis with •ou) we would willingly know what your Singing is, or what you call Singing: For we do say and testify, we believe you are wholly without Singing in any proper Sense at all. The Lord give us Moderation; don't let us be bitter one against another.
In a Word, Singing is injoyned; Some •hing it is: If we have it not (but 'tis with •ou) we would willingly know what your Singing is, or what you call Singing: For we do say and testify, we believe you are wholly without Singing in any proper Sense at all. The Lord give us Moderation; don't let us be bitter one against another.
I shall beg a part in your Prayers, and entreat you to look over what Weakness you may see in this small Tract, for I am, you know, but a Babe in Christ's School, and know but in part.
I shall beg a part in your Prayers, and intreat you to look over what Weakness you may see in this small Tract, for I am, you know, but a Babe in Christ's School, and know but in part.
And now to you, my Beloved Brethren and Sisters, (who meet on Horselydown) whom I hope I may say are my Joy and my Crown, whose Souls are most dear to me, and whom I can say I truly love and long after; it rejoices my Spirit to see how generally you are enlightened into this Gospel-Duty; but 'tis no small grief to me to see (since the Church in such a solemn manner agreed to sing the Praises of God on the Lord's Day) to find some of you so much offended; I am persuaded 'tis for want of Consideration, for you have no new thing brought in among you. Hath not the Church sung at breaking of Bread always for 16 or 18 Years last past, and could not, nor would omit it in the time of the late Persecution? And have not many of the honest Hearers (who have stayed to see that Holy Administration) sung with you, at that time, and yet none of you ever signified the least trouble? And have we not for this 12 or 14 Years sung in mixed Assemblies, on Days of Thanksgiving, and never any offended at it, as ever I heard? What is done more now? 'tis only practised oftener: and sure if it be God's Ordinance, the often practising of it, by such who find