A47407:161
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 6
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CHAP. VI.
Wherein it is proved, that singing of Psalms and Hymns, &c. is a Gospel-Ordinance, because instituted and required of the Churches by the Holy Ghost.
WE shall now show you it is one of Christ's Institutions, or that which the Holy Ghost doth positively require, or enjoin the Churches of God in the New Testament to be found in the Practice of. To make this fully to appear, I shall direct you to Ephes. 5. 19. [Greek or Hebrew], Psalmis & Hymnis, in Psalms and Hymns, and [Greek or Hebrew], & Canticis spiritalibus, and in spiritual Songs, [Greek or Hebrew], cantantes & psallentes, ⟨p. 55⟩singing and psalming in your Hearts to the Lord. Col. 3. 16. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all Wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms, and Hymns and spiritual Songs, singing with Grace in your Hearts. The holy Apostle in this Epistle to the Colossians, strenuously laboured to take off this Church from all Jewish Rites, Shadowy-Ordinances and Ceremonies, and yet enjoins the Duty of singing of Psalms and Hymns and spiritual Songs upon them by the Authority of the Holy Ghost, as that which is the absolute Duty of the Saints and Churches of Jesus Christ in Gospel-days. What a foolish thing is it for any to object against this Ordinance, because in the performance of it under the Law it was with Musical Instruments, since 'tis to these Churches so plainly given forth as a Gospel-Duty, and in them to all the Churches of the Saints to the end of the World? For by the same Argument one may deny singing of Psalms, &c. to be a Duty, notwithstanding so fully commanded or enjoined by the holy Spirit, another may object against any other Precept, and so till they leave us not one Gospel-Ordinance. I must confess, whatsoever was given forth under the Law, or enjoined as an Ordinance (unless a Moral Precept) that is not given forth anew under the New Testament (there being neither Precept nor Precedent for it) I never believed it doth in the least concern us. Hence we object against the Jewish Sabbath (for tho a time of Worship is