A47407:164
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, an Holy Ordinance of… › Chapter 6
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But as touching this of Singing, there […] remain certainly no doubt about its being […] Duty, since, as I have already proved, it […] observed before the Law, and under the […] and in the Gospel, and given forth here […] these Churches as an absolute Institution: […] if these words don't contain a Precept, we […] be at a great loss to find a Precept for […] other Duties in the New Testament, which are no otherwise expressed.
But as touching this of Singing, there 〈…〉 remain certainly no doubt about its being 〈…〉 Duty, since, as I have already proved, it 〈…〉 observed before the Law, and under the 〈…〉 and in the Gospel, and given forth here 〈…〉 these Churches as an absolute Institution: 〈…〉 if these words don't contain a Precept, we 〈…〉 be at a great loss to find a Precept for 〈…〉 other Duties in the New Testament, which are no otherwise expressed.
As for Example, Only let your Conversa•••• be as it becomes the Gospel, Phil. 1. 27.
Is any afflicted? let him pray, James 5. 1•.