A47407:169
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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All these Precepts are enjoined in the very same form of Speech, Let the Word of […] dwell in you richly in all Wisdom; teaching […] another in Psalms, and Hymns, and Spirit••• Songs, singing with Grace in your Hearts to […] Lord.
All these Precepts are injoyned in the very same form of Speech, Let the Word of 〈…〉 dwell in you richly in all Wisdom; teaching 〈…〉 another in Psalms, and Hymns, and Spirit••• Songs, singing with Grace in your Hearts to 〈…〉 Lord.
Is any merry? let him sing Psalms, James 5. 13. 'Tis not left to our liberty, whether we will sing or not, or that we may, or may not do it; 'tis as absolutely enjoined as Prayer, or any Gospel-Duty, and that not only on single Persons at special occasions, but on the Churches also; they are here required to sing Psalms and Hymns, and Spirituals Songs likewise.
Is any merry? let him sing Psalms, James 5. 13. 'Tis not left to our liberty, whether we will sing or not, or that we may, or may not do it; 'tis as absolutely injoyned as Prayer, or any Gospel-Duty, and that not only on single Persons at special occasions, but on the Churches also; they are here required to sing Psalms and Hymns, and Spirituals Songs likewise.
A Man may as well say, any one of them who were Members of the Churches, were not concerned in other Precepts, as to say, this doth ot concern them all generally as well as some in particular. May not you as well say, and stand by it too, All are not to be filled with the Spirit, or to desire the further influence and assistance of it; or, all are not required to pray, nor to put on the whole Armour of God; or, all are not to let their Conversation be as becomes the Gospel? nay, what not?