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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 7
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Jointly with this Argument, it is necessary also in the next place to consider, how Singing of Psalms was brought into the Church in the Gospel-times, as other Ordinances were, even as a Doctrine, Prophesying, Interpreting, &c. 1 Cor. 14. 26. Nay, and it seems it was in their Public Assemblies, when Unbelievers were admitted to come in among them, as appears by vers. 33.
Joyntly with this Argument, it is necessary also in the next place to consider, how Singing of Psalms was brought into the Church in the Gospel-times, as other Ordinances were, even as a Doctrine, Prophesying, Interpreting, &c. 1 Cor. 14. 26. Nay, and it seems it was in their Publick Assemblies, when Unbelievers were admitted to come in among them, as appears by vers. 33.
Object. But this was an extraordinary Singing, or a Singing by an extraordinary Gift, and there are none have such Gifts now; and therefore none must sing in these days, since the miraculous Gifts are ceased.
Answ. That the Psalm was extraordinary as to the Matter, is doubtful; because we know no Psalms but the Book of Psalms, or those called the Psalms of David: so that it is very likely it might be one of them; but let it be a Psalm, or an Hymn, given forth by the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit, and sung too by the same extraordinary Spirit, yet this doth not weaken, but strengthen my Argument.