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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 8
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Athanasius maintains it was practised in his Days, Episcop. eo locis.
Cyprian pressed this Duty in his Epistle to Donatus.
Chrysostom in his Commentary on Psal. 41. admonishes all Persons, Countrymen, Mariners, Weavers, &c. to sing Psalms and Spiritual Songs.
Estius cries out, saith Mr. Wells, to take notice of the Custom of the Primitive Christians, who did not only sing Psalms and Hymns in their public Assemblies, but in their private Families.
Estius cries out, saith Mr. Wells, to take notice of the Custom of the Primitive Christians, who did not only sing Psalms and Hymns in their publick Assemblies, but in their private Families.