The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…

Name: The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…
Author: Benjamin Keach

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 ...

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed for Author, 1691

xii, [6], 192, 55, [1] p. · 66k words · Wing K50 · ESTC R21273

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Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, an Holy Ordinance of… › Chapter 9

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I Having in the first Chapter proved there is no proper Singing but what is with the Voice, part of my Work here is done already; till I come to the Objections? I need not handle that Point any farther. But the Question is, Whether one Person only, or the whole Church, should sing together with united Voices?

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'Tis the latter that I do assert, and shall, by God's assistance, endeavour to make appear; and I shall begin with our Pattern, I mean that Example our Lord Jesus and his Disciples have lest us; Is it not said they sung? that is, Christ himself with his Disciples sung a Hymn• together, in the end of the Administration of the Holy Supper, Matth. 26. 30.

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The second place I may direct you to, is Acts 16. 25. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang Praises unto God, and the Prisoners heard them.

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The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…

CHAP. X.

Proving Singing the Praises of God with united Voices, from the Practice of the Saints in the time of the Old Testament.

CHAP. XI.

Proving that singing the Praises of God in Public Worship with united Voices, from the Prophecies of the Scripture, that foretold how the Saints and Church of God should sing in Gospel-days.

Proving that singing the Praises of God in Publick Worship with united Voices, from the Prophecies of the Scripture, that foretold how the Saints and Church of God should sing in Gospel-days.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. X.

Proving Singing the Praises of God with united Voices, from the Practice of the Saints in the time of the Old Testament.

CHAP. XI.

Proving that singing the Praises of God in Public Worship with united Voices, from the Prophecies of the Scripture, that foretold how the Saints and Church of God should sing in Gospel-days.

Proving that singing the Praises of God in Publick Worship with united Voices, from the Prophecies of the Scripture, that foretold how the Saints and Church of God should sing in Gospel-days.