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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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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Obj. The place in Matthew 26. 30. may as well be translated, they praised God.

Obj. The place in Mathew 26. 30. may as well be translated, they praised God.

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Answ. Though it is true they praised God, and it will bear that sense, yet, as Mr. Cotton and all learned Men I can meet with say, the Greek word signifies, their Praising of God in a Hymn. That is to say, they praised God by Singing. [See Dr. Du-Veil on Act. 16. 25.] Where is the Man that saith the Word will bear a praising of God without Singing? if there should be such a Person, I perceive (by my converse with several Learned Men) that I shall bring twenty, may be an hundred to that one that will refute and contradict him in what he says.

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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.