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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 11
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3. Willing, believing, and obedient attention to the Word of God then published, without hardening their Hearts against it through unbelief, To day if you will hear his Voice, harden not your Hearts, Vers. 7, 8. ⟨p. 78⟩So that this Prophecy of Christ, and of the New-Testament-Worship, evidently shows, that the Praises of God, solemnly with Singing of Psalms, solemn Prayer, and solemn Preaching, and hearing of the Word of God, should be those Ordinances of Christ, (and in such manner as there mentioned) as the Duties of Christians under the New Testament. And it is here further added, whereas the Apostle saith To day; this day is interpreted by the Apostle to be meant, 1. Not of the Seventh-Day-Rest from the Creation, Heb. 4. 6, 7, 8. 2. Nor of the Typical-Re•• Joshua gave them in the Land of Canaan, Heb. 4. 6, 7, 8. but of another certain Day limited in David's Psalms, Heb. 4. 7. which is called [Greek or Hebrew], a Sabbatism, a keeping of a Sabbath, remaining to the People of God, Heb. 4. 9. And this Sabbatism is the Day of our Lord Jesus, when he ceased from his Work of Redemption, as God did from his of Creation, Heb. 4. 10. And which is that Day of our Lord Jesus? Is it not the Day of his Resurrection, that's our Lord's-Day-Sabbath, which David so long before foretold should be celebrated with solemn Prayer, Preaching, and Hearing of the Word, and with Singing of Psalms with a joyful Noise. [And thus what was written afore-time, was written for our Learning, and is full of Instruction to us, and doth serve for Reproof and Correction; likewise to such who do not hearken to every part of those Duties ⟨p. 79⟩which are enjoined upon them therein, but cavil themselves out of the practice of it, with groundless and unnecessary Objections, and childish Questions]. But further, (saith he) our Spiritual and Eternal Sabbatism, partly as with Christ from Sin and Misery, both in this World, and that which is to come, Jesus our High Priest being passed into the Heavens,