A47407:247
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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The Objections (saith he) made against this, do most of them plead against joying to Sing in Heart, as well as in Voice, as that by this means others out of the Church will sing, as also that we are not always in a suitable Estate to the matter Sung, and likewise that all cannot Sing with understanding, and are not all therefore who have understanding to join in Heart and Voice together. Are not all the Creatures in Heaven, Earth, Seas, Men, Beasts, Fishes, Fowls, &c. commanded to praise the Lord? and yet none of these, but Men, and ⟨p. 82⟩Godlily Men too, can do it spiritually and with understanding.
The Objections (saith he) made against this, do most of them plead against joying to Sing in Heart, as well as in Voice, as that by this means others out of the Church will sing, as also that we are not always in a suitable Estate to the matter Sung, and likewise that all cannot Sing with understanding, and are not all therefore who have understanding to join in Heart and Voice together. Are not all the Creatures in Heaven, Earth, Seas, Men, Beasts, Fishes, Fowles, &c. commanded to praise the Lord? and yet none of these, but Men, and Godly ⟨p. 82⟩ly Men too, can do it spiritually and with understanding.
The third Scripture Prophecy is, Hos. 2. 15. which clearly alludes to the Gospel-days, […] Expositors show, viz. when God should make a New Covenant with his People, and betr••• them to himself for ever: vers 19. I will all••• her, and bring her into the Wilderness, and speak comfortably unto ber. Vers. 14. And […] give her Vineyards from thence, and the Valley of Achor for a Door of Hope, and she shal• sing as in the days of her Youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the Land of Egypt; which is clear has respect to that of