A47407:25
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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The Contents of the chief Things contained in the ensuing Treatise.
The Contents of the chief Things contained in the insuing Treatise.
What it is to sing, Page 5. That there can be no proper Singing without the Voice, pag. 6. 'Tis not simple Heart-joy, or inward rejoicing without […] Voice, p. 7. A Metaphorical Singing mentioned in Scripture, p. 7. No mental Singing, as there is no mental praying, p. 12. The Essence of Singing no more in the Heart or Spirit, […] the Essence of Preaching, &c. p. 14. Singing is a musical melodious Modulation, or timing of […] Voice, p. 15. 'Tis not praising of God in Prayer, p. 16. Wherein Singing and other praisings of God differ, p. 16, 17. Several distinct Noises of the Tongue, or bodily Organ, 19, 20. They that […] not with the Voice, sing not at all, p. 21. Singing th• Praises of God, proved our Duty from the Anti••• of that Practice, of the Angels singing at God's bringing […] the first visible Creation. The Angels sung also at the ••nging in the second Creation, or Work of Redemption, 22, 23, 24. Singing an Act of the Voice, and also an Act of God's ••rship, p. 24. The Devil a great Enemy to the singing of God's Praise. […] sing to Christ, p. 25, 26. An Argument to prove Singing part of God's Worship, p. 27. Singing a Moral Duty, proved by four Demonstrations, • 30, to p. 40. An Argument to prove it our Duty to sing Praise to God, ••ken from its being a part of Natural Religion, p. 41. Singing our Duty, from the Practice of God's People be•re the Law, under the Law, and under the Gospel, p. 41, […] p. 45. ⟨image 8⟩Singing of Psalms, &c. our Duty, proved from Scripture-Precepts, p. 45, to p. •2. Singing under the Law with Instruments of Music typical, p. 53. Singing the Praises of God proved to be our Duty, because instituted under the Gospel, and enjoined on the Churches, p. 54, to p. 56. An Argument from thence, p. 59. Obj. We cannot tell how to come at Singing, answered, p. 85. Singing God's Praises, &c. confirmed by a Miracle, as other Gospel-Ordinances were, p. 60. Obj. Singing was done by an extraordinary Gift, therefore we must not sing now; answered, p. 62, 146, 147. The direful Consequents of such an Assertion, p. 63. An Argument drawn from the extraordinary Gift in the Apostolical Church, in bringing in a Psalm, &c. p. 64, 65. Proving Singing of Psalms our Duty, from the Practice of the Churches next after the Apostles Times, p. 65, 66, 67. Showing the form or manner of singing, and that it ought to be with united Voices, p. 70, 71, 72.