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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 12
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Answ. 'Tis no matter to whom they sung, it was their Sin and horrid Wickedness to give that Divine Worship and Praise to a molten mage, that belonged to God only; but there is no question but they sung now to this false God, as they had done, cap. 15. to the true God of Heaven and Earth, and therein lay part of their wicked and horrid Deed.
Answ. 'Tis no matter to whom they sung, it was their Sin and horrid Wickedness to give that Divine Worship and Praise to a molten• mage, that belonged to God only; but there is no question but they sung now to this false God, as they had done, cap. 15. to the true God of Heaven and Earth, and therein lay part of their wicked and horrid Deed.
The second Scripture is Psal. 81. 1, 2. Sing aloud unto God, make a joyful Noise: which cannot be applied to one Man's Singing, and divers others in the Book of Psalms before cited.
The second Scripture is Psal. 81. 1, 2. Sing aloud unto God, make a joyful Noise: which cannot be apply'd to one Man's Singing, and divers others in the Book of Psalms before cited.
The third place is that in Rev. 19. which is a Prophecy of that triumphant Singing tha• shall be in the Church throughout the Earth, or in all Nations, at the downfall of Babyl•• And after these things I heard a great voice […] much People in Heaven, saying, Alleluj vers. 1. And I heard as it were, the Voice of […] great Multitude, and as the Voice of many Wters, and as the Voice of mighty Thunderings, saying, Alleluia; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Vers. 6. That Singing that is represented to John by these kind of Noises, can […] signify the Singing of one single Man in […] Congregation: and though it is said to be, […] at that time to such a degree, and on that occasion extraordinarily performed, yet it makes