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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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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 W••ters, 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 ⟨p. 85⟩not against ordinary Singing, which is a Gospel-Precept (as hath been proved); for as there are times of extraordinary Prayer, so of extraordinary Praise and Singing to Jehovah. Moreover, it follows no more that we must not sing at all, unless we have an extraordinary cause to be merry or rejoice in God; then it doth follow we may not pray at all, unless we are afflicted, James 5. 13.
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 downfal 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 W••ters, and as the Voice of mighty Thundrings, saying, Allelujah; 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