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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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Contents › The Contents of our Answer to Mr. Marlow's Appendix.
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The Contents of our Answer to Mr. Marlow's Appendix.
Other ways to praise God, than by singing of his Praises, yet that is one way notwithstanding, pag. 16. Dr. Owen is cited by Mr. Marlow to no purpose for his Cause, p. 17. The direct and primary signification of Hymnos, is to sing, or they sung, p. 18, 19, 20. Obj. Singing in the Primitive Days, was by a special Gift, Answered again, pag. 21, 25, 26, 27. Mr. Marlow has a bad Cause to plead, appears by the Mediums he uses, showed in five things, p. 22, 23, 24. Inward Joy, Peace, &c. not the Fruit of the special Gifts, but of the Graces of the Spirit, p. 25, 26. Fillings of the Spirit necessary for Saints in discharge of all Duties, p. 29. Mr. Marlow's Arguing dangerous, proved by one Argument, p. 31. Obj. Women must not sing in the Church, because they must not speak in the Church, again answered, p. 32, 33, 34, 35. Women may speak several ways in the Church, and sing too, p. 33. Not for women to speak in the Church, it is not to usurp Authority over the Man. Singing not Teaching, tho a Teaching in it, p. 34. Women allowed to prophesy in the Church, p. 35. What Teaching is in Singing. How all may be said to teach, and yet all Hearers too p. 37, 38. ⟨image 10⟩Mr. Marlow confounds Singing and Preaching together one while, and Prayer and Singing at another, p. 38. Mr. Marlow's Singing in the 1000 Years Reign examined. And what Precepts the Saints shall have to sing then, that do not impower us to sing now? p. 38, 39. Every word of a Sermon may be premeditated by the Spirit, and yet be Spiritual, and so may Hymns too, p. 40. What Mr. Marlow says may lay Men under Temptation not to pray at all for want of a Gift, p. 41, 42. If we must not sing who have not a full assurance of God's Love, we must not also rejoice in God, p. 42, 43. We are come to such a Perfection of Divine Worship, as to know what God's Ordinances are, p. 45. One Note more worth observing on