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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 Major cannot be denied, the Minor is proved from that in Rom. 15. 4. For whatsoever was written aforetime, was written for our Learning, 2 Tim. 3. 16. and from what I have said in this Treatise, wherein 'tis evinced, that Singing, &c. is a moral Duty, and given forth both in the Old and New Testament.
If any object and say, that then we must sing nothing but David's Psalms, or the Songs contained in the Old and New Testament. I answer, The Matter that then was sung was God'• Word, or Divine and Holy Songs, and so must the Matter of our Songs be the Psalms of David, or the Word of Christ, i. e. such things that are certainly Divine and Sacred, congruous with the Word of God or spiritual Songs.
If they object about the manner used under the Law with Musical Instruments. I answer, […] plead for no other manner than was practised in the New Testament as well as in the Old; […] under the Old we read of singing together with united Voices without Instruments, and the same in the New: So that unless Instruments of Music (as Organs, &c.) were used in the New Testament, they are unlawful to be brought into the Worship of God; and in vain is it for any to object against Singing, because Musical Instruments were used under the Old Testament, since the one is given forth in the New, viz. singing Psalms, without mention made of Instruments of Music, and so practised also. But to that Objection I purpose to give a full Answer when I come to consider of Mr. Marlow's Book.
If they object about the manner used under the Law with Musical Instruments. I answer, 〈…〉 plead for no other manner than was practised in the New Testament as well as in the Old; under the Old we read of singing together with united Voices without Instruments, and the same in the New: So that unless Instruments of Musick (as Organs, &c.) were used in the New Testament, they are unlawful to be brought into the Worship of God; and in vain is it for any to object against Singing, because Musical Instruments were used under the Old Testament, since the one is given forth in the New, viz. singing Psalms, without mention made of Instruments of Musick, and so practised also. But to that Objection I purpose to give a full Answer when I come to consider of Mr. Marlow's Book.