A47407:273
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 13
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Here you have six Things observable, or the words contain six parts.
First, The Matter to be sung in the general, viz. the Word of Christ; Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all Wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms, &c. singing with Grace in your Hearts.
Like as the Word of Christ ought to dwell in us richly, that we may meditate thereon, and be able to preach it, hear it, and understand it, &c. so to sing it. The Word of Christ is therefore positively laid down to be the Matter we must and ought to sing in the general; for we are enjoined, to have it dwell richly in us in this place, more especially to sing it, than on any other account.
Like as the Word of Christ ought to dwell in us richly, that we may meditate thereon, and be able to preach it, hear it, and understand it, &c. so to sing it. The Word of Christ is therefore positively laid down to be the Matter we must and ought to sing in the general; for we are injoined, to have it dwell richly in us in this place, more especially to sing it, than on any other account.