The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…

Name: The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…
Author: Benjamin Keach

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 ...

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London: printed for Author, 1691

xii, [6], 192, 55, [1] p. · 66k words · Wing K50 · ESTC R21273

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Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, an Holy Ordinance of… › Chapter 13

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:279p. 93

Sixthly, and lastly, The End, viz. to glorify the Lord, and lift up his Praise. God is to be our true and only Scope, i. e. to set forth his Glory ought to be our ultimate End, I mean, when we sing and perform all other Duties of Religion.

:280p. 93–94

Now then, since the Word of Christ is the Matter in general that ought to be sung; it appears we are not left without Directions by the Spirit about this Ordinance, (let Men say what they please) for as 'tis Christ's Word we should and ought always to preach, and hear, so 'tis his Word we should and ought to sing: And as we are not tied up by the Lord in ⟨p. 94⟩Preaching, to do no more than barely read the Scripture, or quote one Scripture after another, (which would be rather Reading than Preaching) but may use other Words to edify the Church, provided they agree with, or are congruous to the Word of Christ, or the Sacred Scripture, (and yet we call that the Word of God which is preached, and so indeed it is); so when that which we sing is taken out of God's Word, or is Scripture, absolutely congruous, truly and exactly agreeing thereunto, it may as truly be called the Word of Christ, as our Sermons are, and may be so called.

:281p. 94

Obj. But you add words to your Hymns that are not in the Text you refer to.

:282p. 94–95

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The breach repaired in God's worship, or, Singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,…

CHAP. XIV.

Showing who ought to sing Psalm• Hymns, and spiritual Songs; whether it ought to be done in the public Congregation, and in a mixed Assembly or no.

Shewing who ought to sing Psalm• Hymns, and spiritual Songs; whether it ought to be done in the publick Congregation, and in a mixt Assembly or no.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. XIV.

Showing who ought to sing Psalm• Hymns, and spiritual Songs; whether it ought to be done in the public Congregation, and in a mixed Assembly or no.

Shewing who ought to sing Psalm• Hymns, and spiritual Songs; whether it ought to be done in the publick Congregation, and in a mixt Assembly or no.