A47407:294
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 14
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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.
'TIS strange that any should doubt, whether it be the Duty of the Church to sing (as well as private Families or Persons) since our blessed Saviour, with his eleven Disciples, upon the closing of the holy Supper, sung together an Hymn in that solemn Assembly; if we may not, ought not to follow them in the Practice of Singing an Hymn from thence, what ground is there to break Bread in our public Assemblies from that Example? This is the Institution of that Ordinance; and, as he took Bread and blessed it, and took the Cup after the same manner, &c. so 'tis said when they had done they sung an Hymn, and went out, &c.
'TIS strange that any should doubt, whether it be the Duty of the Church to sing (as well as private Families or Persons) since our blessed Saviour, with his eleven Disciples, upon the closing of the holy Supper, sung together an Hymn in that solemn Assembly; if we may not, ought not to follow them in the Practice of Singing an Hymn from thence, what ground is there to break Bread in our publick Assemblies from that Example? This is the Institution of that Ordinance; and, as he took Bread and blessed it, and took the Cup after the same manner, &c. so 'tis said when they had done they sung an Hymn, and went out, &c.