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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 14
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Answ. The Apostle enjoins the Lord's-Supper on the Church of the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 11. 23, 24. But some may say, he doth not bid every one of them to break Bread; how doth it follow every Member ought so to do? there would be no end of such Objections. But by this Rule, any Precept enjoined on the Churches may be restrained to a few Persons only, and so it would open a Door to Men to excuse themselves from being concerned in other parts of Gospel-Duties and Worship: therefore where a Duty is enjoined by the holy Spirit on the Churches, without the least hint or intimation that it concerns only some of them, nay, and an Ordinance in which there is the same parity of Reason, why one should be found in it as well as another, that Duty concerns the whole Church, or every Member: but it is so in the case of singing of Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual Songs: pray what ground has one Man to sing from hence more than another?
Answ. The Apostle injoins the Lord's-Supper on the Church of the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 11. 23, 24. But some may say, he doth not bid every one of them to break Bread; how doth it follow every Member ought so to do? there would be no end of such Objections. But by this Rule, any Precept injoined on the Churches may be restrained to a few Persons only, and so it would open a Door to Men to excuse themselves from being concerned in other parts of Gospel-Duties and Worship: therefore where a Duty is injoyned by the holy Spirit on the Churches, without the least hint or intimation that it concerns only some of them, nay, and an Ordinance in which there is the same parity of Reason, why one should be found in it as well as another, that Duty concerns the whole Church, or every Member: but it is so in the case of singing of Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual Songs: pray what ground has one Man to sing from hence more than another?
Are not all equally concerned to praise God? nay, and having received equal Mercies, Blessings and Privileges, to sing his Praises, since 'tis required of all, without the least exemption of any one?