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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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Object. Scarce any Example can be given of any entire Congregation that sung together mentioned in the Scripture.
Object. Scarce any Example can be given of any intire Congregation that sung together mentioned in the Scripture.
Answ. Tho no Example could be given for it, yet it is a sufficient Warrant for the Duty if there be a Precept; and, saith he, the Precept is plain, Col. 3. 16. where the whole Church of Coloss is exhorted to have the Word of Christ dwell in them richly, and to admonish one another in Psalms, &c. to sing with Grace or holy Melody to the Lord. If God, saith he, had reserved this Duty to some select Choristers, he would have given some Directions in the New Testament for their Qualification and Election; but since he speaketh nothing of any such, &c. he commandeth this Duty to the whole Church.
2dly, The Practice of God's Israel of old, (i. e. Moses and the Children of Israel) is a further Solution to this Objection; for there is an Example of singing together; and besides, that there was a mixed Multitude with them too is evident, who, no doubt, sung with them, having received the like Mercies they did. See Exod. 12. 38.
2dly, The Practice of God's Israel of old, (i. e. Moses and the Children of Israel) is a further Solution to this Objection; for there is an Example of singing together; and besides, that there was a mixt Multitude with them too is evident, who, no doubt, sung with them, having received the like Mercies they did. See