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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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Must not the Children have their Bread, because Strangers will get some of it? Besides, in the Church of Corinth, when Singing was brought in amongst them, as well as a Doctrine, &c. the Apostle speaks of Unbelievers coming into their Assemblies: and 'tis one Reason he gives why they should take heed to prevent Confusion, and not to suffer one to bring in a Doctrine, (or many together) and another an Interpretation, and another a Psalm, to put them all on Singing, and so have all these Ordinances confounded together, in a disorderly and confused manner: So 1 Cor. 14. vers. 26. compared with vers. 23.
3. If Singing be a part of natural Religion, or a moral Duty, as Prayer is, this Objection is gone for ever: So that he that answers what we say here, will do nothing unless he can make it appear Singing the Praises of God is a mere positive Precept, and had never been known to be the Duty of Mankind, without ⟨p. 107⟩some written Law or Prescription. Are not all Creatures called upon to sing and praise their Creator? and have not Unbelievers cause to praise God, nay, sing his Praise for the Mercies and Blessings God doth bestow upon them? Nay, have they not cause to praise God for Christ and the Gospel? &c. What is Singing but praising of God? And would you not have •ny to do this but the Saints? Ought not all Men on Earth to pray, tho till they have Faith their Prayers are not accepted of God?
3. If Singing be a part of natural Religion, or a moral Duty, as Prayer is, this Objection is gone for ever: So that he that answers what we say here, will do nothing unless he can make it appear Singing the Praises of God is a meer positive Precept, and had never been known to be the Duty of Mankind, without ⟨p. 107⟩some written Law or Prescription. Are not all Creatures called upon to sing and praise their Creator? and have not Unbelievers cause to praise God, nay, sing his Praise for the Mercies and Blessings God doth bestow upon them? Nay, have they not cause to praise God for Christ and the Gospel? &c. What is Singing but praising of God? And would you not have ny to do this but the Saints? Ought not all Men on Earth to pray, tho till they have Faith their Prayers are not accepted of God?