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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 15
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'Tis evident, my Brother, that Paul is not a speaking here to Ministers, but to the whole Church, and he is not a laying down Directions to gifted Brethren how they should preach and exhort one another that way, as sometimes he doth, much less about the exercise of extraordinary Gifts; but 'tis to enjoin and exhort the Churches to sing Psalms, and Hymns, and spiritual Songs; how also they should perform this Duty to the Honour of God and their own ⟨p. 118⟩Comfort, in ordinary Gospel-Administration. Dr. Roberts in his Key to the Bible, pag. 176. saith on these words to this purpose. But Christians should be filled with the Spirit, not filled with Wine, but with the Spirit, and speak one to another in Psalms, […] Hymns, and spiritual Songs, &c. thus rejoicing with Heavenly Melody in your Hearts to the Lord: and the latter words in both places, Eph. 5. 19. Col. 3. 16. are, saith he, exegetical to those in the beginning of the Verses, explaining what he means by speaking, teaching and admonishing, viz. thus, edifying one another in singing Psalms, &c. And it's an excellent way of speaking to themselves and to one another, when Christians sing Psalms, &c.—therefore, saith he, that speaking to themselves, and teaching one another in Psalms, and Hymns, and spiritual Songs, is […] singing.
'Tis evident, my Brother, that Paul is not a speaking here to Ministers, but to the whole Church, and he is not a laying down Directions to gifted Brethren how they should preach and exhort one another that way, as sometimes he doth, much less about the exercise of extraordinary Gifts; but 'tis to injoin and exhort the Churches to sing Psalms, and Hymns, and spiritual Songs; how also they should perform this Duty to the Honour of God and their own ⟨p. 118⟩Comfort, in ordinary Gospel-Administration. Dr. Roberts in his Key to the Bible, pag. 176. saith on these words to this purpose. But Christians should be filled with the Spirit, not filled with Wine, but with the Spirit, and speak one to another in Psalms, 〈…〉 Hymns, and spiritual Songs, &c. thus rejoicing with Heavenly Melody in your Hearts to the Lord: and the latter words in both places,