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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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5. They teach one another by singing, and admonishing one another (this way) to avoid any thing that may hinder their Joys in Communion, and break their Harmony in spiritual Actions; all which, and many more are great Lessons, and are taught naturally by Saints mutual singing together, pag. 211, 212.
Object. If any should object, How can Unbelievers join with the Saints in singing, if this be so?
Object. If any should object, How can Vnbelievers joyn with the Saints in singing, if this be so?
Answ. This hath been answered already: there are the like Lessons, tho not to that degree and clearness, taught in uniting Hearts together in public Prayer and Praises, in Prayer and in mutually joining together equally in hearing ⟨p. 121⟩God's Word: Nay, and all must grant, that the chiefest and nearest Communion is that of the Heart and Spirit: If therefore you may, and do admit such you speak of, to that Communion and Liberty with you, how dare you, or can you deny them this? True, the Voice shows that Union that is in the Heart, or sets it forth; but the chief Fellowship and Unity is in the Spirit, as in the last Chapter I have showed.
Answ. This hath been answered already: there are the like Lessons, tho not to that degree and clearness, taught in uniting Hearts together in publick Prayer and Praises, in Prayer and in mutually joyning together equally in hearing ⟨p. 121⟩God's Word: Nay, and all must grant, that the chiefest and nearest Communion is that of the Heart and Spirit: If therefore you may, and do admit such you speak of, to that Communion and Liberty with you, how dare you, or can you deny them this? True, the Voice shews that Union that is in the Heart, or sets it forth; but the chief Fellowship and Unity is in the Spirit, as in the last Chapter I have shewed.