A47407:376
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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Secondly, You say, The singing of David's Psalms, were suitable to all the rest of the Levitical Ceremonies, and Temple-Worship, pag. 12, 13.
Answ. There is no doubt but the Singing of David's Psalms with Instruments of Music, was suited to the order of the Levites and to the Temple-worship. What then, must not we sing Psalms in the Gospel-days, with Grace in our Hearts to the Lord? We know no Psalms, but David's Psalms, or those called the Book of Psalms; and the holy Ghost doth enjoin the Gospel-Churches to sing Psalms, as well as Hymns, and spiritual Songs. Will you take upon you to countermand God's holy Precept? Will you say ⟨image 75⟩Very Tightly Bound ⟨p. 130⟩we must not sing Psalms, when the Churches are exhorted so to do? Pray, when you writ• again, tell us what Psalms they are the Holy Ghost there speaks of, if not them, or some o• them called the Psalms of David.
Answ. There is no doubt but the Singing of David's Psalms with Instruments of Musick, was suited to the order of the Levites and to the Temple-worship. What then, must not we sing Psalms in the Gospel-days, with Grace in our Hearts to the Lord? We know no Psalms, but David's Psalms, or those called the Book of Psalms; and the holy Ghost doth injoin the Gospel-Churches to sing Psalms, as well as Hymns, and spiritual Songs. Will you take upon you to countermand God's holy Precept? Will you say ⟨image 75⟩Very Tightly Bound ⟨p. 130⟩we must not sing Psalms, when the Churche• are exhorted so to do? Pray, when you writ• again, tell us what Psalms they are the Holy Ghost there speaks of, if not them, or some o them called the Psalms of David.