A47407:383
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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As touching singing Prayers, I have spoken to this already. Though we are against humane Forms of Prayer, yet the Singing of David's Psalms (wherein there are some Prayers) are of Divine Institution; and therefore 'tis lawful to sing Psalms and Hymns that have some Expressions Prayer-wife in them. Our Brethren say, praising of God in Prayer, is Singing; and indeed, if they did not thus conclude, I am persuaded they could not satisfy their Consciences to lie wholly short of this Duty; and therefore in their sense, singing of some part of ⟨p. 133⟩Prayer is lawful, or else Singing is something they do not as yet own, nor can tell us what it is.
As touching singing Prayers, I have spoken to this already. Though we are against humane Forms of Prayer, yet the Singing of David's Psalms (wherein there are some Prayers) are of Divine Institution; and therefore 'tis lawful to sing Psalms and Hymns that have some Expressions Prayer-wife in them. Our Brethren say, praising of God in Prayer, is Singing; and indeed, if they did not thus conclude, I am perswaded they could not satisfy their Consciences to lie wholly short of this Duty; and therefore in their sense, singing of some part of ⟨p. 133⟩Prayer is lawful, or else Singing is something they do not as yet own, nor can tell us what it is.
As to what you say in the fifth place, p. 14.
Object. That David's Psalms were limited to the Levites.