A47407:397
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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But I hope you do not mean the miraculous or extraordinary Help or Operations of the Spirit, because you are a speaking of the Administrations of the Gospel, and Gospel-Worship in general.
Now there are two things to be ••••• dered in bringing forth a Doctrine, viz. That 'tis agreeable to the Word of God; he that compiles a Sermon must be sure to see 'tis God's Word, i. e. congruous thereunto, and provable therefrom, or else 'tis humane.
2. He must bring forth and preach it by the help and assistance of the Spirit also, or else it may still be Human, no Divine Sermon.
So, and in like manner in compiling of an Hymn, it must be as to the matter, the Word of Christ; Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all Wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual Songs, singing, &c. Col. 3. 19. See here the Direction for the matter of an Hymn or spiritual Song, it must be in general the Word of Christ; (as it must be the Word of Christ that is to be preached.) Even so also a Hymn, &c. must be (we say) compiled out of the Word of Christ, and in singing of it there must be the assistance of the holy Spirit. But now will you say we have not the Spirit of Christ in composing the Hymn which is part of Christ's Word? Take heed! you are too full of hard Words and Censures; another may,