A47407:419
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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This you say we have plainly and clearly delivered to us, 1 Cor. 14. 20, to 34. How is it then, Brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a Psalm, hath a Doctrine, hath a Tongue, hath an Interpretation; let all things be done to edifying.
That which you infer from hence is, that this is the Rule for our Practice, viz. one by one, or one after another, must speak and exercise their Gifts, and not all together; and so he that has the Gift of a Psalm, he is singly, or alone, by himself to sing as in Prayer and Preaching.
Answ. The Apostle directs that Church in the exercise of extraordinary Gifts. There was, 'tis clear, confusion about the exercises of those Gifts in the Church of Corinth; it seems this was their practice some times, viz. Every ⟨p. 143⟩one of them who had a Doctrine, and that had a Psalm, and so of the rest, would come forth with them together. May be many Preach together who had Doctrines, and at the same time▪ every one that had a Psalm, they would come forth with their Psalm and Sing• and so those who had the Gift of Tongues, and a Gift to interpret, might do the like, which the Apostle shows them was Confusion; and if they did thus, and Unbelievers come into their Assemblies at such time, would not they say they were mad?
Answ. The Apostle directs that Church in the exercise of extraordinary Gifts. There was, 'tis clear, confusion about the exercises of those Gifts in the Church of Corinth; it seems this was their practice some times, viz. Every ⟨p. 143⟩