A47407:421
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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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⟩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 shews them was Confusion; and if they did thus, and Unbelievers come into their Assemblies at such time, would not they say they were mad?
Now, 1. to open this place of Scripture, it will be necessary to consider what disorderly practice it was Paul reproves them of; and no doubt it was the Confusion before mentioned, two, three, or more, bringing forth their Doctrine together; and others, who had other differing Gifts coming forth together with them too, ('tis very like at the same time).