A47407:436
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, By Winter may be meant, as they show, that time while a Soul abides in its natural estate, and when regenerated by the Grace of God, then Winter is past, and then the time for that Soul to sing is come; and such also then hear the Voice of Christ, that blessed Turtle, sweetly by his Spirit, speaking peace to their Souls.
Secondly, By Winter may be meant, as they shew, that time while a Soul abides in its natural estate, and when regenerated by the Grace of God, then Winter is past, and then the time for that Soul to sing is come; and such also then hear the Voice of Christ, that blessed Turtle, sweetly by his Spirit, speaking peace to their Souls.
But if, in the third place, it should also allude to the Churches final Deliverance from all outward Afflictions in the latter Days, and so they have an extraordinary Cause to praise God, and sing his Praises forth in those Times for temporal Salvation; doth it follow from thence ⟨p. 149⟩we must not sing forth his Praises till then? 'tis a horrible mistake, to think Saints are more to be concerned to •ing to the Lord for outward Blessings, and worldly Peace and Prosperity on Earth, than for their spiritual Blessings, and Privileges through Christ, for the redemption of their Souls from Sin and eternal Wrath; no: For these Mercies we have infinitely more cause to sing, than for all those great things you hint at; besides, that Song will be rather the Song of Moses, than the Song of the Lamb; the one was for temporal Deliverance and Salvation, the other is for spiritual and eternal Mercies. True, when that time comes when we shall sing both those Songs together, then the Melody may be the sweeter; but though there are extraordinary times of Prayer and Praises, yet that ought not to hinder the Saints from praying and singing at other times.
But if, in the third place, it should also allude to the Churches final Deliverance from all outward Afflictions in the latter Days, and so they have an extraordinary Cause to praise God, and sing his Praises forth in those Times for temporal Salvation; doth it follow from thence