A47407:443
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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Besides, multitudes of Learned Men do tell you, that from the Greek word [Greek or Hebrew], they hymned; it is truly and rightly translated into English, they sung an Hymn.
Besides, multitudes of Learned Men do tell you, that from the Greek word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, they hymned; it is truly and rightly translated into English, they sung an Hymn.
Dr. Du Veil, who was as Learned a Man as most this present Age hath in it, saith, in his literal Explanation of the Acts of the Apostles, Chap. 16. ver. 25. pag. 67. thus; Hymns are Songs, which contain the Praise of God. If it be Praise, and not of God, it is not an Hymn; if it be Praise, and of God, if it be not sung, it is not an Hymn: it must therefore, that it may be an Hymn, have these three things, viz. 1. Praise; 2. And of God; 3. And a Song. Now this being an Hymn our Saviour and his Disciples used in praising of God, the Doctor affirms, they sung; and so did Paul and Silas. But this is the old way of such who ever opposed a Truth, when pinched, presently fly out upon the Translators, 'tis so to be read in the Greek, &c. whereas all the World knows, that as our Translators were able Scholars, so they were very holy and upright Men: Besides, our Annotators, and all Expositors, generally say 'tis truly rendered; ⟨p. 152⟩and 'tis a bad thing unjustly to find fault with the Translators of the Holy Bible.
Dr. Du Veil, who was as Learned a Man as most this present Age hath in it, saith, in his literal Explanation of the Acts of the Apostles, Chap. 16. ver. 25. pag. 67. thus; Hymns are Songs, which contain the Praise of God. If it be Praise, and not of God, it is not an Hymn; if it be Praise, and of God, if it be not sung, it is not an Hymn: it must therefore, that it may be an Hymn, have these three things, viz. 1. Praise; 2. And of God; 3. And a Song. Now this being an Hymn our Saviour and his Disciples used in praising of God, the Doctor affirms, they sung; and so did Paul and Silas. But this is the old way of such who ever opposed a Truth, when pinch'd, presently fly out upon the Translators, 'tis so to be read in the Greek, &c. whereas all the World knows, that as our Translators were able Scholars, so they were very holy and upright Men: Besides, our Annotators, and all Expositors, generally say 'tis truly rendred;