A47407:46
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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Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, an Holy Ordinance of… › Chapter 1
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Thus I have heard one or two worthy Men speak, not long since: Why, truly Brethren, it appears you do sing your Prayers, nay, and that always too when you pray; for I am persuaded you never pray to God for what you want, but you see cause to praise him for what you have received. All that ever wrote of ⟨p. 7⟩Prayer, that I have met with, do jointly agree, that praising of God, or giving of Thanks, is one part or branch of Prayer, and that part, it appears in your opinion, you sing. And if this be so, pray allow us to sing some Prayers too, and do not charge us with Common-Prayer, unless David's Psalms be a Common-Prayer-Book: And then it will appear that Common-Prayer is of Divine Institution; nay, and enjoined on the Churches too in the New Testament; for we know no Psalms, I mean called so in God's Word, but the Book of Psalms, or Psalms of David.
Thus I have heard one or two worthy Men speak, not long since: Why, truly Brethren, it appears you do sing your Prayers, nay, and that always too when you pray; for I am perswaded you never pray to God for what you want, but you see cause to praise him for what you have received. All that ever wrote of ⟨p. 7⟩Prayer, that I have met with, do jointly agree, that praising of God, or giving of Thanks, is one part or branch of Prayer, and that part, it appears in your opinion, you sing. And if this be so, pray allow us to sing some Prayers too, and do not charge us with Common-Prayer, unless David's Psalms be a Common-Prayer-Book: And then it will appear that Common-Prayer is of Divine Institution; nay, and enjoyned on the Churches too in the New Testament; for we know no Psalms, I mean called so in God's Word, but the Book of Psalms, or Psalms of David.
Now these things being considered, I shall show you what it is to sing, and so remove these Cavils and Mistakes about it.
Now these things being considered, I shall shew you what it is to sing, and so remove these Cavils and Mistakes about it.