A47407:479
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. Here you have wounded your self, and not us in the least. It appears your Exception lies against our praying in Gospel-times as much as against our singing from thence.
For we must not sing with united Voices, with Grace in our Hearts to the Lord, or at leastwise the singing in such a form or manner under the Law, is no Rule for us; because they sing not only with their Voices, but had Musical Instruments also.
Why now I reason thus; We must not pray with our Voice in Gospel-days, or at leastwise the Saints so praying under the Law can be no Rule for us, because they had dark Shadows mixed with their Prayers as you affirm they had; so that since we have the Essence of both these Duties in our Spirit, which God looks more ••pecially at, and we are capable to worship him acceptably without the Verbal and Vocal Instruments of our Body,1 we must not with our Tongues neither pray nor sing the Praises of God: the one follows as naturally from the Premises as the other, by which all may see the Consequences of your Arguments against Singing.
Why now I reason thus; We must not pray with our Voice in Gospel-days, or at leastwise the Saints so praying under the Law can be no Rule for us, because they had dark Shadows mixt with their Prayers as you affirm they had; so that since we have the Essence of both these Duties in our Spirit, which God looks more ••pecially at, and we are capable to worship him acceptably without the Verbal and Vocal Instruments of our Body,1 we must not with our Tongues neither pray ner sing the Praises of God: the one follows as naturally from the Premises as the other, by which all may see the Consequences of your Arguments against Singing.