A47407:489
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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The same holdeth good in respect of the Jewish Day of Worship, as well as to their Place of Worship, and Music in their Worship; for there is no more natural or moral Holiness in one day than there is in another. True a time of Worship is moral from the fourth Commandment (nay, and so may, as some have learnedly showed, the seventh part of Time likewise, but that Day lies in the Breast and Power of him who is the Lord of the Sabbath, viz. Jesus Christ, who in the New Testament hath appointed the first Day of the Week, and not the last, to be the Day of Gospel-Worship for us) but the Jewish seventh ⟨p. 167⟩Day, as Reverend Calvin excellently hath showed (Institut. pag. 124, 125, 126.) was Ceremonial.
The same holdeth good in respect of the Jewish Day of Worship, as well as to their Place of Worship, and Musick in their Worship; for there is no more natural or moral Holiness in one day than there is in another. True a time of Worship is moral from the fourth Commandment (nay, and so may, as some have learnedly shewed, the seventh part of Time likewise, but that Day lies in the Breast and Power of him who is the Lord of the Sabbath, viz. Jesus Christ, who in the New Testament hath appointed the first Day of the Week, and not the last, to be the Day of Gospel-Worship for us) but the Jewish seventh ⟨p. 167⟩Day, as Reverend Calvin excellently hath shewed (Institut. pag. 124, 125, 126.) was Ceremonial.
1. Because called a Sign between God and the Children of Israel, Ezek. 20. 12.
2. From the nature of the Law it self, which was given forth and charged to be kept with such strictness, that it plainly appears to appertain to the Yoke of Bondage; they were not to kindle a Fire through all their Dwellings on their Sabbath, nor to speak their own Words, nor think their own Thoughts: from hence Calvin shows God discovered the absolute need and necessity of a perfect and complete Righteousness in order to Justification and Acceptation with God, i. e. that the Creature must be without Sin, or attain to a Cessation from the Thoughts of Evil, which figured forth the necessity of Christ's perfect Righteousness, and of that Spiritual Rest such who believe in him enter into. All that are in the old Nature, or whilst they remain under the old Covenant-state, do labour and are heavy laden, there is the six days work in the Antitype, but when they come to Christ, believe in Christ, then they cease from their own Works, and enter into Rest, according as Christ hath promised,