A47407:507
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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And this very Text the Apostle applies in ge•••al to Gospel-Ministers in their public Preaching of Christ in Christian Assemblies, see Rom. 10. 15. But we having so largely in this Treatise opened this, we shall say no more to it here.
And this very Text the Apostle applies in ge•••al to Gospel-Ministers in their publick Preaching of Christ in Christian Assemblies, see Rom. 10. 15. But we having so largely in this Treatise opened this, we shall say no more to it here.
As touching Examples, we have the Church of God, viz. Israel of old, who sung together in Exod. 15. 1. and in many other places; […], always generally when they came together to worship God, as they prayed to him, so they sang Praises to him; which we have proved is no Ceremony of Moses's Law, but a Moral Duty, and so a Perpetual Ordinance. And in the New-Testament we have the Example of Christ himself with his Disciples, who after that part of Public Worship, viz. celebrating the Holy Supper, sung an Hymn together. O how sad a thing is it that Men should go about to restrain, or withhold Praises from the Lord which are due to his holy Name, and wherein we are said to glorify him! Psal. 50. 23. ⟨p. 176⟩I am persuaded they will have but little Thanks from him one day for their thus doing.
As touching Examples, we have the Church of God, viz. Israel of old, who sung together in Exod. 15. 1. and in many other places; , always generally when they came together to worship God, as they prayed to him, so they sang Praises to him; which we have proved is no Ceremony of Moses's Law, but a Moral Duty, and so a Perpetual Ordinance. And in the New-Testament we have the Example of Christ himself with his Disciples, who after that part of Publick Worship, viz. celebrating the Holy Supper, sung an Hymn together. O how sad a thing is it that Men should go about to restrain, or withhold Praises from the Lord which are due to his holy Name, and wherein we are said to glorify him!