A47407:512
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. In vain is all this: for all the Saints and Ministers of Christ in all the World, know there is no one form of Preaching laid down in all the Scripture.
We have no direct Precept nor Example to preach in the form of taking a Text of Scripture, and to raise a Doctrine from it, and then Generals and Particulars, with Application; 'tis left to the faithful Servants of God to make use of such a Form or Manner as the Spirit of God may help them to, and the best Form or Method they ought and do make use of, which they judg may most tend to the profit of the People. That place you mention of our Saviour taking a Text, and then preaching from it, is scarcely true; however 'tis a greater proof for a Form of Reading the Scripture in our Public Assemblies, than for taking a Text to preach from it.
We have no direct Precept nor Example to preach in the form of taking a Text of Scripture, and to raise a Doctrine from it, and then Generals and Particulars, with Application; 'tis left to the faithful Servants of God to make use of such a Form or Manner as the Spirit of God may help them to, and the best Form or Method they ought and do make use of, which they judg may most tend to the profit of the People. That place you mention of our Saviour taking a Text, and then preaching from it, is scarcely true; however 'tis a greater proof for a Form of Reading the Scripture in our Publick Assemblies, than for taking a Text to preach from it.
The Text saith, He went into the Synagogue of the Jews on the Sabbath-day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered to him the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; and when he had opened the Book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, &c. Luk. 4. 17, 18. And he closed the Book (so do not we) and gave it again to the Minister, vers. 20. And began to say unto them, This