A47407:517
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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Object. But may be you will say, They are not in Metre in the Scripture, but other words are added to make them fit to be Songs, and that is humane.
Answ. We have none of the words in our own Tongue, which were originally given forth, by the Holy Ghost; for the Holy Men of old who gave forth the Scriptures, spake them either in Hebrew or Greek words. And therefore some may object our Translation of the Bible is Humane, and our Scripture not God's Word; besides we have many humane Supplements, as I said before, added, to make the sense good in our English Tongue: And as touching Meter, Prose and Verse is all one, if the same Truth be contained in the Verse as is in the Prose: And if it be equal Feet, or measured fitly to be sung, we do not matter Rhyme at all. And so some tell you David's Psalms were left in the ⟨p. 181⟩Original. But should we miss it, either in the form of Preaching, or Singing the Praises of God, since we can appeal to God we do both as nigh the Rule of the Word as we have received Light and Understanding, Who do you think will be most excusable in the Day of Christ, we, or such, who because they are not arrived to a satisfaction about the Form or Manner of Preaching, or of Singing, will do neither of them, or at leastwise wholly live in omission of the last, and yet say they believe 'tis an Ordinance of Christ?
Answ. We have none of the words in our own Tongue, which were originally given forth, by the Holy Ghost; for the Holy Men of old who gave forth the Scriptures, spake them either in Hebrew or Greek words. And therefore some may object our Translation of the Bible is Humane, and our Scripture not God's Word; besides we have many humane Supplements, as I said before, added, to make the sense good in our English Tongue: And as touching Meter, Prose and Verse is all one, if the same Truth be contained in the Verse as is in the Prose: And if it be equal Feet, or measured fitly to be sung, we do not matter Rhime at all. And so some tell you David's Psalms were left in the ⟨p. 181⟩