A47407:586
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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Preface: To all the Saints and Churches of Jesus Christ, Christian Salutation.
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Whose Work is it thus to do, but the Devil's? and what a reproach doth it bring upon the Truth? and how grievous is it to all truly Godly Ones, and grateful to the Enemies of our Sacred Profession? Besides, upon such a trifle, can it be so heinous a Crime to be found often in that Duty, which they with us have so often and long been in the practice of, and in a mixed Assembly too, many and many times? Besides, brought in by almost an unanimous Agreement in a solemn Church-Meeting, there ⟨p. 11⟩being not, above five or six that showed any public dissent, nor they neither signifying any such dissatisfaction, i. e. that if we sang at such Times, they could not bear it; nor do I hear they do desire us now to decline the said practice. Love will cover a greater Fault than this, for they may see cause to believe 'tis not Self-Interest, but the Glory of God we wholly aim at• But to return.
Whose Work is it thus to do, but the Devil's? and what a reproach doth it bring upon the Truth? and how grievous is it to all truly Godly Ones, and grateful to the Enemies of our Sacred Profession? Besides, upon such a trifle, can it be so hainous a Crime to be found often in that Duty, which they with us have so often and long been in the practice of, and in a mixt Assembly too, many and many times? Besides, brought in by almost an unanimous Agreement in a solemn Church-Meeting, there ⟨p. 11⟩being not, above five or six that shewed any publick dissent, nor they neither signifying any such dissatisfaction, i. e. that if we sang at such Times, they could not bear it; nor do I hear they do desire us now to decline the said practice. Love will cover a greater Fault than this, for they may see cause to believe 'tis not Self-Interest, but the Glory of God we wholly aim at• But to return.
The truth is, I wonder any should be taken with his Book, for I never saw any thing come out in Print upon any controvertible Truth, that has less of Argument in it, or more of Confidence. And 'tis not my Thoughts alone, nor more destruct Mediums made use of to the whole of the external Parts of Religion. Nay, one told me very lately, that one of our dissatisfied Members intimated to him, as if our Bible was not truly or rightly-translated; and it seems to rise from what Mr. Marlow hath asserted in his Book about the word Hymnos. I feared that would be the Effect of his Attempt, if any Body regarded what he hath said upon that account.