A47407:614
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 because the Primitive Gospel-Church had the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit in Prayer, Preaching, and Singing also, must we not pray, preach, nor sing? if we must not do ⟨p. 20⟩[…] ⟨p. 21⟩[…] ⟨p. 22⟩one of them, we must do none of them: And therefore in opposition to what you say, Pag. 13. of your Appendix, If the Practice of Christ and the Primitive Church, doth not bind us to the Observation of one Ordinance, viz. that of Singing, it binds us to the Observation of none; 'tis time to look about us, for your manner of arguing, I do declare, (as 'twas intimated to me the other day by my Reverend Brother Knowles) tends to the overthrow of all Gospel-Ordinances whatsoever; therefore I warn all my Brethren to take heed how they hearken to you in this matter, as they tender the Glory of God, and the Establishment of all Gospel-Worship and Ordinances.
And because the Primitive Gospel-Church had the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit in Prayer, Preaching, and Singing also, must we not pray, preach, nor sing? if we must not do ⟨p. 20⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 21⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 22⟩one of them, we must do none of them: And therefore in opposition to what you say, Pag. 13. of your Appendix, If the Practice of Christ and the Primitive Church, doth not bind us to the Observation of one Ordinance, viz. that of Singing, it binds us to the Observation of none; 'tis time to look about us, for your manner of arguing, I do declare, (as 'twas intimated to me the other day by my Reve••nd Brother Knowles) tends to the overthrow of all Gospel-Ordinances whatsoever; therefore I warn all my Brethren to take heed how they hearken to you in this matter, as they tender the Glory of God, and the Establishment of all Gospel-Worship and Ordinances.