A47407:700
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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THE Foundation of Singing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs in the Public Assembly of the Saints, is too firmly laid in Scripture, and in the Judgment and Practice of Christians in general, to be shaken by the New Notions of some few amongst us, whom I hope the Lord in his time will lead into the knowledge of this Truth, and make them sensible of their injurious Attempts to overthrow and remove it, particularly Mr. Marlow in his late Book and Appendix, which are answered in the preceding Tract; and no more is intended in these few Pages, but some short Remarks on the two first Sections of the Appendix. In the first whereof he would not have Praising God, con••ed to Songs of Praise, or Vocal and Melodious Singing. For my part I know not where he will find an Antagonist in this Point; for without Controversy it will be generally granted, that all Creatures, according to their Natures and Capacities, are obliged to praise their great and bountiful Creator; and the allowance ⟨p. 48⟩hereof doth not in the least injure the Duty, which he strenuously pleads against.
THE Foundation of Singing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs in the Publick Assembly of the Saints, is too firmly laid in Scripture, and in the Judgment and Practice of Christians in general, to be shaken by the New Notions of some few amongst us, whom I hope the Lord in his time will lead into the knowledge of this Truth, and make them sensible of their injurous Attempts to overthrow and remove it, particularly Mr. Marlow in his late Book and Appendix, which are answered in the preceding Tract; and no more is intended in these few Pages, but some short Remarks on the two first Sections of the Appendix. In the first whereof he would not have Praising God, con••ed to Songs of Praise, or Vocal and Melodious Singing. For my part I know not where he will find an Antagonist in this Point; for without Controversy it will be generally granted, that all Creatures, according to their Natures and Capacities, are obliged to praise their great and bountiful Creatour; and the allowance