A47407:72
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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Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, an Holy Ordinance of… › Chapter 1
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Fifthly, and lastly, to pass over this; Sing is a Duty performed always with the Voice, •ad can't be done without the Tongue, we may •ather from the Noise it maketh to the hearing •f others; as it is noted in the Scripture: See exod. 32. 17. And when Joshua heard the Noise […] the People as they shouted, he said unto Mo•s, There is War in the Camp. Ver. 18. And […] said, It is not the Voice of them that shout […] Mastery, neither is it the Voice of them that •••y for being overcome; but the Noise of them •at sing, do I hear. They that doubt about •hat the Act of Singing is, I desire them to insider this Text well, in which 'tis to be ob••ved, that there are several distinct Acts volley performed by the Tongue, and all Man•nd easily distinguish the one from the other, unless depraved in their Minds, or under a De••sion and Temptation of Satan.
Fifthly, and lastly, to pass over this; Sing•g is a Duty performed always with the Voice, •ad can't be done without the Tongue, we may •ather from the Noise it maketh to the hearing •f others; as it is noted in the Scripture: See •xod. 32. 17. And when Joshua heard the Noise 〈…〉 the People as they shouted, he said unto Mo•s, There is War in the Camp. Ver. 18. And 〈…〉 said, It is not the Voice of them that shout 〈…〉 Mastery, neither is it the Voice of them that •••y for being overcome; but the Noise of them •at sing, do I hear. They that doubt about hat the Act of Singing is, I desire them to nsider this Text well, in which 'tis to be obved, that there are several distinct Acts volly performed by the Tongue, and all Mannd easily distinguish the one from the other, nless depraved in their Minds, or under a Desion and Temptation of Satan.