A47407:75
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. There is a preaching Voice, or a Noise made that way.
4. A praying, or praising Voice.
5. A singing Voice. And all these distinct from each other.
Moses could readily resolve the Doubt that was upon Joshua, when he lent his Ear to hearken to the Noise of the People. Truly I am almost ashamed I have this occasion to speak, and to be so large upon it; but knowing what I have met withal, from some poor, weak, and doubting Christians, who stumble at Noonday about the very Act of Singing, not knowing what it is, or at least raise such Objections against it, I have thought good to begin here, and if this may but satisfy them, I shall bless God for what I have said in all plainness; and do know it makes an easy Passage to the next Chapter, wherein I shall, by God's Assistance, prove Singing (yea such a Singing, there being no other known to Mankind) an Holy Ordinance of God, and to be practised in the Congregation of Christians, and in Private also; only let me conclude this Chapter with two Inferences.