Now, the Essence or Being of Singing in the Church of God, unto edifying, consists in the Voice, as well as in the Soul or Mind of Man: Page 16. lin. 16, 17. you say right pag. 9. lin. 9, 10. We find in Scripture another kind of Singing, 1 Chron. 16.32, 33. & Psal. 65.13. that is, the Virtual, or Metaphorical Singing of the Creatures. But there is no other kind of Singing in the Public ⟨p. 4⟩Worship of God in the Gospel-Church, unto edifying without the Voice. You should have put the Voice into the Essence or Being of this kind of Singing: The natural kind of the Singing of Birds, and of little Children, is not without Voices, and Organical Instruments of the Voice: You have neither Scripture nor sound Reason for your Opinion about Singing without the Voice, unto edifying in the Church of Jesus Christ. You bring a Scripture to prove Silent Singing in the Church, 1 Cor. 14.26, 27, 28. All I need to say in answer to what you have said, p. 7, 8, 9. is, to show you, that you are mistaken in the Mind of Christ and his Apostle in that Scripture. The Apostle mentioneth divers Gifts, ver. 26. a Psalm, a Doctrine, a Tongue, a Revelation, an Interpretation: Then he exhorted them, saying, Let all things be done to edifying; and ver. 27. If any Man speak in an unknown Tongue, let it be by two, or, at most, by three, and that by course, and let one interpret; but if there be no Interpreter, let him keep Silence in the Church. What is this to silent Singing in the Church, any more than if you had brought it to justify the silent Meetings of them called Quakers. Then, p. 8. l. 20, 21, &c. say you, ⟨p. 5⟩What can be more plain, than that Singing and other Gifts of the Holy Spirit have their Essences in our Spirits, wherein we are capable of worshipping God acceptably, without the verbal and vocal Instruments of the Body.
Now, the Essence or Being of Singing in the Church of God, unto edifying, consists in the Voice, as well as in the Soul or Mind of Man: Page 16. lin. 16, 17. you say right pag. 9. lin. 9, 10. We find in Scripture another kind of Singing, 1 Chron. 16.32, 33. & Psal. 65.13. that is, the Virtual, or Metaphorical Singing of the Creatures. But there is no other kind of Singing in the Publick ⟨p. 4⟩Worship of God in the Gospel-Church, unto edifying without the Voice. You should have put the Voice into the Essence or Being of this kind of Singing: The natural kind of the Singing of Birds, and of little Children, is not without Voices, and Organical Instruments of the Voice: You have neither Scripture nor sound Reason for your Opinion about Singing without the Voice, unto edifying in the Church of Jesus Christ. You bring a Scripture to prove Silent Singing in the Church, 1 Cor. 14.26, 27, 28. All I need to say in answer to what you have said, p. 7, 8, 9. is, to shew you, that you are mistaken in the Mind of Christ and his Apostle in that Scripture. The Apostle mentioneth divers Gifts, ver. 26. a Psalm, a Doctrin, a Tongue, a Revelation, an Interpretation: Then he exhorted them, saying, Let all things be done to edifying; and ver. 27. If any Man speak in an unknown Tongue, let it be by two, or, at most, by three, and that by course, and let one interpret; but if there be no Interpreter, let him keep Silence in the Church. What is this to silent Singing in the Church, any more than if you had brought it to justifie the silent Meetings of them called Quakers. Then, p. 8. l. 20, 21, &c. say you, ⟨p. 5⟩What can be more plain, than that Singing and other Gifts of the Holy Spirit have their Essences in our Spirits, wherein we are capable of worshipping God acceptably, without the verbal and vocal Instruments of the Body.
