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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67166	Folly detected or, Some animadversions on a b[ook] called, A brief discourse [con-]cerning singing in the pub[lic] worship of God; put forth by one Mr. Isaac Marlow 1690, and an appendix printed 1691 Wherein the weakness of his arguments against singing God's praises, the dangerousness of his assertions, and his unaccountable confidence is laid open; and singing of Psalms, &c. in God's worship proved a Gospel-ordinance. By Joseph Wright.	Wright, Joseph.; T. W. Appendix: or, A brief answer to Mr. Marlow's notion of the essence of singing.	1691 (1691)	Wing W3704; ESTC R221057	43,280	88

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Yet you say they have more to say you mean by God's Word else I grant it to your rebuke Those you respect do neither impose their Singing nor judg them which dissent but in all Bowels of Charity embrace them in whatsoever they may you can condemn unheard without Charity and Truth And I tell you if there could be as much said for imposed Forms of Prayer and Baby-Baptism as there can be said for social singing David's Psalms in private and publick Worship to God you and all your purest Churches are so defiled as you cannot be cleansed without true Repentance of all your suffering Testimony and Witness you pretend to have given against Singing and Forms of Prayer such ill Notions you propose Many of the Ministers and Members of the Baptists have offered the Pedobaptists that if they can give us but one Instance that any new-born Infant were either required to be baptized or that were baptized by our Lord Christ or any of his Disciples any Precept or Example in all the New Testament though never so private and we would yield and contend no more against it though we have so many pregnant Instances and publick Testimonies for us And I am sure all Opposers would be confounded with the least evidence of Example although many Circumstances were wanting were there but a bare Practice to be seen what a Structure would be raised upon it But notwithstanding our Lord Jesus Christ and his Disciples did sing in God's Worship and Paul and Silas sang Praise in God's Worship and the holy Spirit enjoined it without exception on the Church at Corinth Ephesus Coloss thereby confirming it to be acceptable in the Worship of God and in James's enjoining it to all Saints and those Instances in the Revelations which encourage the use and continuance of it you slight them all and say We have less to say than they who are for a Form of Prayer You craftily forsook the proof of your Parallel thinking to blind us with the Lord's Prayer which you can dispense with as well as those you oppose and begging the question under your Antagonist's Concession but Men know not what they do that deny those Forms of Praises in the holy Scripture to be used in God's Worship And humble Christians ought always to be perswaded that no Word Psalm Song or Prayer is vainly or rashly inserted into that Volume which infinite supream Wisdom dictated nor hastily censure any that use them verbatim in God's Worship at some time without putting them upon or censuring others And yet further I would yield to a Pedo-baptist if he had either Precept or Example for him in all the New Testament it may be you would not because you had rather follow some in our Age the which if doing so you would consider they 'l tell you that in things they esteem good to practise yet dare not impose Have a care of breaking the Law of Charity on purpose to cast the Shreds at their Heads which desire to keep it and do not Sampson-like kill your self on purpose to destroy others lest many things done and approved by the Lord be not so clear as social singing David's Psalms in God's Worship King David was not the Author of all the Book of Psalms most may be were collected by him many might be his some were long before him and some long after him if he collected some that were before him some he did not and others that were made in his days It shews the Lord gave his Church Psalms to be sung in private and publick Worship They must have hard brows that dare deny that God was not worshipped by singing of Psalms which were sung by every one that did sing Psalms since the beginning of the World and that he is not by his Church to the end of the World still worshipped thereby The Book of Psalms according to the original Sepher Tehillim properly signifies the Book of Praises not only stiled so from the greater part but even penitential Psalms which contain Confession Repentance promise of Amendment yea whatever else therein contained for thereby is Glory given unto God as Josh 7.19 Rev. 16.9 Heb. 13.15 as the Margent which waits on the Text and such is the excellency of it and all Scripture-Psalms being wonderfully contrived for all Saints Occasions in what condition and of what condition soever Singing Psalms was used as part of God's Worship from the beginning of the World and must be unto the end of it and for evermore Job 37.7 No tolerable Interpretation can be given of this Place uttered by God himself except it be understood of the Angels made the first Day and that they were the Stars of Heaven for Brightness and Sons of God for other Stars and Sons of God there were none at the laying of the Foundation of the Earth and the Corner-Stone thereof When the Morning-Stars sang together and all the Sons of God shouted for joy Called Angels of Light 2 Cor. 11.14 and Stars for Brightness Rev. 1 and 2. Morning-Stars because made in the first Morning of the Worlds that they might behold the Creation of all other Creatures though they had no hand in it and first praise God before any other living Creatures were made These Morning-Stars and all the Sons of God sang together and shouted for Joy at the beginning of the World like the shouting and singing Praise to God at the laying the Foundation and Corner-Stone of the Temple Zech. 4.7 Ezra 3.10 11. all which were Worship unto God And that it was used as part of publick and private Worship to God amongst the Jews from the time they were a Nation if David did collect the Book of Psalms all which were afore were delivered and given for the Worship of God and used when first given as well as those which were made by him and as used in his time some of which are supposed to have been afore Israel went into Egypt Those in Exodus and Deuteronomy were by Moses delivered for the Worship of God though not included in David's Book save in substance Whether the Book of Psalms was David's or Asaph's or other Prophets or all of them were Instruments it matters not it being the pleasure of God there should be so many gathered into one Volume which had been as the Lord gave them used as part of God's Worship whether Moses Deborah and Barak Hannah David Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Habakkuk Jonas or others in the Old Testament all were delivered to be used as part of God's Worship by Song and cannot with modesty be gain-said And it is unlearned to say that not in the Wilderness-Condition of Israel after the Flesh and so not in the Wilderness-Condition of Israel after the Spirit Nor is there either ground or reason in what is urged thereabout as shall appear in its place but a meer Fancy all Israel sang the Praise of the Lord at the Red Sea Psal 106.13 and Moses delivered unto them