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A51997 Some short observations made on a book newly published by Mr. Benjamin Keach intituled, The breach repaired in God's worship, &c. wherein is contained a pretended answer to Isaac Marlow's Brief discourse concerning singing in the publick worship of God; as also to an appendix, lately published, and thereunto added. Marlow, Isaac. 1691 (1691) Wing M694B; ESTC R221787 10,792 18

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For then they must not ask a Friend how he or she doth when in the Congregation 2. She must not be suffered to be an Evidence in the Church against any Offender in the case of Discipline 3. Then she must not ask where the Text is if she comes too late c. Repl. But consider how these Words which are put for my meaning are incongruous to what I have said in Append. pag. 32. The Section begins thus That Women should not vocally sing in the Worship of God in his Church c. Note it well for my Words do express my meaning And having there cited 1 Cor. 14.34 I farther say that this Scripture tho it hath such a relation to the following Verse as to forbid the Womens asking of any Question in the Church as you may see ver 35. during the Worship and Service of God therein yet it intends more than barely to restrain them from such a sort of speaking And p. 33. she must not teach the Man nor vocally sing Which Expressions of mine do clearly shew my true meaning to be that Women are debarred from all vocal Exercise of any Gift in the Church and that they should not break their Silence during the Worship of God therein according to 1 Cor. 14.34 and 1 Tim. 2.11 12. 11thly In his Answer to Append. p. 41. he citeth my Words thus out of my Appendix p. 45. The least exercise of true Grace in our Hearts in Prayer gives essence or being to Prayer Repl. But my Words are these gives essence or being to inward spiritual Prayer for want of which words inward spiritual my Sense and Meaning there is greatly darkned made subject to wrong Conclusions 12thly In Answer to Append. p. 49. Mr. K's Learned Hand as he calls him saith that Ainsworth on Psal 3. intends nothing less than a Song of Praise which is fitly composed to be sung Repl. But this is imposing on Mr. A. that which he doth not express and rather wrongly applying what he there saith of the word Psalmos unto the word Hymnos which he renders simply Praise And though he would also give a dash to what I have said from Dr. Owen yet his Evidence standeth firm that Hymnos is not a limited word to Songs of Praise for tho the Doctor makes the most of it to acommodate the word to the Old-Testament-Use in the Temple as he more fully expresseth himself afterwards on Heb. 2.12 yet if he had not allowed its proper Signification to be simply Praise his whole Exposition of preaching the Gospel would have been absurd in contradiction to himself 13thly In his Answer to Append. p. 55. his Learned Hand saith the Author viz. Mr. Tymme who translated Marlorate's Exposition on Matthew out of Latin into English pretends it is uncertain whether they sang this Praise viz. in Matth. 26.30 or spake it simply The following Words of the Author viz. Marlorate not being well rendred by Mr. Tymme I shall set down they are these Graecum verbum laudem quidem maximè quae Deo debetur non autem necessariò evincit quòd cecinerint i. e. the Greek word indeed includes Praise chiefly that which is due to God but undoubtedly it doth evince that they sang Repl. But observe Reader the Latin which is here duly cited out of Marlorate is not rightly englished but abused by Mr. Keach's Learned Hand for it is thus in English But it doth not necessarily evince that they sang agreeing in sense to Mr. Tymme's Translation cited by me in Append. p. 12. But there being a noise spread abroad of some abuse of this nature Mr. Keach sent me another of his Books wherein this last Leaf was new reprinted and duly corrected in the englishing of the Latin with this Addition saith he Hence I infer that in the opinion of this Author it doth probably evince that they did sing and to me the Probability seems next to an absolute Certainty Which is such a learned Jumble as I have never seen before Secondly I shall now take notice of several of Mr. Keach's self-Contradictions contained in his aforesaid Book And 1. In P. 142. he saith Object But say you there is no Institution for Womens singing He answers No need 't is a Moral Duty From whence observe that for want of an Institution for Womens singing he lays the whole Stress and Warrant for it on the Moral Law or Light of Nature by which he is inclined to conclude that Moses and the Children of Israel sung forth the Praises of God pag. 30. But this is wholly overthrown by his own Argument pag. 88. saith he If Christ and his Disciples never practised nor injoyned on the Churches any Ordinance or Duty but they left a sufficient Rule how such Ordinances or Duties should be performed and yet Christ and his Disciples did sing and injoyned singing of Psalms c. on the Churches then they left a sufficient Rule how singing of Psalms c. should be performed otherwise it would reflect upon his Wisdom and Faithfulness pag. 89. So that from his own arguing we must have something more than the Moral Law or Light of Nature viz. the Rule of Christ for our manner of performing of Gospel-Ordinances and therefore there being no Institution for Womens Singing but a Prohibition by Christ the Moral Law or Light of Nature cannot warrant their Practice of it 2. In Pag. 19. he saith from Exod. 32.17 And when Joshua heard the Noise of the People as they shouted he said unto Moses There is War in the Camp ver 18. And he said it is not the Voice of them that shout for Mastery neither is it the Voice of them that cry for being overcome but the Noise of them that sing do I hear They that doubt about what the Act of Singing is I desire them to consider this Text well in which it is to be observed that there are several distinct Acts vocally performed by the Tongue and all Mankind easily distinguish the one from the other unless depraved in their Minds or under a Delusion and Temptation of Satan 1. There is a shouting Noise of the Tongue c. 2. There is it appears a crying Noise likewise 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 But when he comes to prove Singing an Ordinance of God he shews us that crying saying is singing as in pag. 25. when the Disciples rejoyced and sang as he saith those Hosannahs to Jesus Christ Luke 19.38 where in citing the Text he leaveth out the first word of the Verse viz. Saying blessed c. and reads it thus Blessed be the King that cometh in the Name of the Lord Peace in Heaven and Glory in the highest which both in Matthew and Mark is read Cried saying c. And in pag. 26. he saith on this Text There is no doubt to be made but they sung