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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87816	An answer to a brief discourse concerning singing in the publick worship of God in the Gospel-church, by I. M. 1690	Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing K703C; ESTC R227257	4,987	18

written in the second Psalm Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee You cannot shew where the word Psalms are understood of any other but only David's Psalms called The Book of Psalms But you having no Scripture against Singing of David's Psalms do seem to reason and argue against singing of them first because the Church of Christ is now in a Wilderness-condition and in a mourning Sackcloth-state p. 12. l. 13 21. But the Wilderness-state of the Church under the Gospel Isa 52.7 8 9. How beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tydings that publisheth peace that bringeth good tydings of good that publisheth salvation that saith unto Zion Thy God reigneth Thy Watchmen shall lift up the voice with the voice together shall they sing for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion Break forth into joy sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem for the Lord hath comforted his people he hath redeemed Jerusalem should not hinder the Churches and Servants of God to sing Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs making Melody in their Hearts to the Lord Was not Christ and his Disciples in a mourning condition the same night out Blessed Saviour was betray'd yet they sung an Hymn Mat. 26.30 Mark 14.26 Was not the Condition of Paul and Silas a Wilderness-condition Act. 16.23 30. And when they had laid many Stripes upon them they cast them into prison charging the Jaylor to keep them safely Who having received such a Charge thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them And suddenly there was a great Earthquake so that the Foundations of the Prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened and every ones bands were loosed And the Keeper of the Prison awaking out of his sleep and seeing the Prison-doors open he drew out his Sword and would have killed himself supposing that the Prisoners had been fled But Paul cried with a loud voice saying Do thy self no harm for we are all here Then he called for a light and sprang in and came trembling and fell down before Paul and Silas and brought them out and said Sirs What must I do to be saved Yet they sang Praises to God and God wrought a notable Miracle of Confirmation not only an Earthquake that shaked the Foundations of the Prison opened all the Prison Doors and every one's Bands were loosed and the Keeper of the Prison was terribly affrighted and converted ver 34. You say p. 29. l. 26. The word Sung is not in the Greek But it is there read And they having hymned Which word say you is taken by divers Learned Men to be of a general signification of all kinds of Praises or Thanksgivings and not confined to Songs only Neither do I confine the signification thereof only to Songs Yet Beza translates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quum hymnum cecinissent When they had sung an Hymn Screvilius and Hill in their Greek Lexicon translate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 celebro hymnum cano and learned Dr. Owen upon Heb. 2.12 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which the Learned Translaters do read In the midst of the Church will I sing Praises unto thee hath these words in his Exposition viz. It is declared further first what Christ will moreover do He will sing Praises unto God Secondly where he will do it In the midst of the Congregation or Church So that it is manifested say you from the aforesaid Premises that praising of God is not limitted to Songs of Praise I do not limit the signification of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 only to Songs neither you nor all the Learned Men and Books in Sion-College can prove that the word signifies the Essence of Singing without the Voice in Heart and Mind only especially Col. 3.16 if a Minister of the Church who hath received a spiritual Gift to sing an Hymn or a spiritual Song do sing in the Church as 1 Cor. 14.15 16 26. What is it then I will pray with the Spirit and I will pray with the Vnderstanding also I will sing with the Spirit and I will sing with the Vnderstanding also Else when thou shalt bless with the Spirit how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of Thanks seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest How is it then Brethren when ye come together every one of you hath a Psalm hath a Doctrin hath a Tongue hath a Revelation hath an Interpretation Let all things be done to edifying may and in my opinion ought to administer his Gift 1 Pet. 4.10 11. As every man hath received the Gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold Grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be Praise and Dominion for ever and ever Amen Yet this I confess That those Hymns and Spiritual Songs which they sing in the Spirit and with understanding unto edifying are not those Psalms of David which the Apostle mentions Col. 3.16 as I have proved before Neither will those Ministers or Members of the Churches of Saints that sing Hymns or spiritual Songs affirm or assert that they are David's Psalms Hymns and spiritual Songs Col. 3.16 no nor given them by the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit as the Book of Psalms was And p. 14. l. 10 11 12. you say Some of the Psalms were clear Prophecies of the Sufferings of Christ which to sing now were to deny That Christ is come in the Flesh If this Argument was good it would also follow That to Read those Psalms now was to deny That Christ is come in the Flesh And p. 15. l. 4 5 6 7 8. You say There is no Instance can be given in the New Testament that any of Davids Psalms were ever Sung by any Persons or Churches c. And yet you say affirm and confess That Vocal Singing of Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs was practised in those Churches of Ephesus and Coloss p. 5. l. 20 21 22 23. p. 5. l. 1 2 3 4. And you say Vocal Singing was used in the Primitive and Apostolical Church of Christ But Women may not speak in the Church and therefore they may not Sing p. 21. for Singing is Teaching Why do the Churches of Saints require Women to declare the Work of Conversion in the Church Or to bear Witness of the disorderly Walking of any Brother or Sister if they may not speak in the Church Women have the Essence of Singing as well as Men both in their Souls and with their Voices and are allowed to speak by all the Churches of Saints Many other things you have said and many Objections you have Propounded and Answer'd in which I am not willing to shew your Weakness but leave you and others of your Perswasion therein to Consider what I have said and pray that GOD will Convince you of your Errour and make known unto you His Revealed Will in the Holy Scripture of Truth FINIS