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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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as you may see by the Latin words that are put for it viz. cano canto psallo modulor see Rider's Dictionary And therefore the word Sing is used to signify either an inward and spiritual musical tuning of the Heart or an inward and vocal musical tuning of the Heart and Voice as the adjunct Matter treated of may demonstrate and accordingly the inward and spiritual or inward spiritual and vocal Singing have their Essence But as the word Preaching is more limited in its signification to outward Acts for though the inward Essence of it considered under other names as Meditation Self-speaking or Self-edifying 1 Cor. 14.4 27 28. may be only inwardly in our Hearts yet the Essence of it as properly considered from the signification of the Word cannot be so confined to the inward exercise of the Spirit as the more unlimited signification of the word Singing may because the word Preach signifieth from its Latin words concionor to preach to make a publick Oration Praedicator a Publisher or open Reporter a Praiser a Preacher Praedico to divulge to report to publish to noise abroad c. Rid. Dict. And therefore the proper Essence of Preaching is inconsistent to the inward exercise of the Heart without an outward act of Declaration which must of necessity be taken into the Essence of Preaching without which it cannot possibly be Now as the more limited word Preaching is used in the Scriptures for Publication Isa 52.7 Rom. 10.15 so the more unlimited word Singing is used and applied in the holy Scriptures to an inward and spiritual melodious Exercise as well as to inward and vocal Melody as in Ephes 6.19 Singing and making Melody in your Heart to the Lord. And Job 29.13 I caused the Widows Heart to sing for Joy To conclude this Matter True spiritual vocal and ministerial Singing for teaching and admonishing others and spiritual vocal and ministerial Preaching are alike in Essence tho not in degree of Attainment such Singing being from an higher enjoyment of God through a fulness of the Spirit But yet the one viz. Singing is not alike in limitation of Essence to an outward act of Declaration but may inwardly subsist in Essence without it And the other viz. Preaching being limited to an outward Act cannot exist only inwardly What I have here inlarged upon is to be helpful to remove that heap of Rubbish which he hath covered my Book withal representing it to the World contrary to what it is 2dly In pag. 113. he citeth 1 Cor. 14.26 out of my Book p. 8. where for want of these words nor can which I placed before the Text the Sense seems to admit of a singing vocally all together and so to confound the sense of my Words in contradiction of that which follows 3dly In pag. 146. he saith Your third Reply That the Singing that was in the Temple was extraordinary and so in the Apostles time Repl. But as I have no-where expressed my self in this manner so I have no-where made the Old-Testament-Temple a Type or Figure of the Apostles Time but of the glorious Time of Christ's Kingdom and have expresly said that the first setting up of the Gospel-Church is not the Antitype of David's and Solomon's Temple but of Moses's Tabernacle as you may see pag. 26 27 28. 4thly In pag. 150. saith he Your fifth Reply is to that of Christ's and his Disciples singing of an Hymn after the Supper pag. 29. which you say might be no more than giving of Thanks or saying Grace Reply But these Words tho they are put for mine yet they were never said by me neither did I ever determine whether Christ did or did not sing at that Ordinance My Words in pag. 30. are That Christ a their Minister hymned and they in their Spirits joined with him as Acts 4.24 to 32. 5thly In pag. 154. he saith But you would not have Old-Testament-Names given to New-Testament-Things in Singing Repl. But there is no such Expression in my whole Book nor any thing that imports the same but my words are these pag. 35. No Old-Testament-Names do prove the nature of New-Testament-Things as Circumcision Censer Incense Altar Sacrifice Passeover c. are all things of a different nature in the Old Testament to what they are sometimes used for in the New 6thly In pag. 155. saith he The Substance of what you say to this is That the Wicked in regard they see not their Sins nor need of a Christ they have no cause to sing Repl. But my words are these pag. 37. And as they have not a true sense of their Sins nor see their need of Christ so they know not that they have cause to sing his Praise for their Being It is one thing to say they have no cause to sing and a different thing to say they know not that they have cause so to do 7thly In pag. 157. he saith Object 2. But secondly you say Every true Christian nor the Church of Christ in general is able to sing Praises to God in his publick Worship because the greater number of them have not attained to the Faith of Assurance Repl. But my Words are these pag. 42. Is not capable to sing Praises to the Lord in his publick and constant Worship and have not attained to a sufficient Faith of Assurance Now for want of the word constant which is a material word on which much of our Controversy does depend His citation of me will admit of a different Reply to what my own Words will do And from pag. 172 unto the Conclusion in 185. tho he makes several Objections that may be easily taken for mine yet I find but one of them that is taken out of my Book p. 47. cited by him in p. 177. 9thly In his Answer to my Appendix p. 21. he saith What Authority have you to say our Saviour and his Disciples did not sing Or what reason has any sober or godly Christian to believe you if you so boldly affirm it Therefore I upon good Authority in opposition to what you say p. 12. that therefore from the signification of the word Hymnos there is a good and sacred Foundation or Warrant for such vocal melodious singing at or after the Lord's Supper c. Repl. But consider from what I have said in Append. p. 12. whether I am not wronged in his Charge against me my Words are these And therefore there can be no foundation nor warrant from the word Hymnos for such vocal melodious singing at or after the Lord's Supper seeing the Word cannot be any proof either that Christ did or did not sing at his Institution of that Ordinance and in that as I have premised God is otherways to be praised than by vocal singing 10thly In his Answer to Append. p. 33. he saith 'T is a hard case that Women should be debarred to speak in any sense or any ways to break silence in the Church as you affirm through a mistake of the Text. 1.