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           THE
           Lawfulness
           and
           Expediency
           OF
           Church-Musick
           ASSERTED
           ,
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           St.
           Brides-Church
           ,
           Upon
           the
           22
           d.
           of
           November
           ,
           1693.
           
           BEING
           The
           Anniversary
           Meeting
           of
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Lovers
           of
           MUSICK
           .
        
         
           By
           
             RALPH
             BATTELL
          
           ,
           Sub-Dean
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           Chapel-Royal
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             the
             Stewards
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Heptinstall
          
           ,
           for
           
             John
             Carr
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Middle-Temple-Gate
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ,
           1694.5
        
      
       
         
         
           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             
               Carolus
               Alston
            
             R.
             P.
             D.
             Hen.
             Episc
             .
             Lond.
             à
             Sacris
             .
          
           
             
               Jan.
               16.
               1693
               
               /
               4.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Psalm
             100.
             
             Ver.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Make
                 a
                 joyfull
                 noise
                 unto
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 all
                 ye
                 Lands
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Serve
                 the
                 Lord
                 with
                 Gladness
                 ;
                 come
                 before
                 his
                 Presence
                 with
                 Singing
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           WE
           have
           in
           these
           Words
           a
           Direction
           how
           to
           behave
           our selves
           in
           the
           publick
           Worship
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           made
           Choice
           of
           them
           at
           this
           time
           to
           justify
           the
           Practice
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           in
           her
           laudable
           Use
           of
           Musick
           ,
           both
           Vocal
           and
           Instrumental
           ,
           in
           her
           solemn
           Assembles
           .
           Which
           these
           two
           Expressions
           of
           
             making
             a
             joyfull
             Noise
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             coming
             before
             his
             Presence
             with
             Singing
             ,
          
           may
           be
           taken
           to
           import
           .
           Or
           if
           the
           former
           be
           not
           so
           very
           plain
           here
           for
           Instruments
           of
           Musick
           ,
           as
           the
           latter
           is
           for
           Singing
           ,
           yet
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           intended
           ,
           because
           mention
           is
           made
           of
           them
           in
           so
           many
           other
           Psalms
           of
           David
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           the
           last
           Psalm
           .
           That
           none
           may
           therefore
           henceforth
           go
           about
           to
           separate
           
           those
           two
           things
           which
           agree
           so
           very
           well
           together
           ,
           I
           will
           assert
           the
           Lawfulness
           ,
           yea
           the
           Fitness
           and
           great
           Expediency
           of
           both
           Vocal
           and
           Instrumental
           Musick
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           during
           the
           solemn
           Worship
           of
           God
           there
           .
           But
           because
           some
           have
           been
           heretofore
           scandalized
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           others
           may
           perhaps
           still
           remain
           scrupulous
           about
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           Speak
           a
           few
           Words
           in
           proving
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           the
           Custom
           of
           Holy
           Men
           of
           Old
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           recommended
           ,
           to
           us
           by
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           so
           early
           in
           Use
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           lawfull
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Objections
           or
           Cavils
           that
           have
           been
           brought
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           will
           also
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           this
           Practice
           is
           not
           only
           barely
           lawfull
           ,
           but
           also
           highly
           advantageous
           ,
           and
           greatly
           available
           towards
           the
           more
           magnificent
           and
           solemn
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           That
           Musick
           has
           in
           it
           a
           natural
           Propriety
           to
           excite
           and
           heighten
           Devotion
           ,
           will
           in
           some
           measure
           appear
           from
           the
           very
           Customs
           of
           the
           Heathen
           who
           did
           always
           use
           it
           in
           their
           Religious
           Rites
           .
           Now
           even
           these
           had
           some
           Light
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           were
           
           in
           the
           Right
           concerning
           a
           Religious
           Worship
           to
           be
           paid
           somewhere
           ,
           though
           in
           the
           wrong
           as
           to
           its
           object
           ,
           and
           did
           well
           to
           make
           their
           Religious
           Entercourses
           appear
           august
           and
           solemn
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Statutes
           and
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           .
           Now
           Homer
           one
           of
           the
           ancientest
           Heathen
           Writers
           ,
           gives
           us
           an
           account
           that
           the
           Greeks
           celebrated
           the
           Praises
           of
           their
           Gods
           and
           Heroes
           upon
           the
           Harp.
           Others
           tell
           us
           ,
           how
           the
           Phrygians
           worshipped
           Cybelle
           with
           the
           Drum
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Egyptians
             ,
             Isis
          
           with
           the
           Timbrel
           :
           And
           the
           third
           Chapter
           of
           Daniel
           enforms
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Cornet
           ,
           Flute
           ,
           Harp
           ,
           Sackbut
           ,
           Psaltery
           ,
           Dulcimer
           ,
           and
           all
           kinds
           of
           Musick
           were
           used
           (
           amonst
           those
           Eastern
           Nations
           )
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           their
           Idols
           .
           The
           Latines
           had
           also
           their
           Tibicines
           or
           Players
           upon
           Wind-Musick
           ,
           upon
           whom
           they
           set
           a
           great
           Value
           ,
           and
           granted
           to
           them
           many
           Priviledges
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           assistant
           at
           their
           holy
           Rites
           .
           Now
           although
           these
           Examples
           alone
           would
           not
           be
           throughly
           material
           to
           our
           Purpose
           ,
           yet
           when
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           we
           also
           find
           Holy
           men
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           recommending
           ,
           approving
           and
           practising
           these
           
           things
           ,
           we
           may
           safely
           from
           thence
           conclude
           ,
           that
           even
           these
           Customs
           in
           the
           Heathen
           were
           not
           any
           Corruption
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           or
           Delusion
           of
           Satan's
           ,
           but
           a
           Remnant
           of
           that
           natural
           Light
           ,
           and
           natural
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           still
           left
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           taught
           them
           to
           imitate
           what
           by
           divine
           Impulse
           and
           Inspiration
           was
           at
           first
           taught
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           his
           Prophets
           and
           religious
           Kings
           was
           continued
           and
           established
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           mention
           that
           is
           made
           of
           this
           thing
           in
           the
           Scripture
           upon
           a
           Religious
           account
           ,
           is
           before
           the
           Law
           was
           given
           from
           Mount
           Sinai
           ,
           when
           
             Miriam
             the
             Prophetess
             the
             Sister
             of
             Aaron
          
           (
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Deliverance
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             )
             took
             a
             Timbrel
             in
             her
             hand
             ,
             and
             went
             forth
             with
             her
             women
             with
             Timbrels
             to
             accompany
             the
             Song
             of
             Moses
             ,
          
           Exod.
           15.
           20.
           
           After
           that
           we
           read
           in
           1
           Sam.
           10.
           5.
           of
           a
           Company
           of
           Prophets
           who
           were
           met
           by
           
             Saul
             ,
             coming
             down
             from
             the
             high
             place
             with
             a
             Psaltery
             ,
             and
             a
             Tabret
             ,
             and
             a
             Pipe
             ,
             and
             a
             Harp
             before
             them
             ,
             while
             they
             prophecied
             ,
             and
             sang
             praises
             to
             God.
          
           In
           Conclusion
           ,
           we
           read
           in
           1
           Chron.
           15.
           16.
           
           That
           
             David
             the
             King
             appointed
             singers
             with
             Instruments
          
           
           
             of
             Musick
             to
             welcom
             home
             the
             Ark
             at
             its
             return
             from
             the
             Philistines
          
           ;
           that
           he
           also
           composed
           a
           Psalm
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           and
           
             left
             there
             before
             the
             Ark
             of
             the
             covenant
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Asaph
             and
             his
             brethren
             to
             minister
             before
             the
             Ark
             continually
             ,
             as
             every
             days
             work
             required
             ,
          
           as
           we
           read
           1
           Chron.
           16.
           37.
           
           And
           this
           was
           the
           first
           establishment
           of
           the
           thing
           that
           we
           read
           of
           .
           This
           Custom
           when
           afterwards
           in
           the
           Reigns
           of
           evil
           Kings
           it
           had
           been
           neglected
           ,
           Hezekiah
           in
           his
           good
           Reign
           restored
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           in
           2
           Chron.
           29.
           25.
           
           
             And
             he
             set
             the
             Levites
             in
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             with
             Cymbals
             ,
             with
             Psalteries
             ,
             and
             with
             Harps
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             commandment
             of
             David
             ,
             and
             of
             Gad
             the
             Kings
             Seer
             ,
             and
             Nathan
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             for
             so
             was
             the
             commandment
             of
             the
             Lord
             by
             his
             Prophets
             .
          
           To
           proceed
           yet
           on
           ,
           Isaiah
           an
           inspired
           man
           and
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           
             sung
             to
             his
             well
             beloved
             ,
             a
             song
             of
             his
             beloved
             touching
             his
             vineyard
             ,
          
           Isaiah
           5.
           1.
           
           The
           three
           Children
           sang
           a
           Hymn
           of
           Praise
           when
           they
           were
           cast
           into
           the
           fiery
           Furnace
           ,
           and
           had
           that
           great
           Miracle
           wrought
           for
           their
           Deliverance
           .
           The
           Prophet
           Habakkuk
           in
           lofty
           Strains
           composed
           in
           just
           Measure
           ,
           and
           fitted
           for
           the
           Skill
           of
           Musick
           ,
           asswaged
           the
           publick
           Grief
           ,
           foretelling
           
           
             the
             acceptable
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             compleat
             triumphs
             of
             Christs
             passion
             .
          
           Yea
           all
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           saith
           St.
           
             Ambrose
             ,
             cantaverunt
             spiritualibus
             modulis
          
           ,
           &c.
           they
           sang
           forth
           the
           Oracles
           of
           divine
           Redemption
           ,
           in
           spiritual
           Hymns
           ,
           and
           in
           melancholy
           Dirges
           lamented
           the
           hard-heartedness
           of
           their
           own
           Country-men
           the
           Jews
           .
           In
           the
           New
           Testament
           we
           read
           that
           our
           Saviour
           
             sang
             a
             Hymn
          
           with
           his
           Disciples
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Passion
           ,
           Matth.
           26.
           30.
           
           And
           even
           in
           his
           highest
           Agony
           upon
           the
           Cross
           ,
           he
           recited
           a
           part
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Psalms
           of
           
             David
             ,
             Psal
          
           .
           22.
           1.
           
           
             My
             God
             ,
             my
             God
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             forsaken
             me
             ?
             Paul
          
           and
           Silas
           sang
           in
           Prison
           at
           Midnight
           ,
           Acts
           16.
           25.
           
           And
           the
           Visions
           of
           S.
           John
           do
           represent
           the
           Manners
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           even
           in
           Heaven
           
             they
             sing
             the
             Song
             of
             Moses
             and
             of
             the
             Lamb
             ,
          
           Rev.
           15.
           3.
           
           All
           Antiquity
           does
           agree
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           acquainting
           us
           that
           this
           was
           the
           constant
           practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           Profane
           Authors
           ,
           together
           with
           Sacred
           ,
           joyntly
           attesting
           it
           .
           Of
           the
           first
           kind
           we
           have
           Pliny
           the
           younger
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           enquired
           into
           the
           Errour
           of
           the
           Christians
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           he
           takes
           notice
           of
           no
           other
           Prayers
           that
           they
           
           had
           ,
           but
           a
           Verse
           or
           Hymn
           to
           Christ
           ,
           directed
           as
           to
           God.
           The
           Author
           of
           Philopatridis
           also
           observes
           that
           the
           Christians
           sang
           Hymns
           ,
           
             etiam
             tota
             nocte
          
           ,
           even
           all
           night
           long
           .
           Amongst
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           we
           have
           
             Justin
             Martyr
          
           mentioning
           their
           Hymns
           ;
           and
           
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           calls
           them
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           their
           
             Daily
             Liturgies
          
           :
           and
           a
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           might
           be
           brought
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           this
           thing
           .
           The
           Cathemerina
           of
           Prudentius
           ,
           the
           Odes
           of
           Nazianzen
           ,
           the
           Psalms
           of
           Athanasius
           and
           Apollinarius
           ,
           and
           the
           Hymns
           of
           Synesius
           ,
           all
           yet
           extant
           ,
           are
           so
           many
           standing
           proofs
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           do
           sufficiently
           declare
           how
           much
           the
           Devotion
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Christians
           did
           consist
           in
           Harmony
           :
           They
           sang
           together
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           sang
           there
           also
           alternately
           ;
           for
           so
           Philo
           mentions
           them
           singing
           with
           a
           Praecentor
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           answering
           the
           extreams
           or
           ends
           ;
           and
           Pliny
           also
           joyns
           with
           him
           to
           this
           effect
           .
           They
           sang
           at
           home
           in
           the
           Family
           ,
           and
           abroad
           in
           the
           Field
           at
           their
           daily
           Labour
           ;
           they
           sang
           in
           Prison
           and
           under
           Persecution
           ,
           yea
           and
           many
           times
           ,
           moved
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           sang
           forth
           Hymns
           of
           Praise
           even
           at
           the
           Stake
           ,
           
           and
           amidst
           the
           Flames
           of
           Martyrdom
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           for
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           Vocal
           Musick
           ,
           I
           suppose
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Objection
           raised
           against
           it
           ,
           or
           any
           doubt
           but
           that
           it
           was
           ever
           used
           in
           the
           Christian
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           :
           but
           there
           lies
           an
           exception
           which
           some
           have
           framed
           against
           Instrumental
           Musick
           ,
           because
           we
           do
           not
           read
           that
           that
           was
           in
           use
           so
           early
           amongst
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ;
           and
           Justin
           mentions
           no
           other
           Musick
           used
           among
           them
           but
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           bare
           singing
           with
           the
           Voice
           ,
           unaccompanied
           with
           any
           Musical
           Instruments
           .
           Now
           as
           to
           this
           Exception
           let
           these
           two
           things
           be
           considered
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           if
           it
           were
           thus
           for
           a
           time
           amongst
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           not
           any
           good
           Argument
           for
           its
           Perpetuity
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           that
           because
           the
           upper
           Rooms
           and
           the
           subterraneous
           Caverns
           were
           the
           places
           where
           the
           persecuted
           Christians
           did
           use
           to
           meet
           ,
           therefore
           also
           these
           are
           still
           to
           be
           used
           rather
           than
           the
           Churches
           ,
           now
           the
           Persecution
           is
           (
           by
           God's
           Mercy
           )
           ceased
           ,
           in
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           World
           :
           And
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           are
           become
           the
           nursing
           Fathers
           and
           nursing
           
           Mothers
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           If
           it
           were
           so
           for
           a
           Season
           we
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           first
           Christians
           ,
           rather
           than
           their
           Choice
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           not
           wherewithall
           to
           be
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           these
           Aids
           and
           Ornaments
           to
           their
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           rather
           than
           that
           they
           withheld
           the
           Expence
           ,
           because
           they
           thought
           it
           unlawfull
           or
           unbecoming
           their
           Assemblies
           .
           For
           no
           sooner
           did
           the
           Church
           begin
           to
           flourish
           ,
           but
           they
           grew
           into
           use
           and
           esteem
           :
           And
           we
           read
           of
           St.
           Ambrose
           ,
           who
           lived
           about
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           fourth
           Century
           ,
           soon
           after
           the
           time
           of
           Constantine
           ,
           and
           who
           it
           is
           also
           said
           composed
           the
           
             Te
             Deum
          
           ,
           the
           same
           Hymn
           of
           Praise
           which
           we
           still
           retain
           in
           our
           Liturgy
           directed
           to
           the
           glorious
           Trinity
           ,
           that
           he
           joyned
           Instruments
           of
           Musick
           with
           the
           publick
           Service
           in
           the
           Cathedral
           Church
           of
           Milan
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           then
           Bishop
           :
           Which
           Example
           of
           his
           was
           so
           well
           approved
           of
           ,
           that
           by
           degrees
           it
           became
           the
           general
           Practice
           of
           other
           Churches
           thereabouts
           ,
           and
           has
           since
           obtained
           in
           almost
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           besides
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Others
           have
           referr'd
           this
           to
           another
           Cause
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           as
           Inspiration
           in
           
           singing
           Psalms
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           doubtless
           an
           extraordinary
           Gift
           common
           to
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           )
           began
           to
           cease
           ,
           Instruments
           and
           Skill
           were
           brought
           in
           in
           its
           Room
           ,
           even
           as
           Learning
           and
           ordinary
           means
           took
           place
           instead
           of
           extraordinary
           Gifts
           :
           And
           this
           also
           might
           be
           another
           reason
           why
           Instrumental
           Musick
           was
           not
           so
           much
           in
           use
           at
           first
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           afterwards
           .
           Now
           both
           these
           things
           together
           ,
           if
           one
           of
           them
           alone
           be
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           I
           hope
           may
           pass
           for
           a
           good
           answer
           to
           that
           Exception
           that
           has
           been
           taken
           by
           some
           from
           that
           passage
           in
           Justin
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           of
           a
           like
           kind
           (
           if
           any
           such
           be
           found
           )
           in
           the
           most
           ancient
           Fathers
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           may
           add
           farther
           ,
           that
           the
           New
           Testament
           is
           not
           without
           some
           Texts
           which
           seem
           to
           point
           out
           this
           thing
           ,
           as
           in
           Rev.
           14.
           2.
           where
           
             the
             voice
             of
             harpers
             harping
             with
             their
             harps
          
           is
           mentioned
           ;
           which
           place
           is
           ordinarily
           expounded
           of
           publick
           Worship
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           again
           in
           the
           Epistle
           of
           St.
           Paul
           to
           the
           Eph.
           5.
           19.
           the
           Apostle
           there
           speaking
           of
           
             Psalms
             and
             Hymns
             and
             Spiritual
             Songs
             ,
          
           adds
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           Verse
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           to
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           former
           
           word
           signifies
           only
           singing
           ,
           so
           this
           latter
           does
           properly
           denote
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Psaltery
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           find
           the
           Annotation
           which
           in
           the
           Geneva
           Bibles
           is
           affixed
           to
           the
           third
           Verse
           of
           the
           150.
           
           Psalm
           runs
           thus
           ;
           
             David
             maketh
             mention
             of
             those
             Instruments
             which
             by
             God's
             Commandment
             were
             appointed
             in
             the
             old
             Law
             ,
             but
             under
             Christ
             the
             use
             thereof
             is
             abolished
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           Now
           this
           indeed
           is
           very
           peremptorily
           said
           ,
           but
           without
           offering
           us
           any
           proof
           of
           the
           thing
           .
           However
           I
           will
           examine
           an
           Objection
           which
           is
           most
           commonly
           brought
           by
           those
           men
           who
           side
           with
           the
           men
           of
           Geneva
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           you
           its
           Defects
           .
           Now
           the
           Objection
           is
           ,
           that
           Instrumental
           Musick
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           which
           vanished
           with
           Christ
           :
           But
           it
           is
           a
           great
           mistake
           in
           any
           who
           look
           upon
           this
           as
           a
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           for
           had
           it
           really
           been
           such
           ,
           it
           would
           either
           have
           been
           a
           Type
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           it
           would
           have
           been
           of
           Moses
           his
           Institution
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           was
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           .
           Not
           a
           Type
           ,
           because
           its
           representation
           cannot
           be
           set
           forth
           ;
           not
           of
           Moses
           his
           Institution
           ,
           
           because
           in
           his
           time
           it
           bore
           no
           part
           in
           the
           Sanctuary
           .
           We
           read
           indeed
           of
           Trumpets
           upon
           Mount
           Sinai
           ,
           which
           were
           to
           assemble
           the
           People
           together
           :
           And
           for
           the
           like
           use
           they
           were
           appointed
           unto
           Moses
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           Numb
           .
           10.
           2.
           
             for
             the
             calling
             of
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             the
             journeying
             of
             the
             Camps
             ,
          
           but
           they
           went
           no
           farther
           in
           his
           Days
           .
           So
           that
           this
           Objection
           if
           it
           were
           of
           any
           Force
           ,
           should
           rather
           be
           against
           our
           Bells
           that
           call
           us
           to
           Church
           ,
           than
           our
           Organs
           or
           other
           Instruments
           that
           accompany
           our
           Psalms
           and
           Anthems
           when
           we
           are
           there
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           have
           not
           heard
           that
           any
           are
           offended
           with
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           as
           little
           cause
           why
           they
           should
           be
           so
           with
           the
           latter
           .
           For
           in
           short
           it
           was
           not
           Moses
           but
           David
           who
           first
           applied
           Instruments
           of
           Musick
           to
           Religious
           Purposes
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           before
           shewed
           ,
           and
           this
           he
           might
           do
           partly
           out
           of
           a
           Sence
           of
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           and
           also
           farther
           as
           we
           may
           piously
           believe
           ,
           (
           he
           being
           an
           inspired
           Man
           and
           a
           Prophet
           )
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           :
           And
           his
           example
           is
           the
           first
           of
           the
           kind
           which
           our
           own
           Church
           does
           follow
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           look
           upon
           as
           Authentick
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           a
           sufficient
           Pattern
           for
           our
           
           Imitation
           :
           And
           although
           I
           do
           not
           see
           but
           why
           even
           a
           Jewish
           Ceremony
           or
           Custom
           if
           it
           were
           either
           ornamental
           or
           significant
           ,
           or
           any
           way
           properly
           and
           naturally
           subservient
           to
           Religious
           Uses
           ,
           (
           for
           instance
           ,
           Sackcloth
           and
           Ashes
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           )
           might
           be
           assumed
           and
           adopted
           into
           the
           Christian
           Service
           ,
           if
           our
           Governors
           of
           the
           Church
           thought
           it
           fitting
           ,
           they
           having
           a
           power
           left
           them
           to
           do
           all
           things
           for
           Decency
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           not
           tied
           to
           the
           necessity
           of
           any
           thing
           in
           these
           matters
           as
           the
           Jews
           were
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           indeed
           the
           very
           formal
           Difference
           between
           Jewish
           and
           Christian
           Ceremonies
           :
           Yet
           that
           none
           may
           be
           offended
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           the
           Church
           has
           determined
           nothing
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           but
           left
           it
           to
           be
           taken
           as
           a
           voluntary
           and
           free
           Thing
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           comes
           recommended
           from
           Holy
           
             David
             ,
             a
             man
             after
             God's
             own
             Heart
             .
          
           If
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Geneva
           Divines
           may
           yet
           sway
           with
           some
           ,
           let
           me
           only
           by
           way
           of
           Ballance
           to
           it
           ,
           give
           you
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Assembly-Divines
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           this
           may
           go
           at
           least
           as
           far
           as
           the
           other
           :
           Now
           they
           have
           given
           us
           this
           different
           sense
           of
           these
           matters
           in
           their
           Exposition
           of
           the
           last
           Psalm
           of
           David
           ,
           
           
             David
             (
             say
             they
             )
             exhorteth
             men
             the
             better
             to
             stir
             up
             their
             Joy
             to
             praise
             God
             with
             Musical
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             if
             Musical
             Instruments
             (
             as
             is
             granted
             )
             had
             that
             power
             then
             ,
             how
             have
             they
             changed
             their
             nature
             since
             ?
          
           To
           this
           I
           will
           only
           add
           farther
           the
           opinion
           of
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           a
           considerable
           man
           esteemed
           amongst
           those
           of
           the
           Separation
           from
           us
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           let
           his
           Authority
           prevail
           where
           it
           can
           ,
           most
           of
           his
           Arguments
           I
           verily
           think
           are
           unanswerable
           .
           And
           thus
           he
           has
           set
           them
           down
           in
           his
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           annexed
           to
           his
           Christian
           Directory
           .
           As
           ,
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             God
             set
             up
             Instruments
             of
             Musick
             in
             his
             Service
             ,
             long
             after
             Moses's
             Ceremonial
             Law
             by
             
               David
               ,
               Solomon
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             'T
             is
             not
             an
             instituted
             Ceremony
             merely
             ,
             but
             a
             natural
             help
             to
             the
             Mind's
             Alacrity
             ;
             and
             (
             under
             this
             argument
             )
             he
             adds
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             lawfull
             to
             use
             the
             comfortable
             Help
             of
             Spectacles
             in
             reading
             the
             Bible
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             of
             Musick
             to
             exhilerate
             the
             Soul
             towards
             God.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             joined
             with
             the
             Jews
             that
             used
             it
             ,
             and
             never
             spake
             a
             word
             against
             it
             .
          
           
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             No
             Scripture
             forbiddeth
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             not
             unlawfull
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Nothing
             can
             be
             said
             against
             it
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             be
             said
             against
             Tunes
             and
             Melody
             of
             Voice
             ;
             and
             whereas
             some
             say
             that
             they
             find
             it
             to
             do
             them
             Harm
             ,
             yet
             all
             wise
             Men
             say
             ,
             they
             find
             it
             to
             do
             them
             good
             :
             and
             why
             should
             the
             experience
             of
             some
             prejudiced
             self-conceited
             Persons
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             half
             man
             that
             knoweth
             not
             what
             Melody
             is
             ,
             be
             set
             against
             the
             experience
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             deprive
             them
             of
             such
             Helps
             and
             Mercies
             as
             these
             People
             say
             they
             find
             no
             benefit
             by
             ?
          
        
         
           Thus
           far
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           this
           effect
           is
           said
           by
           him
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ;
           which
           now
           leads
           me
           to
           the
        
         
           Second
           thing
           I
           proposed
           ,
           viz.
           The
           advantages
           that
           do
           redound
           from
           hence
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           is
           highly
           conducing
           towards
           the
           more
           magnificent
           and
           solemn
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Musical
           Harmony
           ,
           whether
           by
           Voice
           or
           Instrument
           ,
           but
           especially
           by
           both
           together
           ,
           is
           so
           pleasing
           and
           agreeable
           to
           that
           part
           of
           man
           which
           is
           most
           Divine
           ,
           that
           some
           Philosophers
           have
           called
           the
           Soul
           Harmony
           ;
           all
           have
           agreed
           it
           to
           have
           a
           compleat
           Share
           of
           
           Harmony
           in
           it
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           Melody
           is
           a
           thing
           which
           delights
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           becomes
           all
           States
           of
           Life
           ;
           't
           is
           as
           seasonable
           in
           Sorrow
           ,
           as
           in
           Joy
           ;
           as
           suitable
           an
           attendant
           on
           publick
           Actions
           ,
           as
           diverting
           in
           private
           Recreations
           ;
           as
           capable
           to
           raise
           Devotion
           ,
           as
           to
           procure
           Delight
           ;
           and
           as
           subservient
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           conducive
           to
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           Society
           .
           The
           reason
           hereof
           according
           to
           the
           judicious
           Mr.
           Hooker
           is
           ,
           
             An
             admirable
             Faculty
             which
             is
             in
             Musick
             ,
             to
             express
             and
             represent
             to
             the
             Mind
             more
             inwardly
             than
             any
             other
             sensible
             thing
             ,
             the
             Rising
             and
             Falling
             ,
             the
             Turns
             and
             Varieties
             of
             all
             Passions
             whereunto
             the
             Soul
             is
             Subject
             :
             Yea
             and
             so
             to
             imitate
             them
             ,
             that
             whether
             it
             resemble
             the
             same
             State
             we
             are
             in
             or
             a
             contrary
             ;
             we
             are
             not
             more
             contentedly
             confirmed
             by
             the
             one
             ,
             than
             changed
             and
             led
             away
             by
             the
             other
             :
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             sorts
             of
             Harmony
             are
             apt
             to
             move
             and
             stir
             our
             Affections
             ,
             others
             to
             draw
             us
             to
             a
             grave
             and
             sober
             Mediocrity
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             that
             will
             carry
             us
             into
             Extasies
             ,
             filling
             the
             Mind
             with
             a
             heavenly
             joy
             ;
             so
             that
             although
             we
             should
             lay
             aside
             the
             subject-matter
             of
             
             the
             Psalm
             or
             Hymn
             ,
             yet
             even
             the
             very
             Harmony
             of
             Sounds
             being
             carried
             from
             the
             Ear
             to
             the
             spiritual
             Faculties
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             is
             by
             a
             native
             power
             greatly
             available
             to
             bring
             to
             a
             perfect
             temper
             whatsoever
             is
             there
             troubled
             ;
             apt
             as
             well
             to
             quicken
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             to
             allay
             that
             which
             is
             too
             eager
             ,
             sovereign
             against
             melancholy
             and
             despair
             ,
             forcible
             to
             draw
             forth
             Tears
             of
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             able
             both
             to
             move
             and
             moderate
             all
             Affections
             .
             Boetius
             tells
             us
             this
             is
             wrought
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             answerableness
             of
             the
             Notes
             in
             Musick
             to
             those
             in
             Nature
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           a
           well
           composed
           Harmony
           ,
           shall
           have
           even
           a
           natural
           Efficacy
           to
           work
           changes
           for
           the
           better
           in
           humane
           Affections
           ,
           to
           enliven
           and
           stir
           up
           those
           that
           are
           dull
           ,
           and
           to
           compose
           and
           pacifie
           those
           which
           are
           irregular
           :
           So
           that
           not
           only
           the
           Psalms
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Voluntaries
           ,
           being
           suitably
           framed
           ,
           may
           have
           a
           good
           effect
           upon
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           even
           influence
           and
           dispose
           it
           to
           sober
           and
           Religious
           purposes
           .
           Let
           me
           also
           give
           you
           a
           few
           Eulogies
           hereof
           from
           the
           antient
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           found
           the
           Benefits
           of
           it
           in
           their
           Religious
           Exercises
           ,
           
           and
           have
           thus
           commended
           it
           to
           us
           .
           First
           ,
           Justin
           Martyr
           ,
           says
           of
           the
           single
           or
           plain
           Song
           which
           only
           was
           in
           use
           in
           his
           time
           .
           
             That
             it
             stirs
             up
             the
             Mind
             with
             a
             certain
             Pleasure
             unto
             an
             ardent
             Desire
             of
             that
             which
             is
             celebrated
             in
             the
             Song
             ,
             that
             it
             allays
             the
             Desires
             and
             Affections
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             that
             it
             drives
             away
             evil
             Thoughts
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Mind
             pregnant
             and
             apt
             to
             bring
             forth
             holy
             and
             Divine
             Fruits
             ;
             that
             it
             makes
             the
             generous
             Contenders
             in
             Piety
             Valiant
             and
             Strong
             in
             Adversity
             ,
             and
             brings
             a
             Medicine
             and
             Remedy
             to
             all
             the
             evil
             Accidents
             of
             our
             Life
             :
             He
             also
             adds
             ,
             that
             St.
             Paul
             in
             his
             spiritual
             Armory
             ,
             calls
             this
             the
             Sword
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             all
             of
             it
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             that
             is
             celebrated
             in
             the
             Mind
             ,
             in
             the
             Song
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Verse
             ;
             it
             drives
             away
             evil
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             the
             pious
             mind
             is
             by
             the
             Songs
             of
             the
             Church
             perfected
             in
             vertue
             .
          
           The
           next
           that
           I
           shall
           mention
           is
           St.
           Basil
           ,
           and
           he
           also
           speaks
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           
             Whereas
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             saw
             that
             Mankind
             was
             difficultly
             drawn
             unto
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             that
             Righteousness
             was
             the
             less
             accounted
             of
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             proneness
             of
             our
             affections
             to
             
             that
             which
             delighteth
             ;
             it
             pleased
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             same
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             borrow
             from
             melody
             that
             pleasure
             which
             mingled
             with
             Heavenly
             Mysteries
             ,
             should
             convey
             as
             it
             were
             by
             stealth
             the
             treasure
             of
             Good
             things
             into
             mens
             Minds
             .
             Oh
             the
             wise
             contrivance
             of
             that
             Heavenly
             Teacher
             !
             who
             hath
             by
             his
             skill
             found
             out
             a
             way
             ,
             that
             doing
             those
             things
             wherein
             we
             delight
             ,
             we
             might
             also
             meet
             with
             those
             things
             whereby
             we
             profit
             .
          
           St.
           Augustine
           also
           in
           his
           Confessions
           joyns
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           says
           ,
           
             I
             am
             induced
             to
             approve
             of
             the
             Custom
             of
             Singing
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             Delight
             of
             the
             Ear
             the
             Minds
             of
             the
             infirm
             may
             raise
             themselves
             to
             a
             pious
             Affection
             .
             And
             speaking
             of
             himself
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             often
             wept
             piously
             being
             thereunto
             moved
             by
             the
             sweet
             Harmony
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           The
           last
           of
           this
           kind
           that
           I
           shall
           mention
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           St.
           Chrysostom
           in
           his
           Homily
           upon
           the
           41st
           .
           Psalm
           ,
           who
           there
           speaks
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             Nothing
             raises
             the
             Mind
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             affects
             it
             being
             raised
             ,
             and
             frees
             it
             from
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             sets
             it
             loose
             from
             the
             Bonds
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             fills
             it
             with
             the
             love
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             
             makes
             it
             despise
             the
             things
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             as
             a
             divine
             Hymn
             harmonically
             composed
             .
          
           And
           that
           Musick
           is
           thus
           apt
           to
           move
           the
           Mind
           to
           pious
           Dispositions
           ,
           and
           raise
           it
           up
           to
           a
           pitch
           above
           it self
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           measure
           as
           it
           were
           to
           inspire
           it
           divinely
           ,
           at
           least
           to
           fit
           it
           for
           such
           Inspiration
           ,
           we
           may
           gather
           from
           the
           Customs
           of
           the
           Prophets
           of
           Old
           ,
           (
           already
           mentioned
           )
           of
           whom
           we
           read
           that
           while
           they
           prophecied
           ,
           
             they
             came
             down
             from
             the
             high
             Place
             with
             a
             Psaltery
             ,
             and
             a
             Tabret
             ,
             and
             a
             Pipe
             ,
             and
             a
             Harp
             before
             them
             :
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             came
             also
             upon
             Saul
             who
             met
             them
             ,
             and
             he
             became
             a
             new
             man
             ,
             and
             prophesied
             with
             them
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           10.
           5.
           6.
           
           Another
           wonderfull
           effect
           we
           read
           of
           that
           Musick
           had
           upon
           him
           was
           ,
           that
           
             when
             an
             evil
             Spirit
             from
             the
             Lord
             was
             upon
             him
             ,
          
           whether
           it
           were
           a
           deep
           Melancholy
           that
           he
           was
           fallen
           into
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           excited
           and
           heightned
           by
           the
           Devil's
           Suggestion
           ,
           as
           most
           Interpreters
           think
           ;
           or
           whether
           it
           were
           an
           actual
           Possession
           of
           Satan's
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Rabbins
           would
           have
           it
           ;
           yet
           when
           David
           played
           skilfully
           upon
           the
           Harp
           it
           departed
           from
           him
           .
           The
           manner
           of
           this
           Cure
           is
           also
           variously
           adjudged
           by
           Expositors
           ,
           
           some
           thinking
           it
           a
           Hymn
           or
           Religious
           Psalm
           that
           David
           sang
           ,
           and
           that
           thereby
           the
           Devil
           was
           the
           more
           effectually
           chased
           away
           from
           Saul
           ;
           others
           attributing
           it
           only
           to
           the
           Notes
           of
           Musick
           ,
           and
           their
           natural
           Efficacy
           in
           the
           subduing
           of
           all
           black
           Melancholy
           and
           Despair
           ;
           all
           Anger
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Envy
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           foul
           Passions
           whereby
           the
           Mind
           can
           become
           overwhelmed
           ,
           or
           enraged
           and
           cast
           down
           into
           a
           condition
           truly
           Diabolical
           ;
           whatever
           were
           the
           root
           of
           the
           Malady
           ,
           or
           whatever
           might
           be
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           the
           Remedy
           ,
           we
           find
           the
           Cure
           was
           effectually
           wrought
           by
           the
           Harp
           of
           David
           .
           I
           forbear
           to
           mention
           some
           other
           wondrous
           effects
           of
           Musick
           related
           by
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           as
           
             Plutarch
             ,
             Pythagoras
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Because
           they
           are
           not
           so
           proper
           to
           be
           considered
           upon
           a
           Religious
           Account
           ;
           but
           the
           foregoing
           ones
           are
           abundantly
           sufficient
           to
           let
           us
           see
           that
           there
           is
           something
           in
           Musick
           that
           has
           a
           great
           Propriety
           to
           Religious
           Purposes
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           Holy
           David
           first
           composed
           Godly
           Psalms
           ,
           in
           number
           and
           measure
           ,
           (
           he
           being
           admirably
           skill'd
           in
           divine
           Poesy
           )
           and
           was
           moreover
           the
           Author
           of
           adding
           Melody
           ,
           both
           Vocal
           and
           Instrumental
           ,
           for
           the
           raising
           
           up
           of
           mens
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           moving
           their
           Affections
           towards
           God
           ;
           so
           likewise
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           doth
           at
           this
           day
           retain
           it
           as
           an
           Ornament
           to
           God's
           Service
           ,
           and
           a
           help
           to
           her
           own
           Devotion
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           also
           as
           to
           my
           Second
           Particular
           ,
           the
           Expediency
           as
           well
           as
           Lawfulness
           of
           this
           Practice
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           I
           have
           said
           all
           in
           Vindicating
           of
           this
           Custom
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           condemn
           any
           other
           foreign
           Churches
           as
           guilty
           of
           any
           material
           Defect
           if
           they
           do
           not
           receive
           it
           ,
           nor
           while
           we
           say
           it
           may
           ,
           do
           we
           assert
           that
           it
           must
           be
           used
           ;
           or
           although
           it
           be
           even
           expedient
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           altogether
           necessary
           ;
           but
           this
           may
           be
           truly
           said
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           agreeable
           attendant
           and
           a
           Suitable
           Ornament
           to
           Religious
           Services
           ;
           though
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Substance
           thereof
           :
           but
           it
           is
           to
           be
           placed
           in
           the
           Classis
           of
           those
           things
           which
           by
           Divines
           are
           called
           Evangelical
           Councels
           ,
           or
           Precepts
           of
           Perfection
           :
           things
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           are
           seasonably
           ,
           and
           decently
           ,
           and
           reverently
           used
           are
           apt
           to
           raise
           men's
           Hearts
           and
           Affections
           to
           greater
           Degrees
           of
           Piety
           ,
           and
           to
           produce
           larger
           Portion
           of
           Zeal
           and
           Devotion
           in
           our
           spiritual
           Exercises
           .
           
           Thus
           kneeling
           down
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           setting
           apart
           festival
           Solemnities
           ,
           making
           Oblations
           ,
           building
           of
           Temples
           and
           beautifying
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           are
           things
           that
           have
           a
           tendency
           in
           Nature
           ,
           or
           (
           at
           least
           )
           by
           universal
           Custom
           to
           encrease
           Religion
           as
           well
           as
           to
           adorn
           it
           ;
           to
           raise
           holy
           Thoughts
           and
           pious
           Dispositions
           within
           ,
           by
           suitable
           Aids
           and
           Ornaments
           from
           without
           ;
           making
           the
           aimiableness
           of
           God's
           Tabernacles
           excite
           the
           Ardency
           of
           our
           Thanksgivings
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           beauty
           of
           Holiness
           conduce
           to
           (
           or
           at
           least
           concur
           with
           )
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           therefore
           when
           this
           is
           superinduced
           by
           the
           Piety
           of
           Christian
           Governors
           ,
           we
           maintain
           against
           all
           Opposers
           the
           Lawfulness
           and
           Decency
           ,
           yea
           the
           fitness
           and
           great
           expediency
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           whatsoever
           accidental
           Abuses
           may
           creep
           in
           amidst
           the
           use
           of
           these
           laudable
           things
           ,
           we
           earnestly
           disswade
           and
           disallow
           ,
           advising
           all
           Persons
           to
           be
           very
           carefull
           and
           circumspect
           in
           the
           use
           thereof
           ,
           lest
           their
           Minds
           should
           stray
           ,
           and
           it
           might
           happen
           to
           them
           as
           it
           did
           sometimes
           to
           St.
           Augustin
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           Confessions
           
           laments
           his
           Inadvertency
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           
             owning
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Musick
             affected
             him
             more
             than
             the
             Subject-matter
             of
             the
             Psalm
             or
             Hymn
             ,
             he
             was
             greatly
             to
             be
             blamed
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           the
           Heart
           is
           the
           best
           Psalmist
           ,
           and
           the
           inward
           Affection
           of
           the
           Soul
           is
           the
           best
           Musick
           in
           God's
           ear
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           purely
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           other
           is
           used
           .
           We
           also
           disapprove
           of
           all
           other
           Defaults
           of
           a
           like
           kind
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           where-ever
           the
           use
           of
           Edification
           is
           lessened
           or
           lost
           ,
           which
           may
           happen
           either
           when
           the
           words
           are
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           the
           Hearers
           ,
           or
           when
           they
           are
           not
           suited
           to
           the
           true
           Christian
           Temper
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Praise
           ,
           or
           when
           the
           Airs
           of
           our
           Anthems
           and
           Hymns
           are
           not
           grave
           and
           solemn
           ,
           and
           befitting
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           House
           of
           Rimmon
           .
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           these
           Faults
           being
           prevented
           (
           as
           God
           be
           thanked
           due
           care
           is
           taken
           in
           our
           own
           Church
           that
           they
           should
           be
           )
           the
           Efficacy
           of
           Musick
           is
           truly
           admirable
           ,
           and
           does
           mightily
           edify
           ,
           because
           it
           does
           most
           powerfully
           excite
           the
           Passions
           and
           Affections
           ;
           the
           very
           heart
           and
           Soul
           towards
           God.
           By
           this
           our
           Minds
           may
           be
           raised
           and
           spiritualized
           in
           
           their
           flights
           towards
           Heaven
           ,
           our
           Devotions
           quickned
           and
           enflamed
           with
           a
           greater
           Zeal
           and
           Fervency
           in
           our
           Religious
           Addresses
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Fire
           is
           thus
           kindled
           within
           ,
           we
           shall
           become
           the
           more
           fit
           and
           ready
           to
           speak
           with
           our
           Tongues
           ,
           and
           to
           begin
           here
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           to
           be
           a
           part
           of
           our
           eternal
           Employment
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           namely
           ,
           
             To
             sing
             Hallelujahs
             to
             the
             Praise
             and
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             let
             us
             ascribe
             all
             Glory
             ,
             and
             Majesty
             ,
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             Power
             ,
             both
             now
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .