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             The
             Vsefulness
             of
             Church-Musick
          
           .
        
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           at
           
             CHRIST-CHVRCH
             ,
             Novemb.
          
           27.
           1696.
           
           Upon
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Anniversary-Meeting
           OF
           THE
           
             Lovers
             of
             Musick
          
           ,
           On
           St.
           
           Coecilia's
           Day
           .
        
         
           By
           
             S.
             ESTWICK
          
           ,
           B.
           D.
           and
           Chaplain
           of
           Christ-Church
           ,
           in
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           Published
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           Stewards
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Bennet
          
           at
           the
           Half-Moon
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1696.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
           TO
           THE
           Stewards
           of
           St.
           
           Coecilia's
           Feast
           .
        
         
           
             
               The
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Dunluce
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Smith
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hill
              
               ,
               Esq
               ;
            
             
               Colonel
               
                 Henry
                 Holt.
              
               
            
             
               Colonel
               
                 Nathan
                 .
                 Blackiston
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Cary
              
               ,
               Merchant
               .
            
             
               
                 Moses
                 Snow
              
               ,
               B.
               M.
               
            
             
               
                 Nicola
                 .
                 Matteis
              
               ,
               Gent.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             GENTLEMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           YOV
           desir'd
           me
           first
           to
           Preach
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           Print
           this
           Sermon
           :
           I
           have
           Obey'd
           You
           in
           Both
           ;
           as
           being
           willing
           to
           do
           whatever
           lay
           in
           my
           Power
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           
           due
           Esteem
           of
           Church-Musick
           ,
           in
           an
           Age
           that
           seems
           hastning
           on
           apace
           to
           a
           neglect
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           disuse
           of
           it
           .
           If
           this
           Discourse
           may
           contribute
           any
           ways
           towards
           so
           good
           an
           end
           ,
           and
           withal
           serve
           to
           express
           the
           Respect
           I
           have
           for
           You
           ,
           I
           have
           the
           double
           aim
           I
           propos'd
           to
           my self
           in
           Preaching
           and
           Publishing
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           am
           a
           true
           Lover
           of
           Musick
           ,
           especially
           when
           it
           is
           imploy'd
           to
           so
           excellent
           a
           purpose
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           composing
           our
           Attention
           ,
           and
           raising
           our
           Affections
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           Honourer
           of
           all
           those
           who
           favour
           and
           encourage
           it
           .
           After
           which
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           either
           You
           or
           the
           World
           how
           much
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Obedient
             and
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             S.
             ESTWICK
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           at
           
             Christ-Church
             ,
             Nov.
          
           27.
           1696.
           upon
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Anniversary
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Lovers
           of
           Musick
           ,
           on
           St.
           
           Cecilia's
           Day
           .
        
         
           
             Col.
             3.
             16.
             
             The
             latter
             Part
             ,
          
           
             Teaching
             and
             Admonishing
             one
             another
             ,
             in
             Psalms
             and
             Hymns
             ,
             and
             Spiritual
             Songs
             ,
             Singing
             with
             Grace
             in
             your
             Hearts
             to
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           Design
           of
           this
           great
           Assembly's
           meeting
           together
           ,
           being
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Praises
           of
           our
           God
           with
           exalted
           Hearts
           and
           Voices
           ,
           I
           hope
           each
           one
           has
           acquitted
           himself
           in
           a
           suitable
           manner
           ,
           and
           duly
           observ'd
           the
           most
           concerning
           part
           of
           this
           Exhortation
           contain'd
           in
           the
           latter
           branch
           of
           these
           Words
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           needless
           to
           tell
           you
           we
           have
           all
           been
           pleas'd
           ,
           if
           not
           transported
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Skilful
           Performers
           with
           laudable
           Emulations
           have
           endeavour'd
           
           to
           raise
           and
           extol
           God's
           Goodness
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           pitch
           our
           impair'd
           Faculties
           will
           allow
           of
           in
           this
           imperfect
           State
           :
           By
           the
           Frame
           of
           our
           Nature
           we
           may
           perceive
           our selves
           fitted
           and
           prepar'd
           for
           the
           Reception
           of
           Harmonious
           Sounds
           ;
           as
           we
           are
           fenc'd
           about
           with
           Nerves
           ,
           we
           find
           our selves
           ready
           strung
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           us
           tun'd
           for
           this
           Heavenly
           Entertainment
           :
           By
           a
           kind
           of
           Sympathy
           sometimes
           we
           tremble
           ;
           we
           are
           generally
           pleas'd
           when
           a
           fitting
           Subject
           is
           well
           painted
           by
           the
           Composer
           and
           well
           breath'd
           and
           set
           off
           by
           the
           several
           Performers
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           one
           should
           be
           found
           so
           hardy
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           some
           think
           ,
           so
           ill-natur'd
           as
           to
           oppose
           himself
           to
           the
           General
           Consent
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           deny
           the
           Pow'r
           of
           Harmony
           ,
           for
           his
           Satisfaction
           we
           might
           have
           wish'd
           him
           here
           ,
           where
           he
           might
           have
           had
           the
           best
           sort
           of
           Argument
           for
           his
           Conviction
           
             (
             viz
          
           )
           the
           Testimony
           of
           his
           own
           Sense
           ;
           and
           if
           after
           this
           ,
           he
           had
           remain'd
           unaffected
           with
           the
           gentle
           Insinuations
           of
           our
           softer
           Strains
           ,
           and
           unmov'd
           with
           the
           more
           forcible
           Impressions
           of
           our
           louder
           Acclamations
           ,
           you
           are
           all
           ready
           to
           pity
           the
           Fate
           of
           this
           Unhappy
           Temper
           ,
           and
           to
           pronounce
           him
           such
           a
           sort
           of
           an
           Infidel
           ,
           that
           is
           uncapable
           ,
           if
           not
           unworthy
           of
           a
           farther
           Conviction
           .
        
         
         
           To
           say
           we
           are
           pleas'd
           with
           Harmonious
           Sounds
           ,
           is
           to
           say
           very
           little
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           our
           Apostle
           has
           suggested
           to
           us
           ,
           who
           carries
           this
           Matter
           much
           higher
           ,
           and
           teaches
           us
           the
           true
           use
           and
           benefit
           of
           Divine
           Musick
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           He
           is
           chiefly
           concern'd
           for
           that
           Spiritual
           Advantage
           that
           may
           result
           from
           this
           Sensible
           Pleasure
           ;
           and
           intimates
           to
           every
           Good
           Christian
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           is
           gratify'd
           and
           delighted
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           better'd
           and
           improv'd
           by
           it
           in
           Holy
           and
           Vertuous
           Living
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Teaching
             and
             Admonishing
             one
             another
             in
             Psalms
             ,
          
           &c.
           we
           are
           assur'd
           of
           the
           fitness
           of
           this
           Divine
           Exercise
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Spiritual
           Interests
           of
           Faithful
           People
           ,
           of
           its
           suitableness
           to
           help
           'em
           forward
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           refresh
           'em
           in
           their
           Passage
           towards
           their
           Heavenly
           Canaan
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           farther
           and
           advance
           their
           Spiritual
           Good
           and
           Edification
           .
        
         
           How
           this
           is
           done
           by
           this
           Divine
           Exercise
           will
           be
           more
           fully
           made
           out
           in
           this
           ensuing
           Discourse
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           forgot
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           large
           sense
           we
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           taught
           and
           admonish'd
           by
           whatever
           renews
           ,
           revives
           ,
           and
           calls
           to
           remembrance
           former
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           Idea's
           ;
           we
           certainly
           may
           be
           admonish'd
           of
           what
           we
           knew
           before
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           may
           not
           improperly
           
           be
           said
           to
           be
           Taught
           and
           Instructed
           by
           whatever
           excites
           and
           enlarges
           our
           Desires
           of
           Goodness
           ,
           by
           whatever
           enflames
           in
           our
           Hearts
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           our
           Neighbour
           ;
           and
           whatsoever
           Instruction
           serves
           to
           confirm
           our
           Faith
           ,
           to
           enliven
           our
           Hope
           ,
           and
           quicken
           our
           Graces
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           our
           Souls
           more
           Humble
           ,
           more
           Holy
           ,
           and
           more
           like
           to
           God
           than
           they
           were
           before
           ,
           may
           in
           a
           large
           Sence
           be
           deem'd
           Teaching
           ;
           tho'
           all
           this
           while
           we
           gain
           no
           fresh
           Supplies
           of
           new
           Idea's
           ,
           but
           having
           an
           Occasion
           offer'd
           us
           of
           reviving
           those
           old
           ones
           that
           before
           lay
           dormant
           ,
           we
           are
           thereby
           enabled
           to
           turn
           'em
           to
           a
           better
           use
           ,
           and
           to
           reduce
           our
           Knowledge
           to
           Practice
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           Sense
           of
           our
           Apostle's
           Teaching
           and
           Admonishing
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           give
           me
           your
           Attention
           ,
           whilst
           I
           lay
           before
           you
           some
           Considerations
           ,
           that
           may
           serve
           to
           enforce
           the
           Injunction
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           Usefulness
           of
           Divine
           Musick
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Advantages
           that
           may
           be
           reap'd
           by
           it
           in
           Particular
           ,
           by
           every
           one
           that
           attends
           to
           it
           in
           due
           Manner
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           offer
           to
           your
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           this
           Method
           our
           Apostle
           has
           made
           choice
           of
           as
           a
           help
           to
           our
           Spiritual
           Improvements
           ,
           was
           the
           old
           way
           of
           Teaching
           the
           World
           ,
           much
           applauded
           
           by
           the
           Wise
           Ancients
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Esteem
           a
           very
           effectual
           means
           of
           inculcating
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           making
           Men
           more
           Tractable
           ,
           by
           fixing
           in
           their
           Minds
           the
           Principles
           of
           Natural
           and
           Moral
           Philosophy
           .
           As
           for
           its
           Antiquity
           ,
           Timagenes
           ,
           as
           Quintilian
           observes
           ,
           allows
           Musick
           to
           be
           the
           eldest
           of
           the
           Learned
           Studies
           :
           And
           a
           greater
           than
           him
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           about
           the
           same
           time
           that
           Tents
           ,
           Husbandry
           ,
           and
           Working
           in
           Brass
           and
           Iron
           were
           found
           out
           by
           their
           several
           Authors
           ,
           Jubal
           lessen'd
           their
           Cares
           by
           the
           addition
           of
           Musical
           Instruments
           ,
           which
           being
           handled
           down
           to
           After-Ages
           ,
           and
           serving
           to
           cover
           the
           Nakedness
           of
           Vocal
           Sounds
           ,
           were
           embrac'd
           and
           cherish'd
           by
           Legislators
           and
           Philosophers
           ,
           who
           found
           the
           Aptness
           Musick
           had
           to
           Civilize
           the
           ruder
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           the
           Advantages
           it
           had
           in
           gently
           insinuating
           Mysterious
           Truths
           .
        
         
           Upon
           which
           accounts
           Poetry
           and
           Musick
           may
           well
           be
           esteem'd
           the
           Nurses
           of
           Infant
           Common-wealths
           ,
           the
           School-Mistresses
           of
           Learning
           ,
           from
           whose
           fruitful
           Breasts
           stream'd
           such
           a
           kindly
           Nourishment
           ,
           as
           made
           Empires
           swell
           out
           to
           that
           extent
           of
           Grandure
           ,
           as
           to
           attract
           the
           Eyes
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           to
           behold
           and
           dread
           their
           Power
           .
        
         
           Lycurgus
           and
           Numa
           enacted
           Laws
           for
           the
           Encouragement
           of
           Musick
           ,
           not
           thinking
           themselves
           secure
           in
           their
           Governments
           ,
           till
           by
           its
           Charms
           
           they
           had
           Temper'd
           and
           Smooth'd
           their
           unpolish'd
           Subjects
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           by
           this
           pleasant
           Vehicle
           ,
           allur'd
           'em
           to
           submit
           to
           their
           harsher
           Constitutions
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           Learning
           owes
           to
           Poetry
           and
           Musick
           ,
           may
           appear
           from
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           first
           Seeds
           of
           it
           were
           scatter'd
           in
           Number
           and
           Measure
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Celebrated
           Poets
           sung
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           taught
           ,
           gain'd
           a
           more
           easie
           passage
           into
           Mens
           Minds
           by
           the
           agreeable
           mixture
           of
           well
           regulated
           Sounds
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           was
           that
           the
           various
           Motions
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           the
           Arcanas
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Causes
           of
           her
           seeming
           Irregularties
           ,
           were
           first
           deliver'd
           in
           Verse
           ;
           And
           Atlas
           is
           presum'd
           by
           Virgil
           to
           frame
           ,
           and
           Jopas
           to
           sing
           the
           lofty
           Song
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
           If
           the
           Universe
           it self
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           Compos'd
           by
           Harmony
           ,
           it
           's
           the
           less
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           ,
           that
           those
           Philosophers
           that
           embrac'd
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           should
           act
           agreeably
           to
           it
           ;
           whilst
           Pythagoras
           fram'd
           his
           Works
           as
           near
           as
           he
           could
           to
           this
           Model
           ,
           and
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           Musick
           ,
           as
           a
           means
           to
           brighten
           his
           Morning
           ,
           and
           compose
           his
           Evening
           Thoughts
           :
           'T
           is
           the
           less
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           Socrates
           should
           divert
           the
           taedium
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           by
           a
           late
           application
           to
           Musick
           ;
           and
           that
           Plato
           and
           Aristotle
           should
           advance
           it
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Speculations
           of
           the
           former
           could
           not
           be
           throughly
           understood
           without
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           both
           allow
           it
           to
           be
           a
           necessary
           Ingredient
           
           to
           the
           Education
           of
           Youth
           ,
           and
           tending
           much
           to
           the
           Formation
           of
           Vertue
           and
           good
           Manners
           .
        
         
           In
           pursuance
           of
           these
           high
           Encomiums
           given
           by
           the
           greatest
           Masters
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           the
           Experience
           of
           its
           usefulness
           ,
           the
           World
           became
           soon
           acquainted
           with
           the
           happy
           influences
           of
           it
           ,
           beholding
           with
           pleasure
           ,
           how
           much
           it
           serv'd
           to
           quiet
           and
           calm
           the
           unruly
           Passions
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           alleviate
           the
           Troubles
           of
           Life
           ,
           to
           ease
           its
           Labours
           ,
           to
           abate
           the
           Rigours
           of
           Adversity
           ,
           and
           heighten
           the
           Enjoyments
           of
           Prosperity
           :
           It
           beheld
           with
           Pleasure
           how
           much
           it
           advanced
           the
           Honours
           of
           the
           Military
           Life
           ,
           whilst
           their
           Heroes
           were
           animated
           with
           their
           Martial
           Sounds
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           measure
           rewarded
           too
           by
           the
           grateful
           acknowledgment
           of
           Triumphant
           Songs
           .
           How
           much
           also
           were
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Civil
           Life
           bettered
           by
           it
           ,
           when
           ,
           as
           Plutarch
           tells
           us
           ,
           their
           Entertainments
           were
           season'd
           with
           wholesom
           Admonitions
           ,
           and
           their
           Musicians
           encourag'd
           Temperance
           and
           Moderation
           at
           that
           very
           time
           they
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           such
           faithful
           and
           pleasant
           Monitors
           .
        
         
           Thus
           this
           excellent
           gift
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           when
           exercised
           in
           its
           Primitive
           Purity
           and
           Simplicity
           ,
           tended
           much
           to
           the
           bettering
           and
           improving
           Mankind
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           the
           less
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           ,
           that
           this
           common
           Blessing
           ,
           that
           serv'd
           for
           so
           many
           excellent
           purposes
           ,
           
           should
           be
           enclos'd
           and
           appropriated
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           Uses
           of
           Religion
           :
           That
           Mens
           Tongues
           and
           Voices
           should
           be
           Consecrated
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           the
           Noble
           Themes
           of
           God's
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           and
           thereby
           to
           make
           his
           Praise
           Glorious
           ,
           make
           him
           Admir'd
           of
           all
           his
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Reverenc'd
           of
           all
           that
           are
           round
           about
           him
           .
        
         
           For
           seeing
           the
           Great
           End
           of
           Man's
           Creation
           was
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Praises
           of
           his
           Creator
           ,
           and
           he
           alone
           of
           all
           the
           Creatures
           of
           this
           Sublunary
           World
           ,
           was
           indu'd
           with
           Faculties
           to
           qualifie
           him
           for
           this
           Noble
           Employment
           ;
           it
           is
           but
           reasonable
           that
           he
           should
           do
           his
           utmost
           (
           for
           that
           utmost
           will
           come
           far
           short
           of
           it
           )
           to
           extol
           the
           Praises
           of
           God
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           he
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           to
           Glorifie
           his
           Maker
           with
           his
           Body
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           with
           his
           Voice
           as
           well
           as
           Understanding
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           Consideration
           that
           serves
           to
           recommend
           to
           us
           our
           Apostle's
           Injunction
           is
           the
           Practise
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           use
           of
           Vocal
           and
           Instrumental
           Musick
           ;
           both
           which
           kinds
           were
           introduc'd
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           
           David's
           Reign
           ,
           when
           the
           Ark
           had
           rest
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           1
           Cor.
           11.
           31
           
           ▪
           )
           'T
           is
           true
           Ezra
           calls
           this
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           David
           King
           of
           Israel
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           appointed
           these
           Usages
           as
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           we
           're
           assured
           that
           these
           Commands
           were
           
           however
           confirm'd
           by
           other
           Contemporary
           Prophets
           :
           For
           thus
           we
           read
           (
           2
           Chron.
           29.
           25.
           
           )
           the
           Levites
           were
           set
           in
           the
           House
           of
           God
           with
           Cymbals
           ,
           with
           Psalteries
           ,
           and
           with
           Harps
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Commandment
           of
           David
           ,
           and
           of
           Gad
           the
           King's
           Seer
           ,
           and
           of
           Nathan
           the
           Prophet
           ;
           for
           so
           was
           the
           Command
           of
           God
           by
           his
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           From
           which
           Passage
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           these
           Institutions
           proceeded
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           and
           no
           other
           is
           the
           Critical
           Season
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           are
           to
           bear
           Date
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           was
           long
           after
           the
           delivery
           of
           
           Moses's
           Law
           and
           the
           Sealing
           up
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Canon
           ;
           and
           consequently
           cannot
           be
           reckon'd
           a
           part
           of
           that
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           any
           violation
           of
           that
           Law.
           
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           reckon'd
           a
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           that
           Law
           mentions
           nothing
           belonging
           to
           Vocal
           or
           Instrumental
           Musick
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           We
           find
           indeed
           some
           Commands
           relating
           to
           the
           Priests
           Trumpets
           ,
           but
           these
           were
           appointed
           for
           Civil
           Uses
           ,
           viz
           the
           Calling
           of
           Assemblies
           ,
           the
           Removal
           of
           their
           Camps
           ,
           the
           Proclaiming
           War
           ,
           and
           giving
           notice
           of
           their
           Festivals
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           by
           the
           10th
           of
           Numbers
           .
        
         
         
           These
           Usages
           were
           no
           Violation
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           because
           the
           appointment
           of
           Vocal
           and
           Instrumental
           Musick
           was
           no
           essential
           Change
           and
           Alteration
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           only
           an
           additional
           Ornament
           ,
           intended
           to
           help
           and
           raise
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           for
           its
           Natural
           fitness
           and
           congruity
           to
           that
           End
           Commanded
           ,
           and
           so
           Receiv'd
           into
           the
           House
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           A
           third
           Consideration
           that
           enforces
           our
           Apostle's
           Exhortation
           and
           Recommends
           the
           Use
           of
           Divine
           Musick
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           Exercise
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           Foundations
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           find
           in
           a
           particular
           manner
           our
           B.
           Lord's
           approving
           it
           by
           singing
           a
           Hymn
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           Paul
           and
           Silas
           followed
           this
           Pattern
           ,
           and
           all
           faithful
           People
           throughout
           all
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           imitated
           their
           Practice
           herein
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           the
           first
           Age
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           was
           distinguish'd
           from
           the
           following
           upon
           this
           as
           well
           as
           other
           accounts
           ;
           here
           therefore
           I
           shall
           briefly
           inform
           you
           ,
           what
           the
           learned
           Commentators
           understand
           by
           the
           several
           Terms
           ▪
           mentioned
           by
           the
           Apostles
           :
           and
           first
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Psalm
           is
           such
           a
           Divine
           Song
           ,
           that
           is
           either
           design'd
           ,
           or
           actually
           sung
           to
           some
           Musical
           Instrument
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           Mr.
           
           Calvin's
           Sense
           of
           this
           word
           in
           his
           Comment
           upon
           
           this
           Text
           ;
           The
           Hymn
           is
           made
           to
           Celebrate
           the
           Praises
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           does
           not
           extend
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Psalm
           ,
           because
           the
           Matter
           of
           the
           Psalm
           may
           take
           in
           Petition
           of
           Blessings
           and
           Confession
           of
           Sins
           ,
           and
           Deprecation
           of
           Evil
           ,
           as
           is
           usual
           in
           many
           of
           the
           Psalms
           of
           David
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           third
           sort
           ,
           
             viz.
             Spiritual
             Songs
          
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           by
           them
           such
           Songs
           ,
           as
           were
           indited
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           Praise
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           utter'd
           by
           Virtue
           of
           a
           peculiar
           Gift
           ,
           which
           was
           Communicated
           to
           some
           Believers
           ,
           and
           frequently
           found
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           Age.
           
        
         
           Some
           indeed
           are
           of
           Opinion
           that
           these
           Spiritual
           Songs
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           opposition
           to
           those
           Lewd
           Songs
           us'd
           amongst
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           this
           may
           in
           some
           sense
           be
           allow'd
           too
           ,
           yet
           not
           so
           as
           to
           exclude
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           viz.
           because
           amongst
           other
           miraculous
           Gifts
           vouchsafed
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           are
           assured
           that
           inditing
           Spiritual
           Songs
           by
           the
           immediate
           impulse
           of
           the
           Spirit
           which
           is
           sometimes
           call
           d
           Prophesying
           ,
           was
           as
           remarkably
           known
           ,
           as
           Praying
           by
           the
           Spirit
           .
           And
           this
           our
           Apostle
           assures
           us
           of
           in
           that
           noted
           Passage
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           
           V.
           15.
           
           
             I
             will
             pray
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             pray
             with
             the
             Understanding
             also
             :
             I
             will
             sing
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             sing
             with
             the
             Understanding
             also
          
           ;
           the
           Scope
           and
           Design
           of
           which
           
           place
           is
           to
           make
           each
           particular
           Gift
           of
           Praying
           and
           Singing
           useful
           to
           their
           Auditors
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           those
           that
           had
           either
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           were
           not
           either
           to
           pray
           or
           sing
           in
           unknown
           Tongues
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           their
           Hearers
           were
           acquainted
           with
           .
           We
           have
           indeed
           but
           few
           of
           these
           Spiritual
           Songs
           transmitted
           to
           our
           Hands
           ;
           but
           from
           these
           excellent
           Patterns
           we
           may
           take
           our
           estimate
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           give
           a
           pretty
           good
           guess
           at
           the
           great
           Advantages
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           received
           by
           'em
           :
           For
           illiterate
           Men
           becoming
           suddenly
           qualified
           to
           extol
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God
           for
           the
           great
           Work
           of
           our
           Redemption
           ,
           we
           cannot
           but
           presume
           that
           the
           matter
           and
           manner
           of
           this
           Exercise
           ,
           was
           worthy
           of
           its
           Author
           ;
           that
           the
           Harmony
           was
           suitable
           to
           the
           Subject
           :
           and
           because
           it
           was
           a
           Gift
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           these
           sort
           of
           inspir'd
           Persons
           Commenc'd
           good
           Poets
           and
           good
           Musicians
           ,
           and
           were
           thus
           doubly
           qualify'd
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Praises
           of
           our
           God.
           When
           we
           consider
           again
           that
           Psalms
           and
           Hymns
           are
           joyn'd
           with
           Spiritual
           Songs
           ,
           this
           evidently
           shews
           that
           the
           use
           of
           these
           was
           not
           superseded
           by
           the
           extraordinary
           assistance
           then
           given
           ,
           and
           thô
           it
           pleas'd
           God
           to
           raise
           up
           Men
           to
           magnifie
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           the
           new
           Themes
           of
           Man's
           Redemption
           and
           Reconciliation
           ,
           yet
           not
           with
           that
           
           design
           to
           make
           void
           the
           old
           Subjects
           that
           were
           accommodated
           to
           all
           Estates
           and
           Conditions
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           of
           perpetual
           use
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           These
           by
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           are
           continued
           to
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           I
           shall
           observe
           at
           present
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           have
           the
           greatest
           Reason
           ,
           so
           we
           ought
           to
           receive
           the
           same
           with
           grateful
           acknowledgments
           ,
           and
           express
           our
           Gratitude
           by
           making
           what
           Improvements
           we
           can
           by
           these
           standing
           Helps
           of
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           I
           proceed
           to
           shew
           more
           particularly
           the
           usefulness
           of
           Divine
           Mnsick
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ;
           as
           how
           ,
           and
           after
           what
           sort
           ,
           it
           tends
           to
           our
           Spiritual
           Improvement
           ,
           and
           what
           advantages
           may
           be
           reap'd
           by
           every
           good
           Christian
           that
           attends
           to
           it
           in
           a
           due
           manner
           .
        
         
           The
           usefulness
           of
           it
           will
           in
           some
           Measure
           appear
           ,
           by
           reflecting
           on
           the
           Infirmities
           incident
           to
           our
           corrupted
           Nature
           ,
           For
           when
           we
           make
           our
           approaches
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           sad
           experience
           we
           too
           often
           find
           our selves
           disturb'd
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Cares
           or
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           this
           Life
           .
        
         
           The
           Man
           of
           Business
           too
           frequently
           brings
           a
           load
           of
           it
           upon
           his
           Shoulders
           ,
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           discharg'd
           ;
           the
           Man
           of
           Pleasure
           too
           often
           ruminates
           on
           ,
           and
           acts
           over
           again
           the
           Scenes
           of
           his
           past
           
           Follies
           ,
           or
           is
           projecting
           new
           ones
           .
           The
           Tradesman
           is
           too
           apt
           to
           make
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           a
           House
           of
           Merchandice
           .
           The
           Scholar
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           his
           Study
           to
           refine
           and
           digest
           his
           Notions
           in
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           we
           are
           all
           too
           subject
           to
           be
           distracted
           in
           our
           Addresses
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           too
           liable
           to
           bring
           a
           Sacrifice
           without
           a
           Heart
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           present
           in
           Body
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           distance
           in
           Spirit
           .
           This
           being
           too
           often
           our
           unhappy
           Condition
           ,
           what
           better
           Remedy
           can
           be
           thought
           of
           for
           the
           Cure
           of
           these
           Evils
           ,
           than
           agreeable
           Harmony
           ,
           which
           has
           a
           great
           Force
           and
           Efficacy
           to
           hush
           and
           quiet
           the
           Cares
           and
           Business
           of
           Life
           ,
           to
           quell
           and
           lay
           asleep
           the
           thoughts
           of
           our
           Innocent
           Diversions
           or
           forbidden
           Pleasures
           ,
           and
           by
           bringing
           the
           Mind
           into
           a
           calm
           even
           frame
           and
           temper
           ,
           dispose
           it
           to
           attend
           to
           the
           concerning
           Matters
           on
           which
           our
           Salvation
           depends
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           help
           of
           these
           delightful
           Sounds
           ,
           we
           are
           fitted
           and
           prepar'd
           to
           offer
           up
           our
           Prayers
           in
           a
           better
           manner
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           more
           eagerly
           the
           salutary
           Admonitions
           of
           Holy
           Scripture
           either
           Read
           or
           Explain'd
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           When
           we
           find
           our
           Devotion
           and
           Attention
           begins
           to
           pall
           by
           the
           length
           of
           some
           of
           our
           Offices
           ,
           we
           have
           from
           these
           fresh
           Recruits
           provided
           us
           to
           renew
           and
           invigorate
           our
           drooping
           Spirits
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           our
           manifold
           
           Infirmities
           do
           much
           want
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           relief
           ,
           first
           to
           bring
           us
           into
           due
           Temper
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           quicken
           us
           when
           we
           find
           our selves
           Fainting
           under
           their
           Pressures
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           usefulness
           of
           Divine
           Musick
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           farther
           appear
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           this
           Exercise
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           subject
           Matter
           about
           which
           it
           is
           conversant
           .
        
         
           This
           Exercise
           ,
           when
           skilfully
           manag'd
           ,
           has
           a
           native
           Puissance
           and
           admirable
           Facility
           to
           set
           off
           the
           Matter
           about
           which
           it
           is
           Conversant
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           appear
           to
           the
           best
           Advantages
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           render
           that
           which
           in
           it self
           is
           lovely
           ,
           more
           amiable
           ,
           and
           more
           delightful
           .
           There
           are
           Sounds
           proper
           for
           every
           Passion
           ,
           such
           as
           can
           damp
           you
           ,
           when
           your
           Mirth
           and
           Joy
           begins
           to
           be
           rampant
           and
           excessive
           ,
           such
           as
           can
           raise
           you
           when
           your
           Spirits
           are
           languishing
           ,
           and
           either
           the
           needless
           Troubles
           ,
           or
           necessary
           Cares
           of
           Life
           begin
           to
           overset
           you
           .
           Your
           Hopes
           shall
           be
           enlarg'd
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           over-ruling
           Power
           of
           Harmony
           ,
           ye
           shall
           be
           willingly
           forc'd
           to
           part
           with
           your
           unpleasing
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           to
           enjoy
           a
           Calm
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           an
           Extasie
           of
           Rapture
           when
           the
           Poet
           and
           Musician
           have
           severally
           discharg'd
           themselves
           ,
           
           according
           to
           their
           different
           Tasks
           and
           Imployments
           .
        
         
           Ev'n
           the
           mean
           empty
           Trifles
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           when
           cloath'd
           and
           adorn'd
           in
           proper
           Words
           ,
           and
           harmoniously
           express'd
           ,
           are
           made
           too
           lovely
           and
           too
           desirable
           .
        
         
           Vice
           its
           self
           ,
           which
           one
           would
           think
           needs
           Art
           and
           all
           other
           Imbellishments
           to
           ingratiate
           it self
           ,
           owes
           too
           much
           of
           its
           Empire
           to
           the
           impure
           Idea's
           of
           lascivious
           Poets
           ,
           and
           the
           Performances
           of
           wanton
           Musicians
           ;
           by
           the
           help
           of
           which
           Varnish
           ,
           the
           Mind
           becomes
           enamour'd
           with
           the
           most
           odious
           and
           deform'd
           Objects
           ,
           and
           those
           excellent
           Faculties
           that
           were
           given
           us
           to
           raise
           our
           Love
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           and
           to
           fix
           our
           Mind
           upon
           Vertue
           and
           our
           sovereign
           Good
           ,
           are
           too
           often
           debas'd
           ,
           and
           made
           to
           serve
           in
           the
           meanest
           Drudgeries
           ,
           even
           the
           propagating
           Sensuality
           and
           Uncleanness
           .
        
         
           If
           Vice
           it self
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           call
           in
           for
           those
           Succours
           to
           make
           her
           wrinkl'd
           gastly
           Face
           look
           Smooth
           and
           Beautiful
           ,
           how
           amiable
           must
           Vertue
           appear
           ,
           which
           in
           its
           self
           is
           lovely
           ,
           when
           adorn'd
           with
           those
           Imbellishments
           ?
           When
           the
           Lineaments
           of
           her
           Picture
           are
           drawn
           by
           the
           skilful
           Hand
           of
           a
           Chast
           Poet
           ,
           and
           colour'd
           by
           a
           good
           Musician
           ?
           For
           to
           come
           now
           to
           the
           subject
           Matter
           of
           our
           Praises
           and
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           with
           what
           complacency
           
           and
           delight
           ,
           ought
           we
           to
           receive
           those
           imitable
           Patterns
           of
           Devotion
           ;
           that
           display
           the
           Scenes
           of
           God's
           Love
           ,
           and
           our
           thankful
           acknowledgements
           for
           his
           transcendent
           Goodness
           and
           Mercy
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           more
           especially
           when
           we
           sing
           the
           Songs
           of
           Angels
           or
           Inspir'd
           Men
           ;
           or
           those
           Holy
           Raptures
           of
           Good
           Men
           ,
           wherein
           God's
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           are
           set
           forth
           by
           the
           Works
           of
           Creation
           and
           Redemption
           .
        
         
           When
           in
           particular
           we
           adore
           his
           excellent
           Majesty
           in
           our
           
             Te
             Deums
          
           ,
           make
           his
           Praise
           glorious
           for
           the
           Works
           of
           Creation
           in
           our
           Benêdicite
           .
           When
           we
           Joy
           and
           Triumph
           in
           our
           Faith
           by
           singing
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           we
           confess
           our
           Faith
           ,
           shew
           that
           we
           are
           pleas'd
           with
           it
           :
           When
           in
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Psalms
           and
           well
           chosen
           Hymns
           ,
           we
           ascribe
           the
           Honour
           due
           unto
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           thus
           offer
           him
           the
           best
           Sacrifice
           in
           the
           best
           manner
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           bare
           Matter
           of
           our
           Praises
           ,
           when
           attentively
           read
           ,
           are
           so
           very
           apt
           to
           raise
           our
           Affections
           ,
           and
           fill
           our
           Hearts
           with
           Joy
           ,
           how
           much
           is
           that
           Joy
           encreas'd
           ,
           when
           melodious
           Sounds
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Matter
           treated
           of
           ,
           give
           each
           Word
           their
           due
           force
           and
           emphasis
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           Composer
           has
           an
           Eye
           upon
           the
           Sense
           ,
           lays
           wait
           
           upon
           what
           is
           most
           material
           ,
           does
           not
           clog
           his
           Parts
           with
           needless
           Repetitions
           ,
           but
           orders
           his
           business
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           Hearer
           shall
           be
           little
           interrupted
           ,
           but
           shall
           follow
           him
           with
           Ease
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           whilst
           he
           raises
           your
           Idea's
           by
           a
           just
           representation
           of
           the
           Subject
           that
           lies
           before
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           his
           Matter
           is
           Great
           and
           Majestick
           ,
           his
           Harmony
           rises
           proportionably
           with
           it
           ;
           if
           it
           is
           more
           Grave
           and
           Solemn
           he
           lengthens
           his
           Measure
           ,
           and
           gives
           you
           time
           to
           pause
           upon
           it
           :
           If
           it
           is
           more
           Chearful
           and
           Gay
           ,
           you
           'll
           the
           more
           easily
           pardon
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           keeps
           pace
           with
           it
           in
           a
           quick
           measure
           :
           If
           sometimes
           he
           repeats
           the
           more
           emphatical
           words
           of
           our
           Psalms
           and
           Hymns
           ,
           you
           'll
           excuse
           him
           ,
           because
           the
           Holy
           Pen-men
           have
           done
           the
           same
           before
           him
           ;
           and
           where
           they
           have
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           want
           an
           excuse
           ,
           if
           ,
           by
           the
           variety
           of
           the
           Descant
           he
           gives
           you
           a
           fresh
           occasion
           to
           circumstantiate
           the
           Praises
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           dwell
           upon
           'em
           with
           greater
           Complacency
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           Expressions
           that
           are
           hardly
           parted
           with
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           deferve
           to
           be
           insisted
           on
           .
        
         
           The
           Consideration
           of
           God's
           Mercy
           ought
           to
           create
           an
           Holy
           emulation
           among
           the
           Performers
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Composer
           has
           well
           acquitted
           himself
           ,
           
           each
           of
           'em
           seems
           to
           be
           desirous
           to
           raise
           it
           to
           the
           highest
           Perfection
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           follows
           the
           Steps
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           a
           design
           to
           improve
           and
           raise
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           make
           the
           Harmony
           more
           compleat
           ;
           and
           ,
           to
           conclude
           ,
           when
           the
           Composer
           and
           Performers
           have
           exactly
           done
           their
           Parts
           ,
           how
           much
           must
           our
           Hearts
           be
           lifted
           up
           ?
           how
           much
           have
           they
           now
           been
           lifted
           up
           with
           these
           Heavenly
           Acclamations
           ?
           How
           much
           must
           our
           Joys
           be
           enlarg'd
           ?
           how
           much
           have
           they
           been
           enlarg'd
           ,
           whilst
           we
           have
           all
           joyn'd
           together
           either
           in
           Heart
           or
           Voice
           ,
           to
           praise
           and
           magnifie
           our
           Glorious
           God
           ,
           and
           tell
           out
           His
           Works
           with
           Gladness
           ?
        
         
           From
           what
           I
           have
           hitherto
           said
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           make
           a
           few
           short
           Inferences
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           shall
           conclude
           .
        
         
           Seeing
           what
           I
           have
           hitherto
           laid
           down
           relates
           chiefly
           to
           the
           external
           part
           of
           our
           Duty
           ,
           and
           has
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           Modes
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           performing
           it
           .
           This
           gives
           us
           a
           good
           account
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           those
           Constitutions
           that
           belong
           to
           these
           ;
           and
           also
           suggests
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           mind
           more
           the
           Substance
           of
           what
           
           is
           perform'd
           in
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           the
           manner
           of
           its
           performance
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           very
           requisite
           in
           every
           Duty
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           in
           our
           Praises
           and
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           want
           that
           inward
           frame
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           that
           Attention
           that
           is
           the
           Life
           and
           Soul
           of
           'em
           ,
           we
           are
           only
           pleasing
           our selves
           :
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           determine
           what
           sort
           of
           Worship
           this
           it
           to
           be
           accounted
           .
        
         
           Our
           Apostle
           requires
           the
           Melody
           of
           Heart
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           should
           sing
           with
           Grace
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ;
           we
           ought
           therefore
           to
           attend
           to
           what
           is
           doing
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           incurt
           the
           Hypocrites
           Doom
           ,
           who
           draw
           near
           to
           God
           with
           their
           Lips
           ,
           when
           their
           Heart
           is
           far
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           it
           be
           true
           that
           Divine
           Musick
           in
           Gods
           Worship
           may
           contribute
           to
           our
           Spiritual
           Improvement
           ;
           This
           gives
           us
           just
           occasion
           to
           blame
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           has
           fram'd
           and
           contriv'd
           her
           Praises
           more
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           Men
           than
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ;
           but
           she
           has
           lock'd
           up
           the
           few
           sound
           Pieces
           of
           Devotion
           remaining
           in
           their
           Breviary
           ,
           in
           a
           Language
           not
           understood
           by
           the
           generality
           of
           their
           People
           .
        
         
         
           Possibly
           they
           may
           please
           the
           Ears
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           more
           than
           we
           do
           ours
           ,
           but
           their
           Hearts
           can
           never
           be
           affected
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           they
           are
           doing
           but
           one
           half
           of
           their
           Duty
           ;
           they
           're
           doing
           nothing
           that
           concerns
           the
           more
           substantial
           part
           of
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           who
           being
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Worship'd
           in
           Spirit
           and
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           If
           the
           Use
           and
           Practice
           of
           Church-Musick
           is
           of
           such
           long
           standing
           in
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Voices
           and
           Instruments
           were
           appointed
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Edification
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           this
           shews
           us
           the
           unjust
           Exceptions
           the
           Dissenters
           takes
           against
           our
           Way
           of
           Worship
           ,
           making
           it
           to
           be
           Popish
           and
           Superstitious
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ;
           not
           considering
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           that
           those
           excellent
           Offices
           of
           Praise
           ,
           I
           mean
           our
           Hymns
           were
           practiced
           long
           before
           Popery
           was
           in
           being
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           adorning
           'em
           with
           good
           Musick
           ;
           this
           I
           presume
           is
           no
           fault
           ,
           however
           I
           could
           wish
           for
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           come
           to
           our
           Churches
           ,
           and
           try
           whether
           it
           is
           a
           fault
           or
           not
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           might
           be
           hop'd
           we
           might
           keep
           them
           there
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           give
           'em
           no
           just
           cause
           to
           forsake
           our
           Assemblies
           .
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           And
           to
           conclude
           ,
           seeing
           these
           usages
           of
           our
           Church
           have
           a
           great
           tendency
           to
           farther
           our
           Spiritual
           Improvement
           ,
           this
           shews
           what
           great
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           stick
           firm
           to
           the
           Practices
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           Model
           of
           our
           first
           Reformers
           ,
           who
           have
           discover'd
           their
           Wisdom
           and
           Piety
           in
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           happy
           Choice
           of
           those
           Offices
           that
           were
           design'd
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Praises
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           because
           our
           frail
           state
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           never
           hope
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           to
           do
           it
           so
           perfectly
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           let
           our
           Constitutions
           be
           never
           so
           compleat
           ;
           However
           ,
           let
           us
           accustom
           our selves
           to
           this
           Divine
           Work
           here
           to
           the
           utmost
           extent
           of
           our
           Faculties
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           with
           the
           Blessed
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           Praise
           God
           in
           the
           Life
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           sing
           Hallelujahs
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Great
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           liveth
           and
           reigneth
           Three
           Persons
           and
           One
           God
           ,
           both
           now
           and
           for
           evermore
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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           for
           
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           at
           the
           Half-Moon
           in
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           .
        
         
           MOnsieur
           
           Bossu's
           Treatise
           of
           the
           
             Epick
             Poem
          
           ,
           containing
           Reflections
           useful
           and
           necessary
           for
           the
           right
           understanding
           and
           judging
           of
           the
           Excellencies
           of
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           and
           Virgil.
           Done
           into
           English
           from
           the
           French.
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           with
           some
           Reflections
           upon
           
             Prince
             Arthur
          
           .
           By
           
             W.
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           .
           To
           which
           are
           added
           ,
           an
           Essay
           upon
           Satyr
           .
           By
           Monsieur
           
             D'
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           .
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           upon
           
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           .
           By
           Monsieur
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           .
           80.
           
        
         
           A
           Comparison
           between
           Pindar
           and
           Horace
           .
           Written
           in
           French
           by
           Mr.
           Blondel
           ,
           Master
           to
           the
           Dauphin
           .
           Englished
           by
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Sherburn
          
           .
           80.
           
        
         
           The
           Art
           of
           Speaking
           .
           Written
           in
           French
           by
           
             Messeiurs
             Du
             Port-Royal
          
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           of
           a
           former
           Treatise
           ,
           Entitled
           ,
           The
           Art
           of
           Thinking
           .
           Made
           English
           .
        
         
           Remarks
           on
           the
           late
           Writings
           of
           the
           
             English
             Socinians
          
           .
           By
           Mr.
           Lurancy
           .
           80.
           
        
         
           The
           Lives
           of
           all
           the
           Princes
           of
           Orange
           ;
           from
           William
           the
           Great
           ,
           Founder
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           the
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
          
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           The
           Life
           of
           His
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           King
           William
           III.
           from
           His
           Birth
           ,
           to
           His
           Landing
           in
           England
           .
           By
           Mr.
           
             Tho.
             Brown.
          
           Together
           with
           
           all
           the
           Princes
           Heads
           ,
           taken
           from
           Original
           Draughts
           .
           By
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             White
          
           .
           80.
           
        
         
           Ten
           Sermons
           Preach'd
           upon
           several
           Publick
           Occasions
           .
           By
           
             R.
             Meggot
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           and
           late
           Dean
           of
           Winchester
           .
           80.
           
        
         
           The
           Foolish
           Abuse
           ,
           and
           Wise
           Use
           of
           Riches
           .
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           Sermon
           Preach'd
           May
           the
           1st
           .
           1695.
           
           By
           
             W.
             Talbot
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           Worcester
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Blackburn's
           Sermon
           of
           Anger
           .
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           Queen
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Adams's
           Sermon
           ,
           before
           the
           Lords
           Justices
           ,
           at
           Whitehall
           ,
           upon
           the
           Thanksgiving
           for
           the
           Taking
           of
           Namur
           .
        
         
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           His
           Sermon
           before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           at
           St.
           
           Margaret's
           ,
           
             Westminster
             ,
             Nov.
          
           5.
           1696.