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Tarochiall Mufiel^^
And becaiift 1 have made it manifefl how difficult a thing it is '
for any perfon to Sing'irt fMiQ Sone 5, but ten times more difficult
Wihen he is within hearing of any tpho fingi oik ofTtthe ; ( nor is it
poffiblg for a_ny to do it) It is tobehoted, that where Nature is Nott when
Mfici^p.ov ohftriMecf, God Almighty has infus'd into the Vfider- ^^l' f^ff^^^^
JiMidiKgs 6fmen wit and ingenuity^ by Art to be affifting Unto it. Tune.
■f^iiiid it; is i'nown by all experience, that there iire certain ways
fottnd bijt in i^^ j^rf td cau(e men and women, who are but of
indifferent capacifie}, QUi'to Mu(ick^) Jtr toSingin Ttme that (at
tl^ worft) they' flikir not interrupt or dijiurb any who are with-
in hearing of themj' but (with a very little nfi and pruSfice) they
^isWajjip and augment xht chorus to ver^j good pHrpofe.
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Oiv as to this, there is no better xvdy than to Sing to (bme cer- Thebeftaffift-'
tain InUrument.xxox is there zny In^rument fo proper for a ^"ccfor'Voi-
Church as an Organ •-, fo that it wjll iollow by right reafon in cofz- pfaims.
fequihce, that if you will Sing Vfalms in Churches well, and in T»»e,
you mnji needs huo^ anOr^an to Sing unto 5 by which mcaus the
whole Congregation will be drawn (or as it were compeU'd ) into
Harmonic al unity ; even (b, that 'tis impojjible for any perfon, who when impoi-
has but a common or indifferent Ear, (as moft people have) to Sing ^^^'^ 1% ^'"^
'out of Tune,
This is the way, and N<?»e in cow^^re unto it -• nor can the per-
formance be excellent without it^ or as it ought to be.
For when v/e Sing unto God, we ought to Sing chearfuUy, and
with a loud voice, and heartily to rejoyce : The Scriptures makfe
mention of ail this, and much more, as I have quoted elfewhere
fuffici e n d y in this Book:
- 'T'lsfad to hear what whining, toting, yelling, ox fireeking there the fad sing-
is in mzny Country Congregations, as if the people were affrighted, '"^ '" ^°^
or difird&ed. And all is for want oi fuch a toay and remedy as ChScs.
This is.
- Now if ( by what I have hitherto faid ) I may (happily) have
gained Co much credit as thtfsfar to be believed, by any.^ as I doubt
not but I have with the rational and ingenuom-weU-compojed-wil-
ling-good-ch'iUians, who would gladly ferve God aright, ifpoffi-
bly they knew but how-^ yet methinks I hear them make this
fcruple, and doubt whether or no this thing be poffibleever tobe
attain'd untO;, faying, What ! An Organ in our poor Fariffi Church .<?
and Aii Organiji too .<? ( for if we have the one, we muft have the
other) This (ure can never be^ which way can wecompa(s two
fuch diffcult things as Thefe ? Anfwef. Moll eafily.
But before I (hew you the way, I would propofe unto your
confideration only thefe two things, which will be a right prepara-
tive to xh^ bufinefs, \,
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