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Tarochiall M.H[ic\,
T wo needfull
things by way
of preparation
towards a
right finging
thcPralais,;a-
fiiy attainable.
Ancafie way
how to pro-
cure an Organ
in every Pa-
TiH) Church.
Tfee Charg •
of procuring
an Organ in
every I'arirti
Church.
The firft is, I would have you ferimtjly to confider rvhat it is
yon are ahout^ when you pretend to offer this Sacrifi'ce ofprurfe and
thanksgiving to the Great Cod, Creator oi Heaven and Earth ^ and
llkcwi^ confider and ask your (elf thk ^tiejiion , viz. If you
ought not to perform that Service in the molt exaS, P.nccre, and
excellent manner that poffibly you can imagine lies in you, both
as to Body, Soul, Sprit, and Ef^ate. This you muft needs grant is
your Duty, and that ydu cannot think any thing too good, too pre-
cious, or too dear unto you to part withaU for his Service. All this
lam confident you will lay is true.
Now take heed you lye not to God : for if you fay it, and are
unwilling to doe it, you do rvorfe than lye, for you know your
Mafters will,but do it not.
The fecond thing I would have you confider is, only to exa-
mine rceU where the main impediment, ^op,ox hindrance lies, and
if you can once find it out, remove it.
This with the former will certainly put you upon doing the
bu(inefi.
' And now methinks I hear you cry out aloud and (ay, that
truly if we knew how to raife an Organ, wc would have it very
(uddenly.
If therefore ye be brought but to thif place, do\xht it not 5 fot
I make no queftion but to put you into a re^Jjt w^^, which is
this : vi%. Firft I would have you proppfe to your ftlves (bnje
very^re^^ and urgent occajion, or necejjity for aj^eedy raifing 0/4
fum of Money, fiippofing fuchanone as this:, viz. the Tarliatnent
has made a great Tax to run quite through the Nation, fuch an one
as the laU 18 months Tax, or rather the Chimney-money , and it
mufl: be paid inprejently, without any contradiffion or delay.
This I know you would moft certainly prepare to do, without
accounting it impojjlble.
Nov/ 1 lay, do but fuppofe this, or Comefich like thing, and pre-
fvtlygo al?0ut getting up the money, every man his pare, and lay it
by for that tife, till your Organ be ready, and you will foon (ee
it fet up in your Tarijli Church , to your great content and com'
mendations.
The matter of 30, 40, 50, or 60 pounds will procure a very good
Tnjirumef/t, ft for mpft little Churches, and fb accordingly in pro-
portion for greater.
Therefore now chear up, the way is plain and eafie, if you be
xpilling, and dare but venture /;&«f much upon the account of Gods
Service, ( luppofing he has commanded you to this (mall, or great
Tax. ) Thus much for an Organ.
But now as to an Organiji 5 That is (uch a difficult buffnefs, as I
I believe you'l think abfolutely impoffible ever to be obtained 3 a
fonffant charge I a Terrible bufinefs I
for how many hundred Pari/f) churches arc there in England .<?
qpid there muft be (b many Organifls at a yearly charge, whereas
when our Organ is once (et up, a (mall matter will mainUin it for
ever ; But as to the charge of an Organift, this is (ad.
Now