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CG-NH.766.014
22 Mar 1766:21 (508)
. . . [1 line introduction] On Divine Musick.
It is the anatomy of the soul, and discovers its inmost
sentiments. It is also the soul's divinity. It is likewise
the soul's dispensatory of all medicines. It is a treasury
and magazine of accommodations to every circumstance of
human life. It is the church's oeconomy militant and
triumphant, keeping up a glorious correspondence between men
and angels, earth and heaven.
It is a great scandal to religion to see how psalmody
is neglected, and even where it is a little minded, it is
carried on quite different from what is was ever intended;
for instead of being done with good oeconomy, zealously, and
with a willing mind, it is either done lazily, or with
cavilling and self-conceit, which renders it contemptible
enough.
In sacred heraldry, praise has the ascendant, being of
the eldest house; as early as the creation, when the morning
stars sang together; and is of so lasting a lineage as to
endure after this life for ever and ever. For prayer shall
cease, preaching shall cease; but praising of God shall
never cease. For
When we to heav'ns celestrial temple come,
Petition there shall cease and pray'r be dumb;
But praise, in accent more sublime and strong,
Shall then commence her everlasting song
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