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Glory, or with common Mofical Singing and
Dancing, and great External Splendour \ but the
Kings Dat*i^ter now is all glorious within, endowed
with the Gifts and Graces of the Holy
Spirit, and is to ad all her Duties from a principle
of Grace and Holinefs within *, (he needs no
Inftruments of Mufick to ftir her Affections, nor
any Flefh-pleafing Tunes, or mufical Rhime, to
make her merry \ for the Spirit fills Her with
Joy and Peace, through Believing ; and when he
liath a mind to glorifie himfelf by any Outward
Melody, he will not want the AflTiftance of our
Singers to indite Tunes to exprefs it by. And
indeed, it's ftrange they fhould think, that no
Praifes offered up to God, in and through his Son,
ihould
pleafe him fo well as the Rhimes.of //op-
left
Xinsy Sternholdy and others.
I had thought here to have put a flop to my
Pen, and have faid no more at this time upon
this Subjed but by the Importunity of feveral
•,
worthy Friends, I was prevailed with to take notice
of fome few things more in Mr. AlkrPs^ Efay^
it fhould be fuppofed by fome I had omraitted
fome of the raoft material PafTages therein.
I fliall therefore, in anfwer to their Defire,
obferve what follows
In Mr. Jllenh EJfay^ chap.^i, pa^: 5. he tells
us, * He (hall endeavour to (hew, that Singing
* the Prailes of God is a Chriftian Duty, and
* that it was not peculiar to the Jewifti Difpen-
« fation.
But why doth not Mr. Men ftate the Queflion
2^ it ought to be ftated, but leave out the moit
material ExpreiHons upon which it depends ?
Mr. Allen