Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	church_n	earth_n	militant_a	5,036	5	12.4963	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09922	The praise of musicke wherein besides the antiquitie, dignitie, delectation, & vse thereof in ciuill matters, is also declared the sober and lawfull vse of the same in the congregation and church of God.	Case, John, d. 1600, attributed name.	1586 (1586)	STC 20184; ESTC S115011	65,829	162

praised whether with humble and harty prayer as in the time of heauinesse when griefe oppresseth or with singing of Psalmes and playing on instrumentes as in the time of ioy and mirth according to that counsell of the Apostle If any man bee afflicted let him pray and if any man bee merry let him sing Psalmes In mine opinion excellent is that interpretation of Maister Caluine vppon these words in Luke Then was with the angell a multitude of heauenly souldiers praising singing glory be to God on high The Lord saith he by the example of this heauēly melodie would commend vnto vs the vnity of faith and stir vs vp here on earth to sing the praises of our God c. Wherefore a good argument may be gathered out of diuerse places in the Reuelatiō That for asmuch as our life here on earth should with all industry and indeuor apply it selfe to bee like that heauenly life which the angels liue aboue where the 24. Elders fall down before the Lamb hauing euery one harpes goulden viols in their handes The voice of which harpers harping with their harpes Iohn himselfe testifieth hee hearde and that they sang as it were a new song before the throne c. We therefore ought not to omit any part of that seruice which may either stir vs vp in deuotion or make to the testifieng of our earnest harty setting foorth of diuine seruice and beautifieng of the church of God And surely in the praising of God whome should the Church militant follow rather than the Church triumphant And whome shoulde the Sainctes on earth imitate rather than the Sainctes in heauen who behould the Lord face to face and knowe euen as they are knowen Doubtlesse there can be no greater comfort for a pensiue soule than to thinke that he is partaker of the same saluation with the Sainctes And no one thing can pierce deeper into the heart of manne than that hee is called to the same state of praysing and lauding GOD with the holie Angelles Howbeit because I would displease no man nor giue iust occasion of offence vnto any I put this as a principle that as nothing is to be taught so nothing to bee song in the Church but either that which is set downe in the expresse word of God or that may certainly be shewed to be collected out of it For I professe that rotten rythmes of popery superstitious inuocation or praying vnto Saints doth not giue greater cause of vomit to any man than to my selfe al either vnwritten or vnwarrātable verities I so far abhor as that I iudge thē fitter for Grocers shops fishmongers stals than for Gods congregatiō So that I thus far agree with the greatest aduersaryes of our profession that I would not admit any other matter than is contained in the written word of God or consonable therunto only herein we differ that they would haue no great exquisite art or cunning thereunto neither the noise of dumbe instruments to fil vp the measure of the praises of god I alow of both Wherin if I be not too much affectioned me thinks they do great iniurie to the word of God in that they can contentedly permit it to bee song plainly denying the outward helpes ornamēts of art to adde more grace dignity thereunto And truly if in all other faculties it be not only lawfull but commendable also as in painting speaking to set out their matters with coulors eloquence of words I see no reason why to adde more grace to the ditty with the exquisitenes of Musick should be condēnable in the church Wherfore I am of opinion that few of our aduersaries can answere this reason which seemeth to me a general rule infallible demonstration for the allowing aswell of the cunning exquisite art of singing as of the vse of organs and dumbe instruments The Psalmes may bee vsed in the church as the authour of them appointed But the holy Ghost the author of the Psalms appointed and commanded them by the Prophet Dauid to be song and to be song most cunningly and to be song with diuerse artificiall instruments of Musick and to bee song with sundry seuerall and most excellent notes tunes Therefore in our English church the psalmes may be song and song most cūningly and with diuerse artificiall instruments of Musick and song with sundry seuerall and most excellent notes For proofe that the holy Ghost would haue them song hee calleth diuerse Psalmes by the name of the Hebrew word Shir which is a song and such a song as ought of necessity to be song as Psalme 7. and 120. That he would haue them song most cunningly hee directeth many Psalmes especially and by name Lamnazzeath that is to the skilfull chanter or to him that excelleth in Musicke as Psalm 4 c. That he would haue them song with diuerse artificial instruments of Musick gittith and neginoth and diuerse other kinds of musicall instruments are expressed in the titles of certaine Psalmes as Psalm 6. 8. That he would haue thē song with sundry seuerall and most excellent notes and varietie of tunes in diuerse parts and places of sundry Psalmes it is to bee seene by the word Sela set downe in sundry places as Psalme 77. c. which Hebrewe word properly signifieth now change your voice and that cunningly now lift vp your voice and that with an other excellent tune that the people may be more attentiue and the word Sela is neuer written but where the matter of the Psalme is most notable A REFVTATION OF OBIECTIONS AGAINST the lawful vse of Musicke in the Church CHAP. XII IN this last part of my treatise I might seem to vndertake a matter far aboue my ability were it not that either their obiections were too weake to proue theyr purposes or those which are of any force mistaken and grounded vpon false principles Neuerthelesse that I may proceede orderly therein it shall not be amisse to see what diuersity of opinions are concerning this matter Some mislike not all kinde of singing but that which is song by the Ministers alone or by singing men duputed for that purpose and these are they which canot away with exquisite and cunning Musicke nor with the sounde of instruments in the Church but measuring all thinges by their owne humors thinke plaine song farre more meete for Gods congregation Others there bee that disallowe all kinde of Musick in the church And we do not only permit singing contrary to the latter but also cunning and exquisite singing cleane repugnant to the former My meaning is therefore first to see what reasonable answere may be made aswell to those which are against exquisite musick which by yeelding somthing make a great shew of probability as those which wholy banish all Musicke out of diuine seruice who therefore cānot auoid suspition of stomacke and malice because they bee so earnest against that which