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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63010	A sermon concerning vocal and instrumental musick in the church as it was delivered in the parish church of St. Andrew Undershaft, upon the 31th of May, 1696, being Whit-Sunday, and the day wherein the organ there erected was first made use of / by Gabriel Towerson.	Towerson, Gabriel, 1635?-1697.	1696 (1696)	Wing T1974; ESTC R18086	14,209	32

did not Or because Men had an unreasonable scruple against it as a thing only suited to the Infant-state of the Synagogue Or because where it was received it was not managed with that Gravity wherewith all Ecclesiastical Offices ought to be attended For against the thing in it self considered there can be no scruple at all neither have there been more devout Men upon Earth than those who have delighted in it and practised it with signal advantage to themselves if the Prophet David and our Divine Herbert may pass for such What remains then but that having in the first place endeavour'd to get our selves replenished with the Spirit and particularly with those Graces of it which serve more immediately to the exciting of a Spiritual and Heavenly Joy we endeavour to keep it up and improve and express it by Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs Singing indeed and making Melody in our Heart to the Lord because without that it can be no Melody in the Ears of the Divine Majesty but withal Singing and making Melody with our Voices and Instruments as well as in our Hearts because these do in their way express our grateful resentment of his Benefits and do moreover excite and improve that Melody of the Heart which we have said to be so acceptable to him After which the following Hymn was sung The HYMN COme Holy Ghost and with thy Light and Fire Dispel our Mists and kindle our Desire That we at once thy saving Truths may know And with thy gracious Fruits enamour'd grow The greater and the lesser World to thee Doth owe its Light and Life and Purity By thee the Patriarchal Age was taught By thee the Christian was to Knowledge brought By thee each came to love as well as know What their Great Lord had ordered them to do Thou didst to each their Light and Heat impart For thou the Teacher of their Teachers wer 't O may'st thou still the same kind Beams display Direct us to and chear us in our way Prompt us to love as well as to fulfil The harshest parts of our Creatours Will. The fear of Ill may drive Men to his Law But thou alone to it can'st sweetly draw And may we also when w' are thus inspir'd And with a calm but ardent Zeal are fir'd Make liveless Organs joyn with us in Praise And to thy Grace a grateful Trophy raise For 't is not they but we those Accents frame Which our Devotion and thy Praise proclaim FINIS Some Books Printed for B. Aylmer at the Three Pigeons in Cornhill THE Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions Together with the Rule of Faith Being all that were Published by his Grace himself and now collected into one Volume To which is added an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters Price 20 s. The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow D. D. late Master of Trinity-College in Cambridge The Third Volume Containing Forty Five Sermons upon Several Occasions In Folio Practical Discourses upon the Consideration of our Latter End and the Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance By Dr. Isaac Barrow in Octavo Price 18 d. The Four Last Things viz. Death Judgment Heaven and Hell Practically Considered and Applied By W. Bates D. D. in 120. Price 2 s. The Great Duty of Resignation to the Divine Will in Afflictions Also by Dr. Bates In 8 vo Price 18 d. Sermons of the Forgiveness of Sins On Psal 130. v. 4. Also by Dr. Bates Price 18 d. The Cure of Distractions in Attending upon God In several Sermons By Nath. Vincent M. A. In 8 vo Price 2 s. Also several Sermons against the Love of the World By N Vincent In 120. Price 12 d. Also his Sermon at the Funeral of Mr. Lawrence 6 d. The Tryal and Condemnation of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkins Knights for the Horrid and Execrable Conspiracy c. who upon full Evidence was found guilty of High-Treason at the Sessions-house in the Old Baily Together with a true Copy of the Papers delivered to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex by them at the place of Execution owning their Crimes To be sold at 12 d. each Tryal By B. Aylmer The Bishop of Gloucesters Thanksgiving Sermon preached before the House of Lords April 16. Mr. Stephens of Sutton in Surrey his Thanksgiving Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen at Bow Church the same day Mr. John Showers his Thanksgiving Sermon the same day Mr. Strype of Low-Layton in Essex his Thanksgiving Sermon the same day Mr. Gardiner of London his Thanksgiving Sermon the same day The Christian Merchant described in a Sermon Humbly Dedicated to all the Merchants of the City By W. Gostwyke Rector of Purley in Berks. The Advice of a Father Or Counsel to a Child Directing him how to demean himself in the most important passages of this Life By E. C. Gent. In 120. Price 12 d. A Conference with an Anabaptist By Dr. Asheton of Beckenham in Kent Price 12 d.