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d * $ & ,:, AVihe' spirit of 4 he ;\ ap 8 sr-r tl ^ ' s directions is equally ntstin-U $$ f&dr wb ^ her t ^ e hytniV bf ^ dfcyptia » ^ DrooapBed by tfcfe raite ^ tKfe
tte « H ^? enf ^ of spirit * or Jiie ^ ordinary spirit of devotion , ^ be accompanied with the exert ^| f ^ ojf l | ft ^ spirit— -whether it he Wtered by an individual
separately , or by many together— whether it be in the usual social intercourses of lifei or > in religions ineetthgs ^—whether in private assemblies , or in public worship , it appears to P 9 te t ^ at they afford apostolic jus . dpfatipn of , singing in such cir . when heart
)^ ll | p ^^| i § e % the aecpmpapies the song of praise ; and ^ qyai justification of accompany-Mg our singing with instrumental jtnusjc > But I do not perceive
tJUat the New Testament affords us f . f ^ ffl $ ** a $ authori ty ( perhaps I ipighl say any authority at all ) ^ inakidg singing a regular stated v part of public worship , in which H | l , the cp ^ regation are expected ^ e > join / an d still less for si n gi ng . Aft p ^ rfcs , . Hi practice which was several
t ?^ Mfc « flP 8 R ^ fo r ; centuries ^^ ^ tf * e Apostolic age . For this ^>^ S t ^ j !^ V 9 * course apostolic v / Sf # SM ?^ : ^ Q V fevour ; for tte
y ^ i q ^ n it ^ ff ^ e ^ . music with jc ' ^ ftRWtj iftJPPy 0 ^?^ f ^ erci ^ es , ^ if Wo ' fW ^ M'iKt ;^ n ^ alto ^ t ^ er grounife ^* -W ^ SpjWlity" haVe , m ^* W ** % £# fP V ?*^^ ^ xa nwnat » w pf tbis ^ particular $ iib-^^ ¦ rt ^^ . ^ «« ^ 1 - - «| BW j !!* WB ^ 4 V . r- * Maf . ment , I met K ^ b 3 ^^ e ^ 4 ute . A ^ dtai fo n } of public worship , the parts of which it should be composed , the
Revelations , that the use of instrument ial music , united with vocal , could iaot be abhorrent to the - pr inciple * or feel * - iogtof ^ fiurat ^ Chrittiam ^ . ,,-,: t
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tion ^ nd expetfen ^ 6 f fe ^ ao ^ according t 6 rtfetf « W ^ feffee cftii cunismnices , sotife !^ tnental raid rtiti ^ fdt ^^ -l *> Wftli * 4 # B ^ p « ay . |« i : might be ° wMl pleased ^ to find ^
precise formula i erf p « b 4 ie * wori sbip in th ^ topMWek&iM * p ^ ir rn all nprdbabi ^ y it w 6 uWcv # ftwp been attended with v ^ ry irijariotak eflfecti ; Jt ^ fctolff ntH ^ te ^ teen
accommodated ^ -W I ^« llV «» rtlOiMiw stances 3 4 ^ \ iridAiW 4 iA ^ e t > rivtl | t ^ the exefcisti of th <^^ i ^^ l « ttKairg ^ and thereby Nbft % ti-rM « rfet % 1 d oi » Ei 5 the cuWiit ^ trf the ae ^ Ogdrtftl ^ fltoc . tions , and ft "WouM haV ^ x&ade more formaUstsohaxi it could have
assisted , beyond y ^ at ^ ye are already assisted , by the invaluable principles which the N # ^^ Testa * meiit affdrd $ ti ^ iSrt 11 ^^ e ere , I conceive ^ - inrf is ^ ufeSjly ^ liff ^ ko the guidance of those g ^ r ^ lSB
ciples , in every thi ^^ tHttt ^ J ^^ ts the parts , mann ^ sLtld ^^ lafiSn of our public feft | to riHWMft * I have Idng p ^ Vcrived 4 iiW gtffot regret that I km < vie ^ y V ^ fiiffih g upbh W ^ r ^ 4 am ^ mS > wp ^§ k p ^ t ^ dfj ^ mmai ^^^ w&m i have reason to belife ^ iSi ^ ttM ^ .
quiry itself ( thdugh- p ^ rfmps * % ot the rri ^ nner iri % hieh P b * tve- £ Sh dticted it ) AVilt bS " ii ^^^ WWat this time , to ^ Ai \ f 6 ff 6 xit i ^ 4 iQ in different P ttrr ^ 4 > f tht M «| M ; and I kritM *^^^ # e t ^^ M k ^ a dlvi ^ b ^ witBdti ^ H ^ uff > < t ^ MSbe tmittv f dP ' 3 irj ^ d ^ ft ^ ll ^ y ^ : ^^ tH be
rni ^ iridr ^ btief In rriy ^ % sequent letters . ^ In my next I shall state what information I have been able to -collect from 1 original
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166 On the Useof Vocal andIhstHw ^ m M ^^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1813, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2425/page/46/
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