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I
38
.
Grace A!Jount!ing
- Thorn
in the
Flefh
(2
Cor.
12.
8,9.)
the very
Mercy
qf
God
to
me.
298.! have had alfo together with this fome
notable place or
~othe r
of the word
prefen–
ted before me, which
word hath "contain–
ed
in
it
forne
fharp and piercing Sentenc--e
concerning the
perifhing
of the
Soul,notwith..
ftanding
gifts
and
part~;
as
for
inltanc~~
that
llath been.of great
ufe unto n1e,
1...hough I[peak
-, with the Tongue of
Men and,Angt)ls, and
have
not
Charity, 1
am become a.r founding brafs,
and
~t
tinklinp:
Cymb~Sl,
I
Cor
23.
r,
2.
299·
A
tinkling Cyrnbal, is an
Inftrument
of Mufick with which a ski1fu1 Player can
tn~ke
fuch melod1ous
and heart ... inflaming
Mufick.,that ·all who hear
hiln play
can fcarce–
ly
hold
fr~1n ~anc!ntj
; . and
yet
behold,
the
Cyn1bal bath not
Ltf~,neHher
comes
the Mo•.-
.,
fick ·frorn
it;
.bu-r
becau{e
of
the Art
of
him
that
plays
therewitb,fo then
tbe!nftrument
at
laft
n1ay
come to
naught
and
perifb,~hongh
in
.tim~s
pail: fuchiv1ufick
hat•~
been
rnad ~:'npon
it.
'
·
300. ·
Juft
thus, I
faw
it
was and will be
with
the1n
wbo
ha\
e
Gift<>,
but
vvant
iaving·
, · Grace; they are in the h;ind of C(lrifr, as
the
Cymbal ·
in
the
hand of
Da~vid;
and
aS
.
David
could with the
Cyrr.bfll
n1ake
that
· Mirth
in
4
the
Sery
ice of
God,
as to Elevate
the hearts of the \A/orfuippc·rs, fo Chr=ft
can
ufe t!tefe
g~ft~d
1-nen, as
~ith. th:~m
to
affeB:
the Souls or
Ius
People
111
his
ch :J ~
eh;
yet -.
when he hath dcne
~11,
hang them b ,
a~