t downe holdes, and
Imaginations, and euery high thing that is exalted against the knowledge
of God. 2. Cor. 10. 4.

[Sidenote ef: _Heb. 4. 12._]

[Sidenote eg: _In loc._]

[Sidenote eh: _Prosper Luther Hugo Card._]

[Sidenote ei: _Rom. 10. 18._]

[Sidenote ek: _Iosua. 6. Strictior est tuba ex parte buccinantis
quam ex altera, quia praedicator strictius se debet examinare. Hugo
Card. in loc._]

[el]Other say that the Saints are these _trumpets_, and _harpes_, and
_Cymbals_, and that their [em]members make this musicke to the Lord, our
eyes praies the Lord, while they be [en]lifted vp vnto their maker in
heauen, and waite vpon his mercy: our tongues praise the Lord, in
singing [eo]Psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs vnto the Lord:
our eares praise the Lord, while they [ep]heare the word of God with
attention: our hands praise the Lord, while they be [eq]stretched out
vnto the poore, and while they [er]worke the thing that is good: our
feete praise the Lord, when they bee not [es]swift to shed blood, but
[et]stand in the gates of Gods house, ready to [eu]run the wayes of his
commandements. _In Tympano sicca & percussa pellis resonat, in choro
autem voces sociatae concordant_ said [ex]_Gregorie_ the great: wherefore
[ey]such as mortifie the lusts of the flesh praise God _in tympano_, and
they who keepe the [ez]vnity of the spirit in the bond of peace, praise
God _in choro_: the _Brownist_ in separating himselfe from the Church
though he seeme to praise God _in tympano_, yet hee doth not praise God
_in choro_: and the _carnall gospeller_ albeit he ioyne with the Church
_in choro_, yet he prayseth not God _in tympano_; they praise God in
_well tuned Cymbals_ who tune their soules before they preach or pray,
whosoeuer desires to bee a sweete singer in Israel must bee learned in
the schoole, before hee be lowd in the temple: the heart likewise must
be prepared for praying, as the harpe for playing, if our instruments of
praise be not in tune, then our whole deuotion is like _the [fa]sounding
brasse or as the tinckling Cymbal_: in Gods quier there is first _tune
well_, and then _sound well_, if once we can say with [fb]_Dauid_,
_O God mine heart is ready, mine heart is ready_, then our lute and
harpe will awake right early: let thy soule praise the Lord, and then
all that is either without or about thee will instantly doe the same.

[Sidenote el: _Augustin in loc._]

[Sidenote em: _Chrysost. Eu