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my, tender of Sin ; he was fo afraid of doing Tnju-
:s to others, that he often would deny himfelf of
it which was lawful, becaufe he would not off.nd.
Hon. Eut what Jhould be the R'afon that fuch a good
m jhould be all his Dap J o much in the Dark ?
Great-heart There are two Sorts of
afons for it; one is, Thej wife God Reafon good
11 have it fo, ft mo mufl Pipe, and Men are fo in
ne mud Weep.: Now, Mr. Fearing the Dark,
is one that play’d upon the Bafs. He Mat 11. i<5,
d his Fellows found the Sackbut, 17, 18.
lofe Notes are more doleful than the
)tes of other Mulick are: Tho’, indeed, fame/ay,
ie Bafe is the Ground of Mufick. And for my Part, •
are not at all for that ProfdTion, that begins not in
:avinefs of Mind. The firft Stringthat the Mulician
lally touches, is the Bafe, when he intendsto put all
Tune ; God alfo plays upon this String firft, wheiu
fets the Soul in Tune for himfelf- Only there was
; Imperfe&ions of Mr Fearing, he cou’d play upon
other Mufick but this, till towards his latter End.
f make bald to talk thus Metaphorically, for the
ening of the Wits of Young Readers, and becaufe in
: Book of the Revelations, the Saved are compared to
ompany cf Muficians that play upon their Trumpets
l Harps, and ling their Songs before the Throne,
J. f6. (hap. 14. 2, 3.
• ion. He ro as a very zealous Man, as one may fee by
it Relation you have given i f him ', Difficulties, Lions,
'anity Fair, he feared not at all', 'Twas only Sin, Death
' Hell that teas to hhn a Terror ; becaufe he had feme
uots about his Jntereft in that Cceleftial Country.
We at-heart. You fay right, Thofe were
Thi.jgs that were his Troubles, and A Chfe
/, as you have w ell obfsrved, arole about him,
In the Wcakncfs of his Mind there-
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