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com ancient Funerall rites, or as an Em** 

 Jeme of Refurrefiion from its perpe- 

 ual verdure, may alfo admit conje- 

 ture* 



They made ufc of Mufick to excite or 

 uiet the affections of their friends, ac 

 cording to different harmonies. Bat the 

 ecret and fymbolicall hint was the bar- 

 monical nature of the foul, which de~ 

 ivered from the body, went again to 

 njoy the primitive harmony of heaven, 

 rom whence it fir ft defcended; which 

 according to its progreffe traced byanti- 

 uity, came down by Cancer^ and afcend- 

 w by CafricoYiHts* 



They burnt not children before their 

 eeth appeared, as apprehending their 

 jodiestoo tender a morfell for fire, and 

 bat their grfftly bones would fearce 

 eave feparable reliques after the py- 

 all combuftion* That they kindled not 

 Eire in their houfcs forfomedayes after, 

 vasa ftrid memoriall of the late afflift- 

 ng fire. And mourning without hope, 

 hey had an happy fraud againftexcef- 

 ive lamentation, by a common opinion 

 hat deep forrows diftiubed their Tu 



That 



