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Quantum flevi in Hymnis & Canticis suavè sonantis Ecclesiæ tuæ voces illæ influebant auribus meis, &c. How sweetly have I wept in Hymns and Songs! At the sounding of thy Church, the Voices flew into mine Ear, and thy Truth melted into mine Heart; and from thence flew forth the effects of Godliness; the Tears ran down mine Eyes, and it was well with me when I was with them. August in his Preface to the Psalms cap. 6.