1997. So I joked with them, saying it was no wonder that Saul's evil spirit had changed when he heard David playing on the lyre [1 Sam. 16:23], because they themselves had changed so much. And they said they are in a state of mind now that they cannot think or do anything evil at all, because their gladness of mind caused by the music is penetrating their inward parts. 1748, 19 May.