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| ADVERTISEMENT. | LETTER I.-EVERY POWER OF MAN SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF GOD —IMPORTANCE OF PSALMODY —DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE SUBJECT —DIVISION OF THE CHURCH —IMPORTANCE OF UNION —PROPOSAL OF ACCOMMODATION —HOPES OF SUCCESS —MISTAKES CORRECTED —ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT REQUESTED. |
| LETTER II.-REMARKS —CHARACTER OF THE AGE OF THE FATHERS —TRUE HISTORY OF PSALMODY IN THE EARLY AGES —PLINY —TERTULLIAN —JEROME —CYRIL —AUGUSTINE —CASSIAN —CHRYSOSTOM —APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTIONS —OTHERS —REMARKS. | LETTER III.-SUMMARY REMARKS —WALDENSES —WICKLIFFE —HUSS —LUTHER —CALVIN —CHURCH OF ENGLAND —SCOTLAND —WATTS —AMERICAN CHURCHES —CONGREGATIONALISTS —PRESBYTERIANS —ASSOCIATE —ASSOCIATE REFORMED —REFORMED PRESBYTERIANS —SENTIMENTS AND PRACTICE OF —REFLECTIONS. |
| LETTER IV.-SUBJECT STATED —VERSIONS —ARGUMENTS —DIVINE INSTITUTION —SUITABLENESS OF MATTER —EXCELLENCE —HUMAN COMPOSITIONS NOT APPOINTED —BAD ARGUMENTS —EVIL TENDENCY OF PREFERRING HUMAN TO INSPIRED SONGS —SUMMARY. | LETTER V.-SCRIPTURE
OUR ONLY RULE —COL. 3:16 CONSIDERED —DEMANDS ANSWERED —NEW MERCIES REQUIRE
A NEW SONG —BOOK OF PSALMS ABROGATED —CANNOT BE SUNG IN TRUTH —MAY SING
AS WELL AS PRAY IN OUR OWN WORDS —BOOK OF PSALMS OBSCURE —INADEQUATE —MODERN
HYMNS MORE FAVOURABLE TO REVIVALS —MORE ELEGANT IN DICTION —WATTS HAD AS
GOOD A RIGHT TO MAKE PSALMS AS DAVID —CURSING PSALMS —CHRIST NOT NAMED
IN THEM.
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| APPENDICES.
No. 1-Mr. Watts. |
No. 2-Mode of Singing.
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