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           Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.
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           A
           BREIF
           And
           Full
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           Mr.
           Tate's
           and
           Mr.
           Brady's
           New
           VERSION
           OF
           THE
           PSALMS
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Joseph
           Wild
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Elephant
           at
           Charing-Cross
           ,
           
             M
             DC
             XCVIII
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           All
           the
           Learned
           and
           Pious
           PATRONS
           AND
           PROMOTERS
           OF
           THE
           New
           VERSION
           OF
           THE
           PSALMS
           ,
           This
           small
           TREATISE
           SHEWING
        
         
           That
           the
           Vse
           of
           them
           in
           
             Churches
             ,
             Chappels
          
           ,
           and
           Congregations
           ,
           Having
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           of
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           in
           Council
           ,
           and
           the
           Recommendation
           of
           several
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           Convocations
           .
        
         
           Is
           Humbly
           Dedicated
           by
        
         
           Their
           Most
           obedient
           Servant
           ,
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Modest
           Vindication
           OF
           THE
           New
           VERSION
           OF
           THE
           PSALMS
           .
        
         
           THE
           fond
           Affection
           which
           Men
           retain
           for
           ancient
           Customs
           ,
           is
           generally
           so
           very
           powerful
           and
           prevailing
           ,
           that
           a
           Reformation
           even
           from
           the
           most
           prejudicial
           of
           them
           is
           hardly
           obtain'd
           ,
           without
           putting
           an
           ungrateful
           task
           upon
           Humane
           Nature
           ;
           for
           by
           lonḡ
           acquaintance
           they
           insinuate
           themselves
           so
           insensibly
           into
           our
           Love
           and
           Esteem
           ,
           that
           they
           frequently
           blind
           our
           Reason
           ,
           inslave
           and
           captivate
           our
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           we
           can
           never
           release
           our
           
           selves
           from
           their
           Tyranny
           ,
           without
           mighty
           Strugling
           and
           Reluctance
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           these
           prejudices
           mainly
           ,
           that
           the
           various
           false
           Religions
           in
           the
           World
           owe
           their
           maintenance
           and
           support
           ;
           and
           to
           these
           likewise
           must
           be
           ascrib'd
           all
           those
           several
           Heats
           and
           Contests
           ,
           which
           so
           grievoufly
           disturb'd
           these
           Nations
           at
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Reformation
           from
           the
           gross
           Errors
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           And
           to
           what
           else
           but
           these
           can
           we
           more
           candidly
           impute
           those
           unexpected
           Endeavours
           that
           have
           been
           used
           against
           the
           
             New
             Version
             of
             the
             Psalms
          
           ?
           Which
           design'd
           to
           retreive
           that
           part
           of
           our
           Devotion
           from
           the
           many
           palpable
           Absurdities
           which
           were
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Translation
          
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           so
           lasting
           a
           reproach
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Church
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           it
           is
           hoped
           that
           this
           unhappy
           Objection
           may
           at
           length
           be
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           nothing
           retain'd
           in
           our
           publick
           Service
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           matter
           of
           just
           offence
           to
           any
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           we
           shall
           not
           indulge
           any
           Error
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           so
           fair
           an
           opportunity
           of
           seeing
           it
           Corrected
           .
           And
           that
           I
           may
           vindicate
           our
           Church
           from
           such
           as
           asperse
           her
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           and
           are
           willing
           to
           impeach
           her
           Credit
           ,
           and
           impair
           her
           Reputation
           by
           alledging
           that
           the
           Anciens
           Psalms
           of
           Sternhold
           and
           Hopkins
           were
           injoyn'd
           as
           part
           of
           her
           
           publick
           Devotion
           ,
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           correct
           this
           great
           Mistake
           ,
           and
           do
           acquaint
           them
           that
           the
           
             Old
             Version
          
           never
           had
           any
           particular
           Recommendation
           either
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           Convocation
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           
             New
             Translation
          
           is
           that
           which
           has
           obtain'd
           both
           the
           Allowance
           and
           Recommendation
           of
           Authority
           .
           And
           after
           I
           have
           given
           them
           a
           short
           account
           of
           its
           Rise
           and
           Proḡress
           ,
           will
           endeavour
           to
           let
           them
           see
           that
           the
           publick
           use
           of
           it
           in
           our
           Churches
           is
           
             agreeable
             to
             Reason
             ,
             conformable
             to
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             Convocations
             ,
             and
             subservient
             to
             the
             Advancement
             and
             Increase
             of
             Piety
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           that
           this
           fmall
           Tract
           does
           hereupon
           humbly
           presume
           to
           bespeak
           the
           Favour
           of
           all
           such
           persons
           as
           have
           any
           regard
           for
           Reason
           ,
           or
           Devotion
           ,
           or
           the
           Government
           in
           Church
           or
           State.
           But
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           give
           some
           account
           of
           the
           Rise
           and
           Progress
           of
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           ;
           which
           has
           been
           thought
           by
           some
           of
           the
           greatest
           Men
           of
           the
           times
           to
           be
           a
           Work
           so
           well
           perform'd
           ,
           and
           so
           favourable
           a
           Providence
           has
           all
           along
           attended
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           promise
           it
           a
           very
           kind
           Reception
           and
           Encouragement
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           it
           has
           already
           met
           with
           considerable
           Encouragement
           .
           The
           Undertakers
           at
           first
           propos'd
           this
           pious
           
           Design
           between
           themselves
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           little
           time
           it
           was
           Communicated
           ,
           and
           as
           speedily
           Receiv'd
           and
           Nourish'd
           by
           Persons
           of
           the
           Highest
           Rank
           ,
           and
           principal
           Authority
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           Whose
           Abilities
           being
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Eminence
           of
           their
           Quality
           ,
           gave
           them
           an
           advantageous
           prospect
           into
           all
           the
           convenience
           and
           necessity
           of
           so
           good
           a
           Work
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           dissusive
           and
           opportune
           Blessing
           it
           was
           likely
           to
           prove
           to
           the
           Reform'd
           Church
           of
           these
           Dominions
           ,
           particularly
           in
           removing
           those
           daily
           Exceptions
           which
           are
           made
           against
           this
           part
           of
           our
           publick
           Devotion
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           late
           Queen
           of
           Blessed
           and
           Immortal
           Memory
           ,
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           promise
           it
           Her
           Royal
           Countenance
           .
           And
           the
           late
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           whose
           excellent
           Endowments
           were
           so
           suitable
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           his
           Station
           ;
           did
           freely
           acquaint
           the
           Translators
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             glad
             so
             useful
             a
             Work
             was
             carrying
             on
             in
             his
             Days
             .
          
        
         
           After
           the
           Kingdom
           had
           sustain'd
           so
           considerable
           a
           loss
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           those
           two
           Eminent
           Persons
           ,
           who
           were
           such
           Ornaments
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           present
           Arch
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           was
           chosen
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           See
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           acquits
           himself
           so
           well
           in
           that
           weighty
           Charge
           which
           he
           has
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           was
           
           pleas'd
           to
           look
           favourably
           upon
           this
           Religious
           Design
           ,
           and
           support
           that
           Patronage
           which
           they
           had
           promis'd
           it
           .
           And
           many
           more
           of
           the
           learned
           and
           judicious
           Prelates
           ,
           who
           were
           unwilling
           that
           a
           Design
           so
           Pious
           and
           Useful
           should
           meet
           with
           any
           Obstruction
           ,
           gave
           it
           likewise
           their
           Encouragement
           .
           Besides
           these
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Sommers
          
           ,
           now
           Lord
           High-Chancelour
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Pembroke
           ,
           Lord
           Privy-Seal
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Dorset
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           and
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           
             Charles
             Mountague
          
           Chancellour
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           all
           Persons
           of
           singular
           and
           shining
           Parts
           ;
           were
           the
           great
           support
           of
           the
           Undertaking
           ,
           and
           the
           mighty
           Patrons
           and
           Promoters
           of
           this
           difficult
           and
           Religious
           Work.
           Among
           whom
           there
           are
           not
           wanting
           Persons
           of
           such
           accurate
           Judgment
           in
           all
           Poetick
           excellence
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           skill
           in
           that
           Language
           wherein
           the
           Psalms
           were
           originally
           writ
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           mention
           of
           their
           Names
           in
           such
           a
           Work
           as
           this
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           Recommend
           it
           effectually
           to
           all
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Ingenious
           World
           ,
           and
           their
           Stamp
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           pass
           currant
           for
           Standard
           Verse
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           best
           Masters
           of
           Poetry
           among
           us
           ,
           The
           Translators
           ,
           who
           attempted
           it
           ,
           were
           sufficiently
           known
           to
           them
           for
           their
           Qualifications
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           who
           were
           neither
           Ignorant
           of
           the
           Nature
           
           and
           Genius
           of
           true
           Poetry
           ,
           nor
           Strangers
           to
           the
           Learned
           Languages
           .
           And
           such
           as
           are
           absolute
           Judges
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           do
           justly
           own
           the
           near
           Relation
           there
           is
           between
           the
           English
           and
           the
           Original
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Work
           was
           finish'd
           ,
           and
           had
           pass'd
           the
           Censure
           of
           his
           Grace
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           ,
           and
           several
           more
           of
           his
           Brethern
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Prelates
           ,
           who
           vouchsaf'd
           to
           peruse
           it
           ,
           and
           give
           in
           their
           Alterations
           and
           Remarks
           ;
           a
           Petition
           was
           presented
           to
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Council
           for
           allowing
           the
           liberty
           of
           a
           publick
           Reception
           of
           it
           in
           all
           Churches
           ,
           Chappels
           ,
           and
           Congregations
           ;
           which
           was
           accordingly
           granted
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           Printed
           before
           the
           Book
           ,
           and
           runs
           thus
           ,
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       At
                       the
                       Court
                       at
                       KENSINGTON
                       .
                       
                         December
                         ,
                         3.
                         1696.
                         
                      
                       Present
                       ,
                       The
                       King
                       's
                       Most
                       Excellent
                       Majesty
                       in
                       COUNCIL
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       UPON
                       the
                       humble
                       Petition
                       of
                    
                     Nicholas
                     Brady
                     ,
                     and
                     Nahum
                     Tate
                     ,
                     
                       this
                       Day
                    
                     
                     
                       read
                       at
                       the
                       Board
                       ,
                       setting
                       forth
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Peti'ioners
                       have
                       ,
                       with
                       their
                       utmost
                       Care
                       and
                       Industry
                       ,
                       compleated
                    
                     A
                     New
                     Version
                     of
                     the
                     Psalms
                     of
                     David
                     ,
                     in
                     English
                     Metre
                     ,
                     fitted
                     for
                     Publick
                     Use
                     ;
                     
                       and
                       humbly
                       praying
                       His
                       Majesty's
                       Royal
                       Allowance
                       that
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Version
                     
                       may
                       be
                       used
                       in
                       such
                       Congregations
                       as
                       shall
                       think
                       fit
                       to
                       receive
                       it
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     His
                     Majesty
                     taking
                     the
                     same
                     into
                     His
                     Royal
                     Consideration
                     ,
                     is
                     pleas'd
                     to
                     Order
                     in
                     Council
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     said
                     
                       New
                       Version
                       of
                       the
                       Psalms
                       in
                       English
                       Merre
                    
                     be
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     same
                     is
                     hereby
                     Allowed
                     and
                     Permitted
                     to
                     be
                     Vs'd
                     in
                     all
                     Churches
                     ,
                     Chappels
                     ,
                     and
                     Congregations
                     ,
                     as
                     shall
                     think
                     fit
                     to
                     receive
                     the
                     same
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       W.
                       Bridgman
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           because
           a
           matter
           of
           this
           Universal
           Moment
           and
           Concern
           requir'd
           all
           imaginable
           Care
           and
           Industry
           for
           qualifying
           it
           for
           so
           publick
           an
           End
           as
           it
           was
           Design'd
           for
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           caution
           might
           be
           omitted
           for
           bringing
           this
           Work
           to
           full
           Maturity
           and
           Pertection
           ,
           the
           Translators
           invited
           all
           their
           Friends
           been
           in
           City
           and
           Country
           to
           supervise
           and
           correct
           what
           was
           amiss
           ,
           fearing
           least
           an
           overweening
           partiality
           to
           their
           own
           Endeavours
           
           might
           bribe
           their
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           warp
           their
           Sentiments
           into
           too
           favourable
           an
           Opinion
           of
           their
           own
           Performances
           ,
           for
           knowing
           the
           variety
           of
           Humours
           it
           was
           to
           struggle
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           difficulty
           of
           suiting
           a
           Poem
           to
           every
           Temper
           which
           this
           was
           to
           engage
           ,
           they
           thought
           of
           no
           Method
           so
           likely
           for
           mastering
           this
           Discouragement
           ,
           as
           to
           try
           the
           Bent
           of
           every
           Genius
           ;
           what
           Thoughts
           and
           Apprehensions
           they
           had
           of
           it
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           permitted
           to
           venture
           abroad
           .
           Transcribing
           herein
           that
           excellent
           Rule
           of
           Horace
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             Arte
             Poetica
          
           ,
           wherein
           he
           advises
           us
           to
           submit
           our
           Performance
           to
           the
           severest
           Censure
           .
        
         
           
             —
             —
             Si
             quid
             tamem
             olim
          
           
             Scripseris
             ,
             in
             Meci
             descendat
             Judicis
             aures
             .
          
           
             Yet
             if
             it
             ever
             be
             your
             Fate
             to
             write
             ,
          
           
             Let
             your
             Productions
             pass
             tbe
             strictest
             hand
             .
          
           
             Roscom
             .
             Transl.
             
          
        
         
           Which
           is
           a
           Method
           whereby
           any
           Author
           may
           give
           a
           remarkable
           Instance
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Humility
           ,
           tho
           he
           cannot
           always
           of
           his
           Ingenuity
           .
        
         
         
           After
           it
           had
           been
           thus
           Corrected
           by
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           the
           Translators
           friends
           ,
           and
           the
           Work
           it self
           ,
           with
           the
           usefulnes
           of
           it
           ,
           had
           been
           so
           fairly
           represented
           to
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Council
           ,
           by
           his
           Grace
           the
           Lord
           Arch
           bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           it
           gain'd
           a
           
             publick
             Approbation
          
           by
           His
           Majesty's
           
             Royal
             Indulgence
          
           :
           The
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           London
           thought
           fit
           to
           send
           out
           his
           
             circular
             Letters
          
           of
           Recommendation
           to
           all
           his
           Clergy
           within
           his
           Diocess
           :
           For
           that
           worthy
           Prelate
           did
           in
           this
           case
           nothing
           deviate
           either
           from
           his
           Native
           or
           additional
           Honour
           ;
           but
           after
           the
           very
           first
           time
           that
           he
           promis'd
           this
           Version
           his
           Favour
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           cautious
           of
           giving
           the
           least
           Umbrage
           of
           suspition
           that
           he
           was
           unmindful
           of
           his
           Word
           ,
           that
           he
           spread
           it
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           lay
           in
           him
           ,
           universally
           .
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           gave
           an
           Instance
           of
           that
           Respect
           which
           was
           due
           both
           to
           his
           Sovereign
           and
           himself
           ,
           and
           shew'd
           that
           he
           was
           as
           little
           capable
           of
           neglecting
           so
           
             reasonable
             a
             thing
          
           ,
           which
           his
           Prince
           had
           countenane'd
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           of
           violating
           his
           own
           voluntary
           Obligation
           .
           And
           no
           sooner
           came
           his
           Lordships
           Letter
           abroad
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           chearfully
           receiv'd
           by
           several
           of
           his
           Clergy
           within
           the
           City
           ;
           but
           no
           where
           sooner
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           ,
           than
           in
           that
           learned
           Auditory
           in
           Serjeants
           Inn
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ,
           where
           
           it
           was
           very
           much
           approv'd
           of
           ,
           but
           more
           especially
           by
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Treby
           ,
           whose
           Judgment
           and
           Ingenuity
           are
           so
           unquestionable
           .
        
         
           Much
           about
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Grave
           and
           Judicious
           Members
           of
           Lincolns-Inn
           ,
           appointed
           it
           to
           be
           Sung
           in
           their
           Chappel
           the
           following
           Term
           ,
           as
           a
           Mark
           of
           the
           publick
           Approbation
           of
           that
           Honourable
           Society
           .
           And
           several
           of
           the
           Bishops
           reading
           my
           Lord
           of
           London's
           Letter
           ,
           found
           it
           a
           thing
           so
           thorowly
           weigh'd
           ,
           and
           such
           excellent
           Reasons
           given
           for
           the
           dispersing
           it
           universally
           ,
           that
           without
           any
           further
           Hesitation
           ,
           they
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           that
           the
           Original
           for
           them
           to
           Copy
           after
           ,
           and
           the
           Standard
           of
           their
           Direction
           ;
           and
           therefore
           transcrib'd
           it
           without
           any
           alteration
           but
           that
           of
           their
           Names
           ,
           and
           afterward
           scatter'd
           it
           throughout
           their
           respective
           Diocesses
           .
        
         
           Upon
           which
           his
           Grace
           the
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           York
           ,
           whom
           all
           Mankind
           so
           justly
           Respect
           and
           Honour
           ,
           acquainted
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           Version
           ,
           by
           a
           Letter
           which
           he
           sent
           up
           to
           his
           Brother
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           then
           going
           his
           Visitation
           ,
           and
           would
           recommend
           it
           to
           all
           his
           Clergy
           as
           he
           went
           along
           ;
           and
           that
           already
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           pleas'd
           with
           so
           pious
           a
           Proposal
           ,
           had
           sent
           to
           the
           City
           for
           Books
           for
           their
           Congregations
           :
           For
           
           his
           Grace
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Tranflators
           some
           time
           ago
           ,
           
             that
             whenever
             they
             could
             obtain
             any
             Encouragement
             from
             the
             Government
             ,
             he
             would
             endeavour
             to
             disperse
             it
             throughout
             his
             Province
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           proceded
           thus
           far
           in
           the
           History
           of
           this
           
             New
             Translation
          
           ,
           and
           declar'd
           its
           Original
           ,
           and
           that
           
             favour
             able
             Entertainment
          
           it
           has
           met
           with
           from
           Persons
           of
           such
           Unquestionable
           Judgment
           and
           Authority
           ,
           of
           such
           Eminent
           Piety
           and
           Learning
           ,
           by
           whose
           Kindness
           and
           Encouragement
           it
           has
           made
           such
           Steps
           and
           Progress
           not
           only
           in
           this
           fam'd
           Metropolis
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           of
           the
           remotest
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           I
           will
           now
           proceed
           to
           give
           some
           Reasons
           for
           the
           Vindication
           of
           that
           Encouragement
           which
           it
           has
           already
           met
           with
           ,
           or
           hereafter
           may
           receive
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           likewise
           to
           answer
           such
           Objections
           as
           may
           be
           made
           ,
           either
           against
           the
           Patrons
           or
           Promoters
           of
           this
           Work.
           Not
           that
           I
           can
           mistrust
           the
           Reception
           of
           it
           in
           an
           Age
           so
           Religious
           and
           refin'd
           as
           This
           ,
           but
           only
           because
           some
           persons
           ,
           who
           can
           endure
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           Old
           ,
           may
           be
           startled
           at
           its
           Novelty
           ;
           and
           look
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           some
           do
           upon
           New
           Fashions
           ,
           which
           tho'
           never
           so
           decent
           ,
           and
           proper
           ,
           and
           convenient
           for
           us
           to
           use
           ,
           yet
           they
           cannot
           bear
           the
           sight
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           
           neither
           they
           ,
           nor
           their
           Fore-Fathers
           were
           ever
           accustom'd
           to
           them
           .
           And
           that
           it
           is
           only
           this
           
             unreasonable
             prejudice
          
           which
           thus
           imposes
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           inslaves
           them
           to
           Antiquity
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           this
           very
           Argument
           will
           I
           hope
           make
           evident
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           had
           been
           so
           long
           entertain'd
           in
           our
           Churches
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Old
             One
          
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           Sternhold
           and
           Hopkins
           had
           now
           offer'd
           their
           Compositions
           instead
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           certainly
           be
           rejected
           by
           all
           degrees
           of
           Men
           ,
           with
           the
           utmost
           contempt
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           hasten
           to
           the
           Arguments
           which
           as
           I
           told
           you
           I
           design'd
           to
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           promote
           a
           general
           Reception
           of
           this
           Translation
           ;
           which
           we
           e
           the
           
             agreeableness
             of
             this
             Design
             with
             Reason
             ;
             the
             Conformity
             of
             it
             with
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             Convecations
             ;
             and
             its
             subserviency
             to
             the
             Advancement
             and
             Increase
             of
             Piety
             .
          
           By
           all
           which
           I
           will
           endeavour
           fairly
           to
           represent
           the
           Vsefulness
           of
           this
           Pious
           and
           Laborious
           Work
           ,
           friendly
           to
           remove
           those
           prejudices
           that
           may
           be
           rashly
           taken
           up
           against
           either
           the
           Design
           it self
           ,
           or
           the
           Favourers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           amicably
           to
           reconcile
           the
           unbias'd
           Reader
           to
           a
           candid
           and
           kind
           Opinion
           of
           it
           .
           
             For
             I
             think
             the
             best
             Argument
             loses
             ground
             ,
             when
             it
             looks
             ill
             natur'd
             or
             severe
             .
          
        
         
         
           First
           therefore
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           let
           you
           see
           the
           Agreableness
           of
           this
           Design
           with
           Reason
           .
           And
           both
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Arguments
           which
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           insist
           upon
           are
           plainly
           intimated
           in
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           HIS
           Majesty
           having
           allow'd
           and
           permitted
           the
           Vse
           of
           a
           
             New
             Version
             of
             the
             Psalms
             of
          
           David
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Brady
           and
           Mr.
           Tate
           ,
           in
           all
           
             Churches
             ,
             Chappels
          
           and
           Congregations
           ;
           I
           cannot
           do
           less
           ,
           than
           wish
           a
           Good
           Success
           to
           this
           
             Royal
             Indulgence
          
           :
           For
           I
           find
           it
           a
           Work
           done
           with
           so
           much
           Judgment
           and
           Ingenuity
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           persuaded
           ,
           it
           may
           take
           off
           that
           unhappy
           Objection
           ,
           which
           has
           hitherto
           lain
           against
           the
           
             Singing
             Psalms
          
           ;
           and
           dispose
           that
           part
           of
           Divine
           Service
           to
           much
           more
           Devotion
           .
           And
           I
           do
           heartily
           Recommend
           the
           Vse
           of
           
             This
             Version
          
           ,
           to
           all
           my
           Brethren
           within
           My
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           this
           Letter
           there
           are
           three
           Reasons
           given
           ,
           why
           their
           Lordships
           were
           induc'd
           to
           Recommend
           so
           cordially
           this
           Translation
           to
           their
           several
           Ministers
           .
           The
           first
           is
           the
           Respect
           they
           bore
           to
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           the
           Supreme
           Head
           and
           Governour
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           who
           having
           the
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           
           fulness
           and
           Convenience
           of
           this
           Religious
           Performance
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           introducing
           it
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           represented
           to
           him
           by
           the
           
             Lords
             of
             his
             most
             Honourable
             Privy
             Council
             ,
          
           was
           pleas'd
           by
           the
           Authority
           with
           which
           he
           is
           Vested
           in
           these
           Matters
           ,
           to
           grant
           it
           forthwith
           His
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           which
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           finding
           how
           much
           His
           Majesties
           Care
           for
           the
           well-fare
           of
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           interested
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           thought
           that
           their
           Zeal
           and
           Concern
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           less
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           seconded
           
             his
             Indulgence
          
           with
           their
           own
           
             hearty
             Recommendation
          
           .
           And
           because
           upon
           this
           ,
           some
           scandalous
           Libels
           were
           publish'd
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           in
           derogation
           of
           this
           Laudible
           Undertaking
           ,
           and
           contempt
           of
           that
           Authority
           which
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           appear
           in
           its
           Approbation
           ;
           Therefore
           his
           Grace
           the
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           with
           others
           of
           their
           Excellences
           the
           Lords
           Justices
           ,
           thinking
           not
           fit
           that
           a
           Work
           so
           beneficial
           to
           the
           Publick
           should
           be
           obstructed
           in
           its
           Progress
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           
             sawcy
             Reflections
          
           upon
           that
           Encouragement
           which
           it
           had
           from
           Authority
           ,
           should
           pass
           unpunish'd
           ,
           order'd
           a
           Messenger
           of
           the
           Press
           to
           search
           out
           the
           Authors
           and
           Prinsers
           of
           the
           Libels
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           proceeded
           against
           according
           to
           Law.
           
        
         
         
           The
           next
           Reason
           taken
           notice
           of
           by
           the
           Bishops
           in
           their
           Letter
           is
           
             the
             Judgment
             and
             Ingenuity
             of
             the
             Work
             ,
          
           which
           appearing
           not
           only
           to
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           but
           to
           others
           of
           the
           most
           refin'd
           Parts
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           I
           suppose
           this
           Argument
           is
           unquestionable
           ,
           especially
           with
           Men
           of
           Candor
           and
           Judgment
           .
           And
           for
           such
           whose
           capacities
           are
           too
           low
           to
           find
           out
           those
           Perfections
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           such
           as
           are
           qualified
           for
           it
           ;
           
             since
             nothing
             is
             so
             true
             a
             Judge
             of
             Sense
             ,
             as
             Sense
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           and
           last
           Reason
           which
           is
           mention'd
           in
           this
           Letter
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           
             the
             vse
             of
             this
             Version
          
           (
           as
           they
           own
           they
           are
           persuaded
           )
           
             may
             take
             off
             that
             unhappy
             Objection
             which
             has
             hitherto
             lain
             against
             the
          
           Singing
           Psalms
           ,
           
             and
             dispose
             that
             part
             of
             Divine
             Service
             to
             much
             more
             Devotion
             .
          
           But
           of
           this
           I
           shall
           speak
           nothing
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           last
           particular
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           where
           it
           more
           porperly
           falls
           in
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           an
           Argument
           drawn
           from
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           for
           the
           Reason
           of
           using
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           well
           approv'd
           of
           ;
           I
           think
           nothing
           more
           equitable
           ,
           and
           therefore
           more
           rational
           than
           that
           
             this
             Translation
          
           should
           be
           favourably
           receiv'd
           ,
           since
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           so
           
             publickly
             allow'd
             of
          
           ,
           and
           with
           good
           
           
             Authority
             recommended
          
           ,
           meerly
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           civil
           Observance
           and
           Respect
           which
           is
           due
           to
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           For
           unless
           some
           deference
           be
           paid
           to
           
             their
             Judgments
          
           ,
           and
           
             that
             Authority
          
           which
           they
           have
           over
           us
           ,
           even
           in
           those
           things
           wherein
           they
           do
           not
           interpose
           an
           Absolute
           Command
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           shew
           so
           much
           Ingenuity
           ,
           as
           to
           conform
           to
           their
           Counsels
           and
           Advice
           freely
           ,
           but
           put
           them
           always
           upon
           the
           uneasiness
           of
           dragging
           us
           to
           our
           Duty
           ,
           and
           making
           use
           of
           their
           coercive
           Power
           over
           us
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           do
           nothing
           but
           by
           constraint
           .
           And
           what
           thanks
           is
           due
           to
           my
           Obedience
           ,
           when
           I
           find
           I
           cannot
           help
           it
           ,
           if
           I
           resisted
           the
           Authority
           as
           long
           as
           I
           was
           able
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           baffl'd
           it
           if
           I
           could
           ?
           For
           ,
        
         
           Certainly
           were
           my
           love
           and
           respect
           to
           my
           Superiors
           as
           cordial
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           ;
           Obedience
           to
           their
           Advice
           ,
           would
           be
           my
           true
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           compliance
           with
           their
           Counsels
           ,
           my
           great
           Delight
           ;
           I
           should
           be
           so
           far
           from
           disputing
           ,
           or
           opposing
           their
           pious
           Admonitions
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           constantly
           hearken
           to
           them
           chearfully
           ,
           and
           obey
           them
           with
           a
           ready
           Mind
           .
           Nay
           ,
           should
           think
           it
           my
           Duty
           to
           comport
           my self
           quietly
           and
           respectfully
           towards
           every
           one
           in
           that
           Order
           and
           Degree
           
           wherein
           they
           are
           plac'd
           ;
           and
           not
           lessen
           their
           Authority
           by
           obstructing
           their
           Directions
           ,
           or
           interrupting
           the
           Progress
           of
           their
           reasonable
           and
           pious
           Designs
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           practices
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           disputes
           each
           punctilio
           of
           Advice
           with
           his
           Superiors
           ,
           is
           rather
           a
           Disturbance
           than
           a
           Blessing
           to
           either
           Publick
           ,
           or
           Domestick
           Societies
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           perverse
           and
           litigious
           temper
           does
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lies
           to
           weaken
           the
           reins
           of
           Government
           ,
           eclipse
           that
           Respect
           which
           is
           due
           to
           Power
           ,
           and
           turn
           that
           Civility
           which
           should
           be
           paid
           to
           the
           mature
           Advice
           of
           our
           Superiors
           out
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           certainly
           would
           Men
           but
           make
           this
           Case
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           consider
           with
           what
           Patience
           and
           Equanimity
           they
           themselves
           would
           bear
           such
           usage
           as
           this
           from
           their
           Inferiors
           ,
           what
           a
           derogation
           it
           would
           be
           to
           their
           Authority
           to
           have
           it
           slighted
           and
           overlook'd
           ,
           by
           such
           as
           Nature
           of
           Providence
           had
           plac'd
           under
           them
           ?
           They
           would
           not
           be
           so
           easily
           induc'd
           to
           transgress
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           nor
           openly
           infringe
           the
           natural
           Rights
           of
           Superiority
           ,
           which
           are
           Laws
           of
           common
           Justice
           betwixt
           Man
           and
           Man.
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
        
         
           Would
           any
           Master
           of
           a
           Family
           think
           it
           proper
           in
           a
           Servant
           to
           choose
           out
           his
           
           own
           Task
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           to
           himself
           his
           own
           Work
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           directed
           him
           to
           the
           contrary
           ?
           Would
           any
           Tutor
           be
           pleas'd
           with
           his
           Pupil
           for
           reading
           such
           Books
           as
           humour'd
           his
           own
           Fancy
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           advis'd
           him
           to
           such
           as
           were
           much
           more
           instructive
           and
           beneficial
           ?
           And
           would
           it
           not
           be
           extreamly
           indecent
           ,
           and
           apt
           to
           grieve
           and
           incense
           an
           Indulgent
           Parent
           ,
           to
           see
           his
           Child
           refractory
           to
           his
           Admonitions
           ,
           and
           advance
           his
           own
           Opinion
           in
           direct
           opposition
           to
           his
           wise
           and
           kind
           Advices
           ?
        
         
           'T
           is
           certain
           that
           all
           Men
           in
           these
           circumstances
           do
           expect
           both
           Love
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           both
           Duty
           and
           Respect
           to
           be
           paid
           them
           by
           their
           Inferiors
           .
           What
           Reason
           therefore
           is
           there
           that
           they
           should
           not
           shew
           as
           willing
           a
           Mind
           to
           give
           ,
           as
           receive
           this
           Observance
           and
           Veneration
           ,
           in
           all
           matters
           that
           are
           equitable
           and
           just
           ?
           And
           I
           am
           persuaded
           that
           there
           are
           few
           of
           
             those
             Persons
          
           who
           would
           evade
           a
           compliance
           with
           the
           Advice
           of
           their
           Superiors
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           but
           would
           be
           apt
           to
           resent
           the
           
             like
             repulse
          
           from
           other
           Men
           ,
           were
           
             they
             advanc'd
          
           to
           so
           high
           a
           Station
           as
           would
           qualifie
           them
           for
           recommending
           it
           themselves
           .
           They
           would
           I
           believe
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           there
           was
           but
           little
           either
           of
           
             Modesty
             ,
             Justice
          
           ,
           or
           Ingenuity
           in
           such
           
           behaviour
           towards
           them
           ;
           as
           little
           indeed
           as
           if
           the
           Dean
           of
           a
           Cathedral
           should
           acquaint
           his
           Quire
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           
             New
             Anthem
          
           he
           thought
           might
           very
           properly
           be
           Sung
           ,
           and
           they
           ,
           notwithstanding
           ,
           should
           Tune
           their
           Voices
           to
           an
           
             old
             One
          
           ,
           and
           tell
           him
           that
           they
           thought
           themselves
           more
           capable
           of
           judging
           what
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           Sung
           than
           he
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           think
           that
           the
           Patrons
           of
           this
           Work
           are
           any
           more
           culpable
           for
           encourageing
           it
           ,
           than
           a
           Dean
           would
           be
           for
           Designing
           a
           
             New
             Anthem
          
           ;
           nor
           the
           Promoters
           of
           it
           any
           more
           to
           blame
           ,
           than
           the
           Quire
           would
           be
           had
           they
           chearfully
           obey'd
           him
           .
        
         
           For
           these
           Reasons
           it
           was
           that
           a
           person
           of
           Honour
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           living
           in
           a
           Parish
           where
           the
           Bishops
           Recommendation
           came
           to
           the
           Minister
           ,
           and
           finding
           it
           neglected
           ,
           spoke
           to
           his
           Pastor
           to
           this
           effect
           .
           Sir
           ,
           
             How
             can
             you
             expect
             that
             your
             Parishioners
             should
             pay
             a
             due
             respect
             to
             you
             ;
             when
             you
             pay
             so
             little
             to
             your
             King
             ,
             and
             your
             Diocesan
             ?
             Or
             ,
             readily
             comply
             with
             that
             Advice
             that
             you
             give
             ,
             when
             you
             hearken
             so
             little
             to
             that
             which
             is
             sent
             you
             by
             your
             Superiors
             ?
          
           And
           for
           this
           Reason
           it
           is
           that
           so
           many
           Reverend
           and
           Devout
           Persons
           are
           heartily
           dispos'd
           towards
           the
           promoting
           this
           Design
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           loath
           to
           expose
           the
           Authority
           of
           
           their
           Superiors
           to
           contempt
           ,
           which
           they
           judge
           they
           must
           incur
           by
           a
           careless
           or
           violent
           Opposition
           to
           it
           .
           And
           which
           they
           sancy
           would
           amount
           to
           little
           less
           than
           this
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           When
           their
           Lordships
           tell
           them
           ,
           
             they
             cannot
             do
             no
             less
             than
             wish
             a
             good
             Success
             to
             this
             Royal
             Indulgence
          
           ;
           should
           they
           contemn
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           in
           effect
           to
           tell
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           
             nor
             we
             do
             less
             than
             wish
             it
             no
             Success
             at
             all
          
           When
           their
           Lordships
           say
           ,
           
             they
             sind
             it
             a
             Work
             done
             with
             so
             much
             Judgment
             and
             Ingenuity
             .
          
           Should
           these
           decry
           and
           run
           it
           down
           ,
           it
           would
           look
           as
           if
           they
           should
           answer
           ,
           
             we
             could
             never
             find
             out
             where
             either
             the
             Judgment
             or
             Ingenuity
             lay
             .
          
           And
           when
           the
           Bishops
           affirm
           ,
           
             that
             they
             are
             persuaded
             it
             may
             take
             off
             that
             unhappy
             Objection
             which
             has
             hitherto
             lain
             against
             the
             Singing
             Psalms
             .
          
           Should
           these
           Men
           after
           this
           make
           use
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Ones
          
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           be
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           
             that
             they
             think
             the
             Objection
             is
             very
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Old
           Psalms
           
             are
             a
             laudable
             part
             of
             our
             Devotion
             ?
          
        
         
           Thus
           they
           argue
           for
           their
           just
           compliance
           ,
           and
           should
           they
           be
           of
           a
           contrary
           Opinion
           ,
           this
           would
           be
           to
           magnifie
           their
           
             own
             Judgment
          
           in
           Opposition
           to
           that
           of
           their
           
           Superiors
           .
           Whereas
           the
           tender
           Regard
           and
           Veneration
           they
           have
           for
           the
           Reputation
           and
           Advice
           of
           their
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Governours
          
           ,
           and
           the
           fear
           of
           exposing
           their
           Counsels
           to
           contempt
           ,
           especially
           in
           an
           Age
           so
           licentious
           and
           wild
           as
           this
           ,
           binds
           them
           within
           the
           Rules
           of
           a
           filial
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           ingages
           them
           not
           to
           be
           too
           remiss
           in
           paying
           Honour
           ,
           to
           whom
           such
           Honour
           is
           due
           .
           This
           therefore
           shall
           serve
           for
           the
           first
           Argument
           I
           have
           chosen
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           
             these
             Psalms
          
           ,
           being
           drawn
           from
           Reason
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           willing
           to
           
             support
             Government
          
           ,
           to
           pay
           a
           
             due
             respect
          
           to
           Superiors
           ,
           and
           a
           
             chearful
             complyance
          
           to
           their
           good
           Advice
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Argument
           I
           propos'd
           to
           insist
           upon
           ,
           for
           Vindicating
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Patrons
           and
           Promoters
           of
           this
           Work
           of
           introducing
           it
           into
           the
           Churches
           ,
           was
           deriv'd
           from
           the
           
             Conformity
             of
             it
             to
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Authorit
             of
             Convocations
             .
          
           And
           so
           it
           plainly
           appears
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           allow'd
           of
           by
           the
           King
           and
           recommeded
           by
           the
           Bishops
           .
           For
           in
           the
           Rubrick
           before
           the
           Sentence
           at
           the
           Offertory
           are
           these
           Words
           ;
           
             And
             nothing
             shall
             be
             proclaim'd
             ,
             or
             publish'd
             in
             the
             Church
             during
             the
             time
             of
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Minister
             ;
             nor
             by
             him
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             prescrib'd
             in
          
           
           
             the
             Rules
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             or
             enjoyn'd
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             the
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             place
             .
          
           Where
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           thus
           much
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           no
           
             Clark
             of
             a
             Parish
          
           can
           Sing
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           is
           directed
           by
           his
           Minister
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           Acts
           as
           his
           Deputy
           .
        
         
           But
           against
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           Rubrick
           I
           fore-see
           you
           may
           thus
           argue
           ;
           That
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           is
           neither
           enjoyn'd
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             Place
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Rubrick
           specifies
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           can
           receive
           no
           Countenance
           or
           Authority
           from
           thence
           .
           And
           so
           far
           I
           confess
           the
           Objection
           seems
           to
           be
           valid
           ;
           but
           yet
           ,
           tho'
           neither
           the
           King
           ,
           nor
           the
           Ordinary
           literally
           enjoyn
           ,
           yet
           they
           allow
           and
           recommend
           these
           Psalms
           ,
           and
           that
           Rubrick
           which
           impowers
           them
           to
           enjoyn
           ,
           does
           much
           more
           impower
           them
           to
           allow
           and
           recommend
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             Omne
             majus
          
           in
           this
           case
           
             includit
             minus
          
           .
           And
           tho'
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           Authority
           these
           Psalms
           are
           not
           enjoyn'd
           to
           be
           Sung.
           Yet
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           this
           Rubrick
           
             none
             else
          
           can
           be
           Sung
           ,
           because
           none
           else
           are
           expresly
           allow'd
           of
           and
           recommended
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Ordinary
           .
        
         
           Now
           we
           must
           remember
           that
           the
           Rubrick
           contains
           in
           it
           the
           Power
           and
           Force
           both
           of
           a
           Convocation
           and
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           Establish'd
           by
           
             both
             their
             Authorities
          
           .
           
           And
           tho'
           in
           its
           Original
           it
           was
           only
           a
           Canon
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           confirm'd
           as
           a
           Law
           :
           And
           therefore
           this
           Version
           coming
           abroad
           ,
           recommended
           by
           the
           
             Anthority
             of
             this
             Rubrick
          
           ,
           which
           impowers
           both
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Ordinary
           not
           only
           to
           enjoyn
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           to
           allow
           and
           recommend
           ,
           comes
           abroad
           stampt
           with
           the
           Approbation
           both
           of
           Convocation
           and
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           .
           And
           he
           seems
           to
           vacat
           
             both
             their
             Authorities
          
           who
           opposes
           that
           Encouragement
           which
           it
           has
           already
           receiv'd
           from
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           and
           the
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           endeavours
           to
           enervate
           all
           their
           Efficacy
           and
           Strength
           by
           rendring
           them
           useless
           and
           insignificant
           .
           And
           since
           it
           has
           been
           thought
           fit
           that
           the
           Persons
           Constituting
           that
           Learned
           Body
           of
           the
           Convocation
           should
           have
           their
           Vote
           for
           approving
           at
           least
           what
           was
           sit
           to
           be
           us'd
           in
           the
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           
             Publick
             Service
          
           ;
           and
           since
           this
           very
           Society
           ,
           have
           by
           their
           own
           voluntary
           Consent
           allow'd
           that
           the
           King
           or
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           may
           enjoyn
           ,
           or
           recommend
           what
           is
           fit
           ,
           or
           decent
           upon
           occasion
           ;
           whoever
           therefore
           it
           is
           that
           
             contradicts
             this
             Authority
          
           which
           they
           have
           freely
           consented
           should
           be
           vested
           in
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           seems
           directly
           to
           oppose
           the
           Power
           of
           that
           
             Sacred
             Body
          
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           
             direct
             Enemy
          
           to
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           a
           Convocation
           .
           Besides
           ,
        
         
         
           By
           vertue
           of
           that
           Authority
           which
           is
           vested
           in
           our
           Kings
           ,
           K.
           James
           the
           I.
           Issued
           out
           his
           Royal
           Commission
           for
           that
           
             New
             Translation
             of
             the
             Bible
          
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           daily
           read
           in
           Churches
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           find
           that
           ever
           any
           Convocation
           since
           that
           time
           have
           thought
           that
           Commission
           an
           Infringement
           of
           their
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           but
           rather
           an
           Allowance
           and
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           Ratification
           of
           them
           .
           And
           certainly
           it
           is
           none
           of
           the
           least
           Honours
           and
           Felicities
           that
           our
           Convocations
           have
           reason
           to
           boast
           of
           ,
           when
           Kings
           are
           pleas'd
           thus
           to
           act
           by
           their
           Canons
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           directed
           by
           their
           Constitutions
           ;
           so
           making
           good
           the
           
             Prophetick
             Character
          
           given
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           
             nursing
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           Isa.
           49.
           23.
           
           If
           then
           the
           present
           Version
           of
           the
           Bible
           be
           thought
           sit
           to
           be
           used
           upon
           all
           occasions
           in
           our
           
             Churches
             ,
             Chappels
          
           ,
           and
           Congregatious
           ,
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           King
           which
           is
           backt
           by
           that
           of
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           and
           Convocation
           ;
           I
           can
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           
             the
             same
             Authority
          
           should
           not
           interpose
           ,
           and
           be
           allow'd
           of
           ,
           which
           has
           appear'd
           in
           the
           Approbation
           of
           this
           
             New
             Translation
             of
             the
             Psalms
          
           .
           And
           as
           for
           
             that
             Version
          
           which
           has
           hitherto
           been
           used
           ,
           it
           never
           found
           that
           Encouragement
           from
           any
           persons
           
             legally
             vested
          
           with
           Authority
           in
           
           spirituals
           ,
           that
           
             this
             new
             one
          
           has
           been
           
             favour'd
             with
          
           ,
           no
           not
           from
           a
           Convocation
           it self
           ,
           and
           sor
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             late
             ones
          
           they
           cannot
           pretend
           to
           it
           .
           And
           the
           silence
           of
           so
           many
           Convocations
           since
           the
           Reformation
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           an
           Argument
           for
           the
           
             Old
             One
          
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           contrary
           it
           is
           a
           presumptive
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           that
           Religious
           Assembly
           thought
           it
           their
           Prudence
           not
           to
           interpose
           their
           Influences
           ,
           in
           encouraging
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           in
           their
           Opinion
           did
           
             not
             deserve
             it
          
           .
           Whoever
           therefore
           it
           is
           that
           opposes
           that
           Authority
           which
           the
           
             New
             Translation
          
           has
           obtain'd
           ,
           seems
           plainly
           to
           deprive
           the
           Convocation
           of
           those
           Signal
           Honours
           and
           Immunities
           appertaining
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           Parliament
           has
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           confirm
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Bishops
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           Act
           by
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           executive
           Power
           ,
           of
           those
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           which
           the
           other
           fram'd
           ,
           confer'd
           on
           them
           .
           As
           appears
           in
           that
           Order
           which
           was
           given
           by
           King
           Charles
           II.
           for
           using
           the
           three
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           are
           annext
           to
           the
           Common
           Prayer-Book
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 CHARLES
                 R.
                 
              
            
             
               Our
               Will
               and
               Pleasure
               is
               ,
               That
               these
               three
               Forms
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               Service
               made
               for
               the
               5th
               .
               of
               November
               ,
               the
               30th
               .
               of
               January
               ,
               
               and
               the
               29th
               .
               of
               May
               ,
               be
               faithfully
               Printed
               and
               Publish'd
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               future
               annext
               to
               the
               Book
               of
               Common
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               Liturgy
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               to
               be
               used
               yearly
               on
               the
               said
               Days
               in
               all
               Cathedral
               and
               Collegiate
               Churches
               and
               Chappels
               ,
               in
               all
               Chappels
               ,
               Colleges
               and
               Halls
               within
               both
               our
               Vniversities
               ,
               and
               of
               our
               Colledges
               of
               Eaton
               and
               Winchester
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               Parish
               Churches
               and
               Chappels
               ,
               within
               our
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               ,
               Dominion
               of
               Wales
               ,
               and
               Town
               of
               Berwick
               upon
               Tweed
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 our
                 Court
                 at
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   2d
                   day
                   of
                   May
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   14th
                   Year
                   of
                   our
                   Reign
                   .
                
              
               By
               His
               Majesty's
               Command
               .
               
                 Edw.
                 Nicholas
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           what
           is
           more
           observable
           ,
           
             these
             very
             Forms
          
           were
           ,
           with
           such
           Alterations
           as
           were
           then
           necessary
           ,
           receiv'd
           and
           us'd
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           
             a
             like
             Order
          
           from
           the
           late
           Queen
           of
           ever
           blessed
           Memory
           .
           
             For
             the
             Right
             that
             is
             attributed
             by
             our
             Laws
             to
             our
             Kings
             ,
             is
             lodged
             in
             the
             Constitution
             of
             our
             common
             Laws
             ,
             and
             is
             an
             Original
             Contract
             between
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Estates
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             a
             civil
             Incorporation
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             its
             Powers
             and
             Ordinances
             into
             the
             Civil
             State
             and
             Secular
             Authority
          
           Municip
           .
           Eccles.
           p.
           136.
           
        
         
         
           But
           still
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           that
           tho'
           by
           this
           Rubrick
           ,
           which
           I
           lately
           mention'd
           ,
           the
           Use
           of
           
             any
             Psalms
          
           but
           the
           
             New
             Ones
          
           is
           forbid
           ,
           because
           
             they
             only
          
           are
           approv'd
           of
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Authority
             recommended
          
           ;
           yet
           are
           we
           not
           enjoyn'd
           to
           Sing
           these
           publickly
           ,
           and
           there
           fore
           it
           is
           at
           our
           liberty
           to
           forbear
           in
           our
           Churches
           all
           Psalmody
           ,
           if
           we
           please
           .
           But
           in
           Answer
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           only
           desire
           that
           that
           
             solemn
             Ingagement
          
           which
           was
           made
           to
           the
           Bishop
           at
           the
           Time
           of
           Ordination
           may
           be
           consider'd
           .
           For
           then
           the
           Bishop
           asks
           the
           Person
           that
           is
           to
           be
           ordain'd
           Priest
           this
           Question
           .
           
             Will
             you
             reverently
             obey
             your
             Ordinary
             ,
             and
             other
             chief
             Ministers
             ,
             unto
             whom
             is
             committed
             the
             Charge
             and
             Government
             over
             you
             ;
             following
             with
             a
             good
             Mind
             and
             Will
             their
             godly
             Admonitions
             ,
             and
             submitting
             your self
             to
             their
             godly
             Judgments
             ?
          
           Answ.
           
             I
             will
             do
             so
             ,
             God
             being
             my
             helper
             .
          
           Where
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Priest
           obliges
           himself
           by
           a
           Solemn
           and
           
             formal
             Promise
             ,
             reverently
             to
             obey
             his
             Ordinary
             ,
             and
             submit
             himself
             to
             his
             godly
             Judgment
             .
          
           therefore
           if
           any
           one
           reject
           this
           
             New
             Translation
             of
             the
             Psalms
             recommended
          
           to
           him
           by
           his
           Bishop
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           he
           can
           avoid
           the
           Censure
           of
           casting
           a
           
             scandalous
             Reproach
          
           upon
           the
           
             godly
             Judgment
             of
             his
             Ordinary
          
           and
           palpably
           violating
           that
           
             religious
             obligation
          
           which
           he
           
           
             solemnly
             enter'd
             into
          
           at
           the
           
             time
             of
             his
             Ordination
          
           ,
           before
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Congregation
           .
           But
           I
           fancy
           the
           Persons
           are
           but
           few
           who
           will
           be
           so
           hardy
           against
           their
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           cancel
           all
           that
           Veneration
           which
           is
           due
           both
           to
           their
           Diocesan
           and
           themselves
           ,
           
             if
             they
             hope
             that
             God
             should
             be
             their
             Helper
             .
          
        
         
           However
           it
           is
           apparent
           that
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           is
           conformable
           to
           the
           
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Church
          
           ,
           which
           lays
           upon
           all
           her
           Sons
           a
           very
           
             strict
             Ingagement
          
           of
           acting
           suitably
           to
           her
           pious
           Intentions
           .
           And
           therefore
           those
           that
           encourage
           and
           promote
           it
           ,
           tell
           us
           this
           in
           their
           own
           vindication
           ;
           that
           till
           a
           
             civil
             complyance
          
           with
           our
           Governors
           must
           pass
           for
           an
           instance
           of
           
             factious
             Obedience
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Observance
           of
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Authority
             of
             Convocations
          
           in
           a
           thing
           lawful
           and
           commendable
           ,
           is
           Vncanonical
           .
           Till
           it
           be
           prov'd
           that
           the
           Governours
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           have
           countenanc'd
           a
           thing
           impious
           or
           unlawful
           ,
           or
           have
           recommended
           a
           thing
           for
           which
           they
           had
           no
           just
           Authority
           ,
           this
           
             New
             Translation
          
           cannot
           easily
           be
           rejected
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           they
           justly
           think
           it
           cannot
           be
           inveterately
           oppos'd
           by
           any
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           by
           some
           few
           persons
           who
           may
           
             envy
             the
             production
          
           ,
           
           because
           
             it
             is
             not
             their
             own
          
           ,
           or
           because
           it
           has
           met
           with
           
             such
             good
             Success
          
           ;
           or
           those
           that
           are
           prejudic'd
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           because
           
             William
             R.
          
           is
           on
           the
           Front
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           such
           as
           look
           upon
           the
           
             recommendatory
             Letter
             of
             a
             Diocesan
          
           ,
           as
           only
           a
           meer
           matter
           of
           Form
           ;
           or
           lastly
           those
           who
           are
           such
           zealous
           Admirers
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           object
           against
           any
           thing
           ,
           barely
           for
           its
           being
           New.
           
        
         
           The
           third
           Argument
           for
           the
           reception
           of
           the
           
             New
             Psalms
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             That
             they
             are
             subservient
             to
             the
             advancement
             of
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             .
          
           And
           this
           arises
           from
           the
           genuine
           Excellence
           and
           Composure
           of
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           ,
           which
           by
           many
           degrees
           surpasses
           the
           Old.
           But
           if
           any
           will
           vindicate
           the
           Old
           ,
           and
           think
           them
           preferable
           to
           these
           ,
           their
           Judgment
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           runs
           quite
           counter
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           would
           never
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           encourage
           this
           
             New
             Version
          
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           esteem'd
           it
           far
           Superiour
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Government
           was
           not
           herein
           ,
           if
           any
           one
           imagin
           it
           ,
           mistaken
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           Sense
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           who
           will
           please
           (
           as
           the
           Patrons
           and
           Promoters
           of
           
             this
             Version
          
           have
           done
           )
           impartially
           to
           peruse
           and
           compare
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           could
           easily
           make
           appear
           by
           several
           Instances
           taken
           from
           such
           Old
           
           Psalms
           as
           are
           esteem'd
           the
           most
           unexceptionable
           among
           them
           :
           But
           I
           rather
           choose
           to
           cast
           a
           Veil
           upon
           their
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           since
           they
           formerly
           liv'd
           in
           some
           Repute
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           die
           without
           exposing
           their
           weaknesses
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           in
           the
           Translation
           which
           is
           recommended
           ,
           we
           commonly
           find
           such
           devout
           and
           shining
           Sense
           ,
           as
           makes
           them
           fit
           to
           be
           Sung
           in
           the
           
             Beauty
             of
             Holiness
          
           ;
           such
           heavenly
           Expressions
           ,
           as
           are
           apt
           to
           inflame
           and
           inspire
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           raise
           it
           to
           David's
           seraphick
           pitch
           ;
           and
           with
           such
           a
           mixture
           of
           Majestick
           Gravity
           ,
           as
           fully
           represents
           the
           sacred
           Genius
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Prophet
          
           .
           And
           certainly
           such
           a
           spirit
           of
           Piety
           ,
           and
           admirable
           variety
           of
           pathetick
           Devotion
           runs
           through
           the
           Body
           of
           
             these
             Psalms
          
           ,
           that
           tho'
           they
           were
           not
           hallow'd
           by
           a
           
             solemn
             Dedication
          
           to
           the
           Use
           and
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           yet
           would
           they
           demand
           a
           very
           religious
           veneration
           from
           us
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           abundant
           Matter
           which
           they
           plentifully
           supply
           for
           all
           the
           Exigences
           and
           Occasions
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           or
           a
           Closet
           Devotion
           .
           However
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           of
           Men
           are
           not
           free
           from
           obloquy
           and
           aspersion
           ;
           so
           neither
           are
           the
           best
           performances
           exempt
           from
           Cavils
           and
           Objections
           .
           And
           therefore
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Encouragement
           and
           Applause
           which
           
             this
             Version
          
           has
           met
           with
           
           from
           so
           many
           persons
           eminent
           for
           their
           Learning
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Ingenuity
           ,
           yet
           still
           there
           are
           some
           few
           scruples
           rais'd
           against
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           intend
           in
           the
           next
           place
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           These
           
             New
             Psalms
          
           are
           too
           Poetical
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           am
           certain
           that
           none
           of
           them
           are
           more
           Poetical
           ,
           than
           the
           Original
           or
           have
           bolder
           Expressions
           ,
           or
           more
           lofty
           and
           exalted
           Metaphors
           ,
           or
           more
           lively
           Flights
           of
           Fancy
           than
           those
           of
           David
           ;
           as
           for
           Instance
           ,
        
         
           Psa.
           
             18.
             v.
             10.
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           he
           did
           fly
           upon
           the
           Wings
           of
           the
           Wind.
           
        
         
           
             Ps.
             65.
          
           v.
           14.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           Vallies
           also
           are
           covered
           over
           with
           corn
           ,
           they
           shout
           for
           joy
           ,
           they
           also
           Sing
           .
        
         
           Psa.
           98.
           v.
           8.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             let
             the
             Floods
             clap
             their
             hands
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Greek
           it
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             let
             the
             Sea
             be
             moved
          
           .
        
         
           
             Ps.
             114.
          
           v.
           3.
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           Sea
           saw
           and
           fled
           .
           
             v.
             4.
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           Mountains
           skipped
           like
           Rams
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           Hills
           like
           Lambs
           ;
           
             or
             as
             the
             Septuagint
             Version
             has
             it
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Lambs
           of
           Sheep
           ;
           
             which
             indeed
             comes
             nearer
             the
             Hebraism
          
           the
           Children
           of
           Sheep
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Objection
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           common
           People
           do
           not
           understand
           them
           .
           But
           certainly
           they
           are
           as
           intelligible
           as
           the
           
           obsolete
           and
           improper
           expressions
           of
           Sternhold
           and
           Hopkins
           .
           And
           if
           some
           Parts
           are
           obscure
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           
             Prose
             Translation
          
           so
           too
           ?
           Otherwise
           what
           need
           was
           there
           of
           so
           many
           learned
           Commentators
           to
           explain
           it
           ?
           And
           yet
           ,
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           this
           
             new
             Version
          
           is
           in
           many
           Places
           more
           intelligible
           than
           the
           Prose
           ,
           and
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           good
           Comment
           upon
           it
           .
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
           Ps.
           119.
           ver
           .
           83.
           in
           the
           Prose
           it
           is
           ,
           
             I
             am
             become
             like
             a
             bottle
             the
             Smoke
             .
          
           In
           the
           Version
           ,
           
             
               My
               Skin
               like
               shrivel'd
               Parchment
               shews
               ,
            
             
               which
               long
               in
               Smoke
               is
               set
               .
            
          
        
         
           Because
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Countries
           ,
           before
           the
           Invention
           of
           Glass
           ,
           their
           Bottles
           were
           made
           of
           Skins
           ,
           and
           dried
           in
           the
           Smoke
           .
           Ps.
           12.
           v.
           8.
           
           The
           Prose
           is
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             wicked
             walk
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             when
             the
             vilest
             men
             are
             exalted
             .
          
           Which
           the
           Version
           renders
           much
           more
           intelligible
           in
           explaining
           
             the
             walking
             aside
             of
             the
             wicked
             men
             ,
          
           by
           [
           not
           knowing
           which
           way
           to
           fly
           ]
           and
           
             the
             vilest
             men
          
           ,
           by
           [
           such
           as
           they
           despis'd
           and
           Vex'd
           .
           ]
           
             
               Then
               shall
               the
               Wicked
               be
               perplex'd
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               know
               which
               way
               to
               fly
               ;
            
             
             
               When
               those
               whom
               they
               despis'd
               and
               vex'd
               ,
            
             
               Shall
               be
               advanc'd
               on
               high
               .
            
          
        
         
           Psa.
           108.
           
           V.
           9.
           
           The
           Prose
           runs
           thus
           ,
           Moab
           
             is
             my
             Washpot
             over
          
           Edom
           
             will
             I
             cast
             out
             my
             Shooe.
          
           Upon
           which
           the
           Version
           is
           a
           clear
           Comment
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             
               Moab
               I
               'll
               make
               my
               servile
               Drudge
               ,
            
             
               On
               vanquisht
               Edom
               tread
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           in
           several
           places
           where
           the
           Sense
           in
           the
           Prose
           is
           very
           obscure
           by
           seeming
           broken
           and
           unconnected
           ,
           this
           takes
           care
           to
           render
           it
           more
           plain
           ,
           by
           maintaining
           the
           Connexion
           .
           And
           if
           any
           one
           will
           argue
           either
           that
           the
           
             Old
             Psalms
          
           express
           the
           Difficulties
           more
           clearly
           than
           these
           ,
           or
           that
           in
           the
           main
           they
           come
           nearer
           to
           the
           Original
           ,
           I
           am
           certain
           that
           the
           Original
           must
           then
           abound
           with
           great
           Improprieties
           of
           Speech
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           places
           with
           very
           little
           Sense
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Vulgar
           must
           needs
           decide
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           the
           Affairs
           in
           this
           World
           must
           be
           absolutely
           regulated
           by
           them
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           to
           Vote
           for
           the
           Feet
           that
           they
           should
           dictate
           to
           the
           Head
           ?
           To
           make
           a
           Mans
           self
           a
           Servant
           to
           those
           who
           should
           look
           upon
           him
           to
           be
           their
           Master
           ,
           Is
           not
           
           not
           this
           to
           appoint
           Ignorance
           the
           Judge
           of
           Sciences
           ?
           And
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           unreasonable
           Demands
           of
           Inferiours
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           evade
           those
           just
           Regards
           which
           we
           owe
           to
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           Psalmody
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           celebrated
           with
           that
           Decency
           both
           in
           Words
           and
           Actions
           ,
           which
           so
           solemn
           a
           Part
           of
           Worship
           does
           require
           ,
           is
           in
           it self
           very
           heavenly
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           fed
           with
           that
           Celestial
           Fire
           which
           is
           darted
           from
           above
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           always
           restless
           and
           impatient
           till
           it
           ascends
           thither
           again
           .
           Upon
           this
           Account
           it
           has
           ingratiated
           it self
           so
           much
           with
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           not
           only
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           but
           in
           France
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           French
           King
           jealous
           of
           that
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           which
           it
           fostered
           in
           the
           Hugonots
           ,
           published
           a
           Prohibition
           of
           it
           (
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           )
           with
           very
           severe
           Penalties
           .
           Nay
           ,
           to
           shew
           what
           Influence
           this
           Psalmody
           daily
           had
           upon
           his
           other
           Subjects
           the
           Romanists
           ,
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           countenance
           and
           encourage
           the
           Use
           of
           profane
           Songs
           and
           Ballads
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           countermine
           that
           noble
           and
           heavenly
           Exercise
           .
           And
           therefore
           notwithstanding
           the
           Weakness
           and
           Imperfection
           of
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           ,
           the
           Benefits
           which
           formerly
           rose
           to
           the
           Church
           from
           it
           ,
           have
           been
           ,
           I
           consess
           ,
           considerable
           .
        
         
         
           But
           since
           the
           numerous
           Defects
           of
           it
           are
           now
           grown
           so
           obvious
           that
           they
           are
           discovered
           by
           every
           weak
           Eye
           ,
           and
           disliked
           by
           the
           most
           common
           Judgment
           :
           Since
           the
           most
           ordinary
           Capacity
           can
           discern
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Vulgar
           themselves
           have
           now
           found
           out
           the
           Meanness
           of
           the
           Expressions
           ,
           and
           converted
           them
           into
           Proverbs
           of
           Contempt
           to
           our
           Service
           ,
           methinks
           we
           should
           scarce
           be
           so
           tenacious
           of
           them
           ,
           were
           we
           truly
           tender
           of
           the
           
             Honour
             of
             our
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           consider'd
           with
           what
           singular
           Veneration
           ,
           and
           profound
           Respect
           the
           awful
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           should
           be
           approach'd
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           Reason
           it
           was
           that
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Burnet
           ,
           now
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Salisbury
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Version
          
           ,
           gives
           it
           this
           Character
           in
           his
           History
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
           
             But
             as
             the
             Poetry
             then
             was
             low
             ,
             and
             not
             rais'd
             to
             that
             justness
             to
             which
             it
             is
             now
             brought
             ;
             so
             this
             Work
             ,
             which
             then
             might
             pass
             for
             a
             tolerable
             Composure
             ,
             has
             not
             been
             since
             that
             time
             so
             review'd
             or
             chang'd
             ,
             as
             perhaps
             the
             thing
             requir'd
             :
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             this
             part
             of
          
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           
             by
             the
             meanness
             of
             the
             Verse
             ,
             has
             not
             maintain'd
             its
             due
             Esteem
             .
          
        
         
           From
           whence
           we
           may
           observe
           how
           this
           
             Judicious
             Historian
          
           (
           tho'
           so
           long
           ago
           )
           agree'd
           
           with
           his
           Brethren
           the
           
             Reverend
             Bishops
          
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           of
           a
           
             New
             and
             better
             Version
          
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           rescue
           that
           part
           of
           
             Divine
             Service
          
           from
           that
           contempt
           which
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           this
           
             Learned
             Prelate
          
           it
           then
           lay
           under
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           likewise
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           several
           Ingenious
           Persons
           ,
           who
           are
           well
           dispos'd
           to
           the
           
             Liturgy
             of
             our
             Church
          
           ,
           yet
           frequently
           absent
           themselves
           from
           it
           ,
           in
           Honour
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           rather
           a
           Contempt
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           than
           a
           Respect
           ,
           to
           pay
           their
           Homage
           ,
           directly
           contrary
           to
           what
           his
           Holy
           Word
           prescribes
           ,
           both
           in
           Psalm
           47.
           7.
           
           
             Sing
             ye
             praises
             with
             understanding
          
           .
           And
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           15.
           
           
             I
             will
             Sing
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             Sing
             with
             the
             Vnderstanding
             also
             .
          
           So
           that
           if
           our
           Zeal
           be
           never
           so
           warm
           ,
           and
           our
           Spirits
           be
           never
           so
           active
           in
           Devotion
           ,
           yet
           if
           this
           noble
           part
           the
           Understanding
           be
           wanting
           ,
           the
           sacrifice
           will
           be
           very
           lame
           and
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           unacceptable
           unto
           him
           ,
           who
           requires
           the
           Homage
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Head
           too
           .
        
         
           And
           hence
           likewise
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           several
           sensible
           Persons
           are
           aw'd
           into
           Silence
           at
           the
           singing
           such
           Expressions
           in
           the
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           ,
           as
           would
           directly
           lead
           them
           into
           that
           Error
           which
           Solomon
           warns
           them
           to
           avoid
           in
           the
           
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           would
           cause
           them
           
             to
             give
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             Fools
             .
             Eccles.
          
           5.
           1.
           
           Which
           how
           rashly
           soever
           other
           ignorant
           Persons
           pronounce
           ,
           and
           make
           bold
           with
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           by
           such
           improper
           and
           foolish
           Phrases
           ;
           yet
           they
           infallibly
           incurr
           his
           Displeasure
           by
           it
           ,
           they
           affront
           him
           to
           his
           very
           Face
           ,
           and
           
             consider
             not
             that
             they
             do
             evil
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Wise
           Man
           tells
           them
           in
           the
           same
           Place
           .
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           should
           any
           Minister
           address
           himself
           to
           his
           Congregation
           in
           such
           Language
           as
           may
           be
           met
           with
           in
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           too
           tender
           to
           instance
           in
           ,
           that
           the
           Auditors
           would
           not
           only
           think
           it
           time
           ill
           spent
           to
           hearken
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           likewise
           conclude
           that
           his
           Design
           was
           nothing
           else
           but
           plain
           Abuse
           .
        
         
           And
           is
           it
           fit
           that
           this
           should
           be
           retained
           as
           a
           proper
           Oblation
           to
           the
           Almighty
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ?
           Must
           the
           meanest
           of
           our
           Services
           be
           grateful
           unto
           him
           ,
           who
           requires
           the
           very
           choicest
           from
           us
           ?
           And
           will
           he
           be
           so
           tame
           and
           weak
           ,
           as
           to
           delight
           in
           that
           ,
           which
           any
           Man
           of
           common
           Ingenuity
           would
           contemn
           ?
           But
           offer
           it
           unto
           thy
           Governour
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           he
           will
           accept
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           the
           Prophet
           very
           fitly
           expostulated
           
           upon
           such
           an
           Occasion
           ,
           Mal.
           1.
           8.
           
           
             And
             if
             ye
             offer
             the
             blind
             for
             sacrifice
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             evil
             ?
             and
             if
             ye
             offer
             the
             lame
             and
             sick
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             evil
             ?
             Offer
             it
             now
             to
             thy
             Governour
             ,
             will
             he
             be
             pleased
             with
             thee
             ,
             or
             accept
             thy
             person
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ?
          
           Nothing
           less
           than
           the
           most
           perfect
           Oblations
           that
           we
           have
           to
           offer
           are
           valuable
           in
           the
           Sight
           of
           this
           Universal
           and
           Omnipresent
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           offers
           him
           the
           Affection
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           retains
           the
           bright
           Faculty
           of
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           offers
           him
           the
           blind
           in
           the
           very
           worst
           Sense
           .
        
         
           But
           besides
           the
           many
           
             obvious
             Absurdities
          
           ,
           there
           is
           another
           great
           Error
           in
           Sternhold
           and
           Hopkins
           ,
           which
           no
           Art
           can
           rectifie
           ,
           unless
           by
           a
           wonderful
           Metempsychosis
           a
           new
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           were
           diffus'd
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Composure
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           this
           ;
           the
           very
           
             same
             low
             Stile
             and
             Genius
          
           runs
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Work
           ,
           and
           are
           no
           more
           rais'd
           at
           a
           
             Psalm
             of
             Triumph
             and
             Exultation
          
           ,
           than
           they
           are
           at
           a
           
             Psalm
             of
             Mourning
             and
             Distress
          
           .
           And
           both
           the
           18
           and
           51
           ,
           the
           89
           and
           the
           119
           Psalms
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           vastly
           different
           in
           their
           Majesty
           and
           Humility
           ,
           are
           writ
           in
           the
           very
           same
           poor
           
           and
           lifeless
           Strains
           in
           the
           
             old
             Translation
          
           .
           And
           yet
           these
           Psalms
           in
           the
           Original
           are
           compos'd
           in
           as
           
             various
             a
             Stile
          
           ,
           and
           
             Diversity
             of
             Thought
          
           ,
           as
           the
           lofty
           Expressions
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           ,
           and
           the
           plain
           ones
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Amos.
           And
           therefore
           ,
           to
           dress
           these
           Psalms
           in
           the
           same
           common
           Garb
           of
           Speech
           ,
           is
           altogether
           as
           absurd
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           Painter
           ,
           who
           design'd
           to
           give
           us
           a
           Portraiture
           of
           King
           David
           ,
           to
           represent
           him
           in
           the
           same
           mean
           Appearance
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           seated
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           Israel
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           was
           feeding
           his
           Father's
           Sheep
           .
           This
           would
           be
           as
           absurd
           ,
           as
           to
           confound
           the
           Scepter
           and
           the
           Pastoral
           Crook
           ,
           his
           Shepherd's
           Garments
           and
           his
           Robes
           of
           State.
           Which
           Incongruities
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           none
           of
           the
           least
           ,
           so
           the
           New
           Translators
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           avoid
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           such
           Psalms
           as
           relate
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           those
           they
           have
           attempted
           to
           fill
           with
           Life
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           have
           given
           them
           an
           Air
           of
           Joy
           and
           Triumph
           .
           But
           such
           as
           were
           compos'd
           on
           Occasions
           of
           any
           publick
           or
           private
           Calamities
           ,
           or
           are
           Matter
           of
           plain
           Precept
           ,
           there
           their
           Expressions
           are
           familiar
           and
           decent
           ,
           and
           the
           Lines
           are
           temper'd
           with
           doleful
           Words
           and
           melancholy
           
           Accents
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           noble
           and
           difficult
           Piece
           of
           Work
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           a
           perfect
           Master
           of
           Verse
           can
           conquer
           and
           accomplish
           .
           And
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           none
           can
           ever
           pretend
           to
           a
           just
           Translation
           of
           David's
           Psalms
           .
        
         
           Since
           then
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           Rubrick
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           encourage
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           
             new
             Version
          
           ;
           since
           the
           
             highest
             Powers
          
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           acknowledge
           the
           Usefulness
           of
           it
           in
           Publick
           ,
           and
           the
           
             solemn
             Ingagement
             of
             obeying
             the
             godly
             Admonition
             of
             the
             Diocesan
             ,
          
           loudly
           calls
           for
           a
           Compliance
           herein
           ;
           if
           People
           will
           still
           refuse
           to
           conform
           under
           
             all
             these
             Ingagements
          
           ,
           what
           a
           mighty
           Scandal
           may
           it
           prove
           to
           the
           pious
           and
           ingenious
           Dissenter
           !
           And
           how
           may
           it
           seem
           to
           justifie
           his
           not
           conforming
           with
           us
           !
           who
           being
           well
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           vsefulness
           of
           Psalmody
           ,
           might
           otherwise
           perhaps
           be
           brought
           to
           join
           with
           us
           in
           this
           part
           of
           our
           Devotion
           ,
           if
           he
           found
           that
           perform'd
           as
           our
           
             reasonable
             Service
          
           ,
           and
           
             our selves
             conformable
          
           to
           the
           pious
           Judgment
           of
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           as
           to
           the
           profane
           and
           profligate
           Part
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           expect
           from
           them
           a
           Reformation
           in
           
           their
           Morals
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           us
           so
           loath
           to
           make
           the
           least
           Reformation
           in
           our
           Sence
           ?
           How
           can
           we
           blame
           them
           for
           their
           ill
           Customs
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           us
           so
           tenacious
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           Till
           therefore
           the
           Nature
           of
           our
           Language
           is
           tarnished
           again
           with
           its
           
             ancient
             Barbarities
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Politeness
           of
           the
           Age
           is
           sully'd
           with
           an
           untractable
           Obstinacy
           and
           Perversness
           ;
           till
           Men
           have
           unlearnt
           their
           Sentiments
           of
           good
           Sence
           ,
           and
           lost
           their
           Affections
           for
           fit
           and
           decent
           Expressions
           in
           God's
           Service
           ,
           the
           
             Old
             Translation
          
           ,
           tho'
           formerly
           they
           may
           have
           well
           deserv'd
           ,
           may
           take
           their
           Repose
           ,
           and
           then
           be
           allow'd
           to
           flourish
           again
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
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           .
        
         
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           .
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