Remarks upon a late pamphlet entituled, A brief and full account of Mr. Tate's and Mr. Brady's New version of the Psalms by a Divine of the Church of England.
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             Remarks upon a late pamphlet entituled, A brief and full account of Mr. Tate's and Mr. Brady's New version of the Psalms by a Divine of the Church of England.
             A. B.
             Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. New version of the Psalms of David.
             Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.
          
           [2], 25 p.
           
             Printed for William Keblewhite ...,
             London :
             1699.
          
           
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           REMARKS
           Upon
           a
           Late
           PAMPHLET
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           A
           Brief
           and
           Full
           Account
           OF
           Mr.
           Tate's
           and
           Mr.
           
             Brady's
             NEW
             VERSION
          
           OF
           THE
           PSALMS
           .
           
             By
             〈…〉
             Divine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Keblewhite
          
           at
           the
           Swan
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Remarks
           UPON
           THE
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           New
           Version
           OF
           THE
           PSALMS
           .
        
         
           THE
           Vindicator
           of
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           of
           the
           Psalms
           in
           Metre
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Brady
           and
           Mr.
           Tate
           ,
           presuming
           in
           such
           an
           insolent
           manner
           to
           impose
           the
           Use
           of
           it
           upon
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           so
           saucily
           to
           reflect
           on
           those
           who
           will
           not
           comply
           with
           the
           
             proud
             ,
             imposing
             Humour
          
           ,
           and
           pay
           an
           immediate
           voluntary
           Obedience
           to
           it
           ;
           I
           beg
           
           leave
           to
           animadvert
           a
           little
           upon
           some
           Instances
           of
           his
           unaccountable
           Boldness
           ,
           and
           supercilious
           Arrogance
           ,
           in
           these
           following
           Remarks
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           good
           Manners
           ,
           and
           the
           Deference
           which
           we
           owe
           to
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           of
           the
           Psalms
           in
           Metre
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           universally
           receiv'd
           and
           us'd
           throughout
           this
           Kingdom
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           Vindicator's
           own
           Confession
           ,
           has
           administred
           singular
           Instruction
           ,
           and
           Consolation
           ,
           and
           unspeakable
           Benefit
           to
           those
           who
           have
           piously
           and
           devoutly
           us'd
           it
           ,
           to
           cast
           such
           an
           awkard
           and
           disingenuous
           Reflection
           on
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           the
           happy
           Instruments
           of
           celebrating
           the
           Praises
           of
           our
           Creator
           and
           Redeemer
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           of
           bringing
           so
           much
           Glory
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           doing
           so
           much
           good
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           of
           the
           Psalms
           in
           Metre
           was
           compos'd
           by
           its
           Authors
           in
           a
           plain
           and
           humble
           Style
           ,
           sutable
           to
           the
           Age
           they
           liv'd
           in
           ,
           wherein
           there
           are
           some
           obsolete
           and
           uncouth
           Expressions
           ,
           which
           have
           a
           harsh
           and
           jarring
           Sound
           in
           the
           delicate
           and
           musical
           Ears
           of
           the
           ingenious
           ,
           and
           unsutable
           to
           the
           Modes
           of
           Speaking
           in
           this
           refined
           ,
           this
           politer
           Age
           ;
           yet
           't
           is
           very
           undecent
           to
           ridicule
           and
           expose
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           unpardonable
           a
           Rudeness
           ,
           as
           for
           a
           converted
           Jew
           to
           scoff
           at
           
           the
           Stammering
           of
           Moses
           ,
           or
           ridicule
           the
           old
           Service
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           now
           a
           more
           Spiritual
           Worship
           ,
           sutable
           to
           Gospel-times
           ,
           a
           better
           and
           more
           perfect
           Tabernacle
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Example
           ,
           taught
           his
           new
           Proselytes
           to
           pay
           Respect
           and
           Reverence
           to
           Circumcision
           ,
           and
           the
           Rites
           of
           the
           abolish'd
           Law
           ,
           though
           dead
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           nailed
           to
           his
           Cross
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           it
           an
           honourable
           and
           a
           decent
           Burial
           .
           And
           the
           like
           Respect
           is
           due
           to
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           ,
           when
           abolish'd
           by
           Convocation
           ,
           and
           silenc'd
           in
           a
           lawful
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           this
           bold
           Imposer
           to
           attempt
           to
           recommend
           his
           
             new
             Version
          
           by
           railing
           at
           the
           
             old
             one
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           impose
           the
           Reception
           and
           Use
           of
           his
           new
           Composure
           upon
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           ,
           before
           it
           has
           received
           the
           Stamp
           of
           Lawful
           Authority
           ,
           that
           of
           a
           Convocation
           I
           mean
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           the
           proper
           Judges
           in
           Sacred
           Things
           ,
           are
           to
           inspect
           ,
           consider
           
           of
           ,
           and
           recommend
           all
           the
           Branches
           of
           publick
           Worship
           that
           is
           fixed
           and
           settled
           ,
           of
           constant
           and
           perpetual
           Use
           ,
           (
           which
           when
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           and
           Injunction
           ,
           is
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           before
           ,
           to
           be
           impos'd
           and
           generally
           us'd
           with
           a
           
             Nemine
             Contradicente
          
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           
           Clergy
           and
           People
           )
           is
           unaccountable
           Insolence
           ,
           and
           unpardonable
           Presumption
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           the
           Vindicator
           Justice
           ,
           let
           us
           examin
           the
           Validity
           of
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           labours
           to
           promote
           a
           general
           Reception
           of
           his
           new
           Translation
           ,
           and
           evince
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Duty
           both
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           ,
           especially
           the
           former
           ,
           to
           receive
           and
           use
           it
           in
           all
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           Which
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           upon
           a
           strict
           Enquiry
           ,
           and
           close
           Examination
           ,
           will
           appear
           to
           the
           impartial
           Reader
           to
           be
           very
           vain
           and
           tristing
           ,
           illogical
           and
           inconclusive
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           Three
           Arguments
           which
           he
           advances
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           insists
           upon
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           
             viz.
             The
             Agreeableness
             of
             this
             Design
             with
             Reason
             ;
             the
             Conformity
             of
             it
             with
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             Convocation
             ;
             and
             its
             Subserviency
             to
             the
             Advancement
             and
             Increase
             of
             Piety
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             He
             insists
             on
          
           the
           Agreeableness
           of
           this
           Design
           with
           Reason
           .
           And
           both
           this
           ,
           
             he
             tell
             us
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Arguments
           ,
           
             which
             he
             has
             chosen
             to
             insist
             upon
             ,
          
           are
           plainly
           intimated
           in
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           ,
           
             he
             says
          
           ,
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           P.
           13.
           
           His
           Majesty
           having
           allowed
           and
           permitted
           the
           Use
           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
           —
           And
           I
           do
           heartily
           recommend
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           Version
           to
           all
           my
           Brethren
           within
           my
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           here
           the
           Vindicator
           argues
           from
           Two
           Things
           ;
           viz.
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Bishop's
             Recommendation
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           argues
           from
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           make
           tantamount
           to
           an
           Injunction
           ,
           at
           least
           a
           Recommendation
           ;
           whereas
           it
           is
           neither
           the
           one
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Not
           an
           Injunction
           ,
           neither
           expresly
           ,
           nor
           by
           implication
           .
           The
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           in
           this
           Instance
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           same
           Force
           and
           Validity
           with
           an
           Imprimatur
           prefixt
           to
           a
           Book
           or
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           barely
           permits
           the
           Printing
           and
           Publishing
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Licenser
           being
           satisfied
           that
           nothing
           is
           contained
           in
           it
           contrary
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           good
           Manners
           ;
           but
           does
           not
           ingage
           any
           one
           to
           buy
           or
           read
           it
           .
           The
           
             Royal
             Stamp
          
           upon
           the
           Title-page
           of
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           
             Court
             ,
             —
             Published
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             special
             Command
          
           —
           carries
           with
           it
           no
           more
           than
           the
           Force
           of
           a
           Licence
           ,
           though
           of
           a
           Superior
           Nature
           ,
           for
           the
           Printing
           and
           Publishing
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           does
           not
           injoin
           all
           the
           Subjects
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Clergy
          
           and
           People
           ,
           to
           pay
           an
           
           universal
           Respect
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           receive
           and
           use
           it
           as
           they
           do
           the
           Book
           of
           Homilies
           ,
           the
           
             Common
             Prayer
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Bible
           .
           They
           that
           are
           dispos'd
           to
           buy
           ,
           and
           read
           ,
           and
           use
           such
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           that
           is
           honoured
           with
           the
           
             Royal
             Licence
          
           or
           Allowance
           ,
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           if
           not
           they
           may
           refuse
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Disobedience
           in
           the
           Refusal
           .
           And
           so
           much
           ,
           with
           submission
           ,
           I
           think
           is
           intimated
           in
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           prefixt
           to
           the
           new
           New
           Version
           of
           the
           Psalms
           ,
           which
           the
           Vindicator
           recites
           ;
           viz.
           
        
         
           P.
           7.
           —
           
             His
             Majesty
             taking
             the
             same
             into
             his
             Royal
             Consideration
             ,
             is
             pleased
             to
             order
             in
             Council
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             new
             Version
             of
             the
          
           Psalms
           
             in
             English
             Metre
             be
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             is
             hereby
             Allowed
             and
             Permitted
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             in
             all
             Churches
             ,
             Chappels
             ,
             and
             Congregations
             ,
             as
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             receive
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           they
           that
           think
           fit
           to
           receive
           and
           use
           it
           ,
           may
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           do
           not
           ,
           may
           let
           it
           alone
           ,
           and
           consequently
           may
           use
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           if
           they
           please
           :
           Which
           ,
           by
           the
           Vindicator's
           Leave
           ,
           is
           not
           forbid
           to
           be
           used
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           though
           very
           illogically
           he
           concludes
           it
           is
           ,
           p.
           22
           ,
           &
           27.
           of
           his
           Vindication
           .
        
         
           Where
           then
           ,
           
             Good
             Mr.
             Vindicator
          
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Royal
             Injunction
          
           ,
           or
           any
           Thing
           like
           it
           ?
           And
           consequently
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           Disobedience
           upon
           a
           Non-compliance
           ,
           which
           you
           so
           magisterially
           and
           insultingly
           Charge
           the
           Clergy
           and
           
           People
           with
           ,
           who
           refuse
           to
           receive
           and
           use
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           ?
        
         
           And
           indeed
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           ,
           That
           the
           Vindicator
           ,
           and
           his
           Authors
           ,
           (
           who
           perhaps
           are
           the
           same
           )
           should
           expect
           more
           than
           they
           themselves
           desired
           .
           For
           it
           may
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Royal
             Order
          
           and
           Allowance
           ,
           in
           that
           Instance
           of
           Indifferency
           before
           mention'd
           ,
           is
           conform
           to
           the
           Prayer
           of
           the
           Petition
           ;
           P.
           7.
           —
           
             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
             .
          
           And
           perhaps
           the
           Petitioners
           could
           obtain
           no
           more
           ,
           the
           King
           probably
           not
           thinking
           it
           practicable
           to
           make
           his
           
             Order
             absolute
          
           ,
           and
           injoyn
           the
           Reception
           and
           Use
           of
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           ,
           until
           it
           had
           received
           the
           Censure
           and
           Approbation
           of
           a
           Convocation
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Interim
           ,
           the
           Petitioners
           having
           paid
           the
           Secretary's
           Fees
           for
           the
           Order
           ,
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           with
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           was
           to
           take
           its
           Fate
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           rude
           and
           unreasonable
           for
           the
           Vindicator
           ,
           and
           his
           Authors
           ,
           to
           rail
           ,
           and
           strom
           ,
           and
           grow
           angry
           ,
           and
           scatter
           their
           Invectives
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           no
           more
           successful
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           meet
           with
           an
           universal
           Reception
           ,
           and
           consequently
           answer
           the
           Expence
           ,
           perhaps
           of
           a
           
             Lusty
             Sum
          
           ,
           for
           obtaining
           the
           
             Royal
             Instrument
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Impression
           .
        
         
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           Place
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Word
           in
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           that
           amounts
           to
           a
           Recommendation
           ,
           or
           looks
           like
           it
           ;
           
           but
           rather
           the
           contrary
           may
           be
           inferr'd
           from
           the
           Coldness
           and
           Indifferency
           which
           are
           legible
           in
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           .
           And
           yet
           the
           Vindicator
           has
           the
           Confidence
           to
           affirm
           ,
           That
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           has
           not
           only
           the
           Allowance
           ,
           but
           the
           Recommendation
           of
           Authority
           .
           P.
           3.
           
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           though
           the
           King
           neither
           injoyns
           nor
           recommends
           ,
           yet
           perhaps
           the
           Bishops
           do
           ;
           from
           whence
           the
           Vindicator
           would
           infer
           ,
           That
           't
           is
           the
           Duty
           both
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           ,
           to
           pay
           an
           universal
           Compliance
           and
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           next
           Topick
           from
           which
           he
           argues
           ;
           viz.
           The
           
             Bishop's
             Recommendation
          
           .
        
         
           Against
           the
           Validity
           of
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           recited
           by
           the
           Vindicator
           to
           evince
           what
           he
           contends
           for
           ,
           I
           have
           these
           Exceptions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           does
           not
           appear
           that
           either
           the
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Bishop
           ,
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           Name
           subscrib'd
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           to
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           and
           is
           usual
           in
           such
           Cases
           .
           It
           may
           be
           a
           Recommendation
           from
           
             Tom
             Thumb
          
           ,
           or
           
             John
             a
             Styles
          
           ,
           for
           any
           Thing
           that
           appears
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             King's
             Allowance
          
           being
           the
           Foundation
           upon
           which
           the
           Recommendation
           is
           pretended
           to
           be
           built
           ,
           It
           cannot
           be
           suppos'd
           ,
           That
           either
           the
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Bishop
           ,
           would
           be
           guilty
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Prevarication
           ,
           
           as
           to
           misrepresent
           ,
           falsely
           report
           ,
           and
           partially
           and
           imperfectly
           recite
           the
           
             Royall
             Allowance
          
           ,
           on
           which
           they
           found
           their
           Recommendation
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           is
           misrepresent
           ,
           falsely
           reported
           ,
           and
           partially
           and
           imperfectly
           recited
           in
           the
           aforesaid
           Recommensdation
           is
           evident
           .
           The
           Words
           are
           these
           ,
        
         
           P.
           13.
           
           
             His
             Majesty
             having
             allowed
             and
             permitted
             the
             use
             of
             a
             new
             Version
             of
             the
             Psalms
             of
          
           David
           ,
           
             by
             Mr.
          
           Brady
           
             and
             Mr.
          
           Tate
           ,
           
             in
             all
             Churches
             ,
             Chappels
             and
             Congregations
             —
             .
          
        
         
           So
           runs
           the
           Preamble
           of
           the
           Recommendation
           ;
           so
           far
           it
           goes
           and
           no
           farther
           ,
           omitting
           what
           follows
           in
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ,
           viz.
           —
           
             As
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             receive
             the
             same
             .
          
           Which
           is
           a
           Limitation
           and
           Restriction
           ,
           and
           a
           Signification
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           impose
           or
           injoin
           the
           reception
           and
           use
           of
           this
           
             new
             Version
          
           upon
           any
           ,
           but
           intirely
           left
           it
           to
           the
           discretion
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           ,
           whether
           they
           would
           receive
           it
           ,
           and
           use
           it
           or
           no
           ;
           but
           the
           Recommendation
           by
           that
           Misreprentation
           and
           false
           recital
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           looks
           Trickish
           and
           Designing
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           intent
           of
           it
           was
           to
           insinuate
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Royal
             Order
          
           was
           positive
           and
           absolute
           ,
           and
           did
           tantamount
           to
           an
           Injunction
           for
           the
           universal
           Reception
           and
           use
           of
           this
           
             new
             Version
          
           .
        
         
         
           But
           3dly
           ,
           Supposing
           ,
           tho'
           not
           granting
           ,
           that
           this
           Recommendation
           was
           really
           ,
           and
           
             bona
             fide
          
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Subscribed
           by
           one
           or
           more
           of
           them
           ;
           in
           which
           't
           is
           possible
           ,
           That
           through
           haste
           ,
           an
           hurry
           of
           Business
           ,
           or
           the
           pressing
           of
           their
           more
           weighty
           Affairs
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           ,
           and
           prevail'd
           with
           to
           Subscribe
           a
           Paper
           purporting
           a
           Recommendation
           ,
           drawn
           up
           ready
           to
           their
           Hands
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Vindicator
           or
           his
           Authors
           ,
           without
           critically
           examining
           the
           
             Royal
             Allowance
          
           ;
           yet
           the
           King's
           Order
           and
           Allowance
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Postulatum
           ,
           the
           Basis
           ,
           the
           Foundation
           on
           which
           the
           Recommendation
           is
           founded
           ,
           being
           misrepresented
           ,
           and
           falsely
           and
           imperfectly
           recited
           ,
           the
           Recommendation
           is
           invalid
           ,
           and
           signifies
           just
           nothing
           :
           For
           a
           
             false
             Recital
          
           is
           no
           Recital
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           consequently
           all
           the
           
             Arguments
             ,
             Inferences
          
           and
           Conclusions
           ,
           which
           the
           Vindicator
           builds
           upon
           ,
           or
           deduces
           from
           it
           ,
           fall
           to
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           are
           meer
           impertinence
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           his
           First
           general
           Argument
           ;
           which
           is
           drawn
           from
           the
           
             Agreeableness
             of
             this
             Design
             with
             Reason
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           examine
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           any
           better
           Fate
           will
           attend
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           His
           
             Second
             Argument
          
           to
           evince
           what
           he
           contends
           for
           ,
           he
           deduces
           from
           the
           
             Conformity
             of
             it
             to
             the
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             of
             Convocations
             .
             And
             so
             ,
          
           says
           
           he
           ,
           p.
           21.
           
             it
             plainly
             appears
             in
             as
             much
             as
             it
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           the
           new
           Version
           )
           
             is
             allow'd
             of
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             recommended
             by
             the
             Bishops
             .
          
           And
           for
           this
           he
           quotes
           the
           Rubrick
           before
           the
           Sentences
           at
           the
           Offertory
           .
           —
           
             And
             nothing
             shall
             be
             proclaimed
             or
             published
             in
             the
             Church
             during
             the
             time
             of
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Minister
             :
             Nor
             by
             him
             any
             thing
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             in
             the
             Rules
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             or
             injoined
             vy
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             place
             .
          
           Thus
           far
           the
           Rubrick
           .
           Then
           follows
           the
           Vindicator's
           Comment
           ,
           Observations
           ,
           Arguments
           and
           Conclusions
           from
           it
           .
           
             Where
             ,
             by
             the
             way
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             thus
             much
             we
             may
             Observe
             ,
             That
             no
             Clerk
             of
             a
             Parish
             can
             Sing
             in
             the
             Church
             but
             as
             he
             is
             directed
             by
             his
             Minister
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             acts
             as
             his
             Deputy
             .
          
        
         
           Very
           well
           Argued
           Mr.
           Vindicator
           !
           a
           very
           natural
           Inference
           and
           logical
           Conclusion
           from
           the
           Premisses
           !
           —
           
             Nothing
             shall
             be
             proclaimed
             or
             published
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Minister
             .
          
           Ergo
           ,
           
             No
             Parish
             Clerk
             can
             Sing
             in
             the
             Church
             but
             as
             he
             is
             directed
             by
             his
             Minister
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             acts
             as
             his
             Deputy
             .
          
           Whereas
           the
           Inference
           lay
           quite
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           have
           been
           more
           naturally
           Inferr'd
           ,
           and
           logically
           Concluded
           from
           the
           Premisses
           as
           he
           quotes
           and
           applies
           them
           .
           Therefore
           no
           Parish
           Clerk
           can
           Sing
           in
           the
           Church
           at
           all
           ;
           because
           nothing
           is
           to
           be
           proclaim'd
           or
           published
           
           in
           the
           Church
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Divine
           Service
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Minister
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           I
           must
           observe
           Two
           Things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           a
           horrid
           Blunder
           the
           Vindicator
           is
           guilty
           of
           ,
           in
           calling
           the
           
             Parish
             Clerk
             the
             Ministers
             Deputy
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           he
           misapplies
           the
           Rubrick
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Vindicator
           is
           guilty
           of
           a
           horrid
           Blunder
           ,
           in
           calling
           the
           
             Parish
             Clerk
          
           the
           
             Ministers
             Deputy
          
           .
           A
           Deputy
           is
           one
           who
           is
           to
           execute
           the
           Office
           of
           his
           Chief
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           the
           same
           thing
           which
           the
           principal
           Person
           is
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           is
           a
           Deputy
           .
           So
           that
           if
           the
           
             Parish
             Clerk
          
           is
           
             the
             Ministers
             Deputy
          
           ,
           he
           may
           
             read
             Prayers
             ,
             Preach
             ,
             and
             administer
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             Marry
             ,
             and
             Bury
             the
             Dead
          
           ;
           as
           a
           certain
           
             Parish
             Clerk
          
           in
           a
           Country
           Town
           did
           ,
           who
           fancied
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           
             Ministers
             Deputy
          
           ,
           his
           Master
           being
           Sick
           ,
           and
           actually
           read
           the
           Burial
           Service
           from
           time
           to
           time
           at
           the
           Graves
           of
           the
           Deceased
           ;
           until
           he
           was
           severely
           reprimanded
           by
           the
           Bishop
           himself
           ,
           and
           threatned
           to
           be
           turned
           out
           of
           his
           Place
           if
           ever
           he
           presumed
           to
           do
           so
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           the
           Vindicator
           excuse
           himself
           by
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Parish
             Clerk
          
           is
           the
           
             Ministers
             Deputy
          
           only
           in
           Singing
           .
           For
           Singing
           ,
           i.
           e.
           to
           
           Tune
           Psalms
           ,
           and
           lead
           the
           Congregation
           in
           singing
           ,
           is
           not
           ,
           strictly
           speaking
           ,
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           Minister
           .
           The
           
             Parish
             Clerk
          
           is
           to
           Name
           and
           Tune
           the
           Psalm
           ,
           and
           to
           Dictate
           or
           Read
           the
           Verses
           and
           Lines
           of
           it
           .
           He
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Praecentor
           in
           a
           Parochial
           Congregation
           ;
           as
           is
           intimated
           in
           the
           91
           Canon
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           decreed
           amongst
           other
           Qualifications
           of
           a
           
             Parish
             Clerk
          
           ,
           That
           he
           shall
           be
           skill'd
           
             legendi
             &
             cantandi
             scientiâ
          
           ,
           in
           Reading
           and
           Singing
           .
        
         
           But
           2ly
           .
           The
           Vindicator
           is
           guilty
           of
           a
           very
           great
           Mistake
           ,
           in
           misapplying
           the
           Rubrick
           .
           The
           Rubrick
           which
           he
           quotes
           ,
           which
           is
           before
           the
           Sentences
           at
           the
           Offertory
           ,
           does
           not
           concern
           any
           part
           of
           
             Divine
             Service
          
           ,
           or
           
             Singing
             of
             Psalms
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Sermon
           ,
           but
           the
           publishing
           of
           of
           Occcsianal
           Things
           ;
           as
           the
           giving
           Notice
           of
           Holy
           Days
           ,
           the
           Celebration
           of
           the
           Communion
           ,
           publishing
           the
           Banns
           of
           Matrimony
           ,
           Briefs
           ,
           Proclamations
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Citations
           and
           Excommunications
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Rubrick
           ,
           which
           immediately
           follow
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           
             Then
             the
             Curate
             shall
             declare
             unto
             the
             People
             what
             Holy-days
             ,
             or
             Fasting-days
             are
             in
             the
             Week
             following
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             then
             also
             (
             if
             occasion
             be
             )
             shall
             notice
             be
             given
             of
             the
             Communion
             ;
             and
             the
             Banns
             of
             Matrimony
             published
             ,
             and
          
           
           
             Briefs
             ,
             Citations
             and
             Excommunications
             read
             .
          
           It
           follows
           .
           —
           
             And
             nothing
             shall
             be
             proclaimed
             or
             published
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Minister
             :
             Nor
             by
             him
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             in
             the
             Rules
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             or
             enjoined
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             place
             .
          
           Which
           last
           Words
           the
           Vindicator
           quotes
           ,
           omitting
           the
           former
           Words
           of
           this
           Rubrick
           ,
           because
           I
           presume
           they
           made
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           Besides
           the
           natural
           import
           of
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Rubrick
           which
           the
           Vindicator
           quotes
           ,
           sufficiently
           shews
           that
           it
           does
           not
           ,
           cannot
           concern
           any
           part
           of
           the
           solemn
           Worship
           ,
           either
           reading
           Divine
           Service
           or
           singing
           of
           the
           Psalms
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           incongruity
           of
           Speech
           to
           call
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           Proclaiming
           or
           Publishing
           .
           And
           that
           which
           he
           lays
           the
           greatest
           stress
           upon
           ,
           is
           nothing
           to
           his
           purpose
           ,
           viz.
           those
           Words
           of
           the
           Rubrick
           which
           he
           quotes
           .
           —
           
             Nor
             by
             him
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             prescribed
             in
             the
             Rules
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             or
             enjoined
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Ordinary
             of
             the
             place
             .
          
           Which
           does
           plainly
           respect
           what
           is
           Prohibited
           by
           the
           72
           Canon
           ,
           viz.
           That
           no
           
           Minister
           shall
           presume
           to
           appoint
           publick
           or
           
             private
             Fasts
             ,
             Exercises
             ,
             Lectures
             ,
             Prophecies
             ,
             Exorcisms
             ,
          
           &c.
           without
           a
           lawful
           Command
           
           or
           Licence
           from
           his
           Superiors
           .
           And
           't
           is
           obvious
           what
           great
           Mischiefs
           would
           be
           consequent
           〈…〉
           an
           unbounded
           Liberty
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           〈…〉
           ,
           That
           this
           Rubrick
           is
           far
           from
           countenancing
           or
           giving
           any
           strength
           or
           force
           to
           his
           〈…〉
           ,
           to
           prove
           what
           he
           contends
           for
           ,
           drawn
           from
           the
           Conformity
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           Constitution
           .
           And
           this
           Gentleman
           's
           arguing
           from
           〈…〉
           to
           prove
           the
           Practicableness
           and
           necessity
           of
           introducing
           of
           his
           
             new
             Version
          
           into
           Churches
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           all
           the
           Clergy
           especially
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           receive
           and
           use
           it
           ,
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Obedience
           which
           they
           owe
           to
           the
           Governour
           's
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Allowance
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           suppos'd
           Recommendation
           of
           it
           is
           either
           out
           of
           Ignorance
           or
           Design
           :
           If
           the
           former
           ,
           behold
           the
           
             Learned
             Vindicator
          
           .
           If
           the
           latter
           ,
           I
           'll
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Reader
           to
           give
           him
           a
           Name
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Rubrick
           before
           mentioned
           was
           confirmed
           by
           Convocation
           ,
           and
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           does
           it
           therefore
           follow
           .
           That
           Mr.
           Brady's
           and
           Mr.
           
             Tate's
             new
          
           〈…〉
           of
           the
           Psalms
           in
           Metre
           ,
           because
           allowed
           by
           the
           King
           and
           recommended
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           is
           confirmed
           by
           the
           same
           Authority
           ?
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           any
           Man
           of
           Sense
           to
           judge
           and
           determine
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           his
           Foundation
           failing
           ,
           all
           that
           he
           〈…〉
           upon
           it
           must
           totter
           and
           fall
           .
           How
           unjust
           ,
           false
           and
           trisling
           ;
           How
           Illogical
           and
           Inconclusive
           are
           all
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           
           Inferences
           and
           Conclusions
           ,
           which
           he
           builds
           upon
           ,
           or
           deduces
           from
           it
           ;
           And
           how
           bold
           and
           rude
           ,
           and
           unaccountable
           ,
           are
           his
           base
           Reflections
           ,
           which
           without
           any
           Modesty
           or
           Respect
           or
           deference
           to
           their
           Character
           he
           casts
           upon
           the
           
             reverend
             Clergy
          
           of
           this
           fam'd
           Metropolis
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           vast
           Body
           of
           the
           Clergy
           of
           the
           Two
           Provinces
           ;
           who
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           refuse
           to
           receive
           and
           use
           this
           
             new
             Version
          
           ;
           who
           indeed
           are
           very
           much
           oblig'd
           to
           the
           
             modest
             Vindicator
          
           ,
           for
           that
           
             honourable
             Character
          
           which
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           bestow
           upon
           them
           ,
           representing
           them
           as
           
             Stubborn
             ,
             contumatious
             Violators
             of
             the
             Oath
             of
             Canonical
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             their
             solemn
             Ingagement
          
           at
           their
           
             Ordination
             ;
             Opposers
             of
             the
             Authority
             of
             Convocations
             and
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             to
             their
             Rights
             and
             Privileges
             ;
             Despisers
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             disobedient
             to
             Governours
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             Proud
             ,
             Disdainful
             ,
             Self
             conceited
             ,
             Envious
             ,
             Malicious
             ,
          
           what
           not
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           refer
           the
           Reader
           to
           his
           Book
           ,
           and
           only
           beg
           leave
           to
           select
           a
           few
           Passages
           ,
           which
           are
           Instances
           of
           his
           great
           Complement
           and
           Respect
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           are
           non
           Compliers
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           receive
           and
           use
           this
           
             new
             Version
          
           .
           In
           the
           23
           p.
           are
           these
           Words
           ,
        
         
           —
           
             And
             he
             seems
             to
             vacate
             both
             their
             Authorities
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           of
           Convocation
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           
             who
             opposes
             that
             encouragement
             which
             it
             has
             already
             received
             from
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             endeavors
          
           
           
             to
             enervate
             all
             their
             Efficacy
             and
             Strength
             by
             rendring
             them
             useless
             and
             insignificant
             .
          
           And
           a
           little
           after
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Page
           .
           —
           
             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
             Privileges
             of
             a
             Convocation
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           p.
           25.
           
           
             Whoever
             therefore
             it
             is
             that
             opposes
             that
             Authority
             which
             the
             New
             Translation
             has
             obtained
             ,
             seems
             plainly
             to
             deprive
             the
             Convocation
             of
             those
             signal
             Honours
             and
             Immunitus
             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
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           p.
           27
           ,
           28.
           —
           
             Therefore
             if
             any
             one
             reject
             this
             New
             Translation
             of
             the
             Psalms
             ,
             recommended
             to
             him
             by
             his
             Bishop
             ,
             I
             cannot
             see
             how
             he
             will
             avoid
             the
             Censure
             of
             casting
             a
             Scandalous
             Reproach
             upon
             the
             goldly
             Judgment
             of
             his
             Ordinary
             ,
             and
             palpably
             violating
             that
             religious
             Obligation
             which
             he
             solemnly
             entered
             into
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Ordination
             before
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             the
             Priests
             ,
             and
             the
             Congregation
             .
             But
             I
             fancy
             the
             Persons
             will
             be
             but
             few
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             so
             hardy
             against
             their
             own
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             cancel
             all
             the
             veneration
             which
             is
             due
             both
             to
             their
             Diocesan
             and
             themselves
             ,
             if
             they
             hope
             that
             God
             should
             be
             their
             Helper
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           p.
           28
           ,
           29.
           —
           
             It
             cannot
             be
             inveterately
             opposed
             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.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           some
           of
           the
           Instances
           of
           his
           Complement
           and
           Respect
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           at
           whom
           the
           Reflection
           is
           directly
           aim'd
           ,
           though
           obliquely
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           at
           the
           People
           too
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           reconcil'd
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           new
           Psalms
           ,
           as
           I
           hear
           very
           few
           in
           this
           City
           are
           .
           All
           which
           consider'd
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Reader
           to
           judge
           how
           justly
           the
           Vindicator's
           Book
           deserves
           the
           Title
           of
           
             A
             modest
             Vindication
             of
             the
             new
             Version
             of
             the
             Psalms
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Word
           or
           Two
           of
           his
           
             3d
             Argument
          
           and
           I
           have
           done
           .
           And
           this
           is
           drawn
           from
           
             the
             Subserviency
             of
             the
             new
             Psalms
             to
             the
             Advancement
             of
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             .
          
        
         
           But
           how
           does
           it
           appear
           that
           they
           are
           more
           Subservient
           to
           this
           end
           than
           the
           old
           Version
           ?
           What
           ,
           is
           it
           because
           of
           the
           venerable
           Names
           of
           Mr.
           Brady
           and
           Mr.
           Tate
           ,
           the
           
             celebrated
             Authors
          
           of
           the
           
             new
             Performance
          
           ?
           who
           seem
           to
           be
           very
           
             unluckily
             coupled
          
           in
           this
           Enterprize
           ,
           
             a
             Divine
          
           and
           a
           Player
           ,
           a
           
             Christian
             Priest
          
           and
           a
           
             Stage
             Poet
          
           ,
           as
           unequally
           yokt
           as
           the
           Ox
           and
           the
           Ass
           ,
           which
           were
           forbid
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           to
           draw
           together
           in
           the
           same
           Yoke
           .
           But
           perhaps
           none
           
           was
           so
           fit
           for
           the
           Undertaking
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           Reputation
           ,
           especially
           amongst
           
             Pretenders
             to
             Wit
             ,
             as
             a
             Comic-Divine
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Poet
             Laureat
          
           .
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           Mr.
           Sternold
           and
           Mr.
           Hopkins
           (
           the
           Vindicator
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           offended
           that
           I
           give
           them
           the
           usual
           Complement
           of
           Respect
           ,
           though
           he
           denies
           it
           them
           ,
           having
           I
           〈…〉
           no
           M
           under
           his
           Girdle
           )
           perhaps
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           Mr.
           Sterhold
           and
           Mr.
           Hopkins
           ,
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           ,
           were
           Men
           as
           famous
           in
           their
           Generation
           for
           Learning
           and
           Piety
           ,
           as
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           
             new
             Translation
          
           can
           pretend
           to
           be
           .
           And
           if
           I
           am
           not
           mis-inform'd
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           ,
           if
           not
           by
           many
           Degrees
           beyond
           them
           .
        
         
           Let
           their
           Work
           praise
           'em
           in
           the
           Gate
           :
           The
           Thing
           speaks
           it self
           :
           The
           Performance
           discovers
           them
           to
           be
           acted
           by
           a
           
             Divine
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           breaths
           a
           Celestial
           Sweetness
           like
           the
           droppings
           of
           Myrrbe
           ,
           and
           the
           Perfumes
           of
           Alloes
           and
           Cassia
           ,
           the
           fragrant
           Odours
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Garments
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           Bridegroom
           smell
           .
        
         
           Such
           an
           Air
           of
           Piety
           and
           
             Devotion
             ,
             Rapture
          
           and
           
             Extacy
             ,
             Spiritual
             Life
             and
             Vigour
             ,
             holy
             Flames
             and
             heavenly
             Transports
          
           appears
           through
           the
           whole
           Performance
           ,
           (
           making
           allowances
           for
           some
           obsolete
           and
           uncouth
           Expressions
           )
           that
           it
           speaks
           the
           Authors
           to
           be
           no
           contemptible
           Men
           ,
           that
           they
           studied
           not
           only
           the
           Psalmists
           Words
           ,
           but
           his
           Mind
           and
           Practice
           too
           ,
           and
           were
           Transform'd
           into
           a
           sort
           of
           likeness
           to
           the
           Royal
           
           Author
           ,
           and
           were
           perfect
           Masters
           of
           
             Divine
             Musick
          
           .
        
         
           They
           had
           truly
           learnt
           to
           tune
           
             David's
             Harp
          
           with
           agreeable
           Notes
           and
           Accents
           ,
           sutable
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           that
           
             Divine
             Poem
          
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           all
           the
           Instances
           of
           
             humble
             Penitence
          
           and
           
             holy
             Vows
             ,
             godly
             Sorrow
          
           and
           
             transporting
             Joy
             ,
             devout
             Supplications
          
           ,
           and
           
             heavenly
             Praises
          
           and
           Hollelujahs
           .
           They
           bent
           their
           Minds
           to
           the
           Study
           of
           a
           
             Divine
             Poem
          
           ,
           which
           was
           compos'd
           with
           an
           Air
           sutable
           to
           
             Spiritual
             Psalmody
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Divine
             Subject
          
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           polluted
           with
           the
           
             wanton
             Strains
          
           of
           
             prophane
             Poetry
          
           ;
           they
           did
           not
           mingle
           the
           
             unhallowed
             Fires
          
           of
           the
           Stage
           ,
           with
           the
           
             holy
             Sparks
          
           of
           the
           Altar
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           the
           Performance
           favours
           of
           Charity
           to
           the
           Unskilful
           in
           the
           Airs
           of
           the
           
             Original
             Text
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Translation
           In
           Prose
           ,
           which
           is
           sung
           in
           Cathedrals
           with
           sutable
           Notes
           and
           ravishing
           Accents
           ,
           bearing
           some
           Resemblance
           to
           the
           Hallelujahs
           above
           ;
           which
           the
           Vulgar
           may
           stare
           at
           ,
           and
           admire
           ,
           but
           cannot
           join
           ,
           or
           bear
           a
           part
           in
           that
           kind
           of
           Psalmody
           .
           So
           that
           Thousands
           ,
           and
           
             Ten
             thousands
          
           ,
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           had
           been
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Benefit
           ,
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           Solace
           ,
           and
           Comfort
           of
           singing
           the
           Praises
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Psalms
           of
           David
           ,
           the
           
             sweet
             Singer
             of
             Israel
          
           ,
           had
           not
           those
           
             charitable
             Anthors
          
           condescended
           to
           their
           Capacities
           ,
           by
           composing
           a
           
             plain
             and
             familiar
             Metre
          
           .
        
         
         
           So
           that
           't
           will
           be
           a
           hard
           Task
           for
           the
           Vindicator
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           the
           new
           are
           more
           subservient
           to
           the
           
             Advancement
             of
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
          
           than
           the
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           account
           of
           the
           
             genuine
             Excellence
             and
             Composure
             of
             the
             new
             Version
             ,
             which
             ,
          
           he
           says
           ,
           
             by
             many
             Degrees
             surpasses
             the
             old
             .
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           objected
           ,
           The
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           are
           written
           in
           a
           plain
           and
           familiar
           Style
           .
        
         
           So
           much
           the
           better
           ,
           being
           sutable
           to
           Scripture-Language
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           excepting
           some
           Philosophical
           Discourses
           in
           Job
           ,
           and
           the
           Lofty
           Flights
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiab
           ,
           and
           the
           Ænigmatical
           Passages
           in
           Daniel
           and
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           is
           delivered
           in
           a
           plain
           and
           samiliar
           Style
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           delighting
           to
           express
           it self
           in
           plain
           and
           intelligible
           Words
           ,
           condescending
           to
           the
           meanest
           Capacity
           ;
           and
           withal
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           
             holy
             Text
          
           ,
           most
           of
           the
           Psalms
           being
           Prayers
           ,
           which
           are
           wont
           to
           be
           deliver'd
           in
           plain
           and
           familiar
           Terms
           ,
           (
           though
           there
           are
           not
           wanting
           Rhetorical
           Flourishes
           in
           
             Eucharistical
             Psalms
          
           )
           and
           more
           sutable
           to
           the
           Capacities
           of
           
             Parochtal
             Congregations
          
           ,
           where
           plain
           and
           unlearned
           Auditors
           are
           the
           most
           numerous
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           Vindicator's
           Favour
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           sutable
           Strokes
           to
           Psalms
           of
           Triumph
           ;
           some
           
             lofty
             Strains
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             humble
             Notes
          
           ;
           not
           only
           the
           Mournings
           of
           the
           Dove
           ,
           but
           the
           Soarings
           of
           the
           Eagle
           ;
           not
           only
           Shallows
           
           wherein
           a
           
             Lamb
             may
             wade
          
           ,
           but
           Depths
           wherein
           an
           
             Elephant
             may
             swim
          
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           there
           are
           many
           obsolete
           and
           
             uncouth
             Expressions
          
           ,
           which
           offend
           the
           Ears
           of
           the
           Ingenious
           ,
           Who
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           p.
           36.
           
             are
             well-disposed
             to
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             yet
             frequently
             absent
             themselves
             from
             it
             ,
          
           (
           a
           very
           good
           Evidence
           indeed
           of
           their
           Respect
           and
           Affection
           to
           it
           !
           )
           
             and
             that
             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
          
           Psal.
           47.
           7.
           
           
             Sing
             ye
             Praises
             with
             Understanding
             .
             And
          
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           15.
           
           
             I
             will
             sing
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             sing
             with
             the
             Understanding
             also
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           way
           ,
           let
           me
           ask
           the
           Vindicator
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Unlearned
           (
           who
           are
           the
           more
           numerous
           )
           may
           not
           make
           the
           same
           Objection
           against
           hard
           ,
           and
           to
           them
           unintelligible
           ,
           Words
           in
           our
           politer
           Modes
           of
           Speaking
           ,
           that
           the
           Learned
           and
           Ingenious
           do
           against
           those
           obsolete
           and
           
             uncouth
             Expressions
          
           which
           are
           in
           the
           
             old
             Translation
          
           .
        
         
           But
           admit
           it
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           many
           obsolete
           and
           uncouth
           Expressions
           in
           the
           
             old
             Translation
          
           ;
           yet
           there
           are
           Psalms
           enough
           that
           may
           be
           selected
           for
           publick
           and
           private
           Use
           that
           are
           unexceptionable
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           by
           many
           Degrees
           ,
           and
           in
           divers
           Instances
           ,
           preferable
           to
           the
           
             new
             Composure
          
           .
           But
           I
           think
           this
           Objection
           is
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           ,
           silenc'd
           by
           the
           Care
           that
           has
           been
           taken
           in
           the
           late
           Editions
           of
           the
           Psalms
           
           to
           expunge
           those
           obsolete
           and
           uncouth
           Expressions
           ,
           so
           much
           complain'd
           of
           ,
           and
           exchange
           'em
           for
           others
           that
           are
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           modern
           Phraseology
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           Modes
           of
           Speaking
           and
           Writing
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Difference
           between
           repairing
           a
           House
           ,
           and
           pulling
           it
           down
           ;
           between
           amending
           the
           Defects
           ,
           and
           destroying
           the
           Fabrick
           .
           There
           are
           perhaps
           some
           Passages
           in
           the
           
             English
             Translation
          
           of
           the
           Old
           and
           
             New
             Testament
          
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           better
           render'd
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           Must
           we
           destroy
           the
           
             old
             Frame
          
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           
             new
             Bible
          
           ?
        
         
           But
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           had
           never
           the
           Approbation
           of
           a
           Convocation
           .
        
         
           What
           then
           ?
           Though
           perhaps
           it
           never
           past
           the
           Censure
           of
           a
           Convocation
           ,
           or
           had
           a
           
             formal
             Approbation
          
           ,
           yet
           it
           had
           a
           
             virtual
             one
          
           ;
           the
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           being
           received
           and
           us'd
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           
             vulgar
             Auditories
          
           and
           
             Parochial
             Congregations
          
           ,
           but
           in
           
             learned
             Assemblies
          
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Two
             Universities
          
           ,
           the
           Nurseries
           of
           Learning
           ,
           from
           whence
           proceed
           the
           Members
           of
           that
           Learned
           and
           Sacred
           Body
           of
           a
           Convocation
           ;
           the
           Convention
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           at
           the
           Epistopal
           and
           
             Archi-diaconal
             Visitations
          
           ,
           which
           are
           wont
           to
           be
           held
           in
           Parochial
           Churches
           ;
           yea
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Convocation-men
           ,
           at
           their
           Solemn
           Meeting
           ,
           when
           a
           Psalm
           is
           sung
           before
           the
           Sermon
           ;
           which
           speaks
           at
           least
           their
           tacit
           Approbation
           .
           And
           the
           Silence
           of
           Convocations
           ,
           which
           the
           Vindicator
           makes
           an
           Argument
           against
           ,
           I
           think
           an
           Argument
           for
           the
           
           Approbation
           of
           the
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Use
           and
           Continuance
           of
           them
           ;
           in
           regard
           our
           Convocations
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Church-Representative
           ,
           never
           mov'd
           against
           ,
           or
           censur'd
           ,
           and
           condemn'd
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           Time
           and
           Custom
           has
           hallowed
           and
           consecrated
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           ,
           and
           entitle
           'em
           to
           a
           sort
           of
           Prescription
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           should
           the
           Vindicator
           think
           that
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           is
           more
           
             subservient
             to
             the
             Advancement
             of
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
          
           than
           the
           old
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           it
           has
           occasion'd
           such
           Disturbance
           and
           Confusion
           in
           those
           
             few
             Congregations
          
           where
           it
           has
           been
           receiv'd
           and
           us'd
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Church-wardens
           of
           St.
           
             Catherine
             Creed-Church
             ,
             London
          
           ,
           (
           where
           Mr.
           Brady
           himself
           was
           lately
           Minister
           )
           observing
           what
           a
           
             great
             Confusion
          
           the
           singing
           of
           the
           
             new
             Psalms
          
           occasion'd
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           (
           where
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Brady's
           Influence
           they
           were
           receiv'd
           and
           us'd
           )
           made
           an
           Order
           of
           Vestry
           for
           the
           laying
           of
           'em
           aside
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           
             old
             Psalms
          
           should
           be
           us'd
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           the
           
             new
             Version
          
           is
           not
           
             subservient
             to
             the
             Advancement
             of
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           may
           to
           the
           
             Advancement
             of
             Money
             ,
             and
             and
             the
             Getting
             of
             an
             Estate
          
           ;
           which
           perhaps
           the
           Undertakers
           had
           in
           view
           ,
           and
           a
           promising
           Prospect
           of
           upon
           this
           Performance
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           'em
           wait
           with
           Patience
           until
           a
           Convocation
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           silence
           the
           
             old
             Version
          
           ,
           and
           approve
           of
           ,
           recommend
           ,
           and
           enjoin
           
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           
             new
             one
          
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           may
           have
           their
           End.
           And
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           That
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Clergy
           (
           whom
           now
           the
           Vindicator
           is
           so
           angry
           with
           ,
           for
           not
           complying
           wirh
           the
           
             proud
             ,
             imposing
             Humour
          
           )
           will
           pay
           as
           ready
           a
           Compliance
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           
             zealous
             Promoters
          
           and
           Abettors
           of
           the
           
             present
             Undertaking
          
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           let
           the
           Performance
           be
           never
           so
           excellent
           and
           laudable
           ,
           to
           attempt
           to
           impose
           it
           on
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           ,
           in
           such
           Instances
           as
           the
           
             modest
             Vindication
          
           does
           ,
           is
           unaccountable
           Rudeness
           and
           Presumption
           ,
           which
           the
           Vindicator
           ,
           or
           his
           Authors
           ,
           ought
           to
           retract
           ,
           and
           beg
           pardon
           for
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A58499-e120
           
             As
             for
             occasional
             Services
             upon
             extraordinary
             Days
             ,
             whether
             Fasts
             or
             Festivals
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             customary
             for
             the
             King
             to
             appoint
             some
             of
             the
             Bishops
             to
             compose
             them
             .
          
           
             Vide
             72
             Can.
             cui
             Tit.
             Ministri
             publica
             Jejun
             .
             Prophetias
             ,
             &c.
             privato
             usu
             celebrare
             prohibiti
             .