A Preparation to the Psalter . Ihopeithey/hallbe{at leaft)as welcome as my other writingshaue beene. Sfpecially, if it be anypleafure vntoyoufo feeAbufes whipt againe, many of the VtAmcswillgiuejo tuft occafion y that 1 beleeuemy Meditations onthem inVerfe, will therein anfw ere part of your defer es. ^Bm howfoeueryoujhall likeyor diflike it J am refoluedtogoeforwardmth my determination: For, ityeeldes init jelfe a content^ beyond that which your applaufe cangiue me. Tea, I haue vowd it to Qod: and all the ^orldJhallnotbe able to difcourage me, ifHee ypill beepleajedto lend metime* and continu
A Preparation to the Psalter . Ihopeithey/hallbe{at leaft)as welcome as my other writingshaue beene. Sfpecially, if it be anypleafure vntoyoufo feeAbufes whipt againe, many of the VtAmcswillgiuejo tuft occafion y that 1 beleeuemy Meditations onthem inVerfe, will therein anfw ere part of your defer es. ^Bm howfoeueryoujhall likeyor diflike it J am refoluedtogoeforwardmth my determination: For, ityeeldes init jelfe a content^ beyond that which your applaufe cangiue me. Tea, I haue vowd it to Qod: and all the ^orldJhallnotbe able to difcourage me, ifHee ypill beepleajedto lend metime* and continue in my heart that loueyn-to ity which He hath already rvouchjafedto begin in me. Now, ypith what minde 1 haue intended thefe Studies 3what manner of proceeding I haue rofed; yphatmight beeanfweredtofuck particulars as may be obieSiedagainft meinthis undertaking; andfuch like: It follow es, amongother things Jn the frft three Chapters ofthisPreparati-on ; to which lreferreyou^nd commit all to the blefiingofthehojy Spirit. THE GENERALL CONTENTS OF THE WHOLE rB0 0 KE~ Chapter I. The Authors Exordium ? -wherein het fheweth the reafons whereuponbe was mooned fir ft to the ft tidy of the P falter, and Afterward to wrtte thisPreparation: He compLiineth alfo on the ignorance of the common people,,with their abufe and dif-ejieeme of the Pfalmes : andjheweth the benefitand vfeofthis Treatife. Chapter II. I. The friuolousopnmnsof thofc^ whodcnut that the Pfalmes, orany part of holy Scripture y may befafety tranjlated into Verfe, are here an-fweredyandtheoccafienofthat error difeouered* Confutation oftheir many obieUtons who are impatient of any new tranfUttons of thePfalmes ; ferfeare of tnconueniency* 11 \.A Britfe dtgrejpon, touchingthe Septus gint tranjlation, and that in the Chaldean Tongue, called theThargum. IV. Of fuch things as are ebieSied againfi the libertieswhich may bee commendnbly vfed in a tranjlation ; with a defence of thevariety of Meafures, and other thing
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