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Excerpt from Review: First: Hints of the Church's Psalmody, Being an Attempt to Repel the Violence of Such as Would Rob Her of a Precious Right, Second: Strictures on a Book, Entitled, "an Apology for the Book of Psalms, by Gilbert M'master" Watt's Memoirs. 13 There° 19, however, one argument adduced for the contmued orthodoxy of Watts, which meritsa passing remark. He never calléd' m, 01 altered his hymn°s, or doxologies, ° m which the doctrine of the Trinity is recognised. Xthe correspondence between Mr. Martin To mleins, of Stoke Newington, and dr.w on this -'ve1y subject, will unvail this mystery. Mr. Tomkihs, an avowed enemy of the scripture doctrine of the Tiimtyupressed Dr. Watt 5, with the gleet inconsistency between his real sentiments, and those contained in his hymns, I freely ari swer, Said the Dr., I wish some things were cor recte°, d and after° assigning some prudential rea sons for not doing it, adds I might tell you, that of all the books I have° written, that particular copy is not mine. I sold it for a' tri¿e to Mr. Lawrence, and I can scarcely claim a right to make any altera tions in the book which would° injure the sale of° 1t. To establish the orthodoxy of Dr. W. Not a particle of evidence has been adduced, but has been set aside, by the most satisfactory ploof His own wri ting, his undisguised declarations, the testimony and rebuke of Bradbury, the declaration and writings of president Edwards, of Dr. Ely, and the admission of even Mr. Ruffner, all go to prove him at least a Sq bellian, a denier o°f three°distinct persons in God. We ask, is the God of Sabellians the God of Israel? N 0 Was it then honourable in those managers of °the Presbyterian Magazine, to whom its supei intendence belonged, to hold up men whom they were confessing as brethren, and inviting to their communion, as forgers and slanderers, to the odium, of the public' Were they not aware°/that° m a few short months this deed would be unmasked? Was it consistent with fidelity to their God, to their ovim vows, to the immortal interests of their °¿ock, to° °hold up a man as 1171311111111 in his faith of tho °trinity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.