N01895:72
The accomplished singer. Instructions how the piety of singing with a true devotion, may…
The accomplished singer. Instructions how the piety of singing with a true devotion, may be obtained and expressed; the glorious God after an uncommon manner glorified in it, and his people edified. : Intended for the assistance of all that would sing Psalms with grace in their hearts; but more particularly to accompany the laudable endeavours of those who are learning to sing by rule, and seeking to preserve a regular singing in the assemblies of the faithful. : [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed by B. Green for S. Gerrish, 1721
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But the Tunes used in the French Psalmody, and from Them in the Dutch also, were set by a famous Martyr of JESUS CHRIST; And when Sternhold and Hopkins illuminated England, with their Version of the Psalms, the Tunes have been set by such as a Good Protestant may be willing to hold Communion withal. The Tunes commonly used in our Churches, are Few; 'Twere well if there were more. But they are also Grave, and such as well become the Oracles of GOD, and such as do Steer clear of the Two Shelves, which Austin was afraid of; when he did, In cantu Sacro strictuare, inter Periculum Voluptatis, et Experimentum Salubritatis; in danger of too much Delicacy on the one side, and Asperity on the other.
But the Tunes used in the French Psalmody, and from Them in the Dutch also, were set by a famous Martyr of JESUS CHRIST; And when Sternhold and Hopkins illuminated England, with their Version of the Psalms, the Tunes have been set by such as a Good Protestant may be willing to hold Communion withal. The Tunes commonly used in our Churches, are Few; T'were well if there were more. But they are also Grave, and such as well become the Oracles of GOD, and such as do Steer clear of the Two Shelves, which Austin was afraid of; when he did, In cantu Sacro strictuare, inter Periculum Voluptatis, et Experimentum Salubritatis; in danger of too much Delicacy on the one side, and Asperity on the other.
THE Music of the Ancient Hebrews, an Adjustment whereto seems to be all the Measure of their Poetry, (after all the Attempts of Gomarus, and other Learned Men otherwise to Measure it,) being utterly Lost; and as Aben. Ezra observes, of the Musical Instruments in the Hundred and Fiftieth Psalm, wholly It recoverable; we have no way Left us now, but with Tunes composed by the Chief Musicians for us, to do as well as we can.
THE Musick of the Ancient Hebrews, an Adjustment whereto seems to be all the Measure of their Poetry, (after all the Attempts of Gomarus, and other Learned Men otherwise to Measure it,) being utterly Lost; and as Aben. Exra observes, of the Musical Instruments in the Hundred and Fifteth Psalm, wholly It recoverable; we have no way Left us now, but with Tunes composed by the Chief Musicians for us, to do as well as we can.