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General Contents.

I. The Preface.

II. A GENERAL Arrangement of Subjects.

III. WATTS's Pfalms and Hymns, arranged

according to their Subjects.

IV. A Lift of Authors of Hymns.

V. The SUPPLEMENTARY COLLECTION.

VI. Alphabetical Index of the Collection.

VII. The Musical Index.

VIII. Alphabetical Index of the Tunes.

IX. List of Authors of the Tunes.

THE

PREFACE..

FROM the very face of this publication it is

manifeftly no part of its defign to fuperfede any of Dr. WATTS's Pfalms and Hymns, now fo much in ufe, and fo generally and justly admired. That excellent man, however, had more humility and piety than would fuffer him to imagine that the gift of edifying the churches by facred poetry was confined to himself; no, he was not, in this refpect, disposed to Lord "it over God's heritage, but to be a helper of "their joy." The Spirit of the Lord is not fo ftraitened as to exclude others from the honour and privilege of promoting the fame de