Isaac Watts, D.D.(1674-1748). PSALMS OF DAVID (in the language of the New Testament) & HYMNS

Isaac Watts, D.D.(1674-1748)
1823,Cooperstown, New York H.& E. Phinney

The PSALMS OF DAVID
imitated in the language of the New Testament and applied to the Christian State and Worship
322 pages,

bound together with :

HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS
in three books, 281 pages

Total 603 pages, in original period full calf hard cover

48mo small book

3-3/4 x 2-3/8"

very good condition, interior clean, binding tight (pages bow out),
unmarked except for 2 brief very faint small numerical notations (hymnal referenced ?)lightly penciled, and a small illegible name stamp on front free end-papers, mild discoloration same & back papers;
calf very good for age, gilt worn off spine.

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Isaac Watts, D.D. (1674-1748)
English non-conformist Congregational pastor-scholar

He held religious opinions that were more nondenominational or ecumenical than was common for a nonconformist Congregationalist. He had a greater interest in promoting education and scholarship than preaching for any particular sect

An early leader in returning sacred song to protestant worship, he introduced a new way of rendering the Psalms in verse for church services, proposing that they be adapted for hymns with a specifically Christian perspective.

Besides writing hymns, Isaac Watts was also a theologian and logician.
His work was influential among nonconformist independents and religious revivalists of the 18th and early 19th centuries.