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Letter VI . To Mr . Say . Pear Sir , Ap . ii . 1728 . Your letter dated from Feb . io . to March 5 , afforded m e agreeable entertain - rnent , and particularly your notes on the
and Psalm , in which I think , I concurr in sentiment with you in every line , and thank you . The Epiphonema to the 16 . Psalm is also very acceptable : and in my opinion the Psalms ought to be translated in such a manner * for Christian worship , in order to shew the
hidden glories of that divine poesy . I beg leave only to query about the Shcol in Ps . 16 , whether that phrase of net seeing corruption ought to be apply'd 60 David at all , since Peter * Acts % \ 31 . and Paul , Acts 13 . 3 6 , seem to exclude him . And tho' I will not say but your sense of the set ; I , i . e . the ///* , may
answer the Hebrew manner of reduplication of the same thing in other \ Vords , yet as David sometimes speaks of the soul as a thing distinct from the body , why may not the soul be taken so in this place , and Sheol signify Hades , the atate of the dead .
I am glad my little prayer-book is acceptable to you- and your daughter . I perceive you have been also ( among many others ) uneasy to have no easier and plainer catechism for children than that of the Assembly . 1 had a letter from Leicestershire the very same day when I received yours , on the same
subject : and long before this a multitude of requests have I had to set my thoughts at work for this purpose . I have design ed it these many years- 1 have lay'd out some schemes for this purpose ; and I would have 3 or 4 series ' s of catechisms as I have of prayers .
I believe I shall do it ' ere long if God afford health . But dear friend , forgive me if I cannot , come into your scheme of bringing in the creed ; for ' tis in my p inion a most imperfect and immethodicall composition , and deserves no great regard , unless it be to putt it at the end of the catechism , for forms-sake togct&er with the X- df prayer s * nd iq com-
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mandments , as is done in the Assembly ' s catechism . The history of the life and death of Christ is excessive long in so short a system : and the design of the death of Christ ( which is the glory of Christianity , ) is utterly omitted . Besides *
the operations of the spirit are not named . The practicall articles are all excluded . In short , 'tis a very mean composure , and has nothing valuable prefer mi Lie n tings . My ideas of these matters run in another track , which if ever I have the happiness to see you may be matter of free communication between us .
I am sorry I forgot to putt up the coronation ode in my packett . I will count myself in debt , till I have an occasion to send you something more valuable together with it . Two days £ ] I published a little essay on charity schools , my treatise x > f education growing so muca
longer in my hands then I design d . If it were worth while to send such a trifle you shotild have it . In the mean time I take leave , and with all due salutations to yourself and your ' s , I am , Your affectionate brother and serv .
I . WATTS * .
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The Sau Papers . —Original Letters of Dr . Watts ' s . 187
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I , etter V 1 L To . Mr . Say . Dear Bro . I hoped to have heard some word from you e ' re I sent this book , which t think I promised you in my last . It is
no charge to you I presume to receive wfrat I send this way , otherwise 1 fear lest the gift be not worth the carriage . If you think one of these manualls may be useful 1 for your daughter , I sencl it to hen The other is at your disposall . F
would become all to all , and even as a child to children , that by any means I might save some . Farewell dear bro . and continue to love Your Affectionate friend and serv . I . WATTS .
My salutations attend Mts . Say , Lime-street , in London , Feb , 3 d . X 7 * 7-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/11/
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