The Matter and Manner of Praise The

Traces the controversial shift from metrical psalms to hymnody, and also takes into account legal issues and litigation that developed over the introduction of hymns into church life.

Editor's Foreword

vii

(2)

Acknowledgments

ix

(2)

Introduction

xi

1 English Congregational Song, 1530-1760

1

(34)

Metrical Psalmody on the Continent

5

(2)

The First Challenges to Psalmody

7

(6)

The Seventeenth Century

13

(5)

Tate and Brady

18

(5)

Issac Watts

23

(2)

John and Charles Wesley

25

(4)

A Period of Transition

29

(6)

2 The Early Controversies, 1760-1810

35

(40)

Hospitals, Asylums, and Charity Children

37

(3)

The Inadequacy of Metrical Psalms

40

(10)

An Enlivened Worship

50

(5)

Doctrinal Concerns

55

(5)

The Methodist Threat

60

(3)

A Divided Church

63

(2)

A Shift in the Controversy

65

(3)

Summary

68

(7)

3 By What Authority? 1790-1825

75

(38)

Early Legal Challenges

78

(5)

Additional Sources for Opposition

83

(5)

Counterarguments

88

(5)

Cotterill v. Holy and Ward

93

(10)

Episcopal Opposition

103

(7)

Summary

110

(3)

Conclusion

113

(6)

Bibliography

119

(30)

Index

149

(4)

About the Author

153

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The Matter and Manner of Praise The Controversial Evolution of Hymnody in the Church of England, 1760-1820

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