Excerpt from The Psalms of David: With Hymns and Spiritual Songs; Also, the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands; For the Use of the Reformed Dutch Church in North-America
"The Synod, convinced of the propriety of introducing an uniformity of English Psalmody in their Churches, directed that a Psalm Book be formed by a selection from the Versions of Dr. Brady and Mr. Tate, Dr. Watts, and the Book at present in use in the Dutch Church of the City of New-York; with such alterations as may be found necessary; and also that a number of Hymns be bound up in the fame Volume; which, when approved of, the Synod will recommend to be used in all the churches under their care, where Divine Service is performed in the English Language.
The Synod farther directed,. that the Heidelbergh Catechism and the Compendium, the Confession of Faith and the Liturgy of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands, as they are translated in the aforesaid Psalm Book used in the Dutch Church of the City of New-York, be added to the Psalm Book and Hymns."
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