Excerpt from A Second Dissertation on Singing in the Worship of God: Introduced With Two Letters to the Revd. Mr. Gilbert Boyce, in Defence of a Former Dissertation on That Subject I do not know that I ever undertook an) work more unwillingly, than the writing 0. My Digermtion on Singing, not becaufe I arr doubt ul whether the practice can be fairly fupported; but for feveral other reafons. Which need not now be mentioned. Being perfuaded, however, that duty called me to it, Ioppofed my inclination; and put 2 few plain things together, as they, at that time, arofe in my own mind, which, 1 thought, might place the fubjeel: in an caf) and profitable light. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.