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PLAIN COMMENTARY

ON THE

BOOK OF PSALMS,

(The Prayer-Book Version,)

CHIEFLY FOUNDED ON THE FATHERS.

VOLUME I.,

CONTAINING PSALMS I.-LXXII.

OXFORD AND LONDON:

JOHN HENRY AND JAMES PARKER.

M DCCC LVII.

10131

TO THE FAITHFUL LAITY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,

AND, AMONG THEM, ESPECIALLY TO

HENRY HOARE, ESQ., M.A.,

CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE REVIVAL OF CONVOCATION, &C.,

WHOSE EARNEST PERSEVERANCE IN THE BEHALF OF CHURCH

EFFICIENCY, AND WHOSE READINESS IN ALL CHARITABLE

WORKS, ARE AN EXAMPLE TO ENGLISH CHURCHMEN,

This Plain Commentary on the Psalms

IS INSCRIBED, WITH THE WISH AND THE PRAYER

THAT IT MAY BE FOUND USEFUL.