Abstract
Chapter 2 examines the features of Isaac Watts’s hymn-writing that reflect his loyalty to the dissenting tradition, and that make it unmistakably that of a non-Anglican. This is demonstrated in his firm adherence to the Independent church and its members (‘the saints’), in his interpretation of the Bible, and in his exploration of the experience of the believer in pilgrimage. The chapter argues that the tradition of a gathered church, strengthened by former persecution but now celebrating a degree of toleration, is the context in which Watts’s hymns and metrical psalms must be seen. A particular importance is attached to the Lord’s Day, and to the congregation of the saints, who are to rejoice in the freedom to worship granted by the Hanoverian dynasty.
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