Cir­ca 1680, Shep­ton Mall­et, Som­er­set­shire, Eng­land.

1732, Shep­ton Mall­et, Som­er­set­shire, Eng­land.

Meet­ing house, Shep­ton Mall­et, Som­er­set­shire, Eng­land.

After stu­dy­ing for the min­is­try un­der John Moore of Bridge­wa­ter, Browne be­came pas­tor of an In­de­pen­dent church in Ports­mouth, then, in 1716, of the In­de­pen­dent Cha­pel in Old Jew­ry, Lon­don. His la­ter years were cloud­ed by a peculiar de­lu­sion in which he imag­ined that God had in a grad­u­al man­ner an­ni­hil­at­ed in him the think­ing sub­stance, and ut­ter­ly di­vest­ed him of con­scious­ness. How­ev­er, he was still a pro­di­gious writ­er, pro­duc­ing 20 pub­li­ca­tions, in­clud­ing:

• A Sett of Tunes, cir­ca 1720
• Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, in Three Books, De­signed as a Sup­ple­ment to Dr. Watts, 1720, 1741, 1760

• Hatfield, pp. 102-4
• Julian, pp. 186, 1298
• Nutter, p. 395
• Robinson, p. 36

1. And Now, My Soul, Ano­ther Year
2. Come, Ho­ly Spir­it, Hea­ven­ly Dove
3. Eternal God, Al­mighty Cause
4. Eternal God, of Be­ings First
5. Frequent the Day of God Re­turns
6. Great God, My Joy­ful Thanks to Thee
7. Great God, Thy Peer­less Ex­cel­lence
8. Great Lord of Earth and Seas and Skies
9. Great Rul­er of the Earth and Sky
10. Hail, Hap­py Day, the Day of Ho­ly Rest
11. Hail, Ho­ly Spir­it, Bright, Im­mor­tal Dove
12. I Cannot Shun the Stroke of Death
13. Lord, at Thy Feet We Sin­ners Lie
14. Lord, Thou Art Good; All Na­ture Shows
15. Lord, What a Fee­ble Frame Is Ours
16. O God, on Thee We All De­pend
17. Shine Forth, O Sun of Bound­less Love
18. Yes, Lord, My Joy­ful Thanks to Thee

1. Dorchester
2. Isle of Wight