The Wedderburns and Their Work, or the Sacred Poetry of the Scottish Reformation in Its Historical Relation to That of Germany

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Excerpt from The Wedderburns and Their Work, or the Sacred Poetry of the Scottish Reformation in Its Historical Relation to That of Germany: A LectureFrom the quotation given above from the title of the compendious book of godly and spiritual songs, there can be no doubt that considerable additions were made to the original collection in the second or subsequent editions. Perhaps the form of some of the pieces contained in the first edition may have been altered, for while Knox tells us that Psalm as sung by Wishart, began with Have mercy on me now, good Lord, these words are found in the rem/1d stanza Of the para phrase as we have it in the later editions Of the book. And the very title of the (ollcctlun appears to have been partially changed for while in the edition of 1578 it stands Ane compendious buik of godlie Pan/mar and spirituall Sangis, in the edition reprinted by Dalyell, which professed to be newhe corrected andvi preface.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.