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Excerpt from The Divine and Moral Songs of Isaac Watts: An Essay Thereon and a Tentative List of Editions
It was not long after the Divine Song: rode into popularity on wave after wave of editions that itching fingers began to busy themselves with alterations and modifications of these simple and sincere verses. As early as 1720 one Cobbin, a reverend doctor, conceived the idea that the work would be more useful with Scripture references appended to each song. 80 he forthwith lum bered up the little volume with voluminous foot notes of references and comments, but thanks be.
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