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Chapter 2
"Youhave,then,limitedyoureffortstosacredsong?"
"Evenso.AsthepsalmsofDavidexceedallotherlanguage,sodoesthepsalmodythathasbeenfittedtothembythedivinesandsagesoftheland,surpassallvainpoetry.Happily,ImaysaythatIutternothingbutthethoughtsandthewishesoftheKingofIsraelhimself;forthoughthetimesmaycallforsomeslightchanges,yetdoesthisversionwhichweuseinthecoloniesofNewEngland,somuchexceedallotherversions,that,byitsrichness,itsexactness,anditsspiritualsimplicity,itapproacheth,asnearasmaybe,tothegreatworkoftheinspiredwriter.Ineverabideinanyplace,sleepingorwaking,withoutanexampleofthisgiftedwork.’Tisthesix-and-twentiethedition,promulgatedatBoston,AnnoDomini1744;andisentitled,ThePsalms,Hymns,andSpiritualSongsoftheOldandNewTestaments;faithfullytranslatedintoEnglishMetre,fortheUse,Edification,andComfortoftheSaints,inPublicandPrivate,especiallyinNewEngland."
Duringthiseulogiumontherareproductionofhisnativepoets,thestrangerhaddrawnthebookfromhispocket,and,fittingapairofiron-rimmedspectaclestohisnose,openedthevolumewithacareandvenerationsuitedtoitssacredpurposes.
