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But to be trifled with no longer by him, I
affirm^ That any man that underftands Hebrew^
may aseafily know that the P/"^/^/ were not originally
written in Rhime, as he may know the
difference between our Reading and the Singings
Pfalms. Bat if men will be wilful and foolifli,
and put themfelves and others to trouble, their
Ignorance and Pride tauft be cxpofed to the view
of all, when it comes in competition with God's
Word : And in cafe they ihall any more infift
upon this Subjed, I will make it fo manifeft,that
every Englifh Reader Ihall be capable to under*
ftand it ; and then whether thefe Minifters will
confefs their wilful or ignorant Oppofition a-
gainft the Truth, or not, I cannot help it.
For if ail thefe Gentlemen do underftand Hebrew,
then it is a wilful and premeditated Cheat
If they do not underftand it, then it'sPrefumption
in them to oppofefuchihatdo, and at the fame
rime tell them, they know not a word of the
Original Text.
But now fuppofe all this were true, ( which is
indeed utterly falfe) that they had been written
in Rhime, and that fcled men in the Church of
the Jews had fung them fo, with their Inftruments
of Mufick, what had this been to us under the
Gofpel ? For we are delivered from that Yoke of
Bondage the Jews lay under ,by the Coming of the
Mejfiah: He hath, by his Death, took away the
Firit Covenant, that he might ^ilablifh the Second.
We are now under the New Covenant^^
which is a better than the Old | it hath a better
Mediator, better Laws, better Promifes, and is
( in the whole of it ) a more Spiritual Difpenfation
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npt attended with Outward Pomp and
Glory,