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cornea part of the vulgar devotion ^ hence they
have been flyled by fome, Geneva Jigs.
Now this man leaves out the word fmg'in this
Text, altho' he hath added it in the other places
j his words are thefe, Bom ammoefl aliqm ?
pfaiUf^ is ^ny of a good mind? let him plalm.
By all this it's manifeft, the word fiig is not in
tlie
Text.
j^e/?. But it may be asked, What is the meaning
ot the word Pfalm ?
I anfwer, the Hebrew v/ord •^.HJ?, TehiUah,
figrifies praife, or praifiDg, a Pfalm, p/. mafc.
n:7nn, TehUlm^ Pfalms, Praifes : Hence the
Book of Ffalms hath its Name, Se^her TehiU
Im^ the Book of Pfalras or Praifes. And from
the fame Radix with the other comes thac
word Hallelu^ which being joined with a Name
of God, is, n^^nyn, HMlelnjah^ Praife ye the
Lord, ic being compofed of the Imperative
Fiel^ n'7n^ halelii^ Prailb ye, and the proper
name of God nj, jah^ this is the proper and prime
Signification of the word.
if we confider the 6'reei^word 4«'^'^^j ffdlo^
it is properly to touch, whence it is that EuripUcs
faith, that Muliiians do ^ammv x^^Axr^
Ffallein Chordas^ touch the Strings : And hence
with refpeQ to the ufe of \t under the Law
and among the Grecuns alfo, they ufed to exprefs
themfelves thus, Fidi'mts cmo^ to Hu^ or
play on a Lute or Harp ^ fo qui fdt fidihus In*
dere^ he that knew how to -play on fuch an ln*>
iSrument, was called A-^^i^t vel 4ct^.m^ one skillful
therein j ^nd4^,uo'; is properly along playM
upon the Pfaltery or Harp, and therefore
(with their good leave) he thatcompfcd the
the