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the Pfalm^ Cent it to thofe Mailers of Mufick, tc5
play it upon the Harp, the Timbrel, the Pfaltery,
&c. See PfalmZi, %y &c. their Inftrumental
mufick was, i. Shalijhim^ an Inftrument
of three firings, t Sam. i8. 6. 2. An Inftrument
called 5^«M, Hexachordon^ withli^^ftrings^
Pfalm 60. in the Title. 3. In the Title of the
^th. Pfaim, To the chief Mnfitian on Neginoth,
A Pfalm of David ; and of the 6th. Pj'alm* npon
Sheminith, an Inftrument of eight ftrinis. 4. Graihur,
Decachordon, An tnlirument of ten ftringSy
with others too tedious to relate*
It is true ^c/^j^ Ode^ is a general word, and
fignifieth a Singing. that is framed by an humane
Voice, but the other, Pfalmos^ a Pfalm, was to
be ufed with fome mulical Inftrument, and was
fo appointed under the Temple- worlhip, as appears
by the Titles of the Pfalms.
Kow if oar Brethren will not underftand it
according to its prime and proper Signification
IQ the Hebrew^ which is to praife v^ithout linging,
but will force upon us the ufeof Singing
in the pradice thereof, let them avoid thofe
Arguments that are brought for the ufe of
Organs, Lutes, Harps, or Pfalteries, if they
can.
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But when all this comes to be weighed
in the Ballance of the Sanc^tuary, it will be
found too light : For, lef^s Firft confider, That
this was not an Injundtion to the Ghurch, how
they fhould behave themfelves in their Afferablies,
but to fuch of them only that were merry,
and when they were fo only. 2. It was
only to Pfalm, and not to ling Pfalms, unleft
by the ufe of an Old-Teltament-word he will
force