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my SohI^ it muft be meant, Curfe the Lord^
p my Soul! And where he faith, Bkfs the Lord,
^11 ye his Sdnts^ it muifc be intended, he exhorted
them toCiuTe him : Anc^ Uien what fine work
would he make of interprecing Scripture ; but
thefe things are eafily undcrftood by the fcope
of thofe places where the word is ufed.
2. Becaufe Lechem is fometimes put for War
as well asfor Bread, by Mr. Jllens Rule whereever
Bread is intended we mult call it War.
3- Becaufe Ruach is fometimes put for Breath,
doth he think it good Logick to aflert, that
where-ever the Soul of Man is intended thereby,
it is nothing ^\^q but his Breath ? or, beicaufe
it doth fometimss fignlfie the Wind, therefore
when it's put for the Divine Spirit, it's the
Wind only that is intended ? But this is his way
of arguing.
4. Becaufe the word Halal in the firft conjagaiion
fignifies he was mad^ that whereever we
meet with it as ufed in the third conjugation,
which fignifies he ^rmfcd, &c. and find it written,
they praifed, ov Jmig praifes, muft wq from
thence conclude that all^that did fo were mad ?
1 do not think Mr. Jllen will allow of fuch an
Interpretation.
i (hall therefore difmifs this Fa^cy in the
words of Mr. Keach's learned hand, in his Anfwc
r to Mr. Afarlow's Appendix.
As to what Mr. Marlon? faith of the ufe of
the word vuna, hymneo^ to reproach, to accufe,
to complain, &c. I readily allow «— But the
ufe of tjie words to thefe ends doth not at all
prejudice its primary iignificatipn,
which is certainly
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So