Singing of Psalms a Gospel-ordinance, or, A TreatiseSinging of Psalmes a Gospel-ordinance, or, A Treatise

Object. 3. The Meter of the late Translators, though it come nearer to the Original, then the former Metres, yet not so near as the Prose. They frame their words and sentences more to the Meter, then the Prose. Yea they sometimes break the Attributes of God, and for the verse sake put Jah for Jehovah: which is a mangling of the word.

Object. 3. The Meeter of the late Translators, though it come nearer to the Originall, then the former Meeters, yet not so neare as the Prose. They frame their words and sentences more to the Meeter, then the Prose. Yea they sometimes breake the Attributes of God, and for the verse sake put Jah for Jehovah: which is a mangling of the word.

Answ. The meter and verse of the late Translators, cometh as near to the words and sense of the Original▪ as doth the Prose; especially considering they do withal express the holy Art of the Original Hebrew Poetry, which the Prose doth not attend unto. Neither do the Translators break the Attributes of God, when for the verse sake, they put Jah for Jehovah; For both Jah and Jehovah do hold forth one and the same Attribute of God, even his eternal being. The Evangelists and Apostles give us a pattern of greater changes of the Attributes of God, then that; any yet without breaking of the Attributes of God, and much ⟨p. 61⟩more without mangling of the word of God. It is an usual thing with them to translate Jehovah the Lord, Mat. 22.44. with Psal. 110.1. And yet Jehovah holdeth forth his eternal essence, the Lord his Sovereign Dominion. It were sacrilegious Blasphemy to call this changing either the breaking of Gods Attributes, or the mangling of his word. Besides, its very rare when the Translators do make any such change of Jah for Jehovah: and to prevent all stumbling, either of your self, or others at it, I suppose they will help it in the next Edition of the Psalms.