John Trapp on Psalms 83:18
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Psalms83:18
Verſ. 18. That men may know that thou whoſe name alone is Jehovah] The Eſſentiator, Iſa. 44.6. with Act. 17.25. Rev. 1.4.8. The Jews pronounce not this name at all, but uſe Adonai or Elohim for it. The firſt among the Chriſtians that pronounced it was Petrus Galatinus, following the pronunciation of the Syriacks and Greeks. Genebrard will have it pronounced Jahue, and bitterly enveyeth againſt Beza, and others as prophaners of Gods name, who call God Jova, or Jehova, vocabulo novo, ſaith he, barbaro, fictitio, irreligioſo & Jovem Gentilium redolen[illegible: 1 letter]e. It is very likely that of this holy and reverend name of God, the Gentiles called their greateſt God Jove and Jupiter, Aug. de conſe[illegible: 1 letter]ſ. Evang. l. 1. c. 22. that is, Jah-pater. Pauſanias alſo telleth us that the Poets thus ſang unto him, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. And Varro the learnedſt of the Romans thought. Jove to be the God of the Jews. But he and all men ſhould have known, as here, that Jehovah is God alone; and ſo have ſought to the Jews (of whom alone was ſalvation, Joh. 4.22.) for better underſtanding in the things of Gods Kingdome; acknowledging him to be the moſt High above all the earth, and contemning minutulos iſtos deos modo Jovem ſibi propitium haberet, as another heathen ſaid.
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