“Musical instruments in celebrating the praises
of God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting of
lamps, and the restoration of the other shadows of the law. The Papists
therefore, have foolishly borrowed, this, as well as many other things, from
the Jews. Men who are fond of outward pomp may delight in that noise; but the
simplicity which God recommends to us by the apostles is far more pleasing to
him. Paul allows us to bless God in the public assembly of the saints, only in
a known tongue (1 Corinthians 14:16) What shall we then say of chanting, which
fills the ears with nothing but an empty sound?”
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