An Apology for the True Christian Divinity / Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers

by Robert Barclay

§. XXVI.

That Singing then that pleaseth him must proceed from that which is PURE in the Heart (even from the Word of Life therein) in and by which, richly dwelling in us, spiritual Songs and Hymns are returned to the Lord, according to that of the Apostle, Col. iii. 16.

Artificial Musick.But as to their artificial Musick, either by Organs, or other Instruments, or Voice, we have neither Example nor Precept for it in the New Testament.