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A53658	Church-pageantry display'd, or, Organ-worship, arraign'd and condemn'd, as inconsistent with the revelation and worship of the Gospel, the sentiments of the ancient fathers, the Church of England, and several eminent divines, both Protestants and Papists. By Eugenius Junior - in answer to a letter about organs.	Owen, James, 1654-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing O706A; ESTC R25513	24,345	29

they 're all great Lovers of Organs and have many very good ones with skilful Organists who entertain the Congregation with Musick during half an Hour either before or after Service Nay 3. It seems in Dr. Rivet's Time only Vocal Musick was us'd in our English Service and saith he * Si in Anglia vel alibi iis utuntur id aliis fit horis quam iis quae praeipuo Divino cultui sunt destinatae A. Rivet Cathol Orthod Qu. 36. p. 564. If Organs were us'd 't was not in the Hours of Divine Worship but at other Times and that to divert and recreate the People and not to edifie ' m. 3. And as to the English Churches there are Three Things I wou'd observe concerning ' m. 1. That the Churches that have Organs are very few compar'd with those that have no Organs at all If they are so eminently useful in Devotion as a mouthing Cathedralist Swears they are there 's no doubt but the Patrons and Rectors of our Rich Parochial Synagogues that are without 'm wou'd soon make their Ecclesiastical Arches eccho with the sound of Melodious and Charming Organists 2. Several eminent Church-men and other Reformed Divines have expresly show'd their dislike of Organs in our Divine Worship We 'll begin with The Learned Dr. Taylor 's Opinion about this sort of Ecclesiastical Musick He delivers himself to this Purpose The Vse of Singing Psalms is very apt for the Edification of Churches but as for Musical Instruments they are more apt to change Religion into Fancies Duct Dubit lib. 3. about the 329. p. and take off some of it's simplicity and are not so fitted for Edification He seems plainly to assert that this sort of Musical Service is really repugnant to spiritual Worship which is particularly injoyn'd in the Gospel And I've heard many Devout Kirk-men complain that instead of elevating their Affections it distracts their Thoughts and diverts the mind from being seriously intent on the Matter Sung But alas Sir you 're mistane in our Organists for they ne'r intended to be Religious among their Pipes Mr. Maxwell a Divine of the true Prelatical and Tory stamp In his Book entituled The Excellency of the Church of England above that of Geneva saith We agree with Reformed Divines that Instrumental Musick is neither a Part of nor a help to Divine or Ecclesiastical Worship Bravely said Maxwell The high-flown Scot is in the right on 't and the Confession is the more considerable because it 's voluntary and not forced by the pressure of a Scotch Boot Cowper * His Works in Folio Printed at London 1621. p. 371. Bishop of Galloway saith That the best Musical Instrument for God's Praise is an upright Heart And in 's Comment on the Revelations saith The Heart is the Harp the Strings of the Heart are the Affections The famous Dr. Lightfoot † His Works Vol. 11. p. 1060. has a very pertinent Passage to the Purpose saith he Christ abolisht the use of the Temple as purely Ceremonious but he perpetuated the Use of the Synagogue such as Reading the Scriptures Preaching Praying and Singing of Psalms and transplanted it into the Christian Church as purely Moral Now observe that Instrumental Musick was part of the Temple-Service and peculiarly so for 't was never us'd in the Jewish Synagogues or in their Parochial Worship And therefore we 've no more warrant to recall it into the Christian Church than we have to introduce Lamps Dances Frankincense Silver Trumpets or the like Peter Martyr ‖ Pet. Mart. in Judg. c. 5. who dyed about Year 1562 speaking about this sort of Church Musick saith It cannot be lawfully retain'd because the Auditors are so taken with it that they cannot apprehend and perceive the Words if they wou'd And therefore I think it 's almost as good for a Man to pay his Religious Devoirs to Heaven at B in the midst of Rosemary-Lane S where nothing is heard but the confus'd Rumblings of sonorous and clat'ring Tongues Or for ought I know his Advantage may be as great if he spends two or three Hours at a Quakers Dumb and Silent Conventicle The Truth on 't is Sir I Love Musick dearly well in it's proper Time and Place and Scruple not to divert my Self now and then by a pair of Domestical Organs but really I had almost as good hear the Mysterious Humms of a Parcel of Leaden-Hall Quakers as the loud inarticulate confus'd Noise of Ecclesiastical Pipes The one is as intelligible and edifying as t'other But I must not attend my demure Enthusiastical Quaker too long lest my Cloaths be sing'd for he smells strong of Italian Smoak which makes me presume there are some Roman Cinders in his Chimney To proceed Wendeline † Syst Theol. Edit Post p. 1643. saith of the same Musick That the Devil by a Canorous Musick tempts the Ears of Christians that it may emasculate and weaken their spiritual Vigor by a sweeter sound So that you may conclude hence when th' Organist Plays on 's Pipes there 's an invisible Dancer Zanchy on Eph. 5.19 saith read St. Jerom on this Place What he Writes against this Theatrical Gaudy sort of Musick by which Men are drawn to be more attent to the Melody of the Sound than the Words Calvin saith that the Jewish Altars and Frankincense are every whit as lawful as Musical Instruments in God's Worship But I 'll not insist upon a Geneva Cut when triangl'd Instances are so much in Fashion Zuinglius the first Reformer of the Helvetian Church is very warm against this sort of Worship * Zuinglii Act. Disp 2. p. 106. It 's evident saith he that Ecclesiastical Chanting is a most foolish vain abuse and a most pernicious hindrance to Piety Pezelius † Pez in Sleid. de Quatuor Imperiis who was Professor of Divinity at Bremen in the lower Circle of Saxony in his Notes upon Sleidan calls the Musical Instruments of Pope Vitalian the Thieves of Prayer and the Word Preached Many more might be added but I 'll conclude this Head with the Judgement of the Thirty Two Protestant Commissioners who were in the Reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. appointed by Act of Parliament to examine and purge all Canons Constitutions and Ordinances Provincial and Synodal do declare that they wou'd have all Instrumental Musick as Organs quite taken away out of the Church Reformatio legum Anglicarum de Divinis Officiis Imperf Tract The same Commission was reviv'd in Queen Elizabeth 's Reign but quickly dropt and to the great Prejudice of the Church has slept ever since as the Learned and Reverend Bishop Burnet saith The Persons Deputed to this Purpose were Cranmer Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Ridley Bishop of London Ponet Bishop of Winchester Goodrick Bishop of Ely Coverdale Bishop of Exeter Hooper Bishop of Glocester Knight Bishop of Bath Scory Bishop of Rochester Mr. Taylor of Lincoln Mr. Cox the King's Almoner Parker of Cambridge

Latimer Cook Pet. Martyr Sir John Cheek John a Lasco Mr. Peter Mr. Cecyl Sir Tho. Smith Mr. Taylor of Hadley Dr. May Mr. Traheron Dr. Lyel Mr. Skiner Justice Hales Justice Bromley Goodrick Gosnal Stamford Carel Lucas and Brook Recorder of London These were the Flowers of the English Reformation and Men eminent for Sacred and Polite Literature And I think the Judgment of such a valuable Sett of Men deserves a Particular Regard And therefore wonder with what Confidence some can pretend to have such a mighty Veneration for our first Reformers when yet they so zealously defend and are so eager for retaining what the Old Reformers thought better abolisht and quite remov'd Thus you have th' express Opinion of many great and good Men against your erecting a pair of Devotional Organs in the Christian Church But if you think that you can't attain the Supremacy of Bliss without Converting the Church into an Organical Quire e'en go on and let your well-instructed Organist begin his Anthem of O be joyful while the rest of the Parish are devoutly Praying like ' mselves From all blindness of Heart from Pride Vain-Glory and from all the Deceits of the World the Flesh and the Devil and Contempt of thy Word and Commandment Good Lord deliver us And for once I 'll suppose my self in the AMEN-Officer's Desk and presume to say A m e n But before you begin you 'd do well to take Advice from those that are able to give it and who more fit to Counsel you in this Grand Affair than 3. The Church of England it self whose Judgement comes next to be consider'd and if you 'll not be advis'd by her for my Part I shall give you over as a pack of obstinate Sons of the Church But what saith the Church of England Why to be brief She utterly Condemns the Use of Organs in Divine Worship as unlawful and Thanks God She was rid of 'm in the Infancy of the Reformation as appears by the following Passage out of her Homilies Alas Gossip said a Woman to her Neighbour What shall we do at Church Since all the Saints or Images are tak'n away since all the goodly sights we were wont to have are gone Book of Homilies of the Time and Place of Prayer Part II. p. 131. Lond. Prinsed 1621. since we cannot hear the like Piping Singing Chanting and playing upon the Organs that we cou'd hear before To this the Church very gravely Replies But dearly Beloved we ought greatly to rejoice and give God thanks that our Churches are deliver'd out of all those things which displeased God so sore and filthily defil'd his Holy House Take Notice here 1. That 't was the Opinion of the Church of England in Queen Elizabeth's days that Organs in Churches did greatly displease God And are they more acceptable in God's account now Or are our Ecclesiastical Engineers grown more wise than their famous Ancestors 2. That Organs did filthily defile God's House and therefore she thanks God for the removal of this Organical defilement among other Superstitions But least you shou'd Question the Authenticalness of the good Old Homilies and to look upon the Evidence as weak and impertinent I 'll add 3. That the Thirty Fifth Article of the Church of England confirms the Doctrine of the Homilies as good sound and wholesome Whoever therefore asserts this New or rather Old Romish mode of Worship by Organs directly contradicts the Judgment of the Renowned Church of England And yet these Organical Hot-spurs wou'd be thought her only true Sons tho' at the same time they publickly and cotumaciously Rebel against her Maternal Authority The Church of England in another place saith * Of Ceremonies why some be abolisht and some retain'd in the Preface part of the Common Prayer That some Ceremonies enter'd into the Church by indiscreet Devotion and such a Zeal as was without Knowledge And for because they were winked at in the beginning they grew daily to more and more abuses which not only for their unprofitableness but also because they have much blinded the people and obscur'd the Glory of God are worthy to be cut away and clean rejected Injenuous Confession Monstrum horrendum The Mother and Children so very unlike What pitty is it that so Excellent a Mother shou'd have such a degenerate Brood but corruptio optimi pessima 4. As to the Popish Churches I shall only declare the Sentiments of some of their learned Men touching the concern in debate We 'll begin 1. With Thomas Aquinas † Instrumenta Musica sicut Cytharas non assu●it Ecclesia in Divinas laudes nè videatur judaizare Aquin. Sum. 2a. 2ae Qu. 91. Art 2. Obj. 4 ta who liv'd about the Year 1270 he tells us that Organs were not receiv'd into the Church in his time The Church saith he does not take Musical Instruments into the Divine Praises least it shou'd seem to judaize And it 's observable that Cardinal Cajetan ‖ Notandum tempore Thomae Cajet in eund loc sum Tho. Aquin. upon Aquinas saith Take notice that in the times of St. Thomas the Church made no use of Organs And Gregory de Valentia is of the same Opinion It 's manifest from hence that the Gallican Churches which boast so much of Antiquity had no Organs in their Churches about 500 Years ago 2. Others of the Romish Stamp look upon Organs to be really prejudicial to the Devotion of the Holy Church tho' they may accidentally excite the Mind Cornelius Agrippa who was Counsellor to Charles the V. and a Papist as appears by his Reflections on Luther vehemently † De Vanitate Scient Cap. 6. 17. declaims against Organs as abus'd ad fornicariam pruriginem and filling the Church with such a loud noise that the Worshippers can neither hear nor attend to what is spoken He looks upon Church-Musick to be a Lecherous licentious sort of Devotion and resents it ill that the Holy Mysteries shou'd be chanted out by a Company of wanton Musicians who 're hir'd with a great Summ of Money * Ibid. And Aquinas in th' above quoted Question † Aquin. Sum 2a 2ae Qu. 91. Art 2. Resp 4ta ad 4t Objectionem saith out of Aristotle That those sort of Musical Instruments do rather Create in the Mind a sensual Delectation than Form in the Mind a good Disposition Another Learned Papist who resolv'd not t' approve all he saw and heard in the Romish Synagogue saith in these Words Let a Man be a greater Worldling than Crassus a greater Reviler than Zoilus yet is he accouned a Devout Man because he Sings Service well tho' he understands nothing of it Nor are they Content with this but we have also brought into Churches a Laborious and Theatrical Musick a tumultuous pratling of divers Voices such a one as I think was ne'r heard upon any Stage among the Romans or Graecians All Places roar with Pipes Eras. in 1 Corinth