(Musical instruments were) rejected and condemned by the whole army of Protestant divines. - Charles Spurgeon, Works vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 223, on the Puritan Hard Drive
Exhorting the people only to rejoice in praising God, he maketh mention of those instruments which by God’s commandment were appointed in the old Law, but under Christ the use thereof is abolished.- Geneva Bible (1599) note on Ps. 150:3, on the Puritan Hard Drive
Musical instruments were among the legal ceremonies which Christ at His coming abolished.- John Calvin, Lecture on Exodus 15:20, on the Puritan Hard Drive
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. - John Calvin, Commentary on Psalm 33
All human inventions which are set up to corrupt the simple purity of the Word of God, and to undo the worship which he demands and approves, are true sacrileges, in which the Christian man cannot participate without blaspheming God, and trampling his honour underfoot. - John Calvin on the Puritan Hard Drive.
