excluded, because God’s internal discipline exceeds all human disciplines, which rejected these kind of instruments.” _Cit._ Hoffm. Lex. voce _Musica_. If any one objects the practice of some foreign churches, I answer with Mr. _Hickman_: “They are laid aside by most of the reformed churches; nor would they be retained among the _Lutherans_, unless they had forsaken their own _Luther_; who, by the confession of Eckard, reckoned _organs among the ensigns of Baal_. That they still continue in some of the _Dutch_ churches, is against the minds of the Pastors. For in the National Synod at _Middleburg_, in the year 1581, and in the Synod of _Holland_ and _Zealand_, in the year 1594, it was resolved, _That they would endeavour to obtain of the magistrate the laying aside of organs, and the singing with them in the churches, even out of the time of worship, either before or after sermons_: so far are those Synods from bearing with them in the worship itself.” _Apol. p._ 139. The Church of _England_ herself had formerly no very good opinion of these musical instruments; as may appear by her Homilies: “Lastly, God’s vengeance hath been, and is daily provoked, because much wicked people pass nothing to resort unto the church; either for that they are so sore blinded, that they understand nothing of God or godliness, and care not with devilish malice to offend their neighbours; or else for that they see the church altogether scoured of such gay gazing sights, as their gross phantasie was greatly delighted with; because they see the false religion abandoned, and the true restored, which seemeth an unsavory thing to their unsavory taste, as may appear by this that a woman said to her neighbour: Alas! gossip, what shall we now do at church, since all the Saints are taken away; since all the goodly sights we were wont to have are gone; since we cannot hear the like piping, singing, Chaunting, and playing upon the organs that we could before? But, dearly beloved, we ought greatly to rejoice and give God thanks, that our churches are delivered out of all those things, which displeased God so sore, and filthily defiled his holy house, and his place of prayer.” Hom. of the place and time of prayer, _part._ 2. p. 131. A great number also of the Clergy in the first convocation of Queen _Elizabeth_ in 1562, earnestly laboured to have organs, and that pompous theatrical way of singing laid aside, and missed the carrying it but by one vote, as I observe elsewhere. And in this Archbishop _Parker_ concurred with them, or at least did not oppose them. I will add one or two testimonies of Papists against this cathedral way of worship. The first shall be _Polydorus Virgilius_.