_Clement_, as I have mentioned already, thought these things fitter for beasts, than for men. And though _Basil_ highly commends, and stifly defends the way of Singing by turns; yet he thought musical Instruments unprofitable and hurtful. He calls them, _the inventions of_ Jubal _of the race of_ Cain. And a little after, he thus expresses himself: “_Laban_ was a lover of the harp, and of music, with which he would have sent away _Jacob_: _If thou hadst told me_, said he, _I would have sent thee away with mirth, and musical instruments, and an Harp_. But the Patriarch avoided that music, as being a thing that would hinder his regarding the works of the Lord, and his considering the works of his hands.” Comment. in Is. _c._ v. _p._ 956, 957. And a little before, he says thus “In such vain arts, as the playing upon the Harp, or Pipe, or dancing, as soon as the action ceases, the work itself vanishes. So that really, according to the Apostle’s expression, _The end of these things is destruction_.” _page_ 955. _Isidore_ of _Pelusium_, who lived since _Basil_, held, music was allowed the _Jews_ by God, in a way of condescension to their childishness: “If God” _says he_, “bore with bloody sacrifices, because of men’s childishness at that time; why should you wonder, he bore with the music of an harp and a psaltery?” Epist. lib. 2. _ep._ 176. Nay, there are some ecclesiastical officers in the Church of _England_, who, for their very profession and employment, would have been kept from the communion of the Church, except they desisted from it. So we are informed by the _Apostolical Constitutions_: “If any come to the mystery of godliness, being a player upon a pipe, a lute, or an harp; let him leave it off, or be rejected.” _Lib._ viii. _c._ 32. From what has been said, it appears, no musical instruments were used in the pure times of the Church. It became Antichristian, before they were received. _Bellarmine_ himself does not deny, they were late brought into the Church. “The second ceremony,” _says he_, “are the Musical Instruments, which began to be used in the service of the Church, in the time of Pope _Vitalian_, about the year 660, as _Platina_ relates out of the _Pontifical_; or, as _Aimonius_ rather thinks, _lib._ iv. _De gestis Francorum_, _c._ 114. after the year 820, in the time or _Lewis_ the Pious.” De Missa, _lib._ ii. _c._ 15. Item, De bon. Oper. _lib._ i. c. 17.