John Trapp on Psalms 150:4-5

Verſ. 4 Praiſe him with the Timbrel and dance] Or, Pipe. But theſe are antient things (as it is ſaid in another caſe, Juſtin. Ma[illegible: 1 letter]tyr. muſices uſum reprehendit qu. 107. ad Orthodox. Sic Theodoret. lib. de ſacrific. 1 Chron. 4.22.) and now out of date. When the uſe of theſe muſicall inſtruments crept into the Chriſtian Churches (which was not till alate neither) great abuſes crept in with it: the preaching of the word was changed into ſongs & Anthems, little underſtood by thoſe that ſang them, and that grave and ſimple Pſalmodie or ſinging of Pſalms (ſo much uſed of old, and by this bleſſed Reformation reſtored to the Church) was juſtled out or rather turned in turpiſſimum len[illegible: 1 letter]c[illegible: 2 letters]ium (as one juſtly complaineth) ſuch as Nebuchadnezzar made before his golden image, Dan. 2. When Ariſtotle was asked what he thought of muſick he anſwered, [illegible: 1 span], nec cithar[illegible: 2 letters] [illegible: 1 word]; thinking it an unprofitable Art to men, that was no more delightfull to God. Plato told the Muſicians who preſſed into his company, that Philoſophers could do well enough without them. There is (no doubt) a lawfull uſe of muſick, and great power it hath to move mens minds one way or another, 2 King. 3.15. 1 Sam. 16.23. But in Gods publick-worſhip it is dangerous to do any thing without his ſpeciall warrant, though we intend never ſo well in ſo doing as wee ſee in Ʋzza. Temple-muſick was part of the Jewiſh pedagogie, of the leviticall-worſhip; and therefore cannot bee retained without injury to Chriſt.

Verſ. [illegible: 2 letters] Piſon. 5 Praiſe him upon the loud Cymbals] Theſe were, ſaith Cicero, inſtrumenta are[illegible: 1 letter], [illegible: 1 span] in matris [illegible: 1 word] ſacris uſurpata: bells, ſome render it. The Apoſtle ſpeaketh of a tinkling Cymbal; And a grave Divine complaineth, that God cannot pleaſe ſome hearers, D. S[illegible: 1 letter]ough. [illegible: 2 letters] 2 Tim. [illegible: 1 letter]1.13. [illegible: 1 span] unleſs hee ſpeak tinkling and tickling words.