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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47209	A testimony against gaming, musick, dancing, singing, swearing and peoples calling upon God to damn them. As also against drinking to excess, whoring, lying, and cheating. Commended to the consciences of all people in the sight of God, but more especially to those, who keep publick houses.	Kelsall, John.	1696 (1696)	Wing K246C; ESTC R218590	6,717	1

and the late Increase of these Vices and Enormities and as being sensible that the severe Iudgments of God have usually faln upon Nations and Cities persisting in such Impieties Do therefore require all Persons intrusted with the Offices of Magistracy and Administration of Justice within the said City and Liberties thereof impartially to Execute their several and respective Authorities to suppress and prevent the aforesaid Scandalous Ofences and Impieties by punishing the Offenders therein as the Laws and Statutes of this Realm ha●e provided with Directions thereunto severally ANd Anno Sexto Septimo Guilielmi Textii Regis There is a Penal Act of Parliament made and Entituled In Act for the more effectual suppressing Prophane Cursing and Swearing wherein Pophane Swearing and Cursing are called detestable Sins and therefore ordered to be punis●ed by certain Fines and corporal Punishments LEt all consider Israel of old who when they forgot God who had wrought mighty Deliverances for them how they ran in Feasting Dancing and Idolatry as it is written They sate down to Eat and Drink and rose up to Play and Danced about the Golden Calf which they had set up But it was a dismal Da●e unto them for several Thousands of them were destroyed in one day Exod. 32.6 19 27. 〈◊〉 ●nd every one that Sweareth shall be cut off c. Zach. 5.3 〈◊〉 Swearing and Lying and Killing and Stealing and committing Adultery they break out and Blood toucheth Blood Hoseae 4.2 ●nd if the Righteous scarcely be saved where shall the Ungodly and the sinner appear 1 Pet. 4.18 London Printed by T. Sa●le at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane Shoreditch and are tbe Sold near the Meeting-House in White-Hart-Court in Grace-Church-street 1696. Dr. Ames de Consc lib. 4 c. 23. §. 5. saith Plays which depend meerly or principally of Fortune are of their own nature Vnlawful Prov. 14.13 Even in Laughter the Heart is made sorrowful and the end of that Mirth is heaviness Eccles 7.4 The heart of the Wise is in the house of Mourning but the heart of Fools is in the house of Mirth Isa 24.9 They shall not drink Wine with a S●ng strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it Amos 8.10 And I will turn your Feasts into mourning and all your Songs into Lamentation Job 21.13 They spend their days in Wealth and in a moment go down to the Grave Bellarmine Conc. 6.33.13 c. saith Holydays are in our Agee celebrated in a Diabolical manner like Baccanaels Devils Festivals most Sins then committed most Feast-Songs Bowlings Tavernings Scurrilities Dances with Women as Straw with Fire As a further Testimony against Debauchery he cites Niceph lib. 19. viz. Herodias her Daughters Head danced upon the Ice Ambros de Virg. lib. 3. Jerom. Epist 10.4 Christ hom 56. on Mat. 49. Basil on Drunkenness and Riot Cicero a Heathen Promur●●n● says No Sober Man Danceth and objects it as a Crime to A●onius 6. Who hath W● who hath Sorrow who hath Contentions who hath Wounds withoue cause Who hath redness of Eye they that tarry long at the Wine they that go to seek mixt Wine at the last it biteth like a Serpent and slingeth like an Adder See Prov. 23.27 28 29 30 31 32. See also Deut. 29.18.19.20 Whose Heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God to add Drunkenness unto Thirst the Lord will not spare him but the Anger of the Lord and his Jealousy shall smoke against that Man and the Lord shall blot out his Name from under Heaven Mat. 5.6 But he that shall Blaspheme is in danger of Eternal Damnation