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2.13_o 1_o tim._n 4.2_o jam._n 3_o 17â—_n and_o that_o excellent_a passage_n of_o of_o 23._o tertullian_n to_o our_o purpose_n recite_v in_o the_o margin_n but_o such_o and_o no_o other_o be_v the_o very_a action_n of_o stageplay_n as_o the_o precedent_a author_n together_o with_o the_o three_o blast_n of_o retreat_n of_o from_o stageplay_n and_o theater_n p._n 110._o to_o 117._o expreâ—ly_n testify_v therefore_o they_o must_v questionless_a be_v execrable_a and_o unlawful_a unto_o christian_n even_o in_o this_o respect_n scaena_fw-la secunda_fw-la second_o as_o the_o hypocrisy_n even_o so_o the_o lasciviousness_n of_o act_v stageplay_n do_v draw_v a_o inexpiable_a guilt_n upon_o they_o as_o this_o seventeen_o argument_n will_v demonstrate_v 17._o that_o who_o very_a action_n be_v 296._o obscene_a lascivious_a amorous_a and_o unchaste_a must_v needs_o be_v hateful_a and_o unlawful_a unto_o christian_n but_o such_o be_v the_o very_a action_n of_o stageplay_n therefore_o they_o must_v 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his_o forementioned_a story_n plato_n relate_v 80â—_n that_o comical_a and_o tragical_a poem_n and_o poet_n effeminate_a man_n mind_n corrupt_a theiâ—_n judgement_n provoke_v laughter_n treat_v of_o lecherous_a thing_n noâ—â—â—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d wâ—ter_n man_n sinful_a lust_n which_o shall_v be_v dry_v up_o give_v tâ—em_n a_o command_a power_n over_o man_n when_o as_o they_o shall_v be_v subject_a to_o they_o and_o for_o these_o and_o such_o like_a reason_n he_o eâ—cluâ—â—s_v 〈◊〉_d poâ—ts_n and_o stageplay_n out_o of_o his_o commonwealth_a as_o inchavate_v and_o bewitch_a mischief_n that_o foâ—ent_n and_o stir_v uâ—_n those_o corruption_n which_o every_o man_n shall_v labour_v to_o the_o utmost_a to_o avoid_v cornelius_n tacitus_n rank_n theater_n and_o stâ—weâ—_n together_o assure_v we_o from_o his_o own_o experience_n 2._o that_o all_o kind_n of_o wâ—ckednesses_n and_o infamy_n do_v issue_n from_o they_o in_o a_o apparent_a manâ—â—r_n and_o that_o no_o â—ilth_n do_v yield_v more_o plenty_n of_o lust_n to_o corrupt_a manner_n then_o play_v 3_o therefore_o divers_a of_o the_o senator_n and_o people_n exclaim_v against_o pompey_n for_o build_v gallery_n about_o the_o stage_n wherein_o the_o people_n may_v sit_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o day_n behold_v stageplay_n which_o do_v by_o little_a and_o lâ—â—tle_o corrupt_v yea_o utter_o abolish_v and_o subvert_v their_o country_n manner_n induce_v thâ—m_n to_o exercise_v dishonest_a love_n and_o draw_v they_o on_o to_o commit_v that_o lewdness_n in_o the_o night_n which_o they_o lustful_o behâ—ld_v and_o desire_v in_o the_o day_n time_n this_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o stageplay_n then_o which_o make_v this_o author_n to_o condemn_v they_o and_o many_o grave_a senator_n to_o declaim_v against_o they_o ibidem_fw-la seneca_n the_o philosopher_n inform_v we_o 7._o that_o in_o stageplay_n vice_n dâ—e_v game_n a_o more_o easy_a passage_n into_o our_o heart_n 32._o and_o that_o those_o man_n â—nd_v woman_n whâ—_n harden_v their_o forehead_n by_o frequent_v stageplay_n do_v whole_o neglect_v philosophy_n and_o pass_v over_o to_o the_o stew_n or_o brâ—thel_a hâ—â—se_n at_o last_o a_o thing_n he_o much_o lament_n as_o be_v the_o common_a practice_n of_o his_o age_n wherefore_o he_o 7._o advise_v lucilius_n to_o avoid_v all_o play_n together_o wâ—â—h_v the_o ill_a company_n that_o frequent_v they_o who_o be_v able_a to_o corrupt_v even_o socrates_n cato_n and_o laelius_n themselves_o much_o more_o than_o those_o oâ—_n mean_a virtue_n who_o be_v never_o able_a to_o withstand_v the_o violence_n of_o these_o vice_n which_o be_v accompany_v and_o back_v by_o the_o multitude_n even_o then_o when_o they_o do_v most_o arm_v themselves_o against_o they_o much_o less_o when_o as_o they_o be_v not_o fiâ—ted_v to_o resist_v they_o to_o pass_v by_o the_o 12._o epistle_n of_o marcus_n aurelius_n to_o lamâ—ert_n which_o i_o shall_v quote_v hereafter_o even_o 1._o ovid_n himself_o acknowledge_v that_o stageplay_n be_v meers_o 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where_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n common_o meet_v without_o control_n to_o conclude_v their_o adulterous_a bargain_n and_o make_v up_o their_o unchaste_a meretricious_a match_n 262._o a_o most_o pregnant_a ratification_n of_o our_o present_a assumption_n and_o a_o passage_n worth_a the_o note_n because_o a_o most_o lascivious_a poet_n who_o be_v as_o far_o from_o puritanisme_n or_o over-strict_a preciseness_n as_o he_o be_v from_o christianity_n have_v register_v it_o to_o posterity_n as_o a_o experimental_a truth_n the_o poet_n horace_n 165._o do_v couple_n whore_n and_o stage-haunter_n together_o as_o be_v equal_o adulterous_a and_o unchaste_a moreover_o he_o style_v stageplay_n 195._o base_a play_n 246._o which_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o esteem_v 274._o but_o to_o account_v as_o toy_n 312._o and_o trifle_n which_o yet_o notwithstanding_o bring_v man_n into_o serious_a evil_n and_o 298._o by_o their_o pleasantness_n impel_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o auditor_n to_o whatever_o they_o please_v the_o poet_n juvenal_n tell_v we_o in_o plain_a
with_o much_o murder_n and_o bloodshed_n in_o all_o age_n these_o have_v cause_v the_o husband_n to_o murder_v his_o wife_n the_o wife_n to_o poison_v her_o husband_n one_o whoremaster_n to_o murder_v his_o corrival_n to_o the_o selfsame_o strumpet_n yea_o these_o have_v cause_v unnatural_a mother_n to_o murder_v their_o own_o spurious_a issue_n to_o conceal_v their_o lewdness_n as_o author_n as_o our_o own_o according_o statute_n and_o experience_n teach_v we_o therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v cryingâ—_n because_o they_o be_v bloody_a sin_n fiftenth_o they_o be_v such_o sin_n which_o offer_v a_o high_a indignity_n to_o the_o whole_a trinity_n first_o to_o god_n the_o father_n 20._o not_o only_o in_o take_v those_o body_n that_o be_v he_o which_o be_v make_v for_o himself_o alone_o not_o for_o fornication_n and_o give_v they_o up_o as_o professed_a instrument_n of_o sin_n to_o lust_n to_o lewdness_n to_o satan_n to_o all_o uncleanness_n but_o likewise_o in_o contaminate_v 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foot_n go_v down_o to_o death_n her_o step_n take_v hold_v of_o hell_n her_o house_n be_v the_o way_n to_o hell_n go_v down_o to_o the_o chamber_n of_o death_n none_o that_o go_v into_o her_o return_n again_o neither_o take_v they_o hold_v of_o the_o path_n of_o life_n eighteenthly_a they_o be_v sin_n against_o the_o very_a body_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n against_o the_o body_n of_o man_n as_o the_o apostle_n witness_v chapter_n flee_v fornication_n every_o sin_n that_o a_o man_n do_v be_v without_o the_o body_n but_o he_o that_o commit_v fornication_n sin_v against_o his_o own_o body_n that_o be_v 342._o in_o defile_v it_o in_o dishonour_v it_o in_o impayr_v it_o in_o destroy_v it_o against_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n as_o solomon_n testify_v 1294._o who_o so_o say_v he_o commit_v adultery_n with_o a_o woman_n lack_v understanding_n he_o that_o do_v it_o destroy_v his_o own_o soul_n and_o who_o will_v be_v so_o inhumane_o so_o atheistical_o desperate_a as_o to_o destroy_v both_o soul_n and_o body_n for_o ever_o to_o enjoy_v the_o momentany_a bitter-sweetnesse_n of_o these_o filthy_a sin_n nineteenthly_a they_o be_v sin_n 18._o which_o disable_v man_n to_o perform_v any_o holy_a duty_n acceptable_a to_o god_n sin_n 30._o into_o which_o few_o fall_n but_o such_o as_o be_v abhor_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o give_v up_o to_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n to_o work_v all_o wickedness_n even_o with_o greediness_n sin_n 12._o which_o devour_v to_o destruction_n and_o root_v out_o all_o a_o man_n increase_n sin_n 20.26_o which_o cause_n the_o earth_n to_o rise_v up_o against_o man_n and_o the_o fire_n not_o blow_v to_o devoâ—re_v they_o sin_n 6._o which_o draw_v down_o the_o temporal_a the_o eternal_a wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n geneses_n these_o be_v the_o sin_n that_o destroy_v the_o old_a worldwith_o water_n 7.8_o which_o consume_v the_o city_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n which_o 25.9_o cause_v three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o of_o the_o isralite_n to_o fall_v in_o one_o day_n these_o be_v the_o sin_n d._n that_o cause_v god_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1583._o even_o in_o our_o city_n of_o london_n to_o destroy_v with_o â—ire_n from_o heaven_n two_o citizen_n the_o one_o leave_v his_o wife_n the_o other_o her_o own_o husband_n while_o they_o be_v in_o the_o very_a act_n of_o adultery_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n their_o body_n be_v leave_v dead_a and_o half_o burn_v up_o for_o a_o spectacle_n of_o god_n avenge_a justice_n unto_o other_o these_o be_v the_o sin_n but_o adultery_n and_o incest_n morâ—_n especial_o 5._o which_o god_n himself_o have_v command_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n yea_o with_o ston_a to_o death_n the_o most_o vile_a and_o shamefule_a death_n of_o all_o other_o yea_o these_o be_v such_o sin_n that_o 19_o not_o only_o the_o jew_n in_o ancient_a time_n but_o even_o mere_a pagan_n from_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n do_v punish_v with_o death_n itself_o hence_o 2._o dracâ—_n enact_v that_o the_o adulterer_n take_v in_o adultery_n may_v without_o any_o danger_n to_o the_o party_n be_v lawful_o kill_v 6._o the_o self-same_a law_n be_v enact_v by_o solon_n and_o plato_n hence_o 9_o romulus_n among_o those_o law_n which_o he_o write_v in_o brass_n and_o place_v in_o the_o capitol_n enact_v that_o the_o convict_a adulteress_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n according_a as_o her_o husband_n or_o his_o friend_n shall_v think_v meet_a which_o act_n be_v afterward_o confirm_v by_o the_o julian_n law_n hence_o 42._o among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o kill_v he_o who_o be_v take_v in_o adultery_n with_o his_o wife_n hence_o polit._n the_o corinthian_n use_v to_o drown_v those_o who_o prostitute_v themselves_o to_o the_o lust_n of_o other_o the_o 50._o vestel_n virgin_n among_o the_o roman_n bâ—ing_v convict_v of_o fornication_n be_v bury_v alive_a 79._o in_o ancient_a tiâ—es_n among_o the_o turk_n the_o adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n be_v both_o stone_v to_o death_n and_o 10._o at_o this_o day_n they_o be_v both_o most_o ignominious_o punish_v 10._o the_o arabian_n and_o tenedian_n punish_v adultery_n with_o death_n repute_v it_o a_o far_o great_a crime_n than_o perjury_n or_o sacrilege_n and_o therefore_o worthy_a of_o a_o severe_a punishment_n the_o 7._o aethiopian_o account_v adultery_n treason_n and_o therefore_o they_o make_v it_o capital_a 18._o in_o peru_n whoredom_n be_v punish_v with_o the_o death_n of_o both_o party_n 17._o the_o brasilian_o prosecute_v adultery_n with_o capital_a hatred_n in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o who_o wife_n be_v take_v in_o adultery_n may_v lawful_o kill_v she_o if_o he_o please_v 9_o the_o indian_a bramanes_n may_v lawful_o poison_v their_o unchaste_a wife_n 345._o in_o old_a saxony_n woman_n who_o be_v convict_v of_o adultery_n and_o ravisher_n of_o maid_n be_v first_o hang_v and_o then_o burn_v 2._o in_o sâ—aâ—_n adultery_n be_v death_n the_o father_n of_o the_o malefactor_n or_o the_o next_o kinsman_n be_v the_o executioner_n 4._o in_o palmaria_n adulterous_a priest_n be_v punish_v with_o cruel_a death_n 10._o in_o hispaniola_n unchaste_a priest_n be_v either_o drown_v or_o burn_v 3._o iâ—_n bantam_n mexico_n and_o china_n adultery_n be_v punish_v with_o death_n 10._o the_o tartar_n take_v in_o adultery_n be_v put_v to_o present_a death_n for_o fear_n of_o which_o they_o live_v very_o chaste_a if_o then_o the_o very_a judicial_a law_n of_o moses_n together_o with_o these_o heathen_n and_o pagan_a nation_n have_v deem_v these_o sin_n capital_a 1053._o punish_v adulterer_n and_o adulteress_n with_o death_n as_o be_v the_o public_a enemy_n of_o mankind_n needs_o must_v these_o sin_n be_v execrable_a yea_o dangerous_a unto_o christian_n twentiethly_fw-mi these_o sin_n be_v prejudicial_a both_o to_o the_o church_n and_o state_n in_o
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to_o theater_n who_o seneca_n have_v long_o since_o discypher_v in_o the_o roman_n therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v sinful_a and_o pernicious_a unto_o christian_n intolerable_a in_o any_o commonweal_n the_o major_n very_o must_v be_v grant_v to_o i_o first_o because_o sloth_n and_o idleness_n be_v sin_n against_o the_o 5.13_o express_a command_n of_o god_n second_o because_o 227._o they_o be_v the_o very_a rust_n and_o canker_n of_o man_n midst_n man_n part_n man_n body_n menâ—_n soul_n three_o because_o 213.232_o they_o be_v the_o occasion_n the_o fountain_n of_o most_o other_o sin_n as_o c._n adultery_n whoredom_n drunkenness_n theft_n voluptuousness_n pride_n in_o apparel_n lasciviousness_n vain_a discourse_n and_o a_o world_n of_o other_o sin_n which_o will_v never_o be_v commit_v to_o which_o the_o 3._o devil_n can_v not_o tempt_v man_n be_v they_o employ_v in_o their_o lawful_a calling_n four_o because_o the_o 50._o very_a curse_n and_o wrath_n of_o god_n togetherwith_o 10.18_o penury_n vanity_n misery_n and_o destruction_n attend_v these_o sin_n five_o because_o these_o sin_n accord_o be_v most_o dangerous_a most_o pernicious_a prejudicial_a and_o destructive_a to_o a_o state_n of_o all_o other_o both_o because_o they_o indispose_v man_n too_o and_o keep_v they_o off_o from_o their_o honest_a calling_n from_o all_o public_a employment_n and_o service_n for_o the_o public_a good_a because_o they_o occasion_n dearth_n and_o poverty_n rob_v the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o man_n industry_n and_o painful_a labour'_v and_o likewise_o because_o they_o be_v the_o seminary_n nursery_n and_o fuel_n of_o all_o other_o vice_n and_o corruption_n that_o either_o weaken_v trouble_n disorder_n or_o 234.248_o subvert_v a_o republic_n as_o idleness_n and_o luxury_n have_v subvert_v many_o as_o all_o politician_n do_v affirm_v who_o censure_n and_o exclude_v all_o idle_a person_n as_o the_o 167.168_o very_a caterpillar_n drone_n and_o cankerworm_n of_o 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can_v not_o find_v any_o error_n fault_n or_o occasion_n against_o he_o except_o it_o be_v concern_v the_o law_n of_o his_o god_n and_o that_o he_o make_v prayer_n and_o supplication_n before_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n three_o time_n a_o day_n and_o for_o this_o his_o piety_n only_o they_o procure_v he_o to_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o lion_n den_n i_o can_v instance_n in_o 3_o divers_a other_o of_o god_n dear_a saint_n who_o be_v thus_o persecute_v and_o malign_v for_o their_o grace_n before_o our_o saviour_n time_n but_o that_o tertullian_n have_v long_o since_o forestall_v i_o who_o memorable_a passage_n to_o this_o purpose_n i_o wish_v all_o antipuritan_n to_o consider_v 431._o aprimordio_n justitia_fw-la vim_o patitur_fw-la statim_fw-la ut_fw-la â—oli_fw-la deus_fw-la caepit_fw-la invidiam_fw-la religio_fw-la sortiâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la deo_fw-la plaâ—uerat_fw-la occiditur_fw-la et_fw-la quidem_fw-la à _fw-la fratre_fw-la quo_fw-la procliviùs_fw-la impietas_fw-la alieâ—um_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la sectaretur_fw-la à _fw-la svo_fw-la auspicata_fw-la insectata_fw-la est_fw-la denique_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la justorum_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la et_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la david_n exagitatur_fw-la elias_n fugatur_fw-la hieremias_n lapidatur_fw-la esaias_n secatur_fw-la zacharias_n inter_fw-la altar_n et_fw-la â—dem_fw-la trucidatur_fw-la perennes_fw-la cruoris_fw-la svi_fw-la maculas_fw-la silicibus_fw-la adsignans_fw-la ipse_fw-la clausula_fw-la legis_fw-la et_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la nec_fw-la prophet_n sed_fw-la angelus_n dictus_fw-la contumeliosa_fw-la caede_fw-la truncatur_fw-la in_o pvellae_fw-la salticae_fw-la lucre_n et_fw-la utique_fw-la qui_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dei_fw-la agebâ—ntur_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la in_o martyria_fw-la dirigebantur_fw-la etiam_fw-la patiendo_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicaâ—sent_fw-la etc._n etc._n talia_n à _fw-la primordio_fw-la et_fw-la praecepta_fw-la et_fw-la exempla_fw-la debitricem_fw-la martyrij_fw-la fidem_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la if_o we_o look_v upon_o large_a christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n we_o shall_v find_v they_o hate_v persecute_a slander_v revile_v with_o opprobrious_a name_n and_o obloquy_n 10._o be_v make_v as_o the_o very_a filth_n of_o the_o world_n and_o as_o the_o offscouring_n of_o all_o thing_n unto_o this_o day_n yea_o we_o shall_v see_v they_o martyr_v and_o put_v to_o death_n for_o no_o other_o cause_n at_o all_o 9_o but_o only_o for_o their_o grace_n their_o holiness_n their_o transcendent_a goodness_n and_o their_o opposition_n to_o the_o sin_n and_o error_n of_o the_o time_n as_o i_o have_v 3â—_n elsewhere_o ample_o discourse_v if_o we_o behold_v the_o primitive_a christian_n but_o a_o while_n we_o shall_v discover_v no_o other_o cause_n of_o their_o hatred_n and_o persecution_n against_o they_o but_o only_o this_o that_o they_o be_v christian_n that_o they_o be_v better_a than_o they_o be_v before_o and_o more_o holy_a than_o their_o neighbour_n this_o 97._o pliny_n himself_o affirm_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o emperor_n trajan_n affirmabant_fw-la autem_fw-la hanc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la summam_fw-la vel_fw-la culpae_fw-la christianorum_fw-la vel_fw-la erroris_fw-la quod_fw-la essent_fw-la soliti_fw-la stato_fw-la die_fw-la ante_fw-la lucem_fw-la convenire_fw-la carnemque_fw-la christo_fw-la quasi_fw-la deâ—_n dicere_fw-la secum_fw-la inuicem_fw-la seque_fw-la sacramento_fw-la non_fw-la in_o scelus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la obstringere_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la furta_fw-la ne_fw-la latrocinia_fw-la ne_fw-la adulteria_fw-la committerent_fw-la ne_fw-la fidem_fw-la fallerent_fw-la ne_fw-la depositum_fw-la appellati_fw-la dâ—negarent_fw-la aâ—d_v yet_o for_o this_o alone_o be_v they_o persecute_v and_o put_v to_o death_n hence_o be_v it_o that_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n write_v thus_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o christian_n f._n nos_fw-la ergo_fw-la prosequuntur_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la injustos_fw-la depraehenderent_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la humanae_fw-la injuriam_fw-la facere_fw-la existiment_fw-la eâ—_n quod_fw-la simus_fw-la christiani_n et_fw-la ipsos_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la sic_fw-la vitam_fw-la instituimus_fw-la et_fw-la alios_fw-la adâ—ortamur_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la degant_fw-la similem_fw-la hence_o be_v that_o excellent_a discourse_n of_o tertullian_n to_o the_o like_a purpose_n 3._o ecce_fw-la autem_fw-la et_fw-la odio_fw-la habemur_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la nominis_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la scelus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la nomen_fw-la et_fw-la solius_fw-la nominis_fw-la crimen_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la ideo_fw-la bone_fw-la caius_n et_fw-la prudens_fw-la lucius_n quia_fw-la christianus_n ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la nomine_fw-la christiani_n i_o may_v now_o say_v puritani_n emendatur_fw-la offendit_fw-la oditur_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la innocuis_fw-la nomen_fw-la innocuum_fw-la nomen_fw-la detinetur_fw-la nomen_fw-la expugnatur_fw-la et_fw-la ignotam_fw-la sectam_fw-la ignotum_fw-la et_fw-la auctorem_fw-la vox_fw-la sola_fw-la praedamnat_fw-la quia_fw-la nominatur_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la convincitur_fw-la which_o i_o may_v as_o just_o apply_v to_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n as_o ever_o he_o do_v unto_o christian_n who_o be_v persecute_v and_o hate_v only_o for_o their_o grace_n their_o surpass_a goodness_n under_o the_o vizard_n of_o these_o odious_a name_n â—05_n by_o such_o who_o will_v rather_o slander_v than_o imitate_v their_o holiness_n hence_o gregory_n nazianzen_n also_o thus_o complain_v of_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o pious_a christian_n of_o his_o age_n 412._o spectaculum_fw-la vovum_fw-la facti_fw-la sumus_fw-la non_fw-la angelis_n et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sed_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fermè_fw-la improbis_fw-la et_fw-la flagitiosis_n et_fw-la quovis_fw-la tempore_fw-la et_fw-la loco_fw-la in_fw-la foro_fw-la in_o compoâ—ationibuâ—_n in_o voluptatibus_fw-la in_fw-la luctibus_fw-la ià m_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la scenam_fw-la usque_fw-la prodijmus_fw-la quod_fw-la propemodum_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la refero_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la perditissimis_fw-la obscaenissimisque_fw-la ridemur_fw-la nec_fw-la ullum_fw-la tam_fw-la jucundum_fw-la est_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la quam_fw-la christianus_n comicis_fw-la cavillis_fw-la suggillatus_fw-la and_o be_v it_o not_o as_o true_a of_o accord_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n now_o as_o it_o be_v then_o of_o christian_n hence_o also_o be_v the_o complaint_n of_o holy_a st._n augustine_n 751._o insultatur_fw-la homini_fw-la quia_fw-la christianus_n est_fw-la insultatur_fw-la etiam_fw-la homini_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la multos_fw-la christianos_n melius_fw-la vivit_fw-la et_fw-la timens_fw-la aspera_fw-la verba_fw-la insultatorum_fw-la incidit_fw-la in_o laqueos_fw-la diaboli_fw-la 2._o tibi_fw-la pro_fw-la convicio_fw-la objicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la christianus_n es_fw-la cur_n autem_fw-la modo_fw-la objicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la christianus_n est_fw-la tam_fw-la pauci_fw-la non_fw-la christiani_n remansâ—runt_fw-la ut_fw-la ijs_fw-la magis_fw-la objiciatur_fw-la quia_fw-la christiani_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la audeant_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la objicere_fw-la quia_fw-la christiani_n sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la fratres_fw-la mei_fw-la incipe_fw-la quicunque_fw-la i_o audis_fw-la vivere_fw-la avomodo_fw-la christianus_n et_fw-la vide_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la objiciatur_fw-la et_fw-la à _fw-la christianis_fw-la sed_fw-la nomine_fw-la non_fw-la vita_fw-la non_fw-la moribus_fw-la nemo_fw-la sentit_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la expertus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o be_v not_o this_o the_o case_n of_o puritansâ—_n among_o titular_a christian_n now_o survey_v we_o all_o the_o other_o according_o father_n and_o ecclesiastical_a historian_n we_o shall_v find_v they_o very_o copious_a in_o this_o theme_n that_o the_o best_a christian_n