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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10187	Histrio-mastix The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1633 (1633)	STC 20464A; ESTC S115316	1,193,680	1,258

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and_o stageplay_n 5._o can_n 53._o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la christianos_n ad_fw-la nuptias_fw-la euntes_fw-la vel_fw-la balare_fw-la vel_fw-la saltare_fw-la sed_fw-la castè_fw-fr cae●are_fw-la vel_fw-la prandere_fw-la sicut_fw-la competit_fw-la christianis_fw-la can_n 53._o christian_n go_v to_o wedding_n ought_v neither_o wanton_o to_o sing_v nor_o yet_o to_o dance_v but_o to_o sup_v or_o dine_v sober_o as_o become_v christian_n which_o canon_n extend_v principal_o to_o dance_v be_v ratify_v and_o revive_v by_o 358._o concilium_fw-la ilerdense_n can._n ult_n which_o have_v this_o title_n ut_fw-la in_o christianorum_fw-la nuptijs_fw-la non_fw-la saltetur_fw-la canon_n 54._o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la ministros_fw-la altaris_fw-la vel_fw-la quoslibet_fw-la clericos_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la quae_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nuptijs_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o scenis_fw-la exhibentur_fw-la interest_n sed_fw-la antequam_fw-la thylemici_fw-la ingrediantur_fw-la surgere_fw-la eos_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la convivio_fw-la abire_fw-la can_n 54._o minister_n of_o the_o altar_n or_o any_o other_o clergy_n man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v present_a at_o any_o stageplays_a that_o be_v act_v either_o at_o marriage_n or_o in_o playhouse_n but_o before_o the_o player_n or_o fiddler_n enter_v they_o ought_v to_o arise_v and_o depart_v from_o the_o feast_n which_o latter_a canon_n though_o it_o extend_v only_o to_o clergy_n man_n in_o word_n yet_o the_o equity_n of_o it_o reach_v indifferent_o to_o all_o christian_n as_o the_o former_a canon_n do_v in_o positive_a term_n the_o five_o be_v concilium_fw-la hipponense_n anno_fw-la 393._o wherethere_o be_v divers_a bishop_n in_o which_o there_o be_v 872._o two_o canon_n make_v against_o stageplay_n and_o actor_n to_o wit_n canon_n 13._o &_o 35._o be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o the_o 11._o &_o 35._o canon_n of_o the_o 3._o council_n of_o carthage_n next_o ensue_v to_o which_o i_o shall_v refer_v you_o wherein_o all_o the_o canon_n of_o this_o council_n of_o hippo_n be_v abbreviate_v and_o confirm_v the_o six_o be_v concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n in_o africa_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o 399._o lord_n 397_o or_o 399_o consist_v of_o 44_o bishop_n of_o which_o st._n augustine_n than_o bishop_n of_o hippo_n be_v one_o where_o these_o two_o canon_n be_v compose_v out_o of_o the_o 13._o and_o 35._o canon_n of_o the_o forementioned_a council_n of_o

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et_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la abstineant_fw-la canon_n 88_o qui_fw-la die_fw-la solenni_fw-la praetermisso_fw-la ●olenni_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conventu_fw-la ad_fw-la spectacula_fw-la vadit_fw-la excommunicetur_fw-la can_n 86._o those_o who_o be_v new_o baptize_v or_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o costly_a feast_n and_o stage-play_n can_n 88_o he_o who_o upon_o any_o solemn_a feast-day_n omit_v the_o solemn_a assembly_n of_o the_o church_n resort_v to_o stageplays_a let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_v stageplay_n then_o in_o this_o counsel_n judgement_n be_v no_o meet_a pastime_n for_o any_o solemn_a christian_a festival_n the_o eight_o be_v concilium_fw-la africanum_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 408_o to_o which_o 238_o 588._o bishop_n subscribe_v their_o name_n st._n augustine_n be_v one_o of_o that_o great_a number_n where_o i_o find_v these_o several_a canon_n to_o our_o purpose_n 507._o can_n 12._o ut_fw-la scenicis_fw-la atque_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la conversis_fw-la vel_fw-la ●eversis_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la personis_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la non-negetur_a canon_n 27._o ●llud_fw-la etiam_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la divina_fw-la convivia_fw-la multis_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la exercentur_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la errore_fw-la gentili_fw-la attracta_fw-la sunt_fw-la vetari_fw-la talia_fw-la jubeant_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la possessionibus_fw-la imposita_fw-la paena_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o natalibus_fw-la beatissimorum_fw-la martyrum_fw-la per_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la civitates_fw-la et_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la locis_fw-la sacris_fw-la talia_fw-la committere_fw-la non_fw-la reformident_fw-la quibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la pudoris_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la saltationes_fw-la sceleratissimas_fw-la per_fw-la vicos_fw-la atque_fw-la plateas_fw-la exercent_fw-la ut_fw-la matronalis_fw-la honour_n et_fw-la in●●merabilium_fw-la faeminatum_fw-la pudor_fw-la devotè_fw-la venientium_fw-la ad_fw-la sacratissimum_fw-la diem_fw-la injurijs_fw-la lascivie●tibus_fw-la appetatur_fw-la ut_fw-la etiàm_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sanctae_fw-la religionis_fw-la penè_fw-la fugiatur_fw-la accessus_fw-la canon_n 28._o necnon_fw-la et_fw-la illud_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la spectacula_fw-la theatrorum_fw-la caeterorumque_fw-la ludorum_fw-la die_v dominico_n vel_fw-la pastime_n caeteris_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la diebus_fw-la celeberrimis_fw-la amoveantur_fw-la maximè_fw-la quia_fw-la sancti_fw-la paschae_fw-la octavarum_fw-la die_fw-la nota._n populi_fw-la ad_fw-la circum_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la et_fw-la debere_fw-la transferri_fw-la devotionis_fw-la eorum_fw-la dies_fw-la si_fw-la quandò_fw-la occurrent_a nec_fw-la oportere_fw-la etiam_fw-la quenquam_fw-la christianorum_fw-la cogi_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la maximè_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o his_o exercendis_fw-la qvae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la nulla_fw-la persecutionis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la à_fw-la quoquam_fw-la adhibenda_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la uti_fw-la oportet_fw-la homo_fw-la in_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntate_fw-la subsistat_fw-la sibi_fw-la concessa_fw-la cooperatorum_fw-la enim_fw-la maximè_fw-la periculum_fw-la considerandum_fw-la est_fw-la qvi_fw-fr contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la magno_fw-la terror_fw-la coguntur_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la convenire_fw-la can_n 12._o that_o reconciliatiation_n shall_v not_o be_v deny_v to_o stage-player_n and_o common_a actor_n and_o such_o like_a person_n in_o case_n they_o repent_v and_o abandon_v their_o former_a profession_n can_n 27._o that_o also_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v that_o those_o feast_n which_o be_v use_v in_o many_o place_n contrary_a to_o god_n precept_n which_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o error_n of_o the_o gentile_n 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non_fw-la expedit_fw-la secularibus_fw-la et_fw-la turpibus_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la interest_n jocis_fw-la venationes_fw-la quoque_fw-la ferarum_fw-la vel_fw-la avium_fw-la minime_fw-la sectentur_fw-la can_n 7._o the_o minister_n of_o god_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o allurement_n whatsoever_o belong_v either_o to_o the_o ear_n or_o eye_n from_o whence_o the_o vigour_n of_o the_o mind_n may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v effeminate_a which_o may_v be_v conceive_v of_o certain_a kind_n of_o music_n and_o some_o other_o thing_n because_o through_o the_o enticement_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n the_o troop_n of_o vice_n be_v wont_a to_o enter_v into_o the_o soul_n they_o ought_v likewise_o whole_o to_o eschew_v the_o insolence_n of_o filthy_a stage-player_n and_o of_o obscene_a jest_n and_o also_o to_o preach_v to_o other_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v avoid_v can_n 8._o it_o be_v not_o expedient_a that_o minister_n shall_v be_v present_a at_o any_o secular_a and_o dishonest_a 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fidelibus_fw-la respuenda_fw-la percenseant_fw-la can_n 9_o minister_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o wanton_a enticement_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n and_o to_o neglect_v or_o disregard_n the_o care_n of_o dog_n hawk_n falcon_n and_o such_o other_o thing_n and_o not_o only_o they_o themselves_o ought_v to_o contemn_v the_o insolency_n of_o stage-player_n jester_n and_o of_o filthy_a or_o obscene_a jest_n and_o pastime_n but_o likewise_o to_o believe_v and_o teach_v that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v reject_v of_o all_o faithful_a christian_n the_o 21._o be_v concilium_fw-la moguntiacum_n under_o the_o same_o emperor_n anno_fw-la 813._o where_o i_o find_v this_o canon_n 288._o canon_n 14._o ministri_fw-la autem_fw-la altaris_fw-la domini_fw-la vel_fw-la monachi_fw-la nobis_fw-la placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la à_fw-la negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la omnino_fw-la abstineant_fw-la multa_fw-la s●nt_fw-la secularia_fw-la negotia_fw-la etc._n etc._n videlicet_fw-la conductores_fw-la aut_fw-la procuratores_fw-la esse_fw-la secularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la turpis_fw-la verbi_fw-la vel_fw-la facti_fw-la stageplay_n joculatorem_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la jocum_fw-la seculare_fw-la diligere_fw-la aleas_fw-la amare_fw-la 26._o ornamentum_fw-la inconveniens_fw-la proposito_fw-la svo_fw-la quaerere_fw-la in_fw-la delicijs_fw-la vivere_fw-la velle_fw-la gulam_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietatem_fw-la sequi_fw-la cane_n et_fw-la aves_fw-la sequi_fw-la ad_fw-la venandum_fw-la ecce_fw-la talia_fw-la et_fw-la his_fw-la similia_fw-la under_o which_o all_o stage_n play_n be_v include_v ministris_fw-la altaris_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la monachis_fw-la omnino_fw-la contradicimus_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la nemo_fw-la militans_fw-la deo_fw-la implicat_fw-la se_fw-la negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la can_n 14._o we_o decree_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o lord_n altar_n &_o monk_n shall_v altogether_o abstain_v from_o secular_a affair_n now_o there_o be_v many_o secular_a 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vita_fw-la &_o honestate_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o ca._n 22._o ibidem_fw-la didacus_n the_o tapia_n in_o teriam_fw-la partem_fw-la divi_z thom●_n a●tic_n 8._o quaest_n utrum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la dari_fw-la potest_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la p._n 545.546_o e_z paulo_n lanceletto_n institutiones_fw-la juris_fw-la canonici_fw-la lib._n 2._o ●it_n de_fw-fr eucharistia_n p._n 269.270_o ivo_n carnote●sis_n pars_fw-la 11._o decret_n c._n 83._o &_o pars_fw-la 2._o c._n 35._o aquin._n tertia_fw-la parte_fw-la qu._n 8._o art_n 6._o josephus_n angle_n flores_n theolog._n qu._n in_o l._n 4●_n send_v pars_fw-la 1._o quaest_n de_fw-fr suscipientibus_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la be_v 4._o conclus_fw-la 1._o p._n 101.102_o jacobus_n spielegius●_n lexicon_fw-la juris_fw-la civilis_fw-la &_o johannis_n calvini_n lexicon_fw-la juridicium_fw-la histrion_n centuriae_fw-la magd_v cent_n 3_o col_fw-fr 142._o bar●●ius_n &_o spondanus_n annal._n eccl._n an._n 206._o sect_n 2_o &_o 371._o sect._n 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profanatur_fw-la sic_fw-la se_fw-la expugnatus_fw-la inimicus_fw-la per_fw-la art_n svas_fw-la inserit_fw-la ●ic_fw-la insidijs_fw-la per_fw-la occulta_fw-la fallentibus_fw-la diabolus_fw-la obrepit_fw-la sic_fw-la dum_fw-la ornari_fw-la cultius_fw-la dum_fw-la libentius_fw-la evagari_fw-la virgin_n volunt_fw-la virgin_n esse_fw-la desinunt_fw-la furtivo_fw-la dedecore_fw-la corruptae_fw-la viduae_fw-la antequam_fw-la nuptae_fw-la non_fw-la mariti_fw-la sed_fw-la christi_fw-la adulterae_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr habitu_fw-la virginum_fw-la lib._n pag._n 242._o 242._o tom._n 1._o operum_fw-la parisijs_fw-la 1588._o col._n 510.511_o 512._o 512._o periculosum_fw-la esse_fw-la adire_fw-la spectacula_fw-la quodque_fw-la ear_n adulteros_fw-la perfectos_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o hinc_fw-la socordia_fw-la bellumque_fw-la nascatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n playhaunter_n and_o stage-player_n be_v always_o excommunicate_v and_o keep_v from_o the_o church_n the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n well_o be_v it_o for_o we_o if_o this_o ancient_a discipline_n be_v revive_v now_o now_o playhaunter_n and_o wicked_a man_n be_v in_o truth_n excommunicate_v person_n and_o no_o member_n no_o branch_n of_o the_o church_n though_o they_o live_v within_o the_o church_n church_n sacrae_fw-la mensae_fw-la so_o be_v it_o style_v in_o saint_n chrysostom●s_n time_n not_o the_o holy_a altar_n altar_n irreverent_a receive_v of_o the_o sacrament_n a_o great_a a_o dangerous_a sin_n sin_n adultery_n occasion_v by_o see_v stageplay_n stageplay_n mat._n 5_o 28_n 28_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la mulier_fw-la spont●_n ac_fw-la fortè_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la obvia_fw-la &_o negle●ctius_fw-la culta_fw-la s●penumero_fw-la intu●ntem_fw-la curiosius_fw-la caepit_fw-la ipso_fw-la vultus_fw-la ●spectu_fw-la isti_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la simpl●cite●_fw-la neque_fw-la fortuitò_fw-la sed_fw-la study_v &_o tanto_fw-la study_v ut_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quoque_fw-la contemnant_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la gratia_fw-la pergunt_fw-la illu●_fw-la ac_fw-la totum_fw-la ibi_fw-la desidentes_fw-la diem_fw-la in_o fancy_n faeminarun_v illarum_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la defixos_fw-la habent_fw-la oculos_fw-la qua_fw-la front_n poterint_fw-la dicere_fw-la quod_fw-la ●as_fw-la non_fw-la viderint_fw-la ad_fw-la concupiscendum_fw-la ubi_fw-la verba_fw-la quoque_fw-la accedunt_fw-la fracta_fw-la lascivaque_fw-la ubi_fw-la cantio●es_fw-la meritriciae_fw-la ubi_fw-la voces_fw-la uchementer_fw-la ad_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la excitantes_fw-la ubi_fw-la stibio_fw-la picti_fw-la oculi_fw-la ubi_fw-la coloribus_fw-la tinctae_fw-la genae_fw-la ubi_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la habitus_fw-la fucorum_fw-la impostura_fw-la plenus_fw-la est_fw-la aliaque_fw-la insuper_fw-la multa_fw-la lenocinia_fw-la ad_fw-la fallendos_fw-la inescandosque_fw-la homines_fw-la intuentes_fw-la instructa_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la e●enim_fw-la si_fw-la hic_fw-la ubi_fw-la psalmi_n ubi_fw-la divin●rum_fw-la 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ubi_fw-la tremenda_fw-la peraguntur_fw-la mysteria_fw-la dum_fw-la ijsdem_fw-la auribus_fw-la audis_fw-la &_o scortum_fw-la obscaenè_fw-la loquens_fw-la &_o prophetam_fw-la apostolumque_fw-la ad_fw-la arcana_fw-la scripturae_fw-la introducentem_fw-la dum_fw-la eodem_fw-la cord_n &_o lethalia_fw-la sumis_fw-la venena_fw-la &_o hanc_fw-la hostiam_fw-la sacram_fw-la ac_fw-la tremendam_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la lo●_n here_o the_o adulterous_a curse_a fruit_n of_o hear_v stageplay_n stageplay_n qua_fw-la propter_fw-la rogo_fw-la vos_fw-la omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la pravas_fw-la in_o spectaculis_fw-la commemorationes_fw-la vitetis_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la deductos_fw-la retrahatis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la enim_fw-la illic_fw-la geritur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la oblectatio_fw-la sed_fw-la pernicies_fw-la sed_fw-la paena_fw-la sed_fw-la supplicium_fw-la quid_fw-la prodest_fw-la illa_fw-la temporaria_fw-la voluptas_fw-la dum_fw-la hinc_fw-la perpetuꝰ_n nascitur_fw-la dolour_n dumque_fw-la nocte_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la die_fw-la à_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la stimulatus_fw-la omnib●s_fw-la molestus_fw-la es_fw-la &_o invisus_fw-la excute_fw-la igitur_fw-la teipsum_fw-la reputans_fw-la qualis_fw-la fias_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la rediens_fw-la rursus_fw-la qu●lis_fw-la à_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la atque_fw-la hos_fw-la dies_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la conferas_fw-la id_fw-la si_fw-la feceris_fw-la nihil_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la meo_fw-la sermone_fw-la satis_fw-la enim_fw-la fuerit_fw-la hunc_fw-la diem_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la comparasse_fw-la ad_fw-la ostendendum_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la magna_fw-la sit_fw-la hinc_fw-la utilitas_fw-la &_o quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la illinc_fw-la noxa_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nota._n nota._n tom_n 1_o col._n 821._o c._n d._n d._n vidit_fw-la inquam_fw-la atque_fw-la oculo_fw-la vulneratus_fw-la est_fw-la a●_n telum_fw-la excepit_fw-la audiant_fw-la curiosin_n qui_fw-la alienas_fw-la ●ormas_fw-la contemplantur_fw-la audiant_fw-la qui_fw-la insano_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la study_v tenentur_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la spectamu●_n quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la sine_fw-la detrimento_fw-la quid_fw-la audio_fw-la david_n laesus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la non_fw-la laederis_fw-la ille_fw-la laesus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la tuus_fw-la virtuti●_n confidere_fw-la quaeam_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la tantam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la habebat_fw-la spiculum_fw-la excepit_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la sauciari_fw-la te_fw-la

s●verꝰ_n christo_n temple_n facere_fw-la voluit_fw-la ●umque_fw-la inter_fw-la deos_fw-la recipere_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o hadrianus_n cogitasse_fw-la fertur_fw-la qui_fw-la templa_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la civita●ibus_fw-la sine_fw-la simulacr●s_fw-la jusserat_fw-la fieri_fw-la aelij_fw-la lampridij_fw-la severus_n p._n 236._o 236._o see_v philo_n judaeus_fw-la de_fw-fr monarchia_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 1099._o josephus_n contra_fw-la apionem_fw-la l._n 1_o p._n 858._o clemens_n alex._n oratio_fw-la adhort_a ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr idolorun_n vanit_n p._n 264._o tertul._n de_fw-fr idololatria_fw-la lib._n lib._n antiq._n judaeorun_n lib._n 15._o cap._n 11._o pag._n 413._o 413._o col._n 991.994_o recite_v likewise_o by_o vincentius_n speculum_fw-la histor._n lib._n 28._o cap._n 96.97_o 96.97_o omitto_fw-la oratoriorum_fw-la immen●as_fw-la altit●dines_fw-la immoderatas_fw-la longitudines_fw-la supervacuas_fw-la latitudines_fw-la sumptuosas_fw-la depolitiones_fw-la curiosas_fw-la depictiones_fw-la quae_fw-la dum_fw-la orantium_fw-la in_o se_fw-la retorquent_fw-la aspectum_fw-la impediunt_fw-la &_o affectum_fw-la etc._n etc._n quem_fw-la inquam_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la fructum_fw-la requirimus_fw-la stultorum_fw-la admirationem_fw-la a_o simplicium_fw-la oblectationem_fw-la an_fw-mi quoniam_fw-la commixti_fw-la sumus_fw-la inter_fw-la gentes_fw-la forte_fw-fr didicimus_fw-la opera_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o servimus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la sculptilibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la aperte_fw-la loquar_fw-la a_o non_fw-la hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la facit_fw-la avaritia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la idolorum_fw-la servitus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la requirimus_fw-la fru●tum_fw-la sed_fw-la datum_fw-la si_fw-mi quaeris_fw-la quomodo_fw-la miro_fw-la inquam_fw-la modo_fw-la tali_fw-la quadam_fw-la arte_fw-la spargitur_fw-la oes_fw-we ut_fw-la multiplicetur_fw-la expenditur_fw-la ut_fw-la augeatur_fw-la &_o effusio_fw-la copiam_fw-la parit_fw-la ipso_fw-la quip_n visu_fw-la sumptuosaru_fw-la sed_fw-la mirandarum_fw-la vanitatum_fw-la accenduntur_fw-la homines_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la offerendum_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la adorandum_fw-la sic_fw-la opes_fw-la opibus_fw-la hauriuntur_fw-la sic_fw-la pecunia_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la trahit_fw-la quia_fw-la nescio_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la ubi_fw-la amplius_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la cernitur_fw-la ibi_fw-la offertur_fw-la libentius_fw-la auro_fw-la tectis_fw-la reliquijs_fw-la signantur_fw-la oculi_fw-la &_o loculi_fw-la aperiuntur_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la pulcherima_fw-la forma_fw-la sancti_fw-la vel_fw-la sanctae_fw-la alicujus_fw-la &_o eo_fw-la creditur_fw-la sanctior_fw-la quo_fw-la coloratior_fw-la currunt_fw-la homines_fw-la ad_fw-la osculandum_fw-la invitantur_fw-la ad_fw-la donandum_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la mirantur_fw-la pulchra_fw-la quam_fw-la venerantur_fw-la sacra_fw-la etc._n etc._n quid_fw-la putas_fw-la in_o his_o omnibus_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la paenitentium_fw-la compunctio_fw-la a_o intuentium_fw-la admiratio_fw-la o_o vanitas_fw-la vanitatum_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la vanior_fw-la quam_fw-la insanior_fw-la fulget_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o parietibus_fw-la &_o in_o pauperibus_fw-la eget_fw-la suos_fw-la lapides_fw-la induit_fw-la auro_fw-la &_o suos_fw-la filios_fw-la nudos_fw-la deserit_fw-la de_fw-fr sumptibus_fw-la egenorum_fw-la servitur_fw-la oculis_fw-la divitum_fw-la inveniunt_fw-la curiosi_fw-la quo_fw-la delectentur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la inveniunt_fw-la miseri_fw-la quo_fw-la sustententur_fw-la bernard_n ibid._n see_v the_o homily_n against_o the_o peril_n of_o idolatry_n and_o of_o adorn_v and_o keep_v clean_o of_o church_n according_o according_o see_v the_o homily_n against_o the_o peril_n of_o idolatry_n according_o according_o see_v thomas_n rogers_n his_o exposition_n on_o the_o 22._o article_n proposition_n 3._o p._n 125.126_o according_o according_o 3._o edw._n 6._o c._n 10._o 13._o eliz._n c._n 12.3_o jac._n c._n 5._o 5._o queen_n eliz._n injunction_n injunct_a 2.3_o 23_o 25._o and_o article_n to_o be_v inquire_v of_o in_o visitation_n artic._n 2._o &_o 45._o 45._o homily_n against_o the_o peril_n of_o idolatry_n the_o homily_n of_o the_o right_a use_n of_o the_o church_n part_v 2._o homily_n of_o the_o place_n and_o time_n of_o prayer_n part_n 2._o 2._o can._n 82._o 82._o archbishop_n cranmer_z who_o pen_v the_o homily_n against_o the_o peril_n of_o idolatry_n bb._n hooper_n on_o the_o 2._o commandment_n and_o in_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o faith_n upon_o the_o creed_n artic._n 78._o &_o 87._o bb._n latimers_n sermon_n ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la fol._n 3.11_o and_o his_o sermon_n in_o the_o shroud_n at_o paul_n f._n 18.21_o bb._n ridley_n his_o treatise_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a clergy_n of_o england_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o vi_o concern_v image_n not_o to_o be_v set_v up_o or_o worship_v in_o church_n mr._n fox_n his_o book●_n of_o martyr_n london_n 1610._o p._n 1927.1928_o 1929_o 1930_o see_v there_o pag._n 116.433_o 468_o 492_o 518_o 521_o 793_o 796_o 848_o 1000_o 1014_o 1015_o 1181_o 1183_o &_o 1940_o where_o we_o shall_v see_v commission_n both_o from_o h._n 8._o &_o e._n 6._o for_o pull_v down_o image_n out_o of_o church_n which_o image_n be_v destroy_v both_o at_o zuricke_n &_o basil_n &_o condemn_v by_o the_o martyr_n that_o suffer_v john_n bale_n cent._n script_n brit._n p._n 38.79_o 80_o 566_o 648_o ●55_n bb._n alley_n his_o poor_a man_n library_n pars_fw-la 1._o f._n 79.80_o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v bb._n jewel_n bb._n bi●son_n bb._n abbot_n bb._n babington_n on_o the_o 2._o commandment_n bb._n morton_n bb._n white_a bb._n dau●nate_a &_o other_o other_o m._n tindall_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o sir_n more●_n p._n 270._o to_o 275._o and_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o m._n moor_n 4._o book_n p._n 325._o d._n barnes_n his_o treatise_n that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o holy_a scripture_n to_o honour_n image_n p_o 339_o etc._n etc._n john_n wragton_n in_o his_o course_n and_o hunt_v of_o the_o romish_a fox_n etc._n etc._n john_n ver●n_v his_o strong_a battery_n of_o the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n thomas_n beacon_n his_o catechism_n p._n 3●7_n to_o 336._o &_o his_o rome_n relic_n c._n 25_o 26._o d._n ca●fehils_n answer_v to_o john_n marshial_n treatise_n of_o the_o cross_n the_o preface_n fol._n ●_o to_o 19_o &_o artc._n 3.9_o 10._o f._n 81._o to_o 86._o &_o 164._o to_o 186._o be_v a_o excellent_a treatise_n against_o set_v up_o image_n in_o church_n dr._n humfries_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la juelli_fw-la p._n 33._o gualt●erus_n haddon_n contra_fw-la osorium_n l._n 1._o f._n 33._o to_o 37._o l._n 3._o f._n 254_o 271_o 272_o 273_o 286_o 297_o 332._o d._n spark_n against_o albin●s_n epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n d_o rainolds_n de_fw-fr idololatria_fw-la rom._n ecclesiae_fw-la to_o who_o i_o may_v add_v d._n fulke_n answer_v to_o the_o rhemish_a testament_n act._n 17_o sect_n 5._o p._n 400.401_o 1_o joh._n c._n 5._o sect_n 5._o pag._n 839._o answer_v to_o martin_n c._n 3.4_o d._n field_n d._n crakenth●rpe_n d._n willet_n d._n john_n white_a with_o all_o our_o writer_n upon_o the_o 2._o commandment_n who_o all_o concur_v in_o this_o th●t_a image_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v suffer_v or_o set_v up_o in_o church_n to_o which_o assertion_n every_o bishop_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v subscribe_v in_o subscribe_v to_o our_o article_n &_o homily_n which_o affirm_v the_o same_o in_o positive_a term_n those_o therefore_o who_o defend_v or_o erect_v image_n revolt_v from_o their_o own_o subscription_n and_o so_o ought_v to_o be_v deprive_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 13._o eliz._n cap._n 12._o who_o cause_v image_n to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o church_n in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o year_n of_o her_o reign_n as_o haddon_n contra_n osor._n l._n 3._o f._n 171._o &_o dr._n fulke_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o martin_n c._n 3._o sect_n 3._o p._n 36._o express_o testify_v testify_v seneca●_n thebais_n act●_n 3._o fol._n 66._o 66._o see_v act_n 6._o scene_z 5●_n p●_n 448._o to_o 500_o 500_o see_v act_n 4._o scene_n 1._o act_n 6._o scene_n 5.12_o 20_o &_o act_n 7._o scene_n 2.3_o 2.3_o 22_o henry_n 8._o c._n 12●_n 14_o eliz_n c._n 5.39_o ●liz●_n 4.1_o jac._n cap._n 7●_n 7●_n see_v act_n 1_o 2._o &_o act_n 8._o scene_n 7._o &_o act_n 8._o scene_n 2._o 2._o see_v act_n 6._o throughout_o tacit._n annal._n l._n 14._o cap._n 2.3_o 2.3_o see_v here_o pag._n 42._o to_o 61.561_o to_o 568._o 568._o see_v act_n 3_o scene_n 7._o &_o act_n 5._o scene_n 4._o 4._o hotoman_n de_fw-fr vsuris_fw-la c._n 2._o m_o northbrooke_n against_o vain_a play_n p._n 44.45_o summa_fw-la angelica_n tit._n ludus_fw-la bb._n babington_n beacon_n dod_n perkins_n and_o other_o on_o the_o 8._o commandment_n commandment_n see_v act_n 6._o scene_n 5._o &_o act_n 7._o scene_n 2.3_o 7._o see_v hostiensis_n summa_fw-la angelica_n jacobus_n de_fw-fr graffijs_fw-la de_fw-fr ludo_fw-la &_o alea_n &_o danaeus_n de_fw-fr ludo_fw-la aleae_fw-la lib._n &_o alexander_n alensis_n summa_fw-la theologiae_n pars_fw-la 4._o quaest._n 24._o artic._n 3._o sect_n 6._o 6._o voluptales_fw-la commendat_fw-la rarior_fw-la usus_fw-la juvenal_n satyr_n 11_o p_o 111._o see_v m._n northbrooke_n against_o vain_a play_n &_o interlude_n &_o m._n wheatly_n his_o redemption_n of_o time_n according_o according_o gen._n 3.17_o 19_o exod._n 20.9_o 20.9_o see_v here_o p._n 32●_n 326_o 326_o summa_fw-la aurea_fw-la in_o lib._n 3._o senten●_n tract_n 7._o quaest._n 3._o fol._n 163._o 163._o

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morning_n and_o evening_n with_o one_o family_n 2._o to_o abandon_v 11.25_o all_o lewd_a place_n and_o companion_n 2._o all_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n of_o sin_n all_o christmas_n excess_n and_o disorder_n all_o pagan_a rite_n and_o heathenish_a custom_n and_o to_o 16.3_o make_v the_o holy_a s●ints_n his_o best_a his_o sole_a familiar_a friend_n the_o 15.16_o word_n &_o service_n of_o god_n his_o chief_a delight_n to_o 2.11_o stand_v for_o god_n and_o for_o his_o truth_n in_o evil_a time_n when_o they_o be_v most_o oppose_v to_o live_v civil_o and_o pious_o in_o the_o 16._o midst_n of_o wicked_a man_n and_o 4.34_o not_o to_o join_v with_o they_o in_o the_o same_o excess_n of_o sin_n and_o riot_n of_o dissoluteness_n and_o deboistnesse_n that_o they_o run_v into_o to_o 15.12_o reprove_v or_o cross_v man_n in_o their_o sinful_a fashion_n custom_n disorder_n lust_n or_o course_n with_o sundry_a other_o particular_n which_o i_o pretermit_v be_v now_o 3_o infallible_a argument_n and_o 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the_o corruption_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n through_o lust_n and_o 14._o live_v righteous_o sober_o and_o godly_a in_o this_o present_a evil_a world_n refuse_v to_o 1.14_o conform_v himself_o to_o the_o fashion_n vanity_n pleasure_n sin_n and_o wicked_a humour_n of_o the_o time_n which_o perchance_o he_o have_v too_o much_o follow_v heretofore_o before_o his_o true_a conversion_n but_o be_v according_o common_o repute_v and_o oft_o time_n style_v a_o puritan_n a_o precisian_n and_o the_o like_a be_v his_o place_n or_o condition_n what_o it_o will_n he_o who_o have_v more_o grace_n and_o goodness_n more_o chastity_n modesty_n temperance_n or_o sobriety_n more_o love_n and_o dread_a of_o god_n more_o hatred_n of_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n less_o tincture_n of_o atheism_n impiety_n voluptuousness_n and_o profaneness_n than_o other_o among_o who_o he_o live_v let_v he_o be_v never_o so_o just_a in_o his_o deal_n towards_o man_n never_o so_o pammacheo_n conformable_a to_o the_o 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the_o view_n of_o other_o the_o more_o be_v he_o malign_v envy_v hate_a and_o the_o great_a puritan_n be_v he_o account_v as_o every_o man_n own_o experience_n can_v inform_v him●_n these_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n therefore_o be_v the_o best_a of_o christian_n second_o those_o who_o be_v most_o violent_o invective_n and_o malicious_o despiteful_a against_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n both_o in_o their_o word_n and_o action_n be_v such_o who_o be_v unsound_a or_o popish_o affect_v in_o their_o religion_n or_o profane_a and_o dissolute_a in_o their_o life_n the_o most_o romanize_v protestant_n the_o 706._o debauch_a drunkard_n the_o effeminate_v ruffian_n the_o most_o fantastic_a apish_a fashion-monger_n the_o lewd_a whoremaster_n pander_n strumpet_n the_o profane_v roarer_n player_n playhaunter_n and_o brothel-hunter_n the_o most_o prodigious_a swearer_n epicure_n and_o health-quaffers_a the_o most_o graceless_a vicious_a person_n of_o all_o rank_n and_o profession_n especial_o 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