corruption_n of_o which_o they_o take_v no_o notice_n excellent_a to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o speech_n of_o 241._o seneca_n quare_fw-la vitia_fw-la sua_fw-la nemo_fw-la confitetur_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la est_fw-la somnium_fw-la narrare_fw-la vigilantis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o vitia_fw-la sua_fw-la confireri_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la indicium_fw-la est_fw-la expergiscamur_fw-la ergo_fw-la ut_fw-la errores_fw-la nostros_fw-la coarguere_fw-la possimus_fw-la stage-haunter_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n lull_v asleep_a in_o the_o dalilaes_n lap_n of_o these_o sinful_a pleasure_n yea_o they_o be_v quite_o dead_a in_o sin_n and_o trespass_n their_o 3.13_o eye_n be_v so_o blind_v that_o they_o will_v not_o see_v their_o heart_n so_o harden_v that_o they_o can_v discern_v their_o conscience_n so_o cauterise_v that_o they_o never_o serious_o behold_v nor_o yet_o examine_v the_o execrable_a filthiness_n greatness_n multitude_n growth_n or_o daily_o increase_v of_o 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unlament_a playhaunter_n &_o sinner_n to_o consider_v scio_fw-la longius_fw-la à _fw-la salute_v absistere_fw-la membrum_fw-la quod_fw-la obstupuit_fw-la &_o aegrum_fw-la seize_v non_fw-la sentientem_fw-la periculosius_fw-la laborare_fw-la four_o the_o hurt_a man_n receive_v from_o stageplay_n be_v like_o the_o growth_n of_o their_o body_n it_o increase_v by_o certain_a insensible_a degree_n so_o that_o it_o be_v hardly_o discern_v while_o it_o be_v grow_v till_o time_n have_v bring_v it_o to_o maturity_n 12._o nemo_n repent_v fit_a tu_fw-la pissimus_fw-la be_v as_o true_a as_o ancient_a no_o man_n become_v extreme_o vicious_a on_o a_o sudden_a but_o by_o unsensible_a gradation_n and_o so_o do_v playhaunter_n too_o even_o by_o those_o seed_n of_o vice_n which_o stageplay_n sow_v and_o nourish_v in_o they_o what_o according_o seneca_n write_v of_o the_o discourse_n of_o lewd_a companion_n horum_fw-la sermo_fw-la multum_fw-la nocet_fw-la nametiam_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la officit_fw-la semina_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la relinquit_fw-la sequiturque_fw-la nos_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la discesserimus_fw-la resurrecturum_fw-la posteà _fw-la malum_fw-la the_o same_o may_v i_o true_o write_v of_o play_n who_o evil_a fruit_n like_o etc._n tare_n that_o be_v bury_v under_o ground_n be_v oft_o conceal_v for_o a_o time_n till_o at_o last_o they_o bud_v forth_o by_o degree_n and_o come_v to_o perfect_a ripeness_n and_o then_o they_o be_v abvious_a unto_o all_o man_n view_n no_o wonder_n therefore_o if_o playhaunter_n discover_v not_o the_o hurt_n they_o receive_v from_o play_n because_o it_o creep_v thus_o on_o they_o by_o imperceptible_a gradation_n though_o fast_o upon_o some_o than_o other_o but_o albeit_o playhaunter_n feel_v no_o hurt_n at_o first_o no_o more_o than_o those_o who_o drink_v down_o poison_n in_o a_o sugared_a cup_n which_o yet_o prove_v fatal_a to_o rhem_n at_o the_o last_o though_o it_o be_v sweet_a and_o luscious_a for_o the_o present_a yet_o when_o terror_n of_o conscience_n death_n and_o judgement_n when_o cross_n and_o affliction_n shall_v thorough_o awaken_v they_o when_o god_n shall_v set_v all_o their_o sin_n in_o order_n before_o they_o or_o bring_v they_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o mercy_n to_o sincere_a repentance_n than_o they_o shall_v find_v and_o know_v it_o to_o their_o grief_n as_o sundry_a 910._o penitent_a player_n and_o playhaunter_n have_v do_v before_o they_o that_o stageplay_n have_v do_v they_o hurt_v indeed_o five_o stageplay_n have_v exceed_o 20._o deprave_v corrupt_a many_o spectator_n from_o time_n to_o time_n and_o draw_v they_o on_o to_o divers_a sin_n which_o have_v even_o sink_v their_o soul_n to_o hell_n as_o the_o premise_n large_o testify_v and_o can_v any_o than_o think_v to_o escape_v all_o danger_n even_o where_o they_o have_v see_v so_o many_o perish_v can_v any_o man_n rest_v secure_a where_o multitude_n have_v miscarry_v what_o 199.200_o s._n cyprian_n therefore_o write_v in_o a_o like_a case_n that_o shall_v i_o here_o commend_v to_o stage-haunter_n ad_fw-la vos_fw-la nunc_fw-la mea_fw-la exhortatio_fw-la convertitur_fw-la quos_fw-la nolumus_fw-la experiri_fw-la talia_fw-la praecipitia_fw-la ruinarum_fw-la metuite_o quantum_fw-la potestis_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la casus_fw-la exitia_fw-la et_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la subversione_n labentium_fw-la vos_fw-la experimenta_fw-la perterreant_fw-la nimium_fw-la praeceps_fw-la est_fw-la quitransire_n contendit_fw-la ubi_fw-la alium_fw-la conspexerit_fw-la cecidisse_fw-la &_o uchementer_fw-la infrenis_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la incutitur_fw-la timor_fw-la alio_fw-la pereunte_fw-la amator_fw-la vero_fw-la est_fw-la salutis_fw-la suae_fw-la qui_fw-la evitat_fw-la alienae_n mortis_fw-la incursum_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la est_fw-la providus_fw-la qui_fw-la solicitus_fw-la fit_a cladibus_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la adversa_fw-la est_fw-la confidentia_fw-la quae_fw-la periculis_fw-la vitam_fw-la svam_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la commendat_fw-la &_o lubrica_fw-la spes_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la inter_fw-la fomenâ—a_fw-la peccati_fw-la salvari_fw-la se_fw-la sperat_fw-la incerta_fw-la victoria_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la hostilia_fw-la arma_fw-la pugnare_fw-la &_o impossibilis_fw-la liberatio_fw-la est_fw-la â—lammis_fw-la circundari_fw-la nec_fw-la ardere_fw-la quod_fw-la 6._o solomon_n non_fw-la negat_fw-la dicens_fw-la quis_fw-la alligabit_fw-la in_o sinu_fw-la svo_fw-la ignem_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la autem_fw-la sua_fw-la non_fw-la comburet_fw-la credit_n quaeso_fw-la vos_fw-la credit_n divinae_fw-la fidei_fw-la quinimo_fw-la pluâ—_n quam_fw-la nostrae_fw-la difficile_fw-la quis_fw-la venenum_fw-la bibet_fw-la &_o vivet_fw-la verendum_fw-la est_fw-la dormienti_fw-la in_o ripa_fw-la ne_fw-la cadat_fw-la cum_fw-la dicat_fw-la apostolus_fw-la 10._o
because_o his_o own_o work_n be_v evil_a and_o his_o brother_n righteous_a and_o thereupon_o he_o ground_n this_o inference_n marvel_v not_o my_o brethren_n if_o the_o world_n hate_v you_o 22._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la mirum_fw-la est_fw-la write_v salvian_n nunc_fw-la sanctos_fw-la homines_fw-la quaedam_fw-la aspera_fw-la pati_fw-la cum_fw-la videamus_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la maximum_fw-la nefas_fw-la primum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la sivit_fw-la occidi_fw-la look_v we_o upon_o holy_a king_n david_n we_o shall_v find_v he_o thus_o complain_v psal._n 38.19_o 20._o they_o that_o hate_v i_o wrongful_o be_v multiply_v they_o also_o that_o render_v i_o evil_a for_o good_a be_v my_o adversary_n pray_v mark_v the_o only_a reason_n because_o i_o follow_v the_o thing_n that_o good_a be_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n complain_v thus_o of_o his_o time_n isaiah_n 59.14_o 15._o judgement_n be_v turn_v away_o backward_o and_o justice_n stand_v afar_o off_o for_o truth_n be_v fall_v in_o the_o street_n and_o equity_n can_v enter_v yea_o truth_n fail_v and_o he_o that_o depart_v from_o evil_n make_v himself_o a_o prey_n or_o be_v account_v mad_a yea_o he_o bring_v in_o christ_n himself_o prophetical_o speak_v in_o this_o manner_n 8.18_o behold_v i_o and_o the_o child_n who_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v i_o be_v for_o sign_n and_o wonder_n even_o in_o israel_n the_o prophet_n amos_n write_v thus_o of_o his_o age_n amos_n 5.8_o they_o hate_v he_o that_o rebuke_v in_o the_o gate_n and_o abhor_v he_o that_o speak_v upright_o and_o the_o prophet_n 71.7_o zechariah_n inform_v we_o that_o joshua_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o his_o follower_n that_o sit_v before_o he_o to_o wit_n christ_n and_o all_o his_o follower_n be_v man_n wonder_v at_o in_o the_o world_n as_o if_o they_o be_v some_o monstrous_a creature_n or_o man_n beside_o themselves_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n we_o know_v be_v so_o 12._o unblameable_a in_o his_o life_n and_o action_n that_o his_o very_a enemy_n 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
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as_o a_o man_n unworthy_a for_o to_o live_v on_o earth_n whereas_o such_o who_o further_o these_o delight_n of_o sin_n be_v high_o magnify_v as_o the_o chief_a contriver_n of_o the_o public_a happiness_n there_o be_v once_o a_o time_n according_o if_o tertullian_n with_o some_o other_o ancient_a father_n may_v be_v credit_v when_o as_o it_o be_v the_o chief_a badge_n and_o character_n of_o a_o christian_a to_o refrain_v from_o stageplays_a yea_o this_o virgil._n be_v one_o great_a crime_n which_o the_o pagan_n do_v object_v against_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n that_o they_o come_v not_o to_o their_o interlude_n but_o now_o as_o if_o stageplays_a be_v our_o creed_n and_o gospel_n or_o the_o true_a emblem_n of_o our_o christian_a profession_n those_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o the_o name_n of_o christian_n they_o must_v be_v puritan_n and_o precisian_n not_o protestant_n who_o dislike_v they_o 2._o heu_fw-la quantum_fw-la mutatus_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la alas_o 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be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o once_o to_o be_v name_v much_o less_o than_o practise_v among_o christian_n who_o they_o do_v not_o become_v those_o therefore_o be_v no_o true_a christian_n who_o take_v pleasure_n in_o they_o twefe_o they_o be_v such_o sin_n as_o 13._o exclude_v man_n both_o from_o the_o society_n of_o god_n child_n here_o who_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o converse_v or_o eat_v with_o fornicator_n or_o adulterer_n and_o likewise_o ibidem_fw-la from_o the_o word_n the_o sacrament_n the_o public_a assembly_n of_o the_o saint_n from_o which_o all_o fornicator_n adulterer_n strumpet_n and_o unchaste_a person_n be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la by_o the_o very_a law_n of_o god_n and_o other_o man_n to_o be_v excommunicate_v that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v deliver_v up_o to_o satan_n for_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o flesh_n till_o they_o shall_v give_v some_o outward_a actual_a testimony_n of_o their_o sincere_a repentance_n for_o these_o sinâ—_n thirteen_o they_o be_v such_o 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