to_o repentance_n play_n be_v the_o 209._o birdlime_n the_o enchant_a 2.26_o snare_n of_o satan_n with_o which_o he_o 652._o captivate_v and_o entangle_v soul_n through_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n they_o be_v his_o chief_a instrument_n to_o expel_v all_o godly_a sorrow_n from_o man_n heart_n to_o stupefy_v to_o cauterise_n their_o conscience_n to_o banish_v the_o very_a fear_n and_o thought_n of_o sin_n out_o of_o their_o mind_n to_o remove_v the_o sense_n the_o sting_n of_o conscience_n &_o iniquity_n far_o from_o their_o soul_n to_o lull_v their_o heart_n asleep_a in_o deep_a security_n 9_o to_o chase_v away_o far_o from_o they_o all_o thought_n of_o hell_n of_o death_n of_o damnation_n of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o forestall_v all_o help_n all_o preparative_n all_o mean_n all_o motive_n to_o repentance_n and_o to_o withhold_v man_n from_o it_o alas_o how_o can_v he_o loath_a sin_n in_o the_o street_n 6._o who_o delight_v in_o it_o in_o the_o playhouse_n how_o can_v he_o 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thus_o likewise_o do_v 7â—8_n alipius_n saint_n augustine_n convert_n as_o himself_o relate_v according_o thus_o all_o that_o hearty_o and_o sincere_o turn_v to_o god_n have_v ever_o do_v their_o repentance_n draw_v they_o first_o from_o play_n &_o playhouse_n and_o then_o bend_v their_o heart_n their_o judgement_n their_o tongue_n if_o not_o their_o pen_n against_o they_o thus_o be_v it_o with_o the_o wanton_a poet_n ovid_n amandi_fw-la his_o very_a moral_a heathenish_a repentance_n make_v he_o to_o detest_v and_o write_v against_o those_o play_n and_o playhouse_n which_o former_o he_o commend_v and_o will_v not_o then_o true_a christian_a evangelicall_n repentance_n much_o more_o reclaim_v man_n from_o embitter_v their_o heart_n their_o tongue_n and_o pen_n against_o these_o heathenish_a hellish_a and_o pollute_a pleasure_n undoubted_o it_o will_v as_o appear_v by_o all_o the_o playâ—_n contemn_v counsel_n father_n and_o other_o christian_a author_n here_o recite_v and_o 5._o by_o the_o concurrent_a suffrage_n of_o the_o devout_a christian_n in_o all_o age_n who_o have_v constant_o condemn_v and_o declaim_v against_o stageplay_n as_o the_o very_o throughout_o great_a corruption_n that_o can_v befall_v a_o church_n or_o christian_a state_n the_o far_a man_n be_v from_o play_n and_o playhouse_n the_o near_a be_v they_o say_v a_o 66._o author_n to_o true_a repentance_n the_o near_a to_o they_o the_o further_a be_v they_o from_o this_o soule-saving_a grace_n hereupon_o some_o father_n well_o observe_v c._n that_o saint_n paul_n write_v to_o philemon_n to_o provide_v a_o house_n or_o lodging_n for_o he_o philemon_n vers_n 22._o will_v have_v such_o a_o house_n as_o be_v not_o near_o the_o theatre_n or_o place_n of_o public_a interlude_n whither_o lascivious_a person_n run_v do_v follow_v all_o filthy_a thing_n lest_o its_o filthy_a vicinage_n shall_v make_v it_o detestable_a certain_o if_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v for_o a_o eminent_a apostle_n to_o dwell_v near_o to_o play_n or_o playhouse_n for_o fear_v their_o lewd_a vicinity_n shall_v make_v his_o habitation_n detestable_a to_o christian_a auditor_n who_o resort_v to_o it_o much_o more_o unseemly_a be_v it_o for_o a_o penitent_a christian_n who_o must_v abstain_v not_o only_o from_o evil_a itself_o 5.22_o but_o likewise_o from_o all_o the_o appearancy_n of_o it_o to_o resort_v to_o play_n and_o playhouse_n themselves_o which_o be_v far_o more_o noxious_a more_o contagious_a than_o the_o house_n near_o adjacent_a to_o they_o as_o he_o therefore_o who_o will_v obtain_v the_o perfect_a grace_n of_o remission_n must_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o spectacle_n and_o interlude_n of_o the_o world_n if_o saint_n 15._o augustine_n 2.3_o aquinas_n or_o our_o own_o countryman_n 2._o alexander_n fabricius_n write_v true_a doctrine_n so_o he_o that_o will_v attain_v the_o grace_n of_o true_a repentance_n must_v whole_o 6.17_o sequester_v himself_o from_o play_n and_o playhouse_n which_o be_v altogether_o incompatible_a with_o true_a repentance_n and_o both_o hinder_v man_n from_o it_o and_o indispose_v they_o to_o it_o to_o the_o eternal_a loss_n the_o irrecoverable_a perdition_n of_o their_o dear_a soul_n wherefore_o i_o shall_v epitomise_v this_o scene_n into_o this_o 39_o play-refuting_a argument_n 39_o that_o which_o inamor_n man_n with_o sin_n and_o vanity_n which_o harden_v they_o in_o their_o sin_n detain_v they_o in_o their_o wicked_a course_n and_o indispose_v they_o to_o true_a repentance_n must_v needs_o be_v utter_o unlawful_a and_o execrable_a unto_o christian_n witness_v psal._n 101.3_o psal._n 119.37_o rom._n 24.5_o but_o this_o do_v stageplay_n as_o the_o premise_n demonstrate_v therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v utter_o unlawful_a and_o execrable_a unto_o christian_n scaena_fw-la decimaqvinta_a the_o 15._o consequent_a or_o effect_n of_o stageplay_n be_v that_o they_o effeminate_a their_o actor_n and_o spectator_n make_v they_o mimicall_a histrionical_a lascivious_a apish_a amorous_a and_o unmanly_a both_o in_o their_o habit_n gesture_n speech_n compliment_n and_o their_o whole_a deportment_n d._n enervate_v and_o resolve_v the_o virility_n and_o vigour_n of_o their_o mind_n to_o their_o own_o private_a and_o the_o public_a prejudice_n this_o plato_n de_fw-fr republica_n dialog_n 3._o pag._n 597._o clemens_n alexandrinus_n paedagogi_fw-la lib_n 2._o cap._n 4._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o tertullian_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la cap._n 17._o cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la lib._n &_o epist._n lib._n 2._o epist._n 2._o donato_n lactantius_n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la cap._n 20._o &_o divinarum_fw-la instit._fw-la epist._n cap._n 6._o hierom._n adversus_fw-la jovinianum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o nazianzen_n de_fw-fr recta_fw-la educatione_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la pag._n 1063._o before_o chrysostome_n homil._n 6._o &_o 38._o in_o matth._n &_o oratio_n 7._o former_o quote_v augustine_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 32.33_o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o joannes_n salisburiensis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la lib._n 1._o
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 oblitterate_v and_o cast_v dirt_n yea_o sin_n upon_o his_o 4.24_o most_o holy_a image_n stamp_v on_o they_o second_o to_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n 20._o in_o take_v those_o body_n which_o be_v his_o member_n purchase_v with_o his_o most_o precious_a blood_n that_o they_o may_v be_v preserve_v pure_a and_o chaste_a to_o he_o and_o make_v they_o the_o member_n of_o a_o harlot_n three_o to_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n 17._o in_o defile_v those_o body_n which_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v in_o we_o who_o can_v endure_v any_o pollution_n especial_o in_o his_o temple_n which_o shall_v be_v always_o holy_a as_o he_o be_v holy_a d._n and_o who_o be_v there_o so_o desperate_o wicked_a that_o dare_v thus_o affront_v the_o whole_a trinity_n itself_o by_o these_o curse_a filthy_a sin_n sixteenth_o they_o be_v sin_n of_o which_o man_n very_o seldom_o repent_v 23.27_o a_o whore_n say_v solomon_n be_v a_o deep_a ditch_n and_o a_o strange_a woman_n be_v a_o narrow_a pit_n out_o of_o which_o man_n can_v hardly_o recover_v themselves_o 1239._o 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 and_o who_o then_o will_v engage_v his_o soul_n upon_o such_o irrecoverable_a irrepenitable_a sin_n as_o these_o seventeenth_o 7.27_o these_o sin_n be_v the_o very_a highway_n to_o hell_n the_o beat_a road_n to_o eternal_a death_n 5.4_o the_o end_n of_o they_o be_v bitter_a as_o wormwood_n sharp_a as_o a_o two-edged_a sword_n wherefore_o solomon_n exhort_v his_o son_n 9_o to_o remove_v his_o way_n far_o from_o a_o strange_a woman_n and_o not_o to_o come_v nigh_o the_o door_n of_o her_o house_n a_o place_n well_o worthy_a their_o observation_n who_o fear_v not_o for_o to_o run_v to_o whore-house_n or_o to_o cast_v themselves_o upon_o the_o temptation_n the_o enticement_n of_o strumpet_n as_o too_o many_o do_v bâ—_n for_o her_o house_n incline_v unto_o death_n and_o her_o path_n unto_o the_o dead_a her_o 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 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daily_a experience_n this_o all_o the_o forequote_v author_n witness_n aâ—d_v among_o the_o rest_n 24â—_n petrarcha_n and_o 67._o agrippa_n have_v most_o lively_o express_v it_o to_o music_n write_v they_o belong_v the_o art_n of_o dance_a very_o acceptable_a to_o maiden_n and_o lover_n which_o they_o learn_v with_o great_a care_n and_o without_o tediousness_n do_v prolong_v it_o until_o midnight_n and_o with_o great_a diligence_n they_o devise_v to_o dance_v with_o feign_a gesture_n and_o with_o measurable_a pacâ—s_n to_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o cymbal_n harpe_n or_o flute_n and_o do_v as_o they_o think_v very_o wise_o and_o subtle_o â—he_v fondâ—st_a thing_n of_o all_o other_o &_o but_o little_a differ_v from_o madness_n which_o except_o it_o be_v temper_v with_o the_o sound_n of_o instrument_n and_o as_o it_o be_v say_v if_o vanity_n do_v not_o commend_v vanity_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o sight_n more_o ridiculous_a nor_o yet_o more_o out_o of_o order_n thâ—n_o dance_v 5._o this_o 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occasion_n of_o they_o entertain_v five_o dance_v 270.271_o write_v they_o be_v altogether_o incompatible_a with_o that_o universal_a 3.11_o holiness_n 4.5_o modesty_n 7._o gravity_n 58_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n which_o god_n require_v in_o all_o chaste_a all_o gracious_a christian_n it_o be_v a_o recreation_n as_o 459._o cicero_n 51._o ovid_n 509._o virgil_n together_o with_o 226.227_o ambrose_n sermo_n basil_n matth._n chrysostome_n 24._o petrarcha_n 18._o agrippa_n 21._o peter_z martyr_n 67._o m._n northbrooke_n 125._o m._n stub_n and_o stutifera_n sundry_a other_o forequote_v testify_v which_o none_o but_o redlam_n drunkard_n fool_n or_o infamous_a person_n use_v in_o their_o riotous_a unseasonable_a voluptuous_a feast_n and_o meeting_n which_o prove_v it_o the_o very_o worst_a and_o last_o of_o all_o vice_n it_o be_v quite_o exclude_v from_o all_o private_a honest_a civil_a banquet_n yea_o whole_o abandon_v by_o all_o temperate_a chaste_a and_o sober_a person_n therefore_o 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provincial_n council_n of_o meâ—â—z_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1549._o cap._n 61._o lib._n 6._o capit._fw-la caroli_n magni_fw-la apud_fw-la bochelium_fw-la decrâ—ta_fw-la eccles._n gal._n lib._n 4._o tit._n 10._o cap._n 6._o justinian_n codic_n l._n 3._o tit._n 12._o de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la lex_fw-la 10._o de_fw-fr fest._n ignatius_n ep._n 6._o ad_fw-la magnesianos_fw-la clemens_n romanus_n apost_n constit._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 64.65_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n paedagogi_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o augustine_n enarrat_fw-la in_o psal._n 32._o cyrillus_n alexandrinus_n in_o joannis_n evangelium_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 5._o p._n 595._o s._n asterius_n in_o festum_fw-la kalendarum_fw-la oratio_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 4._o p._n 705.706_o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o p._n 195.196_o leo._n 1._o sermo_n in_o octava_fw-la petri_n &_o pauli_n cap._n 5._o fol._n 165._o eusebius_n apud_fw-la damascenumâ—_n parallelorum_fw-la l._n 3_o c._n 47._o agrippa_z de_fw-fr vanitate_fw-la scientâ—arum_fw-la c._n 59_o de_fw-fr festis_fw-la polidor_n virgil_n de_fw-fr inventoribus_fw-la rerum_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 2._o pag._n 385.386_o episcopus_fw-la chemnensis_fw-la oâ—us_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 28._o sect_n
and_o not_o only_a child_n who_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v season_v with_o premature_n vice_n but_o even_o old_a man_n for_o who_o it_o be_v unseemly_a now_o to_o sin_n stray_v aside_o into_o this_o path_n of_o vice_n therefore_o all_o spectacle_n and_o stageplay_n i_o pray_v observe_v it_o well_o be_v whole_o to_o be_v avoid_v not_o only_o lest_o any_o vice_n shall_v harbour_v in_o our_o heart_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v calm_a and_o quiet_a but_o likewise_o lest_o the_o custom_n of_o any_o pleasure_n shall_v delight_v we_o and_o so_o turn_v we_o from_o god_n and_o from_o good_a work_n ibidem_fw-la yea_o these_o interlude_n with_o which_o man_n be_v delight_v and_o at_o which_o they_o be_v willing_o present_a because_o they_o be_v the_o great_a instigation_n unto_o vice_n pray_v mark_v it_o and_o the_o most_o powerful_a instrument_n to_o corrupt_a man_n mind_n be_v whole_o to_o be_v abolish_v from_o among_o we_o since_o they_o do_v not_o only_o not_o contribute_v any_o thing_n to_o a_o 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