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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00703	A dialogue agaynst light, lewde, and lasciuious dauncing wherin are refuted all those reasons, which the common people vse to bring in defence thereof. Compiled and made by Christopher Fetherston.	Fetherston, Christopher.	1582 (1582)	STC 10835; ESTC S112556	31,329	94

Diuell when he is olde Min. A more diuelishe prouerbe could not y ● dwell himself haue inuented But I tell thee playnely Iuuenis that vnlesse men doe indeuour them selues to liue like Saintes that is to leade an holy and vncorrupt life when they be yong they may chance to proue diuels in deed For both common experience and also that sage saying of the prudente Poete Horace tell vs this that quo semel est imbutarec●ns seruabit od●rem testa diu What sauour so euer the caske hath when he is newe hee will retayne the same a long space so that wee must studie to liue vertuously in our youth else wee may chaunce to bee vicious in our age and then beware that wee become not very Diuelles as did Iudas the traytour Iu. Tushe tushe wee will haue our swindg while we be yong age wil come soone ynough and it will make vs forsake all these sportes and then will wee be sober and vertuous Min. Beside this that age hath his proper vices yet doeth neyther age nor nature bring vertues vpon their backe For vertues are habits which are gotten by many actions of our owne so that you are greatly deceiued in so saying Iu. Well well dauncing is vsed euery where vpon Sundayes and will be vsed whether you will or no. Agayne why are you so scrupulous and curious about dauncing for I am sure the Church wardens of vbique vpon whose oth it lyeth to for bidde the same if it were vnlawfull wil suffer both the minstrels to play and vs to daunce vpon Sundayes so we do not daunce in time of seruice Min. If you remember your selfe you promised to lay such groundworkes for dauncing as shoulde bee sufficient to vpholde the same but you haue here set vp such a couple of shoores to stay dauncing as I do thinke will make me sweat before I shall shoue them away Your first shoore or stay is the lewdenes of the multitude the seconde the negligence of Church wardens and sworne men You haue nowe payde it home Well haue a lifte at your first shoore which is this dauncing is vsed euery where therefore is it lawfull for you to vse the same It is written in Exod. 23. 2. That wee must not followe a multitude to do euill Which place maketh much against you because you see that it is no sufficient excuse for vs when we doe euill to saye the multitude doeth so and doubtles to daunce as wee doe daunce in these dayes is euill therefore must we not daunce because the multitude daunceth If your reason which you bring were sufficient to defende dauncing then surely God shoulde haue dealt very vniustly with the men of the old world in destroying thē for their sinnes which were most horrible because there was not one of them which coulde not haue alleadged for him selfe that they sinned euery where If your defence were strong inough then surely the Sodomites and Gomorreans had great wrong for they might euerie one of them haue sayde for him selfe that their sinne was vniuersall and did reigne in euery corner and street of their citie If your position might stande for a principle then surely Moses did the Israelites great wrong to breake the tables of the couenant because they committed Idolatrie for all of them might haue said that they did eate and drinke through the whole hoast and when their panches were well stuffed they ryse vp to playe They might haue said generally that they consented to turne their glorye into the similitude of a Calfe that eateth hay They might haue sayde that with one mynde and one mouth they badde Aaron make them gods of siluer and gods of golde to goe before them for as for that Moses which brought thē out of Egypt they knewe not where he was become If your reason were sounde why did the Lorde plague Hierusalem for Idolatrie for their supers●ition for their abhominations for without doubte they coulde haue sayde that it fared so euery where But this was no sufficiente excuse for them but the olde worlde was destroyed with the diluge of water the Sodomites were brent vp with fire from heauen the Israelites were sore plagued Hierusalem came to a shamful ende this notwithstanding that their sinnes were committed euery where No more can we alledge for our selues that dauncing and lasciuiousnes is lawefull because it is vsed euerye where for it is contrary to the will and woorde of God as were all their sinnes wherefore that shoore beginneth to shake It is not sufficient for vs to doe that whiche other men doe vnlesse they doe that whiche ought to bee done Wee must not doe that which is done vnlesse that bee done which God hath commanded to be done Therefore away with that foolishe aunswere which men doe vse most commonly to make when as they are reprehended for their faults they doe so in all places When as God had by a mightie hande and stretched out arme deliuered his people euen the sonnes of Iacob Ioseph out of the lande of Egypt hee straytelie commaunded them that they shoulde not doe as they had seene the Egyptians do neither shoulde they doe according to the customes of the lande of Canaan whether they went to possesse it but they shoulde do according to his iudgements Thou shalt not doe that whiche seemeth good in thine owne eyes but do that onely whiche I commaunde thee Uppon which wordes Chrysostome in his oration against the Iewes sayeth thus Of a trueth that whiche is done according to the will of God although it seeme displeasant yet is it altogether pleasant and acceptable in the syght of God Contrarywise whatsoeuer is done beside the woorde of God and otherwise then hee woulde haue it done though it bee as a thing acceptable to God yet it is of all other the worst and most wicked Out of all which places wee gather this that though dauncing or any other exercise whatsoeuer haue bin vsed neuer so long or thogh it be vsed in neuer so many places yet if it be contrary to the worde and will of God and forbidden by the same it is detestable and of all men to be eschewed Iu. Yea but howe doe you proue that dauncing is forbiddē by the word of God Min. We are commaunded by the worde of God to vse sobrietie therefore wee are forbidden by the worde of God to vse laciuious dauncing Iu. Yet againe here is a wise reason The cowlestaffe standeth in the corner therefore the Pope is at Rome my dagger hangeth at my backe therefore my staffe is in my hande Min. In deede Iuuenis your reasons haue in them no reason but I will proue that my reasons are framed according to reason Iu. Do so then I pray you but the Doctors doubt whether you can doe it or no. Min. My reason then is this We are commaunded by the worde of God to vse sobrietie therefore we are forbidden by the woorde of God to vse laciuious dauncing I proue it