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unlawful_a unto_o christian_n the_o major_n be_v uncontrollable_a since_o god_n himself_o inhibit_v christian_n 43._o to_o utter_v vain_a knowledge_n to_o reason_n with_o unprofitable_a talk_n or_o with_o speech_n which_o will_v do_v no_o good_a 16.19_o to_o walk_v in_o vanity_n or_o thing_n that_o will_v not_o profit_v and_o 292._o to_o follow_v after_o vain_a thing_n which_o will_v not_o profit_v because_o they_o be_v but_o vain_a christian_n 55.2_o must_v not_o lay_v out_o their_o money_n for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o bread_n and_o their_o labour_n for_o that_o which_o satisfy_v not_o 6.11.12_o â—hey_n must_v not_o delight_v in_o vanity_n or_o in_o thing_n that_o increase_v vanity_n and_o make_v not_o man_n the_o better_a but_o they_o must_v pray_v with_o david_n 119.37_o turn_v away_o my_o eye_n from_o behold_v vanity_n since_o the_o scripture_n be_v express_v 17.15_o that_o the_o speak_n love_a or_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o soul_n to_o vanity_n folly_n and_o unprofitable_a thing_n be_v a_o 1082._o undoubted_a character_n of_o such_o wicked_a man_n who_o shall_v not_o ascend_v into_o god_n holy_a hill_n not_o any_o property_n of_o god_n child_n who_o as_o 4.7_o they_o must_v abandon_v all_o idle_a fabulous_a unprofitable_a discourse_n 43._o because_o that_o for_o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n shall_v speak_v they_o shall_v give_v account_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n so_o they_o must_v likewise_o direct_v even_o all_o their_o action_n speech_n recreation_n 33._o to_o god_n glory_n 20._o the_o edification_n of_o other_o and_o 6.18.19_o their_o own_o spiritual_a good_a to_o which_o stageplay_n no_o way_n tend_v therefore_o the_o major_n be_v unquestionable_a for_o the_o minor_a thâ—â—_n the_o stile_n and_o subject_a matter_n of_o stageplay_n be_v in_o its_o very_a best_a acception_n but_o vain_a but_o frivolous_a and_o ridiculous_a bring_v no_o glory_n at_o all_o to_o god_n nor_o good_a to_o man_n be_v most_o apparent_a first_o by_o the_o concur_v testimony_n of_o sundry_a father_n and_o other_o learned_a writer_n hence_o hilary_n ambrose_n chrysostome_n augustine_n bruno_n and_o other_o in_o their_o commentary_n and_o exposition_n on_o the_o 118._o alias_o the_o 119._o psalm_n verse_n 37._o turn_v away_o my_o eye_n from_o behold_v vanity_n together_o with_o john_n salisbury_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la cap._n 8._o master_n gosson_n doctor_n reinolds_n master_n northbrooke_n and_o other_o in_o their_o treatise_n against_o stageplay_n interpret_v this_o hilari_fw-la vanity_n in_o the_o psalmist_n of_o stageplay_n and_o such_o like_a spectacle_n which_o they_o f._n condemn_v as_o vanity_n hence_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n write_v of_o play_n 11._o that_o they_o be_v fraught_v with_o obscene_a and_o vain_a speech_n rash_o utter_v hence_o gregory_n nazianzen_n style_v play_n 10â—3_n the_o vanity_n of_o life_n and_o the_o hydra_n of_o pleasure_n hence_o chrysostome_n write_v of_o play_n aâ—_n that_o they_o be_v fraught_v with_o laughter_n wantonness_n and_o word_n â—ull_a of_o folly_n and_o vanity_n hence_o anastatius_fw-la sianita_fw-la write_v of_o the_o severiani_n â—04_n that_o their_o position_n be_v more_o ridiculous_a absurd_a and_o foolish_a than_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v act_v in_o any_o stageplay_n hence_o bernard_n write_v l_o that_o the_o true_a soldier_n of_o christ_n reject_v and_o abominate_a player_n and_o stageplay_n as_o vanity_n and_o false_a frenzy_n hence_o john_n salisbury_n style_v play_n 7.8_o the_o spectacle_n and_o rudiment_n of_o vanity_n hence_o cyprian_n lactantius_n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n augustine_n basil_n salvian_n macarius_n aegyptius_n and_o other_o â—2_n former_o quote_v have_v utter_o condemn_v stageplay_n as_o the_o very_a pomp_n and_o vanite_n of_o this_o wicked_a world_n which_o christian_n have_v abjure_v in_o their_o baptism_n if_o then_o we_o believe_v these_o several_a father_n together_o with_o prologus_fw-la plautus_n 7._o maecrobius_fw-la 4._o apuleius_n three_o heathen_a author_n or_o master_n gosson_n master_n northbrooke_n master_n stubâ—_n and_o doctor_n reinolds_n in_o their_o book_n against_o stageplay_n or_o the_o three_o blast_v against_o stageplay_n and_o theater_n together_o with_o caesar_n bulingerus_n de_fw-fr theatro_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o de_fw-fr ludio_n p._n 141._o we_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v both_o play_n themselves_o together_o with_o their_o stile_n and_o subject_a matter_n to_o be_v mere_a idle_a useless_a vanity_n since_o all_o these_o repute_n and_o style_v they_o such_o second_o our_o own_o experience_n will_v ready_o subscribe_v unto_o it_o as_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n for_o what_o be_v all_o our_o stageplay_n but_o the_o frothy_a excrement_n of_o superfluous_a idle_a brain_n which_o be_v impregnate_v with_o some_o 300._o swell_a word_n or_o high-towring_a conceit_a plot_n of_o vanity_n which_o they_o secret_o adore_v with_o high_a admiration_n as_o be_v worthy_a the_o most_o 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convenit_fw-la aut_fw-la inde_fw-la discedere_fw-la canon_n 100_o 333._o clericis_fw-la igitur_fw-la lege_fw-la patrum_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la vulgari_fw-la vita_fw-la seclusi_fw-la à _fw-la mundanâ—s_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la seize_v abstineant_fw-la non_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la non_fw-la pompis_fw-la intersint_fw-la 357._o canon_n 145._o clerici_fw-la contubernia_fw-la faeminarum_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la appetant_fw-la non_fw-la vanis_fw-la oculis_fw-la aut_fw-la petulanti_fw-la tumidoque_fw-la gestu_fw-la ac_fw-la dissolutis_fw-la renibus_fw-la incedant_fw-la non_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la non_fw-la pomâ—pis_fw-la secularibus_fw-la intersint_fw-la non_fw-la aleae_fw-la non_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la venationibus_fw-la inserviant_fw-la 24._o nequaquam_fw-la praeciosis_n delectentur_fw-la vestibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o few_o now_o so_o rich_o so_o spruce_o apparel_v as_o these_o who_o shall_v be_v pattern_n of_o humility_n and_o sobriety_n to_o other_o can_n 86._o minister_n and_o clergy_n man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v present_a at_o any_o spectacle_n or_o stageplay_n either_o in_o playhouse_n or_o at_o marriage_n but_o before_o the_o fiddler_n or_o player_n enter_v they_o ought_v to_o rise_v up_o and_o depart_v thence_o can_n 100_o it_o be_v provide_v for_o clergy_n man_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o father_n that_o be_v seclude_v from_o a_o vulgar_a life_n they_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o worldly_a pleasure_n they_o may_v not_o be_v present_a at_o stageplay_n or_o show_n can_n 145._o clergy_n man_n may_v by_o no_o mean_n desire_v the_o company_n of_o woman_n they_o may_v not_o walk_v with_o vain_a eye_n or_o with_o a_o wanton_a or_o proud_a gesture_n or_o dissolute_a reins_n they_o may_v not_o be_v present_a at_o worldly_a spectacle_n or_o interlude_n they_o may_v not_o give_v themselves_o to_o dice_n or_o any_o kind_n of_o hunt_v they_o ought_v not_o to_o delight_v in_o costly_a apparel_n etc._n etc._n as_o now_o too_o many_o of_o they_o do_v who_o be_v more_o like_a to_o courtier_n or_o knight_n in_o their_o beaver_n satin_n silk_n or_o velvet_n then_o to_o minister_n the_o 24._o be_v concilium_fw-la parisiense_n under_o lewis_n and_o lothorius_fw-la anno_fw-la 829._o to_o the_o like_a effect_n as_o the_o former_a 380._o canon_n 38._o cum_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la juxta_fw-la apostoli_fw-la documentum_fw-la 5._o stultiloquium_fw-la et_fw-la scurrilitas_fw-la sit_fw-la cavenda_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la domini_fw-la qui_fw-la alijs_fw-la exemplum_fw-la et_fw-la condimentum_fw-la salutis_fw-la esse_fw-la debent_fw-la caveri_fw-la oportet_fw-la haec_fw-la quip_n à _fw-la sanctis_fw-la viris_fw-la penitus_fw-la sunt_fw-la propellenda_fw-la quibus_fw-la magis_fw-la convenit_fw-la lugere_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la scurrilitates_fw-la et_fw-la stultiloquia_fw-la et_fw-la histrionum_fw-la obscaenas_fw-la jocationes_fw-la et_fw-la caeteras_fw-la vanitates_fw-la quae_fw-la animam_fw-la christianam_fw-la a_o rigore_fw-la suae_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la emollire_fw-la solent_fw-la in_fw-la cachinnos_fw-la ora_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la decet_fw-la aut_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la oculos_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la domini_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la faedari_fw-la aut_fw-la mentem_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la scurrilitatibus_fw-la aut_fw-la turpiloquijs_fw-la ad_fw-la inania_fw-la rapi_fw-la ait_fw-fr quip_n dominus_fw-la in_o evangelio_n omne_fw-la verbum_fw-la ociosum_fw-la quod_fw-la locuti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la homines_fw-la reddent_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la rationem_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicij_fw-la paulus_n ad_fw-la ephesos_n 4._o omnis_fw-la inquit_fw-la sermo_fw-la malus_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la vestro_fw-la non_fw-la procedat_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la bone_fw-la ad_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la fidei_fw-la ut_fw-la det_fw-la gratiam_fw-la audientibus_fw-la et_fw-la nolite_fw-la contristare_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la signati_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la post_fw-la multa_fw-la 5._o fornicatio_fw-la autem_fw-la inquit_fw-la et_fw-la omnis_fw-la immunditia_fw-la aut_fw-la avaritia_fw-la nec_fw-la nominetur_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la sicut_fw-la decet_fw-la sanctis_fw-la aut_fw-la turpitudo_fw-la aut_fw-la stultiloquium_fw-la aut_fw-la scurrilitas_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la non_fw-la pertinent_a sed_fw-la magis_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actio_fw-la et_fw-la esaias_n 5.12_o cyâ—hara_fw-la et_fw-la lyra_n et_fw-la tympanum_fw-la et_fw-la tibia_fw-la et_fw-la vinum_fw-la in_o convivijs_fw-la vestris_fw-la et_fw-la opus_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la respicitis_fw-la nec_fw-la opera_fw-la manuum_fw-la ejus_fw-la consideratis_fw-la sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la hujusce_fw-la rei_fw-la innumera_fw-la exempla_fw-la quae_fw-la prospecta_fw-la et_fw-la diligenter_fw-la animadversa_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la caeteris_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la magno_fw-la terror_fw-la sint_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la dum_fw-la his_fw-la contra_fw-la fas_fw-la se_fw-la subdunt_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la salutem_fw-la negligant_fw-la proinde_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o common_a visum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la his_fw-la vanitatibus_fw-la usi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la deinceps_fw-la domino_fw-la adjuvante_fw-la prorsus_fw-la se_fw-la cavere_fw-la debere_fw-la meminerint_fw-la can._n 38._o since_o that_o foolish_a talk_n and_o scurrility_n according_a to_o the_o apostle_n instruction_n aught_o to_o be_v avoid_v of_o all_o christian_n much_o more_o ought_v it_o to_o be_v eschew_v by_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o example_n and_o condiment_n of_o salvation_n unto_o other_o for_o these_o thing_n be_v utter_o to_o be_v abandon_v by_o holy_a man_n who_o it_o better_o become_v to_o mourn_v than_o to_o laugh_v immoderate_o at_o scurrility_n and_o foolish_a speech_n and_o at_o the_o obscene_a jest_n of_o stage-player_n and_o other_o vanity_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o soften_v a_o christian_a soul_n from_o the_o rigour_n of_o its_o rectitude_n and_o uprightness_n neither_o be_v it_o seemly_a or_o lawful_a that_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n minister_n shall_v be_v defile_v with_o stageplay_n or_o their_o mind_n carry_v away_o with_o any_o scurrility_n or_o filthy_a speech_n for_o the_o lord_n â—aith_v in_o the_o gospel_n 12._o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n shall_v speak_v they_o shall_v give_v a_o account_n of_o it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n paul_n to_o the_o ephesian_n say_v let_v no_o corrupt_a communication_n proceed_v out_o of_o your_o mouth_n but_o that_o which_o be_v good_a to_o the_o edification_n of_o faith_n that_o it_o may_v administer_v grace_n to_o the_o hearer_n and_o grieve_v not_o the_o holy_a spirit_n by_o which_o you_o be_v seal_v to_o the_o day_n of_o 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