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it_o begin_v from_o the_o very_a hour_n or_o minute_n of_o our_o saviour_n resurrection_n be_v to_o make_v it_o arbitrary_a and_o altogether_o uncertain_a because_o the_o very_a hour_n and_o minute_n of_o his_o resurrection_n be_v not_o neither_o can_v it_o certain_o be_v know_v second_o because_o the_o sabbath_n be_v nothing_o else_o in_o proper_a speech_n but_o a_o day_n of_o rest_n it_o be_v most_o natural_a and_o proper_a it_o shall_v then_o begin_v when_o as_o god_n and_o man_n begin_v their_o rest_n and_o leave_v off_o their_o labour_n not_o when_o as_o they_o begin_v their_o work_n 13._o but_o god_n begin_v his_o rest_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o six_o day_n not_o on_o the_o morning_n or_o midnight_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n and_o man_n begin_v their_o 10._o rest_n at_o evening_n not_o at_o midnight_n or_o morning_n witness_v psal._n 104.22_o 23._o the_o sun_n arise_v and_o man_n go_v forth_o to_o his_o work_n and_o to_o his_o labour_n unto_o the_o evening_n and_o john_n 9.4_o i_o must_v work_v the_o work_n of_o he_o that_o send_v i_o while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n the_o night_n come_v when_o no_o man_n can_v work_v therefore_o it_o be_v most_o consonant_a to_o reason_n and_o nature_n that_o it_o shall_v begin_v at_o evening_n three_o this_o beginning_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n on_o saturday_n at_o even_o do_v best_a prepare_n christian_n for_o the_o sanctification_n and_o duty_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n for_o it_o make_v they_o put_v a_o period_n to_o their_o labour_n in_o due_a time_n it_o disburden_v they_o the_o soon_o of_o their_o weekday_n employment_n it_o cause_v they_o to_o go_v to_o bed_n soon_o to_o rise_v early_o and_o to_o prepare_v themselves_o the_o better_a for_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o ensue_a morning_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n do_v the_o church_n appoint_v 11.14_o vigil_n and_o evening_n saturday_n service_n in_o ancient_a time_n that_o christian_n lay_v aside_o all_o secular_a employment_n and_o resort_v then_o unto_o god_n public_a worship_n may_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o 19.42_o have_v their_o preparation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n the_o better_a prepare_v themselves_o for_o the_o sacred_a duty_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o hence_o perchance_o it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v seldom_o any_o play_n or_o masque_n at_o court_n upon_o saturday_n night_n last_o it_o be_v infallible_o evident_a by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n who_o keep_v the_o lord_n day_n only_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n not_o from_o morning_n to_o morning_n as_o be_v evidence_v not_o only_o by_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n who_o meet_v together_o caâ—uâ—_n before_o daybreak_a upon_o the_o lord_n day_n to_o praise_v their_o lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n but_o by_o sundry_a counsel_n father_n and_o imperial_a constitution_n to_o begin_v with_o counsel_n survey_v we_o concilium_fw-la tarraconense_n can._n 7._o surius_n council_n tom._n 2._o p._n 292._o matisconense_n 2._o can._n 2._o ib._n p._n 683._o toletanum_n 4._o can._n 8._o ib._n p._n 729._o constantinop_n 6._o can._n 90._o ib._n p._n 1052._o foro-juliense_a can._n 13._o surius_n tom._n 3._o p._n 266._o turonicum_n 3_o sub_fw-la carolo_n magno_fw-la can._n 40._o ib._n p._n 272._o 242._o concilium_fw-la apud_fw-la compendium_n apud_fw-la alexandr_n alesium_n summa_fw-la theolog._n pars_fw-la 3._o quaest_n 32._o artic._n 2._o p._n 245._o 1893._o synodus_fw-la francfordiana_n anno_fw-la dom._n 793._o cap._n 22._o ibid._n concilium_fw-la moguntinum_n anno_fw-la 813._o apud_fw-la juonis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pars_fw-la 4._o c._n 16._o synodus_fw-la galonis_fw-la et_fw-la simonis_n legatoris_fw-la an._n 1212._o &_o synodus_fw-la andegavensis_fw-la an._n 1282._o all_o these_o express_o decree_n ut_fw-la dies_fw-la dominicus_n à _fw-la vespera_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la servetur_fw-la omnesdy_n dominicos_fw-la à _fw-la vespera_fw-la in_o vesperam_fw-la omni_fw-la veneratione_n decernimus_fw-la observari_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la illicâ—to_fw-la opere_fw-la abstinere_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la à _fw-la vespera_fw-la dici_fw-la sabbathi_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la ad_fw-la molendina_fw-la aquarâ—_n nec_fw-la ad_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la molere_fw-la audeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o by_o the_o express_a resolution_n of_o all_o these_o several_a counsel_n whereof_o one_o be_v ecumenical_a the_o lord_n day_n ought_v to_o be_v keep_v only_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n and_o so_o to_o begin_v and_o end_v at_o evening_n if_o we_o peruse_v the_o father_n we_o shall_v find_v 7._o st._n augustine_n enjoin_v christian_n to_o celebrate_v the_o lord_n day_n from_o evening_n to_o evening_n as_o the_o jew_n do_v celebrate_v their_o sabbath_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o our_o christian_a sabbath_n begin_v at_o evening_n not_o at_o morning_n or_o midnight_n it_o be_v the_o direct_a and_o punctual_a verdict_n of_o dionysius_n alexandrinus_n epist._n 1._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 3._o p._n 81._o a._n to_o h._n of_o theophilus_n antiochenus_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o evangelia_n l._n 1._o bib._n patr._n tom._n 2._o p._n 153._o c_o d._n of_o gregory_n nyssen_n oratio_n 1._o &_o 2._o de_fw-fr resurrect_v christi_fw-la p._n 145_o 146_o 151â—_n 152._o of_o hieron_n com._n in_o jonan_n c._n 2._o tun_n 5._o p._n 137._o e._n &_o con_n in_o mat._n 12._o v._n 40._o tun_n 6._o p._n 22_o 23._o of_o leo_n epist._n decret_a epist._n 81._o c._n 1._o hrabanus_n maurus_n homil._n de_fw-fr dominicis_fw-la diebus_fw-la operum_fw-la tom._n 5._o p._n 605._o chrysost._n hom._n 5._o in_o genes_n tom._n 1._o col_fw-fr 26_o b._n &_o hom_o 82._o in_o matth_n tom_n 2._o col_fw-fr 559._o b._n theophylus_fw-la alexandrinus_n epist_n paschalis_n 3_o bibl_n patrum_fw-la tom_n 4._o p_o 723._o g._n cassianus_n de_fw-fr incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la lib_n 5_o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 5._o pars_fw-la 2._o p_o 81._o f_o g._n anastatius_fw-la sianita_fw-la ibid._n anagogicarum_fw-la contemplationum_fw-la hexaëm_n l._n 2._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 6â—_n pars_fw-la 1_o p._n 634._o e._n ibid._n quaestionum_fw-la lib_n quaest_n 87._o ibid_fw-la p_o 778._o quaest_n testimony_n 152_o 153._o ibid_fw-la p_o 794_o 795._o theophylact._n in_o matth_n 12._o five_o 40._o &_o 28._o v_o 1._o anselmus_n in_o matth_n 12._o tom._n 1._o p_o 60_o 61._o &_o in_o cap_n 28.1_o p_o 116._o eusebius_n gallicanus_n de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la hom_o 2._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 5._o parsâ—_n 1._o p_o 554._o g_o h._n paschatius_n rhadbertus_fw-la in_o matth_n l_o 12._o bib._n pat_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 2._o p_o 1230._o haymo_n halberstattensis_fw-la homil._n in_o die_n paschatis_fw-la p._n 7_o 8._o radulphus_fw-la tungrensis_fw-la de_fw-fr canonum_fw-la observantia_fw-la lib_n propositio_fw-la 23._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 11._o p_o 455._o f_o g._n &_o propositio_fw-la 15._o ibid_fw-la p_o 445._o f_o g._n &_o tom_n 14._o p_o 242._o b._n c._n amalarius_n fortunatus_n de_fw-fr ecclesiasticis_fw-la officijs_fw-la l_o 1._o c_o 11._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 311._o f._n honorius_n augustodunensis_n de_fw-fr imagine_v mundi_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap_n 27._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 12._o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 947._o h._n &_o de_fw-fr antiquo_fw-la ritu_fw-la miss_z lib_n 1._o c_o 191._o p_o 1047._o f._n christianus_n grammaticus_fw-la expositio_fw-la in_o matth_n bibl_n patr_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 941._o d_o e._n zacharias_n chrysopolitanus_n in_o unum_fw-la ex_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 173._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 12._o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 203_o 204._o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v gregorius_n 9_o decretal_a l._n 2._o tit._n 9_o de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la cap._n 2._o p._n 595._o summa_fw-la angelica_n tit._n die_v sect_n 1._o &_o constitutiones_fw-la symonis_fw-la islepe_o archiepisc._n cantuariensis_n apud_fw-la gulielmum_fw-la lindwood_n constit._fw-la provinciales_fw-la l._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la fol._n 74._o b._n &_o joan._n aton_n fol_n 148._o a._n where_o he_o decree_v thus_o in_o primis_fw-la sacrum_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la ab_fw-la hora_fw-la diei_fw-la sabbati_fw-la vespertina_fw-la
surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n &_o from_o drink_v of_o health_n from_o riot_n from_o dice_n from_o immoderate_a expense_n and_o feast_n follow_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n wherein_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v prohibit_v wine_n and_o strong_a drink_n lest_o their_o heart_n shall_v be_v overcome_v with_o drunkenness_n that_o so_o their_o sense_n may_v be_v always_o vigorous_a and_o thin_a and_o the_o apostle_n say_v be_v you_o not_o drunken_a with_o wine_n wherein_o be_v excess_n but_o be_v you_o fill_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o again_o not_o in_o riot_v and_o drunkenness_n etc._n etc._n heretofore_o so_o great_a honesty_n be_v require_v in_o the_o clergy_n that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o be_v present_a at_o marriage-feast_n nor_o to_o intermix_v themselves_o in_o stageplay_n and_o assembly_n where_o amorous_a poem_n be_v sing_v or_o obscene_a motion_n of_o the_o body_n express_v either_o in_o dance_n or_o galliard_n lest_o the_o hear_n and_o sight_n depute_v to_o sacred_a mystery_n shall_v be_v pollute_v with_o the_o contagion_n of_o filthy_a spectacle_n and_o word_n what_o if_o that_o ancient_a church_n shall_v behold_v the_o taverne-haunting_a clergy_n man_n of_o our_o time_n who_o as_o if_o they_o have_v no_o house_n be_v tie_v to_o tavern_n both_o night_n and_o day_n how_o will_v she_o detest_v this_o wickedness_n from_o henceforth_o therefore_o let_v no_o clergy_n man_n not_o only_o keep_v no_o tavern_n or_o base_a victual_v house_n but_o let_v he_o not_o so_o much_o as_o turn_v aside_o into_o tavernesâ—_n but_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n otherwise_o canonical_a punishment_n hang_v over_o his_o head_n who_o shall_v attempt_v to_o stamp_v such_o a_o brand_n of_o infamy_n upon_o his_o order_n part_n 3._o c._n 26._o that_o stageplay_n be_v not_o to_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o church_n heretofore_o stageplay_n and_o mummery_n be_v bring_v into_o church_n by_o a_o most_o lewd_a example_n so_o that_o there_o need_v a_o canonical_a provision_n by_o which_o this_o most_o vile_a abuse_n may_v be_v abolish_v which_o we_o rejoice_v that_o now_o as_o we_o hope_v it_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o our_o diocese_n part_n 5._o cap._n 6._o final_o let_v parish_n priest_n be_v far_o from_o all_o luxury_n for_o paul_n will_v have_v a_o parish_n priest_n to_o be_v sober_a not_o give_v to_o much_o wine_n and_o use_v wine_n rather_o for_o necessity_n than_o for_o pleasure_n let_v a_o bishop_n or_o minister_n house_n therefore_o know_v no_o riotous_a feast_n let_v it_o abominate_a all_o drink_n of_o health_n bind_v man_n to_o pledge_v they_o by_o equal_a cup_n which_o health_n a_o ancient_a english_a council_n at_o oxford_n anno_fw-la 1222._o have_v long_o since_o solemn_o condemn_v under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n let_v he_o repute_v it_o a_o most_o dishonest_a thing_n to_o enter_v into_o a_o tavern_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n as_o if_o he_o have_v no_o house_n to_o eat_v and_o drink_v in_o brief_o let_v he_o avoid_v all_o thing_n which_o either_o disgrace_n or_o diminish_v his_o pastoral_a authority_n part_n 9_o c._n 9_o 10._o the_o people_n also_o be_v diligent_o to_o be_v admonish_v why_o holy_a day_n and_o especial_o the_o lord_n day_n which_o have_v be_v always_o famous_a in_o the_o church_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v institute_v to_o wit_n that_o all_o may_v equal_o come_v together_o to_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o likewise_o to_o hear_v and_o receive_v the_o holy_a sacrament_n brief_o that_o they_o may_v apply_v their_o mind_n to_o god_n alone_o and_o thâ—t_o they_o may_v be_v spend_v only_o in_o prayer_n hymn_n psalm_n and_o spiritual_a song_n for_o this_o be_v to_o sanctify_v the_o sabbath_n wherefore_o we_o desire_v that_o on_o these_o day_n all_o play_n shall_v be_v prohibit_v all_o victual_v house_n shut_v up_o all_o riot_n drunkenness_n dishonest_a play_n dance_v fraught_v with_o frenzy_n wicked_a discourse_n filthy_a song_n brief_o all_o luxury_n to_o be_v avoid_v for_o by_o these_o thing_n and_o that_o which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n follow_v they_o by_o blasphemy_n and_o perjury_n the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v profane_v and_o the_o sabbath_n which_o admonish_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v cease_v to_o do_v ill_a and_o learn_v to_o do_v good_a be_v pollute_v so_o that_o if_o we_o believe_v this_o council_n stageplay_n dance_v feast_v and_o drink_v be_v according_o no_o fit_a holiday_n or_o lordsday_n exercise_n which_o shall_v be_v whole_o consecrate_v to_o god_n service_n the_o 39_o be_v synodus_fw-la heidelsheimensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1539._o which_o do_v thus_o express_v its_o resolution_n in_o our_o case_n 832._o canon_n 14._o item_n ut_fw-la clericorum_fw-la maximè_fw-la beneficiatorum_fw-la vita_fw-la sit_fw-la exemplaris_fw-la et_fw-la accepta_fw-la universis_fw-la clericis_fw-la beneficiatis_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la et_fw-la nostra_fw-la diaecesi_fw-la constitutis_fw-la constitutione_n praesenti_fw-la districtius_fw-la inhibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la ludis_fw-la taxillorum_fw-la aut_fw-la alijs_fw-la levitatibus_fw-la ac_fw-la choreis_fw-la hastiludijs_fw-la torneamentis_fw-la et_fw-la alijs_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la publicis_fw-la et_fw-la prohibitis_fw-la intersint_fw-la aut_fw-la talia_fw-la exerceant_fw-la prout_fw-la poenas_fw-la condignas_fw-la in_o contra_fw-la facientes_fw-la facti_fw-la exigente_fw-la qualitate_fw-la authoritate_fw-la nostra_fw-la infligendas_fw-la voluerint_fw-la evitare_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n ibidem_fw-la can_n 14._o moreover_o that_o the_o life_n of_o clergy_n man_n especial_o of_o such_o who_o be_v benefice_v may_v be_v exemplary_a and_o acceptable_a we_o strict_o inhibit_v all_o benefice_a clergy_n man_n which_o be_v in_o order_n within_o our_o diocese_n by_o this_o present_a canon_n that_o they_o be_v not_o present_a at_o any_o game_n at_o table_n or_o at_o any_o other_o vanity_n dance_n tilting_n torney_n or_o other_o public_a prohibit_v spectacle_n and_o that_o they_o practise_v not_o any_o of_o these_o themselves_o as_o they_o will_v avoid_v condign_a punishment_n against_o the_o offender_n the_o quality_n of_o the_o fact_n require_v it_o to_o be_v inflict_v by_o our_o authority_n the_o 40._o be_v concilium_fw-la treverense_n anno_fw-la 1549._o which_o in_o cap_n de_fw-fr moderandis_fw-la ferijs_fw-la decree_v as_o follow_v purpose_n et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la sive_fw-la clericus_fw-la sive_fw-la laicus_fw-la in_o praenominatis_fw-la celebribus_fw-la festis_fw-la compotationibus_fw-la choreis_fw-la ludis_fw-la aut_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la lascivijs_fw-la et_fw-la levitatibus_fw-la temerè_fw-la aut_fw-la contumaciter_fw-la seize_v dederit_fw-la aut_fw-la immiscuerit_fw-la ab_fw-la officialibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la arbitrariò_fw-la pro_fw-la modo_fw-la delicti_fw-la etiam_fw-la brachij_fw-la secularis_fw-la auxilio_fw-la si_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la invocato_fw-la puniri_fw-la mandamus_fw-la and_o if_o any_o whether_o a_o clerk_n or_o lay_v man_n in_o the_o forename_a eminent_a festival_n shall_v rash_o or_o contemptuous_o give_v himself_o to_o drunkenness_n dance_n play_n or_o such_o like_a lasciviousness_n and_o lightness_n or_o shall_v intermix_v himself_o with_o they_o we_o command_v that_o he_o be_v punish_v by_o our_o official_o as_o they_o shall_v think_v fit_a according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o offence_n call_v in_o likewise_o if_o need_v be_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o secular_a power_n which_o show_v how_o unseasonable_a dance_a stageplay_n and_o such_o other_o sport_n and_o pastime_n be_v on_o lords-daye_n holy-day_n and_o other_o christian_a festival_n set_v apart_o only_o and_o whole_o for_o god_n worship_n and_o service_n not_o for_o such_o vanity_n and_o play_n as_o these_o as_o our_o own_o 243._o statute_n as_o well_o as_o these_o recite_v counsel_n teach_v we_o the_o 41._o be_v synodus_fw-la augustensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1549._o which_o 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9.10_o agrippa_z de_fw-fr vanitate_fw-la scientiarum_fw-la c._n 63.64_o have_v stigmatise_v for_o this_o sin_n witness_v saint_n cyprian_n who_o write_v thus_o of_o the_o womanish_a pantomime_n and_o player_n in_o his_o time_n epist._n lib._n 2._o epist._n 2._o donato_n libidinibus_fw-la insanis_fw-la in_o viros_fw-la viri_fw-la proruunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v act_n 4._o scene_n 1._o witness_v saint_n chrysost._n hom._n 12._o in_o epist._n 1._o ad_fw-la corinth_n theatra_fw-la congregant_fw-la &_o meretricum_fw-la choros_fw-la illic_fw-la inducentes_fw-la &_o pueros_fw-la patâ—icos_fw-la qui_fw-la iniuria_fw-la ipsam_fw-la naturam_fw-la afficiunt_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la illos_fw-la inducis_fw-la cynaedos_fw-mi &_o exoletos_fw-la etc._n etc._n yea_o witness_n caliguâ—a_n suetonij_n calig_n sect_n 55._o with_o m._n stub_n his_o anatomy_n of_o abuses_n p._n 105._o where_o he_o affirm_v â—hat_n player_n and_o playhaunter_n in_o their_o secret_a conclave_n plaâ—_n the_o sodomite_n 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3._o gellius_n and_o according_o quintilian_n style_v they_o be_v abundant_o condemn_v as_o abominable_a sinful_a pastime_n misbeseem_v godly_a christian_n first_o by_o the_o express_a verdict_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o as_o it_o 16.9_o enjoin_v all_o christian_n in_o their_o feast_n their_o mirth_n and_o private_a meeting_n to_o sing_v psalm_n and_o hymn_n and_o spiritual_a song_n of_o prayer_n of_o praise_n to_o god_n with_o a_o grace_n and_o melody_n in_o their_o heart_n a_o practice_n which_o all_o the_o primitive_a christians_n as_o the_o marginal_a 97._o author_n witness_n observe_v in_o their_o love-feast_n in_o all_o their_o private_a and_o public_a meeting_n and_o i_o will_v those_o modern_a christian_n who_o banish_v these_o thing_n from_o their_o feast_n and_o merriment_n as_o altogether_o unseasonable_a exhilerate_v themselves_o 192._o with_o nought_o but_o scurrilous_a beastly_a song_n lascivious_a music_n wanton_a dance_n and_o such_o unchristian_a mirth_n will_v 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