indispose_v 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 mourn_v for_o it_o in_o his_o closet_n who_o sport_n himself_o with_o it_o in_o the_o theatre_n how_o can_v he_o weep_v for_o it_o in_o secret_a 404._o who_o thus_o laugh_v at_o it_o in_o public_a how_o can_v he_o look_v upon_o it_o with_o detestation_n in_o himself_o who_o make_v it_o his_o recreation_n when_o it_o be_v act_v by_o other_o how_o can_v he_o renounce_v abhor_v condemn_v it_o at_o home_n who_o thus_o applaud_v affect_n admire_v it_o abroad_o certain_o he_o can_v never_o make_v sin_n his_o great_a grief_n who_o make_v the_o representation_n of_o it_o his_o chief_a mirth_n he_o can_v never_o make_v ribaldry_n adultery_n whoredom_n incest_n and_o the_o like_a the_o everlasting_a object_n of_o his_o hatred_n who_o make_v the_o hear_n the_o see_v the_o act_n the_o lively_a representation_n and_o picture_n of_o they_o the_o daily_a object_n of_o his_o chief_a delight_n every_o true_a penitent_n must_v be_v sensible_a of_o sin_n 24._o he_o mâ—â—â—_n feel_v the_o sting_n the_o venom_n of_o it_o 64.6_o see_v the_o filth_n of_o it_o 7.24_o bewail_v the_o guilt_n of_o it_o 23._o hate_v the_o very_a appearance_n and_o resemblance_n of_o it_o fly_v 9_o all_o the_o occasion_n of_o it_o all_o the_o allurement_n to_o it_o yea_o 2.8_o utter_o abhor_v the_o very_a sight_n and_o hear_n of_o it_o as_o a_o most_o execrable_a horrid_a and_o accurse_a thing_n and_o can_v player_n can_v playhaunter_n then_o 5.5_o who_o spend_v their_o day_n in_o mirth_n in_o carnal_a jollity_n in_o laugh_v in_o rejoice_v in_o ribaldrous_a song_n in_o scurrilous_a jest_n in_o amorous_a poem_n in_o wanton_a comedy_n in_o lewd_a discourse_n in_o adulterous_a representation_n wallow_v in_o the_o very_a mire_n of_o sensuality_n voluptuousness_n and_o such_o like_a beastly_a sin_n without_o the_o least_o remorse_n be_v near_o to_o true_a repentance_n or_o to_o the_o way_n the_o preparative_n that_o lead_v and_o bring_v man_n to_o it_o o_o no_o a_o penitent_a heart_n a_o humble_a soul_n a_o circumcise_a ear_n a_o eye_n that_o weep_v in_o truth_n for_o sin_n donato_n be_v altogether_o impatient_a of_o such_o object_n such_o interlude_n and_o delight_n as_o these_o witness_v the_o pactise_n of_o the_o pagan_a convert_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n 62._o who_o immediate_o upon_o their_o baptism_n and_o sincere_a repentance_n do_v utter_o renounce_v all_o stageplay_n as_o accurse_a pleasure_n not_o dare_v to_o return_v unto_o they_o again_o witness_v all_o christian_a convert_n of_o latter_a time_n who_o have_v do_v the_o like_a thus_o do_v saint_n augustine_n heretofore_o as_o 14._o himself_o confess_v thus_o do_v according_o m._n gosson_n and_o the_o 54._o author_n of_o the_o 3._o blast_v of_o retreat_n from_o stageplay_n of_o late_a as_o themselves_o record_v before_o their_o repentance_n and_o conversion_n they_o compose_v they_o admire_v stageplay_n immediate_o upon_o their_o repentance_n and_o reformation_n they_o utter_o abandon_v they_o and_o write_v against_o they_o 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
philosophersâ—_n according_o as_o the_o incendiary_n and_o common_a nursery_n of_o all_o villainy_n and_o wickedness_n the_o bane_n and_o overthrow_v of_o all_o grace_n and_o goodness_n the_o very_a poison_n and_o corruption_n of_o man_n mind_n and_o manner_n the_o very_a fatal_a plague_n and_o overture_n of_o those_o state_n and_o kingdom_n where_o they_o be_v once_o tolerate_v as_o i_o shall_v prove_v anon_o yet_o we_o we_o miserable_a and_o graceless_a wretch_n after_o so_o many_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n pass_v upon_o they_o after_o so_o many_o judgement_n already_o inflict_v on_o and_o yet_o threaten_v to_o we_o for_o they_o after_o so_o many_o year_n and_o jubily_n of_o the_o glorious_a gospel-sun-shine_a 2.11.22_o which_o teach_v we_o to_o deny_v ungodliness_n and_o all_o worldly_a lust_n and_o to_o live_v sober_o righteous_o and_o godly_a in_o this_o present_a world_n look_v for_o the_o come_n and_o appearance_n of_o the_o great_a god_n and_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n yea_o after_o our_o very_a vow_n and_o sacred_a covenant_n in_o baptism_n which_o bind_v we_o 96._o to_o forsake_v the_o devil_n and_o all_o his_o work_n the_o pomp_n and_o vanity_n of_o this_o wicked_a world_n and_o all_o the_o sinful_a lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n according_o of_o which_o these_o stageplays_a be_v the_o chief_a as_o if_o we_o be_v quite_o degenerate_v not_o only_o from_o the_o grace_n and_o holiness_n of_o christian_n but_o even_o from_o the_o natural_a goodness_n and_o morality_n of_o pagan_n in_o former_a age_n do_v now_o even_o now_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o our_o fear_n at_o homeâ—_n and_o the_o miserable_a desolation_n of_o god_n church_n abroad_o the_o very_a thought_n of_o which_o shall_v cause_v our_o heart_n to_o bleed_v and_o soul_n 10._o to_o mourn_v much_o more_o our_o hellish_a jollity_n and_o mirth_n to_o cease_v as_o if_o we_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o hell_n and_o swear_v allegiance_n to_o the_o devil_n himself_o 1._o enthral_v and_o sell_v ourselves_o to_o these_o diabolical_a and_o hellish_a interludes_a notwithstanding_o all_o that_o god_n or_o man_n have_v say_v against_o they_o and_o will_v rather_o part_v with_o christ_n religion_n god_n or_o heaven_n then_o with_o they_o yea_o so_o far_o be_v many_o man_n affection_n wed_v to_o these_o profane_a and_o heathenish_a vanity_n that_o as_o it_o be_v in_o saint_n augustine_n time_n even_o so_o it_o be_v now_o 20._o whosoever_o be_v but_o displease_v and_o offend_v with_o they_o be_v present_o repute_v for_o a_o common_a enemy_n he_o that_o speak_v against_o they_o or_o come_v not_o at_o they_o be_v forthwith_o brand_v for_o a_o scismaticall_a or_o factious_a puritan_n and_o if_o any_o one_o assay_n to_o alter_v or_o suppress_v they_o he_o become_v so_o odious_a unto_o many_o that_o do_v not_o the_o fear_n of_o punishment_n restrain_v their_o malice_n they_o will_v not_o only_o scorn_v and_o disgrace_n but_o even_o stone_n or_o rend_v he_o all_o to_o piece_n 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 how_o â—arre_o be_v christian_n now_o degenerate_v from_o what_o they_o be_v in_o ancient_a time_n when_o as_o that_o which_o be_v their_o badge_n and_o honour_n heretofore_o be_v now_o become_v their_o brand_n and_o shame_n 110._o quantus_fw-la in_o christiano_n populo_fw-la honour_n christi_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la religio_fw-la ignobilem_fw-la facit_fw-la how_o little_o do_v we_o christian_n honour_v christ_n when_o as_o the_o ancient_a character_n and_o practical_a power_n of_o religion_n i_o mean_v the_o abandon_v and_o renounce_v of_o sinne-fomenting_a stageplays_a subject_a man_n unto_o the_o high_a censure_n and_o disgrace_v 3._o conqueror_n a_o taceam_fw-la this_o be_v the_o dissolute_a and_o unhappy_a constitution_n of_o our_o deprave_a time_n it_o put_v i_o at_o the_o first_o to_o this_o dilemma_n whether_o to_o sit_v mute_a and_o silent_a still_o and_o 13.17_o mourn_v in_o secret_a for_o these_o 9.27_o overspr_a abomination_n which_o have_v get_v such_o head_n of_o late_a among_o we_o that_o many_o who_o visit_v the_o church_n scarce_o once_o a_o week_n frequent_a the_o playhouse_n once_o a_o day_n or_o whether_o 58.1_o i_o shall_v lift_v up_o my_o voice_n like_o a_o trumpet_n and_o cry_v against_o they_o to_o my_o power_n if_o i_o shall_v bend_v my_o tongue_n or_o pen_n against_o they_o as_o i_o have_v do_v against_o some_o other_o sinful_a and_o unchristian_a vanity_n my_o thought_n inform_v i_o that_o i_o may_v with_o the_o unfortunate_a disciple_n 5.5_o fish_v all_o night_n and_o catch_v just_a nothing_o at_o the_o last_o but_o the_o reproach_n and_o scorn_v of_o the_o histrionical_a and_o profane_a sort_n 3.6_o who_o tongue_n be_v set_v on_o fire_n of_o hell_n against_o all_o such_o as_o dare_v affront_v their_o hellish_a practice_n and_o so_o my_o hope_n and_o travel_n will_v be_v wreck_v at_o once_o if_o i_o shall_v on_o the_o other_o side_n neglect_v to_o do_v my_o uttermost_a to_o extirpated_a or_o withstand_v these_o dangerous_a spectacle_n or_o to_o withdraw_v such_o person_n from_o they_o as_o my_o pain_n and_o brief_a collection_n in_o this_o subject_n may_v reclaim_v when_o god_n have_v put_v this_o opportunity_n into_o my_o hand_n and_o will_v into_o my_o heart_n to_o do_v it_o my_o conscience_n then_o persuade_v i_o that_o my_o negligence_n and_o slackness_n in_o this_o kind_n 11._o may_v make_v i_o guilty_a of_o the_o death_n of_o all_o such_o ignorant_a and_o seduce_v soul_n which_o these_o my_o poor_a endeavour_n may_v rescue_v from_o these_o chain_n of_o hell_n and_o cord_n of_o sin_n and_o 50._o interest_n meâ—_n in_o all_o the_o evil_n which_o they_o may_v suppress_v whereupon_o i_o resolve_v with_o myself_o at_o last_o 99_o to_o endure_v the_o cross_n and_o despise_v the_o hate_n and_o shame_n which_o the_o publish_n of_o this_o histriomastix_n may_v procure_v i_o and_o to_o 6._o assuage_v at_o least_o in_o my_o 10._o endeavour_n if_o not_o otherwise_o these_o inveterate_a and_o fester_a ulcer_n which_o may_v 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his_o festival_n will_v they_o not_o take_v up_o that_o speech_n in_o salvian_n 138._o ecce_fw-la quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la christum_fw-la colunt_fw-la falsum_fw-la plane_n illud_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la aiunt_fw-la se_fw-la bona_fw-la discere_fw-la quod_fw-la jactant_fw-la se_fw-la sanctae_fw-la legis_fw-la praecepta_fw-la retinere_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la bona_fw-la discerent_fw-la boni_fw-la essent_fw-la talis_fw-la profecto_fw-la secta_fw-la est_fw-la quales_fw-la et_fw-la sectatores_fw-la hoc_fw-la sunt_fw-la absque_fw-la dubio_fw-la quod_fw-la docentur_fw-la apparet_fw-la itaque_fw-la prophetas_fw-la quos_fw-la habent_fw-la impuritatem_fw-la docere_fw-la et_fw-la apostolos_fw-la quos_fw-la legunt_fw-la nefaria_fw-la sensisse_fw-la et_fw-la evangelia_n quibus_fw-la imbuuntur_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la praedicare_fw-la postremo_fw-la sancta_fw-la à _fw-la christianis_fw-la fierent_fw-la si_fw-la christus_fw-la sancta_fw-la docuisset_fw-la 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