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l_o 3._o c._n 11._o arnobius_n advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la l._n 4_o pag._n 149.150.151_o l._n 7._o pag._n 230._o to_o 242._o basil._n de_fw-fr ebrietate_fw-la &_o luxu_fw-la sermo_n p._n 329.332_o 236._o nazianzen_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la p._n 1063.1064_o sententiae_fw-la p._n 1168._o &_o 997._o ambros._n sermo_n 17._o s._n asterij_fw-la homil._n in_o festum_fw-la kalendarum_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom_n 4._o p._n 706._o hierom._n epist._n 8._o c._n 7._o august_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sermo_n 9_o tom._n 10._o p._n 376._o confessionun_n l._n 2._o cap._n 9_o enar._n in_o psal._n 51._o tom._n 8._o pars_fw-la 1._o pag._n 605.606_o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o &_o 7._o theophâ—lact_fw-mi enar._n in_o luk._n 6._o p._n 135._o joannis_n climachus_n de_fw-fr discretione_fw-la gradus_fw-la c._n 31._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 6._o pars_fw-la 2._o p._n 280._o g._n bedae_fw-la scintillae_fw-la tom._n 7._o col._n 335._o risus_fw-la antiochus_n hom._n 95._o quod_fw-la temperandum_fw-la sit_fw-la à _fw-la solutiore_fw-la &_o immoderato_fw-la risu_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 7._o p._n 209._o bernard_n in_o caena_n domini_fw-la sermo_n 9_o de_fw-fr gradibus_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la col._n 961._o a._n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la vitæ_fw-la col._n 1117._o a.b._n olympiodorus_n enar._n in_o ecclesiasten_n cap._n 2._o &_o 7._o and_o above_o all_o s._n chrysostom_n hom._n 6.38_o &_o 69._o in_o matth._n hom._n 17._o in_o ephesios_n &_o 15._o in_o hebraeos_fw-la &_o ibid._n 54.14.15_o &_o 62._o ad_fw-la pop._n antiochiae_fw-la to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v robertus_fw-la holkot_n in_o lib._n sapientiae_fw-la lectio_fw-la 172._o fol._n 133._o revelationes_fw-la sanctae_fw-la brigiâ—tae_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 29._o nicolaus_n de_fw-fr clemangis_n de_fw-fr novis_fw-la celebritatibus_fw-la non_fw-la instituendis_fw-la p._n 143._o to_o 150._o thomas_n gualesius_n lect._n 77_o in_o proverb_n solomonis_fw-la fol._n 97._o edit_fw-la ascentijs_fw-la 1510._o 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my_o mayor_n can_v but_o be_v grant_v and_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o ib._n because_o unchaste_a obscene_a and_o amorous_a word_n be_v but_o so_o many_o vehiculae_n to_o carry_v mâ—n_z on_o to_o adulterous_a and_o sinful_a deed_n both_o which_o all_o christian_n must_v abominate_a for_o the_o mayor_n that_o the_o style_n and_o subject_a matter_n of_o most_o 20._o comical_a and_o theatrical_a interlude_n be_v amorous_a and_o obscene_a it_o be_v as_o evident_a as_o the_o morning_n sun_n first_o by_o the_o express_a and_o punctual_a testimony_n of_o sundry_a father_n read_v but_o 180.181_o tatianus_n oratio_n aduersus_fw-la graeco_n h._n theophylus_fw-la antiochenus_fw-la contra_fw-la autolicum_fw-la lib._n 3._o clemens_n romanus_n constit._fw-la apostolorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 65.66_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n oratio_fw-la exhort_v ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la fol._n 8.9_o paedag._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6.7_o &_o ib._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o tertullian_n de_fw-fr spectac_n cap._n 10.17_o to_o 28._o apologia_fw-la adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la cap._n 38._o de_fw-fr pudicitia_n cap._n 7._o minucius_n felix_n octavius_n pag._n 101._o philo_z judaeus_fw-la de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la lib._n pag._n 271._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la pag._n 932._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la lib._n pag._n 1209._o cyprian_n ib._n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n &_o epist._n lib._n 2._o ep._n 2._o donato_n origen_n in_o rom._n 11._o lib._n 8._o tom._n 3._o pag._n 203._o arnobius_n advers-gentes_a lib._n 3._o pag._n 114._o lib._n 4._o pag._n 149.150_o lib._n 5._o pag._n 182._o &_o lib._n 7._o pag._n 230._o to_o 241._o lactantius_n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la cap._n 20._o divinarum_fw-la institutionum_fw-la ib._n epit._n cap._n 6._o basilius_n magnus_n hexaemeron_n hom._n 4._o de_fw-fr legendis_fw-la libris_fw-la gentilium_fw-la oratio_fw-la &_o ascetica_fw-la tom._n 2._o pag._n 180.181_o gregory_n nâ—zianzen_n oratio_fw-la 48._o pag._n 796.797_o ad_fw-la seleuchum_fw-la de_fw-fr recta_fw-la educatione_n epist._n pag._n 1063.1064_o gregory_n nyssen_n vitæ_fw-la moseos_fw-la enarratio_fw-la pag._n 525._o ambrose_n de_fw-fr paenitentia_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o &_o enarratio_fw-la in_o plasm_n 118._o octon_n 5._o cyrillus_n hierusolomitanus_n catechesis_fw-la mystagogica_fw-la 1._o hilary_n enarratio_fw-la in_o psal._n 14._o &_o in_o psal._n 118._o he._n hierom_n comment_fw-fr in_o ezech._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 20._o tom._n 4._o pag._n 389._o h._n &_o epist._n 2._o cap._n 6._o chrysostome_n hom._n 3._o de_fw-fr davide_n &_o saul_n hom._n in_o psal._n 140._o hom._n 6.7_o ib._n &_o 38._o in_o mat._n hom._n 62._o in_o acta_fw-la apost_n hom._n 12._o in_o 1_o cor._n hom._n 17._o in_o ephes._n 5._o &_o hom._n 62._o ad_fw-la pop._n antiochiae_fw-la augustine_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 32.33_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o to_o 15._o cap._n 26.29_o de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la euangel_n l._n 1._o cap._n 33._o confessionum_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 1.2_o prosper_v aquitanicus_n de_fw-fr gloria_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la peroratio_n pag._n 73._o orosius_n historiae_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o isiodor_n hispalensis_n etimolog_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 41.42_o saluian_a de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la 186._o lib._n 6._o &_o 7._o bernard_n oratio_fw-la ad_fw-la milites_fw-la temple_n cap._n 4._o c._n joannes_n salisburiensis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o &_o lib._n 8._o cap._n 6.7_o cassiodorus_n variarum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 27._o &_o lib._n 7._o cap._n 10._o to_o who_o i_o may_v add_v concilium_fw-la parisiense_n sub_fw-la ludovico_n &_o lothario_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 38._o concilium_fw-la agathense_o canon_n 39_o synodus_fw-la turonica_n 3._o canon_n 7.8_o synodus_fw-la cabilonensis_n 2._o canon_n 9_o synodus_fw-la moguntina_n sub_fw-la rabano_n canon_n 13._o concilium_fw-la coloniense_n anno._n 1536._o pars_fw-la 2._o cap._n 25._o pars_fw-la 9_o cap._n 10._o concilium_fw-la coloniense_n sub_fw-la adolpho_n anno._n 1549._o &_o gratian._n distinctio_fw-la 33.48.86_o peruse_v i_o say_v these_o several_a father_n and_o counsel_n who_o word_n if_o i_o shall_v at_o large_a transcribe_v they_o will_v amount_v unto_o a_o ample_a volume_n and_o you_o shall_v find_v they_o all_o concur_v
play_n or_o player_n by_o contribute_v to_o their_o box_n or_o resort_v to_o their_o theater_n for_o the_o forenamed_a reason_n since_o therefore_o it_o be_v abunndant_o evident_a by_o the_o premise_n that_o stageplay_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o much_o 10._o vain_a much_o sinful_a prodigal_a expense_n and_o that_o the_o very_o contribute_v to_o player_n box_n of_o which_o every_o common_a spectator_n must_v be_v always_o culpable_a be_v not_o only_o apparent_a prodigality_n but_o a_o before_o giantlike_a sin_n which_o bring_v much_o danger_n to_o man_n soul_n it_o must_v needs_o cause_v we_o to_o abominate_a to_o abandon_v stageplay_n even_o for_o this_o effect_n which_o always_o necessary_o attend_v they_o scaena_fw-la tertia._n the_o three_o effect_n or_o fruit_n of_o stageplay_n be_v the_o irritation_n the_o inflammation_n the_o fomentation_n of_o divers_a sinful_a lust_n of_o many_o lewd_a unchaste_a adulterous_a affection_n both_o in_o the_o actor_n and_o spectator_n heart_n from_o whence_o this_o 29._o play-oppugning_a argument_n will_v ebulliate_v 29._o that_o which_o do_v ordinary_o if_o not_o always_o defile_v the_o eye_n the_o ear_n and_o soul_n both_o of_o the_o actor_n and_o spectator_n by_o engender_v by_o exciting_a meretricious_a lustful_a lewd_a adulterous_a desire_n and_o affection_n in_o their_o heart_n or_o by_o instigate_a by_o prepare_v by_o induce_v they_o to_o actual_a uncleanness_n 23._o must_v needs_o be_v abominable_a and_o unlawful_a unto_o christian_n but_o this_o do_v stageplay_n as_o i_o shall_v here_o make_v manifest_a therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v abominable_a and_o unlawful_a unto_o christian_n the_o major_n be_v irrefragable_a because_o all_o pollute_a object_n all_o unchaste_a affection_n and_o unruly_a c._n carnal_a lust_n which_o be_v 2.14_o no_o less_o than_o adultery_n than_o uncleanness_n itself_o in_o god_n account_n do_v not_o only_o 1.15_o contaminate_v and_o war_n against_o man_n soul_n but_o likewise_o 1.18_o deprive_v they_o of_o god_n favour_n 19_o disable_v they_o to_o every_o holy_a duty_n 2.26_o enthral_v they_o unto_o satan_n 21._o exclude_v they_o out_o of_o heaven_n and_o without_o repentance_n 15._o plunge_v they_o into_o hell_n for_o all_o eternity_n since_o therefore_o the_o scripture_n call_v upon_o we_o 7.1_o to_o cleanse_v ourselves_o from_o all_o pollution_n of_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n 11._o to_o mortify_v our_o carnal_a lust_n and_o earthly_a member_n to_o 5.24_o crucify_v the_o flesh_n with_o the_o affection_n and_o lust_n thereof_o the_o 13._o fruit_n of_o which_o be_v eternal_a death_n 2.11_o to_o abstain_v from_o fleshly_a lust_n which_o war_n against_o the_o soul_n and_o to_o 13.14_o make_v no_o provision_n for_o the_o flesh_n to_o fulfil_v the_o lust_n thereof_o since_o it_o express_o inform_v we_o 29._o that_o none_o but_o idolatrous_a heathen_a gentile_n in_o who_o the_o devil_n reign_v 7._o none_o but_o unregenerate_a carnal_a graceless_a person_n who_o have_v no_o part_n in_o christ_n do_v wallow_v with_o delight_n do_v foster_n harbour_n or_o take_v pleasure_n in_o such_o lust_n as_o these_o and_o that_o 10._o all_o who_o be_v christ_n have_v crucify_v the_o flesh_n with_o the_o affection_n and_o lust_n thereof_o 8._o because_o the_o carnal_a mind_n be_v enmity_n against_o god_n neither_o be_v it_o nor_o can_v it_o be_v subject_a to_o his_o law_n there_o be_v none_o but_o whore_n and_o pander_n or_o foul_a incarnate_a devil_n who_o dare_v control_v my_o minor_n truth_n which_o all_o christian_n must_v subscribe_v to_o 4._o because_o they_o be_v no_o long_a debtor_n to_o the_o flesh_n to_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n but_o 2.20_o swear_v servant_n and_o spouse_n unto_o christ_n alone_o 13._o to_o who_o they_o have_v resign_v both_o their_o soul_n and_o body_n to_o be_v at_o none_o but_o his_o disposal_n the_o minor_a be_v notorious_o evident_a not_o only_o by_o experience_n but_o likewise_o by_o the_o concur_v suffrage_n of_o sundry_a father_n counsel_n and_o author_n of_o all_o sort_n who_o as_o they_o style_v according_o playhouse_n the_o temple_n of_o venery_n the_o school_n of_o bawdry_n the_o deâ—s_n of_o lewdness_n the_o siâ—kes_v of_o filthiness_n and_o stageplay_n the_o lecture_n of_o ribaldry_n the_o meditation_n of_o adultery_n the_o nursery_n of_o uncleanness_n the_o fomentation_n of_o lechery_n the_o fuel_n the_o incendiary_n of_o lust_n and_o the_o very_a devil_n forge_n or_o bellows_n to_o excite_v and_o blow_v up_o flame_n of_o carnal_a concupiscence_n both_o in_o the_o actor_n and_o spectator_n heart_n a_o sufficient_a ratification_n of_o our_o present_a assumption_n so_o they_o likewise_o positive_o affirm_v and_o copious_o testify_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o proposition_n in_o express_a word_n witness_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n who_o inform_v we_o a._n that_o comedy_n and_o amorous_a modern_a poem_n teach_v man_n adultery_n that_o they_o defile_v man_n ear_n with_o incest_n and_o fornication_n therefore_o he_o tell_v the_o gentile_n that_o not_o only_o the_o use_n the_o sight_n and_o hear_n but_o likewise_o the_o very_a memory_n of_o stageplay_n yea_o of_o the_o fabulous_a poem_n picture_n and_o representation_n of_o their_o unchaste_a libidinous_a idol-god_n ought_v utter_o to_o be_v abolish_v because_o their_o ear_n have_v commit_v whoredom_n their_o eye_n have_v play_v the_o harlot_n with_o they_o and_o which_o be_v more_o strange_a that_o their_o very_a sight_n have_v commit_v adultery_n before_o any_o actual_a embracement_n by_o reason_n of_o these_o obscene_a picturesâ—_n and_o filthy_a interlude_n hence_o he_o instruct_v christian_n 11._o that_o his_o paedagoge_n must_v not_o lead_v they_o unto_o play_n or_o theater_n which_o may_v not_o be_v unfit_o call_v the_o chair_n of_o pestilence_n because_o these_o conventicle_n where_o man_n and_o woman_n meet_v promiscuous_o together_o to_o behold_v one_o another_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o lewdness_n here_o they_o give_v or_o plot_n wicked_a counsel_n for_o while_o their_o eye_n be_v lascivious_o occupy_v their_o lust_n wax_v warm_a and_o their_o eye_n be_v accustom_v to_o glance_v more_o impudent_o on_o those_o who_o sit_v next_o they_o have_v liberty_n and_o leisure_n grant_v to_o they_o intend_v their_o lust_n these_o spectacle_n therefore_o say_v he_o which_o be_v fraught_v with_o wickedness_n with_o obscene_a and_o vain_a speech_n with_o the_o representation_n of_o filthy_a deed_n with_o impudent_a and_o unchaste_a discourse_n which_o provoke_v laughter_n the_o idaeaes_n of_o which_o man_n carry_v away_o with_o they_o to_o their_o house_n &_o there_o more_o deep_o imprint_v they_o in_o their_o mind_n be_v utter_o to_o he_o prohibit_v witness_v tertullian_n who_o record_v 18._o that_o tragedy_n and_o comedy_n be_v the_o augmenter_n of_o villainy_n and_o lust_n be_v both_o cruel_a and_o lascivious_a impious_a and_o prodigal_a 17._o that_o they_o defile_v man_n eye_n and_o ear_n with_o uncleanness_n 25._o and_o blow_v up_o the_o sparkle_n of_o their_o lusts._n hence_o he_o style_v the_o playhouse_n 10._o the_o chapel_n of_o venery_n the_o house_n of_o lechery_n the_o 17._o consistory_n of_o incontinency_n hence_o he_o inform_v we_o 5._o that_o all_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n have_v utter_o relinquish_v the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o theatre_n hence_o he_o comfort_v the_o close_a imprison_a martyr_n of_o his_o time_n with_o this_o consideration_n 7._o that_o by_o mean_n of_o their_o imprisonment_n their_o eye_n be_v keep_v from_o the_o sight_n of_o theater_n the_o place_n of_o public_a lust_n and_o lechery_n neither_o be_v their_o ear_n offend_v with_o the_o clamour_n or_o uncleanness_n of_o stage-player_n and_o hence_o he_o double_v this_o assertion_n 17._o that_o stageplay_n be_v absolute_o prohibit_v by_o the_o inhibition_n of_o incontinency_n witness_v origen_n who_o instruct_v we_o that_o christian_n must_v not_o lift_v up_o their_o eye_n to_o a._n stageplay_n the_o pleasurable_a delight_n of_o pollute_a eye_n as_o he_o there_o style_v they_o lest_o their_o lust_n shall_v be_v inflame_v by_o they_o what_o then_o write_v he_o in_o b.c._n another_o place_n shall_v we_o say_v of_o these_o who_o with_o the_o troop_n of_o the_o gentile_n make_v haste_n to_o stageplay_n and_o defile_v their_o eye_n and_o ear_n with_o unchaste_a word_n and_o motion_n it_o be_v not_o our_o part_n â—o_o pass_v sentence_n upon_o such_o for_o they_o themselves_o may_v perceive_v and_o see_v what_o part_n they_o have_v choose_v to_o themselves_o thou_o therefore_o who_o hear_v these_o thing_n be_v you_o holy_a for_o i_o be_o holy_a wise_o understand_v what_o be_v speak_v separate_v thyself_o from_o terrene_a action_n separate_v thyself_o from_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o world_n and_o from_o the_o contagion_n of_o every_o sin_n witness_v saint_n cyprian_n who_o style_v theater_n b_o the_o stew_n of_o public_a chastity_n and_o mastership_n of_o obscaenity_n which_o teach_v those_o sin_n in_o public_a that_o man_n may_v more_o usual_o commit_v they_o in_o private_a lib._n what_o do_v a_o
so_o serious_o serve_v the_o world_n the_o flesh_n the_o devil_n in_o dance_v dice_a masque_n and_o stageplay_n in_o the_o night_n begin_v perchance_o the_o lordsday_n like_o the_o 3._o foolish_a galatian_n in_o the_o spirit_n but_o end_v it_o in_o the_o flesh_n as_o alas_o too_o many_o carnal_a christian_n do_v theodoricus_n a_o christian_a king_n of_o italy_n who_o praise_n 243._o eâ—nodius_n ticinensis_n have_v proclaim_v to_o the_o world_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o faustus_n transmit_v to_o posterity_n by_o 51._o marcus_n aurelius_n cassiodorus_n hath-passed_n this_o censure_n upon_o stageplay_n and_o cirque-playes_a ibidem_fw-la that_o they_o expel_v the_o grave_a manner_n invite_v the_o most_o trivial_a contention_n that_o they_o be_v the_o exhauster_n of_o honesty_n the_o ever-running_a fountain_n of_o brawl_n and_o quarrel_n which_o antiquity_n very_o repute_v sacred_a but_o contentious_a posterity_n have_v make_v they_o a_o mere_a ludibrium_fw-la which_o passage_n he_o thus_o second_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o speciosius_fw-la 27._o who_o can_v expect_v grave_a manner_n in_o stageplay_n cato_n know_v not_o how_o to_o meet_v together_o at_o playhouse_n whatsoever_o be_v there_o speak_v to_o the_o rejoice_a people_n be_v not_o deem_v a_o injury_n it_o be_v a_o place_n which_o defend_v excess_n in_o another_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o the_o roman_a senate_n he_o thus_o inform_v they_o what_o great_a mischief_n these_o stageplay_n have_v procure_v to_o the_o people_n who_o be_v bring_v into_o extreme_a danger_n by_o thâ—m_n 30._o animum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la patres_fw-la conscripti_fw-la reipub_fw-la curis_fw-la calentem_fw-la pulsavit_fw-la saepius_fw-la querela_fw-la populorum_fw-la orta_fw-la quidem_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la levibus_fw-la sed_fw-la grave_n eructavit_fw-la excessus_fw-la deplorat_n enim_fw-la pro_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la voluptate_fw-la ad_fw-la discrimina_fw-la se_fw-la ultima_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o his_o 42._o 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