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god_n unto_o his_o face_n for_o first_o these_o heathenish_a oath_n and_o imprecation_n or_o invocation_n of_o pagan_a god_n 11._o do_v give_v a_o kind_n of_o tacit_a yea_o attribute_v a_o manifest_a divinity_n to_o these_o idol_n since_o nothing_o be_v â—o_o be_v invocate_v or_o swear_v by_o either_o in_o sport_n or_o earnest_n 14._o but_o god_n alone_o now_o to_o attribute_v a_o deity_n to_o these_o pagan_a god_n 18.26_o who_o villainy_n do_v manifest_v they_o to_o be_v worse_o than_o man_n it_o be_v gross_a idolatry_n certain_o if_o the_o read_n of_o a_o lecture_n of_o some_o heathen_a god_n if_o the_o still_n of_o a_o idol_n by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n without_o this_o addition_n heathen_a idol_n or_o dunghill_n god_n if_o the_o receit_n of_o a_o blessing_n from_o a_o pagan_n mouth_n 32._o which_o in_o truth_n be_v rather_o a_o curse_v than_o a_o blessing_n in_o the_o name_n of_o a_o idol_n without_o reject_v or_o disapproove_v it_o be_v flat_a idolatry_n as_o 24._o â—ertullian_n with_o 86._o other_o have_v affirm_v because_o it_o give_v a_o approbation_n to_o these_o idol_n and_o ascribe_v a_o covert_a divinity_n to_o they_o then_o much_o more_o must_v the_o admiration_n the_o invocation_n the_o imprecation_n and_o exclamation_n in_o these_o idol_n name_n which_o be_v frequent_a in_o our_o stageplays_a be_v palpable_a and_o gross_a idolatry_n e._n which_o be_v the_o high_a sin_n and_o iussell_v god_n out_o of_o his_o throne_n second_o these_o oath_n and_o imprecation_n as_o they_o be_v exceed_o heathenish_a and_o profane_a unbeseeming_a christian_a mouth_n or_o ear_n as_o they_o be_v ridiculous_a vain_a and_o foolish_a and_o so_o within_o the_o verge_n 4._o of_o vain_a and_o foolish_a word_n which_o god_n condemn_v and_o will_v at_o last_o severe_o judge_n so_o they_o be_v a_o direct_a breach_n of_o the_o three_o commandment_n 12_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n in_o vain_a in_o that_o they_o attribute_v the_o name_n and_o prerogative_n of_o god_n to_o 18.15_o idol_n which_o be_v the_o great_a vanity_n of_o the_o world_n yea_o vanity_n itself_o and_o a_o manifest_a violation_n of_o these_o peremptory_a injunction_n 5.12_o swear_v not_o at_o all_o and_o above_o all_o thing_n my_o brethren_n swear_v not_o no_o commandment_n not_o by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n unless_o we_o be_v lawful_o call_v to_o it_o much_o less_o by_o the_o name_n of_o pagan_a devill-idoles_a which_o be_v â—â—_o the_o worst_a the_o vain_a and_o profane_v oath_n therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v odious_a and_o abominable_a yea_o displease_v unto_o god_n and_o dangerous_a unto_o us._n three_o these_o oath_n these_o invocation_n and_o imprecation_n as_o they_o renew_v those_o heathenish_a and_o infernal_a deity_n 79.80_o who_o memory_n shall_v for_o ever_o rot_v so_o they_o do_v likewise_o engender_v heathenism_n and_o profaneness_n in_o man_n life_n and_o speech_n according_o they_o alienate_v man_n heart_n and_o thought_n from_o god_n and_o heavenly_a thing_n they_o tip_v their_o tongue_n with_o vanity_n and_o profaneness_n which_o â—_o shall_v flow_v with_o grace_n and_o holiness_n they_o stamp_v their_o life_n and_o action_n with_o dissoluteness_n and_o gracelessness_n they_o cause_v they_o 10.4_o to_o live_v without_o god_n in_o this_o world_n and_o to_o admire_v 13._o and_o relish_v heathen_a deity_n and_o discourse_n more_o than_o god_n or_o his_o soule-saving_a word_n how_o may_v how_o dare_v we_o then_o approve_v they_o how_o can_v we_o but_o condemn_v they_o yet_o lo_o the_o impious_a and_o strange_a profaneness_n yea_o the_o impudent_a and_o sottish_a idolatry_n of_o our_o sinful_a age_n which_o not_o only_o tolerate_v and_o applaud_v but_o likewise_o justify_v and_o defend_v the_o name_n and_o invocate_a of_o the_o swear_v and_o exclaim_v by_o these_o hellish_a heathenish_a devill-idoles_a in_o despite_n of_o god_n command_n with_o these_o two_o witty_a or_o rather_o c._n impudent_a pretence_n 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christian_n have_v be_v evermore_o hate_v persecute_a and_o revile_v by_o carnal_a man_n and_o that_o only_a for_o their_o grace_n and_o goodness_n witness_v the_o express_a resolution_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n b._n christianorum_fw-la genus_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la odibile_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la divinum_fw-la odiunt_fw-la carnales_fw-la which_o st._n augustine_n thus_o second_v invidentiae_fw-la illius_fw-la diabolicae_fw-la qua_fw-la inuident_fw-la bonis_fw-la mali_fw-la nulla_fw-la alia_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la boni_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la mali_fw-la 751._o omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la malus_fw-la ideo_fw-la persequitur_fw-la malum_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la consentit_fw-la ad_fw-la malum_fw-la and_o this_o only_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n be_v thus_o malign_v and_o despite_v now_o if_o any_o here_o object_n that_o they_o condemn_v not_o puritan_n for_o their_o goodness_n but_o 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be_v never_o so_o treacherous_a or_o deceitful_a in_o his_o deal_n yet_o if_o he_o make_v no_o forward_a profession_n of_o religion_n he_o may_v pass_v very_o well_o 2._o for_o a_o politic_a crafty_a provident_a man_n he_o shall_v then_o be_v no_o puritan_n but_o let_v he_o profess_v religion_n be_v he_o never_o so_o honest_a in_o his_o deal_n yet_o he_o sâ—â—â—â—_n certain_o be_v brand_v for_o a_o puritan_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o man_n hypocrisy_n but_o their_o profession_n of_o religion_n that_o make_v they_o puritan_n which_o if_o it_o be_v but_o mere_o counterfeit_v why_o do_v not_o our_o antipuritan_n make_v that_o profession_n of_o religion_n in_o truth_n the_o very_a show_n oâ—_n which_o they_o so_o much_o hate_v even_o for_o the_o substance_n sake_n three_o admit_v some_o puritan_n or_o precisian_n be_v mere_a impostor_n make_v m._n religion_n a_o very_a veil_n to_o cloak_n their_o treachery_n and_o circumvent_v their_o brethren_n as_o there_o be_v now_o too_o many_o such_o yet_o malice_n itself_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o major_a part_n of_o they_o be_v most_o just_a and_o upright_o in_o all_o their_o deal_n towards_o man_n witness_v experience_n and_o the_o common_a speech_n that_o such_o and_o such_o be_v very_o honest_a and_o upright_a in_o their_o trade_n or_o they_o be_v worthy_a gentleman_n which_o man_n may_v safe_o trust_v but_o yet_o they_o be_v puritan_n as_o if_o their_o piety_n be_v a_o disparagement_n to_o their_o honesty_n and_o yet_o man_n hate_v and_o slander_v they_o all_o alike_o for_o the_o hypocrisy_n only_o of_o some_o few_o as_o they_o do_v the_o christian_n in_o st._n augustine_n day_n â—02_n quanta_fw-la mala_fw-la say_v he_o dicunt_fw-la in_fw-la malos_fw-la christianos_n quae_fw-la maledicta_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la christianos_n nunquid_fw-la enim_fw-la dicit_fw-la qui_fw-la maledicit_fw-la aut_fw-la qui_fw-la reprehendit_fw-la christianos_n ecce_fw-la quid_fw-la faciunt_fw-la non_fw-la 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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
their_o wife_n and_o daughter_n from_o play_n and_o theater_n the_o according_o very_a mart_n the_o instruction_n of_o bawdry_n and_o adultery_n if_o they_o will_v preserve_v they_o chaste_a to_o which_o adulterer_n wooer_n and_o other_o oft_o entice_v they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v more_o easy_o overcome_v their_o chastity_n and_o make_v they_o pliable_a to_o their_o lust_n according_o which_o they_o be_v always_o sure_a to_o accomplish_v if_o they_o can_v once_o but_o draw_v they_o to_o resort_v to_o play_n as_o ancient_a that_o i_o say_v not_o modern_a experience_n can_v too_o well_o witness_v the_o second_o be_v the_o imperial_a constitution_n of_o honorius_n and_o theodosius_n which_o run_v thus_o 16._o placuit_fw-la nostrae_fw-la clementiae_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la conjuncti_fw-la clerici_fw-la cum_fw-la publicis_fw-la actionibus_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la curiam_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la habeant_fw-la praeterea_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la parabolani_n vocantur_fw-la neque_fw-la 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solebat_fw-la nemo_fw-la ambigat_fw-la courtier_n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la maxim_n mansuetudini_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ab_fw-la humano_fw-la genere_fw-la defertur_fw-la cum_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la dei_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la potentis_fw-la ac_fw-la meritis_fw-la universis_fw-la obsequium_fw-la orbis_fw-la impenditur_fw-la let_v no_o man_n exhibit_v any_o stage-play_a or_o spectacle_n to_o the_o people_n on_o the_o sunday_n nor_o confound_v god_n worship_n with_o any_o act_v interlude_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n which_o be_v the_o first_o day_n and_o birthday_n of_o the_o whole_a week_n and_o on_o the_o feast-daye_n of_o the_o epiphany_n of_o christ_n of_o easter_n also_o and_o of_o whitsuntide_n all_o the_o pleasure_n of_o stageplay_n and_o cirque-playes_a be_v deny_v the_o people_n throughout_o all_o their_o city_n the_o whole_a mind_n of_o christian_n &_o believer_n shall_v be_v busy_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o if_o any_o now_o be_v deceive_v either_o with_o the_o folly_n of_o 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his_o letter_n to_o arsacius_n the_o arch-pagan_a priest_n of_o galatia_n write_v thus_o by_o way_n of_o injunction_n of_o purpose_n to_o draw_v the_o pagan_n to_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o christian_n 60._o deinde_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la quemque_fw-la cohortare_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o theatro_fw-la conspiciatur_fw-la ne_fw-la apud_fw-la caupones_fw-la potet_fw-la neve_fw-la arti_fw-la cviquam_fw-la aut_fw-la operae_fw-la pudendae_fw-la aut_fw-la ignominiosae_fw-la praesit_fw-la et_fw-la morem_fw-la quidem_fw-la gerentes_fw-la persequere_fw-la rebel_n vero_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la repelle_fw-fr moreover_o exhort_v every_o priest_n that_o he_o be_v not_o see_v in_o the_o theatre_n that_o he_o drink_v not_o at_o alehouse_n and_o that_o he_o practise_v or_o survey_v no_o ignominious_a no_o shameful_a art_n or_o work_v and_o honour_v those_o who_o be_v obedient_a but_o repel_v the_o rebellious_a from_o thou_o so_o much_o show_v of_o ingenuity_n be_v there_o even_o in_o this_o grand_a apostate_n as_o to_o doom_n stageplay_n unfit_a spectacle_n playhouse_n &_o alehouse_n undecent_a place_n for_o pagan_a priest_n how_o much_o more_o than_o for_o christian_a minister_n to_o all_o which_o counsel_n and_o constitution_n of_o this_o nature_n i_o shall_v add_v gratian_n distinctio_fw-la 33_o 48._o &_o causa_fw-la 21._o quaest._n 3_o 4._o iâ—onis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pars_fw-la 5._o cap_n 373._o &_o pars_fw-la 11._o c_o 76.78_o 79._o panormitan_n tit_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericâ—rum_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr clerici_fw-la officio_fw-la alvarus_n pelagius_n de_fw-fr planctu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la lib_n 2._o artic_a 28._o fol_n 133._o isiodor_n hispalensis_n de_fw-fr officijs_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la l_o 2._o c_o 2._o hrabanus_n maurus_n de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la lib_n 1._o operum_fw-la tom_n 6._o p_o 63._o a_o b_o alexander_n fabricius_n destructorium_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la l_o pars_fw-la 4._o c_o 23._o joannis_n de_fw-fr wankel_n glossa_fw-la in_o breviarium_fw-la sexti_fw-la lib_n 3._o tit_n 1._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la 717._o innocentius_n 3_o decretalium_fw-la constit_fw-la lib_n 3._o tit_n 1._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la chemnensis_fw-la onus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap_n 23._o sect_n 1_o etc._n etc._n joannis_n de_fw-fr athon_n othoboni_n constitutiones_fw-la fol_n 78_o 79_o 80._o &_o constitutiones_fw-la concilij_fw-la oxoniensis_fw-la fol_n 122_o 123_o 124._o lindwood_n provincialium_fw-la constitutionum_fw-la l_o 3._o tit_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la fol_n 87_o 88_o summa_fw-la rosella_n tit_n clericus_fw-la sect_n 2._o &_o chorea_fw-la summa_fw-la angelica_n tit_n chorea_fw-la &_o clericus_fw-la sect_n 4_o 9_o 11._o claudius_n espencaeus_fw-la digressionum_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la timothaeum_fw-la libâ—_n 2._o
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