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Show No CROSS, No C:KOWN. Vof: 1. 1668. in his Touch, iff" his Ornaments, in bU Htarlng, Sight, Spucb, and other Jt'd.. ~ n~ties. .And tberefore we wi~prove, fi:JI ~J ~f.e Scripture, .md ofur~ards /Jy Chap. XX. dwers other Reafonr, bowwrd.ed a Tbmg 11 u to Danu. The firfl Ttflimony ~ob; 14; 16. that we wiU produce, if that which we rend in tbt Goj}tl, where 'tis ftiid ft / l7· ';' pl<afed Herod fo weU, thot it <of/ John Bapri!l hi< J;ife. , The fecond ;i ,. y:~";o~ ;1~· Exodus, when Mofes coming neur to tbt Congrtgarioi, farp 'rbt Calf, be cap Mark 6. 23, the Tables from him, and brok~'tbt"! at .rbe Foot of tbt JUountnin \ onJ after· 24 ,t~, 26,27, wards ir coft Three Thou fond of tht1r Lzvu. BtJzdu, rbe Ornamenu ubkh ~8~. . Women wear in t1Jdr D11ncu. are at Crowns for many Villories, tiJbit/J rhe s:6, :,}2' 4' Devil bath got againfl the Childrm of God, f or the Devil both nor b~tly one Sword in tbt Dance, hiJt 111 111ony 111 there art henxtifult~nd t»tll·odorneJ 'Petfonr in the Dance; for the Words of a Woman are n Glittering Sword. And therefore th11t Place is much to be feared, whurin the Enep~y batb jo 11{ntly SrJJordr, fince that on" one ~r»ord of his may he J~ZI ly feared. Ag:.in The pevil in this Place {lnker '!~tb a fhorrmeJ Sword;_ or 1 be Womeh ( n:bo'bla/ie t/IICCeptohle) come not ttJIUmgly to the Dance, 1 they be not Painud and .Adorned; which (Painting and Orname-nr} U 111 a Wbnfiolft, on tcbicb 1be ." Devil jhnrpnetb bU Sword. - They that Deck tl?ld .Adorn. tbcir Da11gbrcri are like thofe tbnt put dry Wood to the Fire, to tlJe,End it mal: bur11tbe berttr; For {11&11 Women kindle the Fire of Luxury in the Hearts flf.Men • .tis S:.mpfon's Foxes fired the Philifiincs Corn; fo tlJrft Womed, tlJq hove Fire in their Faces, and in their Ge/f11res tmd ./s.Oions, tbti"r Glances and Wanton W.rdr, by whi<h they <on fume tbe Goodr of Alen. They proceed, The Devil in the Dance ufcrb the }1rongefl.A.rt~tour that be bath; for his mc;/1 pouer/111 .Arms are Women: Wbicb is made plain unto us, in tbat the DeVil marie Choice of the Woman to deceive the Firft Man: So did B3la:.m, that tbc Chi!· clren. of Ifrael might he. rejefled of GtJd. By a JVoman be made S:.mpfon, David and Abfatom to Sm. Tbe Dev1l umpu1b .tl1en by li'Omen three num11rr Df Ways; thor is, by ~be Touch, by tbt Eye, by 1he Ear ; by tbefc lbru --fl1eons ~e ttmpteth }oo!ifh M~n to Dancing, by touching their Hands, hebo/J. mg tbe~r Beauty? hearzng tbeJT Songs and Mujid.-Agaih, They that Dnnct, bre~ll. that Promife an4 .ls.&reement they bnve moJe with God in Bapti[m, when the" Godfathers promife jor them, That they (hall renounce the Oeviland all ?is ?amp;. for Dancing i~ the Po.mp r,f the Devil; and he that Danutb, mamrmnttb.hu Pomp_, and Sntlet~ hu .Mnfs. For t1Jt Woman thor Si'ngerbi11 the Dante, u the Pnorefs (tJr CbJefejl) of the Devil, and 1hofe that nnjf.tl( are the Clerlu, and .the &bolde~s. ore the Porijhioners, and the • lrfH:ftd art the &1ft~ and the Ftdlerr the .Mrnifiers of the Devil. For, a1 wben l1oA_J ore flrayed, if the Hog herd call one, aU o.ffemble tbemftlves tog'rtb.er; fo rbJ Devil Cf'ufetb Mtt Wom~n to Sing in tbe Donee, or to pltiY on fome l;jlrumtnt, and prefently gather all tbt DanctrJ together.- Again, in a I;>tmct, a Man hl"tf/q the Ten Commandments of God: .As jirfl, l'hou fhalr have no oth~r Goc\s but me, fie. for in Dancing_ a Man frrves,'tht~r Per jon 1vlbom be mofl dejiru Jcrom In dee. to ferve (after whom goes bu Heart : ) .&nd rherifore 1Jerom.faitb Every l.Pt. oper. Man's God is that he ferves and loves heft (and that he iOyes belt, wbi~li his Thoughts wander and gad rnoft after.) He Sins againll the Second Commandment, l1tben. he maker an 1Jol of that be lovtJ. Againft the Third, In tbat.Otllbs (and fhvoloufly ujing. God's Na~e} are fttqu~mly amongll Donceri. Aga!nfi: the "fourth, Fo~ that by Dt~tmng the Sahha_th7'Day is proph4neJ. Agatnft the Ftft:h, For ''! tb~ Dance, Pn:_entr art mi!hf7lmes Jij/JonoureJ, fi'!ce thereby man>.: B~rgams .are made mnbouttheir CO:qifel. Againfr rbe Stxth, .A !lfan kzUJ 111 Donung, for every one that fet s about to pkofi anc-tber, he luOs the Soul a~ oft tU ~e perf wades unto Lufl. A&ainft the Sev~th, For the Parry tbat Dancerb, be zt Mole or Female, committeth ..Adulttry witb the Party they Lufl ofur; for he that looketh on a Woman ro Lutt afte.t her, hath already committed Adultery with her in his Heart. Againfi the Eighth, A .il1nn. Sins in IJ.ancing, wbe'! be withdrttwerh the Hettrt oj 11notber from God. Agamft rhe Nrnrh, When tn Dan<ing be Jpeah falfly agoinf/ 1/>t TRUTH,.( and for fame httle Honour or Secret Lnfcivious End denirr what's Tr11e; or ajli"rmr wbat'r Fa/ft.) .AgaJnft the Tenth Wbtn' Womeh . ' ,Ptll VoL. I. No CR,OSS, No CROWN. 41 ~ affeO tbe Ornom~nts..,~f otbtrs, an~ Men co~et the Wivu, Da11g!Jterr, ttnd !668. 5ervonts of r~e1r J\'e1ghhourr ( o.hlCh undemably ouendr aU juth P111y1 and ~ Sportr.} Agam, .A ,i}lon may prove bow treat on l:!Vil D11ncing ir by rbe Chap XJi ]r11111itude of Szm that accompany thofe tbot Dance, for tbey Danc/wabout • JUeaj11re or Number: .lind therefore, faith Auguftine, The miferahie Dancer knows not, that as man~ Pa_cesas ~c makes in Dan&ing, fo many Leaps lie makes to He_l1. They Sm m thelt Ornaments after a Five-fold Manner: AuguR:. de Firft, By bemg Proud thereof. Secondly, By in}lomiPg the Hearts of tboje Civir. Dei, that ~ebo!d them. T~ir~lf, When they mu~~ tbofe afhatr.ed, that bave not rbe }Ike Orna'l!n~s, gzvmg ~hem to co:vet the bk.e, Fourthly, By mailing Wo .. tllln importunate tn demandmg rpe bile Ornamentr of their Hujbonds: And, Fifthly, When they cannot ohtatn them of tbeir Husbands they fed to gtr them e/fmhere by Sin. They Sin by Singing and Playi~g on Jnftrumenrs. for theli Songs b~Witch the Hearts of thofe that hear them with Temporai J?elighr, forgeumg Go~; unering nothing_ in.theirS~ngs but LJes and Vani-tzet, and the very. Matton of tbe &dy, wbubu uJed m Dancing,givesTefli• 1!1011) enough of Evil. - Thus you fee, that Dancing is the Devies Procef.. fion. and he that enters into a Dance, enters into the Devil's Proceffi.on Of Dancing, rhe Devil is. the Gui~e, rhe Middle, and the End 1 and h~ that enrreth a Good and W1fe Man mto the Dance (if it can be that fuch a One is eirher Good or Wife) comerh forrh a Corrupt and a Wicked Man : SJIRAH, that Holy Woman, war none of rbefe. Behold rbe Apprehenfions of thofe. Good Old R.ef?r~ers touch~ng tho.te Things, that are fo much in P~aatce and R~putauon m thefe T1mes, wtth fuch a~ frofefs their Religion; dius far Verbatim; But 1. cannot ~eaVt:_off here, nl I have yet added the Conclufion of theu Catech1fmand Due£hon, with fotne Paffages out of one of their Paftor's Letters, fit to the prefent Occafion. They conclude with this Diretlion; namely, How to Rule their Bodies; ibid L f'i and live in this World as becomes the Children of God. Not to fe~ve the Con~!. p.· 6li morral Defires of the Flefh. To keep their Members, that they be not Arms En~ren~uaf. of Iniquity'(and Vanity.) To. Rule !heir outward Senfes. To fubjetl: the :eabi~~\/~:~ Body ro the _Soul. To moru~e rhe1~ Members. To l!y ldlenefs. To ob- ij ler;Cof' ~ ferve a So~ne~y and Meafure m Eattng and Drinking, in their Words and Non rerva8 <;ares.of rhlS Life: To do. Works of Mercy. To Live a Moral (or Juft) Life defidermyf!! by Fa11h. To Fight agarnft the Defires. To morrifie rhe Works of the It<. Flefh .. To give ~hemfelves to the Exerc~fe o~ "!?-eligion. To confer together touchrng the Wrll of God : To examine drlrgenrly rhe Confcience To purge, an~ amend, and pacifie the Spirit. • To whi<b I jbaU add tbe Efiflle of one of their PaOorr, at I find it ruorde4 •monJ./1 other Matters re/aung to theft poor a.lfli0r3. People. §:XXI!. An Epiftl~ of Pallor BartbolomewTertian, written to rheWa!detljian Cburcher of rbe Valley of Pragela, thus Tranflated. J E S U S B E W I T H Y 0 U. TO oU our Faithful and WeN-beloved Bmbrtn in Chrift Jefus, Heoltb and Hift. Wat4. , Salvatz~n he wub you aD, Amen. Tbefe are to put you in Remembrance I. 4- c. 11' Pi ·~~to admonijb you my f}retbren (berrbl acguiuing my Jelf of t hat D11rj SS• s6; S7f WbiCb I owe unto you_ all, 111 the. Behalf oJ God, principaUy tou,hing the Care o/_yourSouls Salvat1onl auordmg t~tbat Ligh! of the Truth, which the .h1oll H~gb Clod batb be/lowed. on us) that 11 would pltafe ?very 011e of yo11, to 11111in· t~llt, tncrenfe and nolfrifP, to the utllrmofl of your Por»er, witbollt Diminu· tzon, thofe Good Begmtllngs and Examples which have httn left unto us by our Fore-Fathers, whertof we are no Ways 10orthy. For it wo11ld liule projir 11~ t~ hllvt hun renewed by the Fatherly Vi fir arion and the Light which bt~tb IJeelf zzv~n ·Us of. Go~, 'if we giv~ our fe!vts to Worldly, Carnal ~nvtr/tttions, wbuQ~re bzaholual, ah~ndonmg 1he Prineip!t which isofGod, and the Salvati· P~ of our Soult, f or thu jborr and Tmporal Life. Fof rhe Lordfairb, Whar Go lit |