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Show bt lm il g i b Wt g tl?e Sfllr):[:f Nent Wm Cnoughf DOb\Q,h()Wn e 26 Concerning the Stage. Ut B Ot Upon Ut qof By Wy o it remardl| or e Resr ouruftal Kind defie of relei wd i y T 1 4 Do c g of oc nting n hc s ) ta oo ‘Dio ¢ Difcipline of the Gofpel, and a Prefump¢ tion upon the Divine Majefty : Neithe ¢do I'think it fit the Honour of the Churc ‘fhould fuffer by fo Infamous a Corref¢ pondence Laétantins's Teftimony fhall come next This Author in his Divine Inftitutions,Lis. 6 whic h Dedicate to Conffantiz thec- Great, cautions the Chriftians againft th Play-Houfe, from the Diforder, and dange of thofe places. For as he obferves "The debauching of Virgins, and th ¢ Amours of Strumpets, are the Subjec And here the Rule is,th ‘of Comedy ¢ more Rhetorick the more Mifcheif, an ¢ the beft Poets are the worft Common¢ Wealths-men. For the Harmony an ¢Ornament of the Compofition ferve ‘only to recommend the Argument, t ¢ fortifie the Charm, and engage the Me‘mory. At laft he concludes with thi advice ¢ Letusavoid therefore thefe Diverfions " leaft fomewhat of the Malignity fhoul ‘feize us. Our Minds fhould be quie ‘and Compos'd, and not over-run wit " Amufements. Befides a Habit of Plea"fure isan enfnaring Circumitance. *Tis nid. cap ¢ apt to make us forget God, and grow cool 2*f1n the Offices of Virtue ¢ Shoul |