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A45334	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.	Funebria floræ the downfall of May-games: wherein is set forth the rudeness, prophaneness, stealing, drinking, fighting, dancing, whoring, mis-rule, mis-spence of precious time, contempt of God, and godly magistrates, ministers and people, which oppose the rascality and rout, in this their open prophanenesse, and heathenish customs. Occasioned by the generall complaint of the rudenesse of people in this kind, in this interval of settlement. Here you have twenty arguments against these prophane sports, and all the cavills made by the belialists for the time refelled and answered. Together with an addition of some verses in the cloze, for the delight of the ingenious reader. By Tho. Hall, B.D. and pastor of Kings-norton.	1661.0		.xml	application/xml	18982	867	76	When men do evil , they hate the light of Piety in others ; as the Theef hates the light that discovers him , and the Judge that condemns him ; so do these hate the godly , because their light condemns their darkness , their piety the wicked mans impiety , their strictness condemns the worlds dissoluteness , and their self denying the worlds self pleasing . 'T is true , modest , moderate , manly Recreations are fit for them , but sinful , sensual , sordid Recreations , such as drinking , fighting , dancing , whoring , gaming and debauchery , these emasculate mens spirits , and make men deboist , and unfit for the service of God or man , these must bee abolished and abandoned in a Christian Common-wealth ; such Recreations are meer destructions , and such mirth is madness , Eccles .	cache/A45334.xml	txt/A45334.txt
