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2 For the other, he cannot be lightsome, because he never did give good conscience one nights lodging which only, truly, can make the ^pheart merry. He strives to be merry, but his mirth is madness. He cannot dance unless vanity be his mate, and iniquity his Minstrel. All his joy is vel in vitys, vel in diviti•s, either in his wealth, or his wickedness. He cannot be merry, if God be in the company. For the good only keep Christmas all the year in their conscience, though not at their table. He hath three inducements to persuade, and three defects to dissuade the soul from accepting his love. If the former induce any to him, let the latter reduce them from him.

2 For the other, hee cannot be lightsome, because hee neuer did giue good conscience one nights lodging which onely, truely, can make the ^pheart merry. He striues to be merry, but his mirth is madnesse. Hee cannot dance vnlesse vanity be his mate, and iniquity his Minstrell. All his ioy is vel in vitys, vel in diuiti•s, eyther in his wealth, or his wickednesse. He cannot be merry, if God bee in the company. For the good onely keepe Christmas all the yeare in their conscience, though not at their table. Hee hath three inducements to perswade, and three defects to disswade the soule from accepting his loue. If the former induce any to him, let the latter reduce them from him.

1. pPro. 15.15.

1. His first allurement is a mellifluous language, able to blanch mischief. His words drop Nectar, as if he had been brought up at Court. And by his Logic he can make quidlibit ex quolibet, anything of every thing: so by his Rhetoric he can make (stones) hard hearted worldlings dance to his pipe, as it is fabled of Orpheus, Cusus ex ore non tam vera, quam mella fluunt, as I have read of Origem. Every syllable is like a drop of honey from his lips. Magicis verborum viribus, quasi transformat homines. There lies a magic in his tempting speech, able to enchant, and transform mens hearts, making a voluptuous man a hog, an oppressor, a Wolfe, the lustful a Goat, the Drunkard a Devil. His arguments are not empty, but carry the weight of golden eloquence, the musical sound of profit and pleasure.