A10335:225
Th'overthrow of stage-plays, by the way of controversy betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes…Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes…
Th'overthrow of stage-plays, by the way of controversy betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections answered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the judgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easily be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not only unlawful to be an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Whereunto are added also and annexed in th'end certain latin letters betwixt the said Master Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections aunswered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the iudgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easelie be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onely vnlawfull to bee an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Wherevnto are added also and annexed in th'end certeine latine letters betwixt the sayed Maister Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.
Middelburg: printed by Richard Schilders, 1599
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Locum scripturae de veste viri à foemina, foeminae à viro non induenda, quem theologi omnes interpretantur propriè, figuratè à te exponi mirabar eo magis: quod theologorum autoritate in rebus religionis te valde moveri dixeras; & scripturarum interpretatio res est religionis. Hîc tu scripturarum interpretationem omnem, aut omnium, rem religionis esse inficiaris. Omnem, quorsum addis? Nam ne legum quidem interpretatio omnis res est jurisprudentiae: sed ea, cuius gratia, yscribis Canonistas, maiorum nostrorū tempore, ad Legistas remisisse auditors suos, si incideret argumentum ex legibus componendum. Et talis est quam nos quaerimus: non qualem adhibeant qui à te ridentur, quòd nunc, benigniori scilicet coelo nati, non modò utriusque juris doctores existunt, sed & Medicinae periti, & Theologiae. Quum autem is inficias Scripturarum omnium interpretationem rem esse religionis, & ad facultatem theologicam spectare: perinde mihi loqui videris, acsi quis diceret, non omnes leges vestras & totum jus civile ab Accursianis aut Alceiateis interpretibus exponi oportere. Sed, ut hoc absurdum tibi visum iri dialogi tui docent: ita & illud debuit. Quod, si mihi non credis, crede zPetro Martyri, quem theologorum maximum aappellas: & ab beo disce facultatem nostram à vestra ⟨p. 182⟩distinguere. Ac vide quàm scienter huic scripturae loco, cuius exponendi jus, abiudicatum nobis, tibi vindicas, sensum figuratum & improprium affingas. cNe esto instrumentum virile super foeminam, inquit Moses, neque induito vir vestem foeminae: nam abominationi est Jehovae Deo tuo quisquis facit ista. Hac lege, Ne induito vir vestem foeminae, tu, per nescio quam figuram orationis, vis nefarium illud scelus denotari, quod Moses dalibi verbis propriè sumptis damnans abominationem vocavit: &, sicut in Levitico, verbo e