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Reason 1 First, they hinder men from the faithful and fruitful exercises of all the holy services of God. Their prayers are interrupted: their attention to the word is disturbed: they cannot cheerfully give thanks to the Lord, nor do any other duty in due and seemly manner.

Reason 1 First, they hinder men from the faithfull and fruitfull exercises of all the holy seruices of God. Their praiers are interrupted: their attention to the word is disturbed: they cannot cheerefully giue thankes to the Lord, nor doe any other duty in due and seemely manner.

Secondly, they work much mischief, and procure manifold transgressions, as S. James testifieth, where envying and strife is, there is sedition, and all manner of evil works. There ¹will be dangers of uncharitable surmisings, disclosing of secrets, false accusations, perjuries, quarrels, railings, oppression, and shedding of blood, beside many other pernicious effects of like nature.

Secondly, they worke much mischiefe, and procure manifold transgressions, as S. Iames testifieth, where enuying and strife is, there is sedition, and all manner of euill workes. There ¹will be dangers of vncharitable surmisings, disclosing of secrets, false accusations, periuries, quarrels, railings, oppression, and shedding of blood, beside many other pernicious effects of like nature.

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