N00765:14
A cloud of witnesses
A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on.
Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700
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A Cloud of Witnesses; Darting out Light upon a CASE, too Unseasonab… › FATHERS.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
FATHERS.
The words of Chrysostom, and of Arnobius, and of Austin, and other Ancient Writers, are so full of Terrors and Thunders, against the Dances of ⟨p. 3⟩their Times, that ours will not bear to hear them. We will be so complaisant, unto the Modern Customs, as only to Sum them up in this Epitome; A Dance, is a Work of Satan, one of his Pomps and Vanities, which all Baptised Persons are under Vows to Renounce.
The words of Chrysostom, and of Arnobius, and of Austin, and other Ancient Writers, are so full of Terrors and Thunders, against the Dances of ⟨p. 3⟩their Times, that ours will not bear to hear them. We will be so complaisant, unto the Modern Customes, as only to Summ them up in this Epitome; A Dance, is a Work of Satan, one of his Pomps and Vanities, which all Baptised Persons are under Vows to Renounce.
Only we will make so free with Ambrose, (who was no Non-Conformist, but a Bishop, and a Courtier too!) as to quote his Advice; That if Godly Parents would not have the Souls of their Children corrupted and Ruined, they should be very cautious about sending them to the Dancing School.