Essay Upon Wit
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By the Profaneness of them, theyare apt to instil bad Principles into the Minds of Men, and tolessen that awe and reverence which all Men ought to have for God andReligion: and by their Lewdness they teach Vice, and are apt to infectthe Minds of Men, and dispose them to lewd and dissolute Practices.
"And therefore I do not see how any Persons pretending to Sobriety andVertue, and especially to the pure and holy Religion of our BlessedSaviour, can, without great Guilt, and open Contradiction to ...his holyProfession, be present at such lewd and immodest Plays, much lessfrequent them, as too many do, who yet would take it very ill to beshut out of the Communion of Christians, as they would most certainlyhave been in the first and purest Ages of Christianity. " And not only wise and sober Men have declar'd their detestation ofthe Immorality of the Stage, but eminent Poets themselves, who havewritten the most applauded Comedies, have own'd, that the Theatrestands in great need of Restraints and Regulation, and wish'd thatPlays were compil'd in such an inoffensive Manner, that not onlydiscreet and vertuous Persons of the Laity, but a Bishop himself, without being shock'd, might be present while they were acted.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
By the Profaneness of them, theyare apt to instil bad Principles into the Minds of Men, and tolessen that awe and reverence which all Men ought to have for God andReligion: and by their Lewdness they teach Vice, and are apt to infectthe Minds of Men, and dispose them to lewd and dissolute Practices.
"And therefore I do not see how any Persons pretending to Sobriety andVertue, and especially to the pure and holy Religion of our BlessedSaviour, can, without great Guilt, and open Contradiction to ...his holyProfession, be present at such lewd and immodest Plays, much lessfrequent them, as too many do, who yet would take it very ill to beshut out of the Communion of Christians, as they would most certainlyhave been in the first and purest Ages of Christianity. " And not only wise and sober Men have declar'd their detestation ofthe Immorality of the Stage, but eminent Poets themselves, who havewritten the most applauded Comedies, have own'd, that the Theatrestands in great need of Restraints and Regulation, and wish'd thatPlays were compil'd in such an inoffensive Manner, that not onlydiscreet and vertuous Persons of the Laity, but a Bishop himself, without being shock'd, might be present while they were acted.
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