5. Math, 6. Zach í. Qzet}it,ns.an:d Anfweres 8.Command. tennepoundes fine. In the cleuenth yearc of Henry the feauenth dicers flrould be openly fetin the flocken by the fpacc of one whole day , and the horde keepers that füffered himto play', forfeit a noble, and be hound to their good hchauiour. In the thiníethree yeareof Henry the eight, dicing honks forfeited fortis (hillings tuerie onetime, and dicers fixe (billings eight pence ,and bound in recognifance neuer to play againe.Andyet more may you fee in i'a /ton:abridgement.Now it is wonderful! that not withffanding all this ,. yetTofowlea thing fhouldefeemefo faire , and that a man fhould not thinke himfelfc vied as a gentleman , or alit-loft as a than , vitiate he may haue libertie in this loofcnes and a large reine to fo great an euill. And yet we be Chrtftians,and that ache better fort to, or you doe vs wrong. The heathen hated it, and we hatch it vp in curry houfe,& yet we be Cbriftians.The godly write againft le, we wait for it,& yet we bcGhiiftians.The counfels base condemned it thefpirit of Chrift,and Chriflian Iawes trade fhatply punifhed it:we day and right vfe it,and cannot bec bereaued of it , and yet we be Chriftians. But alas alas the day ofvnder- ftanding or the day of damnation for our ignorance (hall teach vs another thing. We fweare, we lie ,'we revile, and we runne into the field with numbering nundcs ( for fisch anger is murther) mooulby play ,and yes we will not kaue it. And if I doe not thus in(hewe, yet inwardly I fret, I chafe , Ignafh with mytesch, and Scare the cardes ,burne the dice,throwe away the Tables, and fuch like,and yet I am religious. The Lord forbiddeth all apparanccofeuill,,all occafions of finne, and yet we are the Lordes, and doe neither. The Lord faith, If thy right hand caufe thee to offend, or thy righe eie,cut it off, plucke it out,and call it away: we will bee the Lordes,and not reftraine a little pray, that mine owne foule beeing witncile moll grieuoufly maketh me offend. Fic,fic,what deadneffe is this ? Where is cytherloue ofGod, or Icare in vs ? Lone ntakethvs burnt with define to doe well,feare makes vs firake,co thinke of any fuse, we continually rinse in our greedy gaming,and yet we be godly. But this eythee makes vs fee it , or we will neuer Ifeare fee the mifchiefc of playing, and by name of dicing. The Lord for Chrift his fakeawake vs,and fo I end. Ov e ft. if I,.,t it now coraincd in rhea ff rmatiue part of thin commandement ? llnfw. Eucri as all thefe former branches are forbidden , fo the contraries ofthetn arc commaunded , as in general all helpe,all fttccour, all care and prouidence for the fafety and benefit of the goods of our neighbour that poffrbly we can fhewe. And agatne, the right vfe of our ovine goods , as to the maintenance of the knowledge of God amongli vs , to the defence of the common wealth, and the magiftrate, to the nourilb mg of our familie,and to the releefe ofthc poore. Laftly,as diffidence and mi- finÙl in Gods prouidence forvs,the route of ftealth and vnlawfull prouifion for our félues was in the negatiue part forbidden, fo hecre contrariwifc is faith and full per- . iwatîon that ifwe Peek his kingdome and the righteoufneffe thereof, thefe outwarde things (hall bee cali vnto vs commaunded. The puni(hment of this commaunde- men: temporal or worldly was euer diners in diners places, fomewhere death, fome- w here but foute fold, &c-The fpitituall punifhment as ofall commaundementes was and is cucrlaftrng damnation. The .
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