92, 0,:_ue a ions and Anfweres t,Cor IQ. r. Pct.4.3. Ambrof i, cffìc. z;. Chryf.ho 6, in mania. Zach 85, Ixod 13. 8: Ieoit az The arpoio- ting gf fefi.r- ual daies, 8 . Comman '. doth hitn,till he cate vp our wealthes and I apply it to this cafe with no leffe trueth, that countenance beares out many an euill coun feller, till hee and his counfell haue brought his maintainers ter catir but a frnall port.Such greekes make griefe in a Chri- Ilianhearttohcarethem, and iffinne be f\cetc to vs the Lord inmercierowzevs from fo dead a flecpe. But I got no further in this matter. I with what I woulde,and I would what might kindle -in cuerie man and woman more taprh and obedience towardcs Cod and man; for weswede no cooling Cardes, our heartcs are dull and turllynough by nature ofthemfclues. Chief+. Tet rnaft i once againamakebolde,andcrauejo tr opinion concerninggoods got byplay. Far in trueth oie thinkthe poffeJon of :kin path no foundwarrant. And r f ou noll {v, ^c a 1,71e concerning corrupt Patrons I thi,, kit mil not be ve fit. As/a'. Surely you doe moli tidily doubt ofthe former, and I dare auouch it you may as fitlie doubt of the latter. For ncyther play nor Patronage will euer beare out,¡ when our confrienccsfllall awake, what at this day is done by the title of them. Of the-latter I poi pole fonte other fpcceh, and therefore will not here imitate ofit, but allelic :ay thus ranch, that in truer, as you haue well noted , this commandement of ffealth is his flail wherein bee mullbee placed that flealeth to himfelfe the rewarde of the min liter. Lamentable are our daies ,w berm. filch wickednefíeis 1Alfedorne ; and thrife dcadc arc chofe heartes,that dayly dare inioy, what neither before G O D, nor man,thcy may openly (land to. But of the latter a fesse moe w ordcs at your requefl. A matter as you.knowe greatly liked , and therefore hardelie blamed without great mifliking. For what we haue co doc,we loue not CO bec felted to doc , and vntooth. force is That trueth cuer,that treadeth downe my liking. But be it as it will be. To this was I borne, I doe willingly acknowledge, and to this am I called , as I am 2114i.. Miler, men plainelietofpeakevei:at i fee a crueth,when the place requireth it, or el to carrie the brande of ari euill confcience to my graue. And whether millikers ofanie trueth here , (hall finde a day of mifliktng elfc w here before the G O D of trueth let them nowbetimes , in loue adntonifhed,well confider and weigh .Concerningthen playing and gaming in generali , Mums you thall finde both in weighting and fpea- kingc eerie flrayght ss l;o hardlie will bee perfwaded to allows vnto Chriflians al- moll anie playe at all. For laye they, we ntui+ gìue acconipte in the day ofitidgenient of cuerie anion, of merle idle worde , and of cuerie. tone oftitne , how we haue be- flowed it,and therefore we fhoulde not play. Secondlie the Apoftle faith, whatföeuer you doe,doeall to theglcrie of GO 7J, but our idle fporces rather dillinnour G OD,3c therefore we fhoulde not play. Thirdly Peter faith it is fufficicnt that we haue fpent the time pail ofthe Iife after the luit of the Gentiles walking in wantonnefle,drunken- nefle, in gluttonie , and fuch like , therefore now we fhoulde not play. Fourthly the multitude of Chriflian exercifes and duetics that we are bound visto, crie vnto vs to fpende no time in play. And fail ofall by the fentences of graue and godly fathers who haue and doe condenase all idle fporres,and fay the distil , not GOD was the author ofthe m,they prooue,and w'ifh to ptofite,that we fhoulde not -play. The mea- ning of theft our brethren no doubt is good , and willingly woulde drawe vs to our God. And their reafons of theirs ought to haue this effect in vs cuen to abridge that exee{fcwhich al may Ice in our playing and our fportes , and to bring vs home to a greater firitInclle of life in heeding what we fhoulde. But to cut vs off from all re- creation by any play ( be it without offence ofany fpoken) indcede they cannot.For we are mcn,and no Angclls,and as men in this worlde we muff walk our comic, fub- iea to dulneffe, and wcaryneffe, eues in good things, and we mull refrefh that feeble weakneff eofoursby lawful and allowed comforts. Which I fo termebecaufe I am allured that the worde ofa God condemned, not all our play,and the corrupt coufli- tution of our bodies, together withthedulneffe of our tnindcs require force play. Sparing in trueth is the worde in giuing , btcaufe well knevice the Lorde we would not be fparing in taking libertie for to play.Yet is itplayneyuough. Notwithflanding fitly may it bee fayde of play as he laid of iludyingPhilofophie. `Philofcphandum paa- cios: We mull play but ltttle. But
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