eDe Poo? :iano Zook. 103 " El. You make ftricft Laws and opinions of yC*1r ßc own Brains, and then damn all that do not keep 66 them. P. What be thofeLaws and opinions of ours ? "El. What 1 more than a good many : If a man `c go finer thanyour felves, if hebe not of your fafhi- " on, ifaWoman wear Black Spots, or go with bare "Breafts, if we play at Cards, or Dice, or go to a "Play-Houfe, if the people fer up a May-pole, or ac daunce on Sundaies, if one drink a Cup, and be but "Merry : 0) thefeare prophane people ; They are not " precife enough to be Paved. P. There is nothing fo finall in which a true Servant of God would not be obedient And great fin is oft committed in (q) finall things. And their fignifica- tion and the omiflions which they import, are oft fadder than the things themfelves. If your Harveft lay out, or your I-Ioufe were on fire, and your Servant fhould let all alone, and go to Cards or a Play-houfe the while, and fay, How precife is my Mailer to think that there is any harm in this ? You know how to an- fwer him. Truly, Sir, Our Lives are fhort : Our Souls are precious : Our work is great, and much un- done : Time makes haft We have loft much already Hell is terrible : Heaven is Glorious : God is juft : And all that ever muff be done for our fouls, muff be now done. And in this cafe, he that bath time to caft awayon Stage.plays,and Cards,and Idlenefs,let himdó it ; For my part I have not : As ftriif as you think me, God knoweth that my work is yet fo much to do, that I have no time to fpare for fuch things as (1) Mat.5.i9. H 4 thefe
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