l _f~ I. for a good anfwerc ~ You mu[l bearewith theni,young men muft haue1naintenance,theyc~nnot haoe meat and drinke for nothing,they muH needes get money; I hope you will not to muchcondcmne them forthis,would you ·haue thern ·fiarue? No,neitber would I haue them Heale: but fith they muAhaue .mcanes and maintenancc,it is fit, you ·fhould al.. low it,and giue it themofyouf.owne, and then thry neede . not fieale. But nowmendealeas madly,or moremadlywith God.Children and feruants (fay they) mutlhaue recreation. Aud what ofthat? Thereforewe will not fpare it them, fro.m . our owne feruice in the weeke, but they fhall take thcirile– lighr onSoQday ifthey .vYil haue any)andyet they lhal come to.theChurch too,andbetlow fome part oftheday inGodi feruice.This is as bad a fbift as the other. For if V\'C hire aday .labourer, and giue him wages,antot he coucnant to doe oor work for that day,and aft~r anhoureor twoJhould Jeaue off at Jand goe to follow his pieafure,andfay, hee mull haue re.. ereadon : wewould.<:ount him little better, then a theefe or deceiuer. . But,Godhath couenanted v"ith vs, to rewardvs,and we with him,toobeyhim: and what is it thenbat theft, to take away part ofhis day, and the great~A part too,for our owne luHs? Thercfore,tkoughjt bean ill occupation to rob men, ~nd he that doth it long,is like tocome to an ill reckoning; yet,it is a worfe thing to rob God; and he that continues in that,fhall finde a worfe puni1hment, then any which man . can infliCt vpoa ,him. Exod.:.o.to. lntt thl~efoa!tdot ,;, mttn~rofwork_t. HE meancs workes ofthe World,and ofones worldly calling; for workes ofReligion are commaunded, elfe {;od fhould command 1dlenes vpon the Sabbathday ~which hedothnot allow any day. · Therefore it forbids all man- . ner ofworldlybufines,comma~ding the works ofReligion, Mtt world and mercy. · ~:;;:eae Hence then we lcarne~that no worldly bulineAe,_great 01' . tlone-.bp8n fmal_,mnfl bedoncvponth~Sabb~rh,alearthly cares.)quefli- ' ' tht Sa • r£ k hcb. ons,and wotkc:~ m1aHbeecut ou• .For .imaller wor es, wee - haue
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