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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15340	A glasse for gamesters and namelie for suche as delight in cards & dise: wherein thei maie see not onely the vanitie, but also the vilenesse of those plaies plainly discouered and ouerthrowen by the word of God. Written by T.W.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1581 (1581)	STC 25623; ESTC S103066	25,663	73

6. can 50. habetur tom 20. concil pag. 148. hath these woordes Wee decree that no manne whether he bee Clarke or Laie manne from this tyme forward plaie at Dise or Cardes Now if any manne shall from this tyme forward attempte to doe it if he bee a Clergie manne as wee vse to call hym commonlie whiche is of the Ministerie let hym bee depriued if he bee a Laie manne let hym bee excommunicate And in the Counsell of Eliberis Con. Elibermum can 79. habetur tom 10. concil pag. 367. it is thus decreed If any faithefull manne plaie at Dise or Cardes let it please hym to abstaine and if he amende and leaue of he maie after a yeres space bee receiued to the Communion Yea and twoo godlie Synodes helde not many yeres since in Fraunce the one at Rochel the other at Nimaur by the Pastours Elders and Deacons of the reformed Churches of that kyngdome haue with a full and plaine consent vtterlie forbidden these vnlawfull Games I thinke these testimonies and witnesses are sufficient See how some altogether condemne it and other calleth it the inuention of the Deuill an other saieth it is beste altogether to abstaine from them The Councelles saie the Clarke shal bee depriued if he vse it and the Laye manne Excommunicated and not receiued to the Communion in a yeres space after One would thinke that these thynges were sufficient enough to discourage menne from these vaine and idle exercises but yet for promise sake I wil adde somewhat more taken out of the Ciuill and Canon Lawe and out of the Paynimes them selues against these Plaies that whē thei shall see in al ages though neuer so corrupte and emongest all persones though neuer so ill and wicked these detestable Plaies of Cardes and Dise to haue been reiected and condemned thei maie learne to walke in better order and perfectlie to forsake their former vanitie and synne There is an old Lawe of the Romanes and is yet at this daie In ff de Aleatoribus habetur lib. 1. Pandec tit 5. founde in the digestes whiche saieth thus If any one haue beatē hym with whom he plaied at Cardes or at Dise or haue doen hym any wrong or if duryng the tyme that an other plaied with hym some thyng hath been taken from him or his house robbed I will dooe no Iustice to hym saith the Pretor If any haue cōstrained or perswaded an other to plaie I will punishe hym accordyng as the matter requireth so that he shal be cast either into the quarries to digge stones or els into the common prisons Hence I gather the vnlawfulnesse of these Plaies because the Magistrate will neither awarde hym the money whiche hath wonne it nor punishe the wrong that one of them doeth to an other when thei plaie at these wicked Games The grounde and occasion of whiche Lawe I take it to be this that the Magistrate was inforced to vse this hard extremitie of omittyng of administration of Iustice and giuyng libertie to beate one an other and to fight one with an other because that by other meanes the froward and vnbrideled nature of manne could not bee tamed or subdued To this adde the Decree of the godlie Emperor Iustinian Cod Iustin tit 43. lib. 3. Hauyng regard saieth he to our Subiectes wealth we by this lawe prohibite in all places and to all sortes of people to plaie either in common houses or priuate houses it is as much as if he should saie either in Innes Tauernes Alehouses or in mēs owne houses at the plaies of Cardes and of Dise neither so muche as to be looker on And by the same Lawe he chargeth Bishoppes A little after and Pastours diligentlie to take heede therevnto and enioyneth them that for the reformation of this euill thei vse and imploye the power and authoritie of the Iudges and Gouernours of their Prouinces as is specified in Autent de Sacrosan Episc § Interdicimus Where also he doeth prohibite by name that no Bishop Elder or Deacon should either plaie them selues or looke vpon them that plaie By the Lawes and Statutes of that godlie citie Geneua the verie makyng of Cardes and Dise The lawes of Geneua fol. 70. pag. 1. lin 12. fol. 80. pag. 1. lin 22. and suche other thynges is expresselie forbidden vppon paine to forfeite not only the thinges so made but also three score Shillynges The ground of whiche Lawe I take to bee this that the cause beeyng taken awaie the effecte also is remoued and taken awaie And therefore thei haue very godlilie and Christianlie prohibited the makyng of these thynges followyng no doubt therein the verie example and policie of the Lorde who because he would haue his people to abstaine from Idolatrie doeth forbidde them the makyng of all maner of Idolles Exodus 20.4 Yea the Canon Lawe whiche came in when the manners of the Churche were marueilously corrupted hath this plaie in no lesse detestation Distinct 35. cap. Episcopi Either let them ceasse to plaie or lette them bee condemned And Tit. 1. lib. 3. Decretal cap. Chroni Lette theim not plaie at Dise or Tables neither lette theim bee present at suche plaies Yea but thei will saie these Lawes haue respecte to Ecclesiasticall persones That is true But what then Therefore it bindeth not vs. I deny the consequent For Paule in his Epistles to Timothie and Titus 1. Timoth. 3.2 c. Titus 1.6 rehearsyng what qualities ought to bee in a Bishoppe or Pastour of the Churche declareth what good thinges are to be required of the churche Minister as that he muste bee vnreproueable the housbande of one wife sober modest not giuen to filthie lucre not coueteous c. Shall wee therefore saie that none of these thinges ought to bee in Christians If wee should so saie the woorde of GOD would presently stoppe our mouthes whiche bothe in the old and newe Testament requireth both these and many other dueties of godlinesse and Charitie to bee in them that professe Christes name There bee some thynges that bee so tied to the persones of Ministers that in an ordinarie state of the Churche thei ought not to bee separated from theim of whiche sorte I take to bee preachyng of the woorde Ministeryng of the Sacramentes conceiuyng praiers in the Congregation c. Others there are 1. Peter 5.3 whiche though thei bee required in the first place of the Minister because he is to make hym self an example and paterne of holinesse of life to his flocke yet thei doe also belong as it were in the seconde place to the Churche and Congregation of GOD in as muche as the Lorde doeth in his holie worde require of all his children a sober honest and holie life And in this respecte I thinke that the Lawes prohibityng these plaies in the Ministers and Pastours dooeth also disallowe and dislike of the same in their flockes and Congregation Let vs come now to shewe the iudgement that the Heathen