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A10693	An inuectiue againste vices, taken for vertue. Gathered out of the scriptures, by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe, Richard Rice; Invective againste vices, taken for vertue.	Rice, Richard, fl. 1548-1579.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1575 (1575)	STC 20973; ESTC S119799	30,305	85

chapiter meaneth by the good tree which Paule calleth the spirite and her fruictes doeth Paule call the deedes of the spirite Where he excludeth the fleshe with all her appetites lustes and concupiscences And that that Matthewe calleth the euil tree Paule calleth the fleshe and by the fruictes thereof the deedes of the fleshe In the whiche is conteined all your fleshly pastymes honest recreations sober refreshyng of the wit with suche like And where Matthewe saieth that euery euill tree shall bee cutte doune and caste into the fire Paule saieth manifestly that as many as commit suche thynges shall not inherite the kyngdome of god And to be excluded out of the kyngdome of GOD and to be hewen doune and caste into the fire Is to taiste dampnation For howe farre was that braunche from dampnation that was cutte from the tree and cast into the fire After his fine Reines and Purple and delicious fare doeth not the texte saie that he descended into hell and was sore tormēted in the flambe Paule also to the Ephesians saieth that neither filthinesse neither foolishe talkyng neither iestyng whiche are not comely neither any vncleane persone hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of god And how farre is it thinke ye from dampnation to bee separate and deuided from the kyngdome of Christe and god Is there any Saluation but in Christe onely Luke saieth plainly naye There is none other name giuen vnto vs wherin we must be saued And therefore saieth Matthewe in his firste Chapiter that he shall saue the people from their synne Then is there no Saluation saue onely in Christe then without Christe is there nothyng but dampnation And is there any life but in GOD onely Sainct Ihon saieth naie in his firste Chapiter of his Gospell Nowe for as muche as there is no saluation but in Christe onely and no life but in God and seyng also that to haue no saluation nor life in god is plain dampnation then the deedes of the fleshe as youre fore saied pastymes are plaine dampnation because thei haue no saluation in Christe nor life in God nor any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of God and Christe Now see you plainely that these filthie deedes of the fleshe as the games before named when thei are moste purely vsed are of like dampnatiō with murther and thefte Ergo thei are like wicked and abhominable At this tyme satisfie your selues I praie you with these smal warnynges gentle admonitions and daungerous threatenynges and if ye regarde not this then suppose not the contrarie but that there shall bee a more weightier matter laied to your charge and the spirit of Goddes mouthe shall destroye bothe you and thē together Therefore awake betyme and putte from you the woorkes of darkenesse that you maie walke honestly while it is daie Now at the laste you saie for the passing awaie of the tyme wee maie exercise suche vaine pastymes and recreations and that I wil goe aboute to withdrawe honeste menne from their honeste fellowshippes familiare neighbourhoode neighbourly metinges and assemblies And will also I am sure demaunde of me what I would honeste companie should doe How I would thei should bee occupied and passe awaie the tyme the howers the daies and the nightes If all these before named pastymes and recreations were laied a side I shall shortely saciate this question euen with the saiyng of Salomon in his Prouerbes who saith thus Giue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishenesse least thou become like vnto hym But make the foole an aunswere accordyng to his foolishnesse least he bée wise in his owne conceipte Here maie you perceiue if you liste that I compte not this question verie wise For the fleshely children of this wicked worlde thinke this a right notable question Yea and worthie to bee soluted or aunswered with greate witte discretion and learnyng when in verie deede it is nothing els but vnlearned and witlesse and therefore accordyng to the Prouerbes of Salomō not worthie to be aunswered leaste the foolishe reioyce in his folie For if this question or suche like were worthie aunswere and that a man were bounde to satisfie them I dare boldly saie that there should bee more questions then might well either with reason or learnyng bée aunswered For this question is a greate deale meeter for Ethenickes Turckes Iewes and Sarasins then it is for sober menne then it is for discrete menne then it is for Christian men or for godlie disposed persones For will not the banketters thinke ye after their gurgitation and rauenous deuouryng of their deintie meates and sweete wines demaunde with idle braines and beallies what shall wée dooe all this daie How shall we bryng this longe daie at an ende How shall we spende our tyme Is not there thinke you good honeste and verteous bargaines made with we twoo against you twoo for what wager so euer ye will either at Tables Dice Cardes Tennis or Bowles as longe as a Riall twentie shillynges or fowertie shillynges will laste or till wee goe to Supper And to make vp the bargaine thei lashe out one othe vpon an other in suche wise that there shall bee neuer a member of Christ vnsought or torne so that it maie come to memorie Yea the honestest mā in a toune if he beginne once to face will thinke scorne to bee outsworne for fourtie shillynges at Bowles Cardes Tables or Dice Will not drounkardes also muse with them selues where thei maie gette a companie meete for their diete to passe awaie the tyme in glossyng and gullyng either at suche tyme as it wer more méete for them to please their Lorde god If thei be of the Spirituall sorte with labouryng in the sacred woorde of God to ●eede their flocke on the Sabboth or holy daie nexte insuyng Or if thei bee of the laye sorte to bee occupied in his misterie or occupation for his housholde or familie or els at suche tyme as it were meete for sober discrete and honeste menne to be at their rest For the which thing God made the night What dooe poore labouryng menne that haue twoo or three children and nothyng but their manuall and handie craft to succour them selues their wife and familie Will not thei thinke you also studie to riotte aboute streates and lanes searching out a companie mete for them in Ale houses and béere houses and inuente how their may bryng the day at an ende and occupie their tyme in riot and gamenyng their wiues and children in the meane while at home criyng out for victualles and can gette none for the good manne of the house hath bestowed al his money so warely at Sice and Cinck or haue at all or at the Spades Hartes Diamondes and Clubbes and commeth home at nighte with as many faces as a Shéepe can speake neuer a good worde neither to wife nor childe and yet notwithstandyng muste it bee called an honeste pastime and sober refreshyng of the witte And thus dooe thei passe

recreation then is murther an honeste recreation then is whoredom an honest recreation for thynges worthie like praise are of like honestie and worthy like reward But thefte murther whoredome with other like deedes of the fleshe are worthy like praise Ergo like honest and worthie like reward For what praise is a wicked thyng worthie but the cursse of God and dampnation As the Scribe in the ninetene of Matthewe demaunded of Christe what he might doe to haue eternall life Christe aunswered thou shalt not steale Thou shalte not breake wedlocke Thou shalte not kill Now if the Scribe or any other Christian man will haue eternall life he must obserue these preceptes that he be no thiefe no whoremonger nor no murtherer If he bee then lette hym not looke for eternall life for he that keepeth the commaundementes dwelleth in God and God in hym Then let vs thus reason he that keepeth not the commaundementes dwelleth not in god But he that is a theife whoremonger or murtherer kepeth not the commaundementes Ergo he is a thiefe whoremonger or murtherer dwelleth not in GOD and he that dwelleth not in God hath no life in hym In him is life and the life was the light of menne c. Also Dauid saieth plainely The wicked shall not rise in iudgement because thei are alwaie deade saieth Augustine from GOD and shall not rise to life and he that hath not life in God is alwaie addicte to dampnation Example of Cain the firste murtherer whiche ran awaie from the presence of God in whō is life and the whoredome of the people of Israell with the doughters of Moab Nume xxv Reade the whole Chapiter I praie thee Iudas the thiefe and purse-bearer Now the thiefe the whoremonger and murtherer haue no life in God therefore the thiefe whoremonger and murtherer are addicte to dampnation then if the deedes of the fleshe for better deedes can ye not make them for thei wil in no wise agree with the deedes of the spirite bee worthie like rewarde and dampnation then it followeth that they are like euill and wicked vices like abhominable in the sight of GOD are worthie like dampnation but Bowlyng Dicyng Cardyng Tennesyng with such like actes and deedes of the fleshe are of like rewarde and dampnation with murther whoredome and theft Ergo thei are like abhominable and wicked that thei are of like dānation is manifest Where with a godly antithesis or contrarietie he pronounceth it on this sorte there is no dampnation to them which are in Christ Iesu whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite Now saieth Paule to be in Christ Iesu is no damnation bicause they walke in a newe Godly life after the spirite fashioned and not after the fleshe then if there be no damnation to them that are in Christe Iesu bicause they walke after the spirite it foloweth on the other partie that there is damnation to them that are not in Christ Iesu bicause they walke after the fleshe But Dicers Bowlers Carders Scailers Crossers and Pilers Tenessers Chesterers with such like a thousand mo when they are in their most honestest pastime secluding as thei say blasphemyng riot and excesse yet are they in the deedes of the fleshe Therefore is there also suche damnation after the sentence of Saincte Paule For bee not a shamed hardely to nomber these honest recreations amongest deedes of the fleshe till ye can by the Scripture discharge them thereof Loke also where he maketh a difference betwéene the good Trée and her fruite and the bad tree and her fuicte and saie of an honest hearte in whiche of these Trees bowlyng cardyng with the residue of their fruites growe And he saieth in the same place that euerie Tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite shall be caste into the fyre And Paul to the Gallathians verie plainly declareth the sentence of Matthewe and nameth both the trees with their fruites and calleth the good tree the spirite and the deedes thereof the fruites of the spirite But in those fruites shall ye finde no place for none of these dedes the words are these the fruites of the spirite loue Ioye long sufferaunce gentlenes faithfulnes mekenes goodnes temperaunce Now marke wel this good trée and shewe me what fruite or braunche thereof ye can finde meete for to place your honest pastimes good refreshyng of the witte the passyng awaie of the tyme and with riot and suche lyke vaine trifles The fruites of the euill tree are these aduoutrie fornication vncleanes wantonnes Idolatrie witchcrafte hatred variaunce wrath strife sedicion sectes enuie murther dronkennes glotonie couetousnes pride lecherie bacbityng discorde and innumerable suche like If you marke these fruictes wel you maie chaunce to finde some braunches meete for your purpose How be it if any manne bee so addicte to follie that though he seeth it he will not see it leaste his synne should be reproued I shall take the paines my self though I haue little thāke therefore to sette one or twaine before your eyes and if you haue any felicitie or pleasure in the searchyng out of the holie worde of God you shall verie easily with your studious indeuour finde out the residue right well Firste what saie you to this braunche of vncleanesse maie it not take place thinke you emong your vaine pastyme I suppose the deedes of the flesh bee not cleanly but your recreations are before proued to be dedes of the flesh Ergo your foolishe vaine recreatiōs are not verie cleanly therefore laie vp this fruict of vncleanesse to bee one of your precious iewelles to serue you a purpose How like ye also by wantonnesse maie ye not bee nombred well inoughe emong youre vaine sporte and pastyme Looke the first and fowerth Chapiter where he declareth how we should arme our selfes with the same mynde to cease from synne by sufferyng in the fleshe as Christe did and to liue after the will of god He addeth straight waies that it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is past of the life after the will of the Heathen and Gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse fleshely lustes in excesse of wines in excesse of eating in dronkennesse and in abhominable Idolatrie Here Peter rehearseth wantonnesse to pertaine to the life of the wicked Gentiles To lustes Peter before in the seconde Chapiter saith that thei fighte againste the soule and here he saieth plainely that thei induce vs vnto abhominable Idolatrie For what can bée greater Idolatrie then to departe from the Lorde GOD through inticyng of the fleshe and wantonnesse to cleaue to the wicked Gentiles whiche are straungers from the life that is in GOD blinded in their vnderstandyng and walkyng in the vanitie of their foolishe myndes Now good Christian Reader accordyng to the affection that thou haste to Goddes moste blessed woorde searche out the residue Nowe maie you expressely perceiue and see bothe what Matthewe in the seuenth