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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

lighte with theim specially if thei fetche home any greate manne for in the broade daie thei vse to carrie no lightes as the superstitious sorte haue vsed now of late daies and as some yet at this presente dooe if thei were well sought out for no better will their Curates teache them but to lighte Candelles in the clearest Sonne shine in the yere and sticke thē vpon postes stooles and walles before Idolles to shewe them light and yet thei them selues with their Idols remaine starke blinde What thinke ye that these lightes hee that ye muste meete hym with cardes tables or Dice and other suche like tromperies Surelie thei shall shewe a faire lighte And as well shall hee welcome you with them as he did the fiue foolishe virgines which had no oyle of their owne but whē Christ came they were faine to go a borrowyng and when they came and knocked were shut out of the doores Beware ye passe not awaie the tyme so long with suche vaine follye that youre good workes bee to séeke and then ye knocke tarde at Heauen Gates and for lacke of knowledge ye be shut out of the doores Take heede in tyme for those seruauntes shal be blessed whom the Lorde when he commeth shall finde wakyng saieth that the daie of the Lorde shall come as a thiefe in the night for when they shall say peace and no daunger then commeth there on them sodaine destruction as the trauailyng of a woman with childe and they shall not escape Heare ye this ye blasphemers Heare ye this thyng ye wicked gamesters Heare ye this thyng ye wittie fleshly children of this world Nowe go to applie your busines to the Cardes Tables Dice Tennes Chesse and Bowles as faste as ye can for the Lorde will come at your pleasure when ye will and not before ye will haue hym come So will the thiefe come and reaue vp your house and not before Plie youre busines as faste as ye can haste vp your wickednesse and lette not for it neither care for any threatnyngs at gods mouth for he is to weake to perfourme his promise But of this be ye sure that as iustly as a teming woman that is with child must needes suffer the trauaile thereof whether she will or no and can not auoid it Euen so thinke not the contrarie but when the Lorde commeth ye shal be taken as he findeth you and shal not escape but as ye haue wrought the woorkes of your bodie so must ye spite of youre guttes appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe to giue your accomptes Be pacient and settle youre heartes for the commyng of the lorde draweth nigh Beholde the iudge standeth before the doore Iaco. v Here Iames plaieth the bug with you and in a maner mouth to mouth he maketh hym to knock at the doore of your conscience that ye shoulde in tyme if it might bee withdrawe your selues from suche vanitie Is it meete thinke you to passe awaie the tyme with suche trifles when the iudge standeth at the doore but if ye will needes vpon such folishnes notwithstanding al these comminations and threatninges beware I saie for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nigh Bee sober and watche for your oduersary the deuill as a roaring Lyon walketh about séekyng whom he maye deuoure whom resiste stedfast in the faith Who is this saieth Peter that prouoketh you to this wicked inuention that ye demaunde so wittely what we shall doe if these vaine pastymes were laide a parte he saieth plainely that it is the Deuil who goeth roryng about seekyng whom he maie deuoure where doeth he searche to deuour you in your faieth saith the Apostle for if ye applie youre selues to the deedes of faith without the whiche saieth Paule it is impossible to please God. As to purenesse of liuing to the forsaking of the deuill with all his woorkes to followe the deedes of the spirite Then foorthwith rageth the aduersarie then fumeth the deuill then seeketh he whom he maie deuour But followe the appetite of the wicked fleshe and saciate her lust and desire and ye shall be his faire children ye shal be chekens méete for his owne tooth he shall strike your heades and make very muche of you for ye are well worthie seyng ye are seruantes meete for such a maister Dice carde tennes boule play and chesse with al other fleshly pastimes day night Laie on othes teare god with al his holy members as small as hearbes to the pot And the deuil wil neuer hinder you neuer roare at you hee will neuer séeke who he may deuour for he hath you fast knit to the deedes of darkenes And kéepeth you stil in the same as children of vnbeléefe And what needeth the deuill to seeke for them seyng thei seeke so fast to runne to hym with the passyng awaie of time in such vaine sportes and recreations of the wit and solacing of the mind Therefore after the counsell of Peter be sober and watche yet a very little while and he that shall come will come and wil not tarie He will not tarie saith Paul againe or twoo at the Tables Cardes Chesse or Dice and then haue with ye saie you passe awaie the tyme at youre pleasure apply your selues to suche vanities as long as ye liste demaunde what ye should doe how ye shoulde spende the tyme if these wicked gamenynges were laide aside as often as ye list Paule maketh you a plaine aunswere that he that commeth will come and will not tarie For if with all expedition and readines he would haue his disciple followe hym whē he intended a matter of no lesse godlinesse then necessarie as to burie his father He graunted hym no libertie but cōmaunded hym to followe him straight waie and to suffer the dead to burie their deade And thinke you that he will tarie your leasure tyll ye haue plaide a game or two in a matter of wickednes that defaceth Gods glory for as muche as it is a deede of the fleshe and preiudiciall to the edification of your neighbour no no. He that commeth will come and will not tarie Therfore if thou wilt knowe how thou shouldest be occupied if these vaine pastymes were laied a side resort nowe and then yea rather continually to the moste holsome worde of God and there meditate and exercise thy selfe and if thou canste not reade then lette thy seruauntes or Children reade vnto thee if none of theim can reade then feare the vengeaunce of GOD for thy negligente bryngyng vp of theim For the good free shall bee knowen by his fruicte and the had tree like wise And Paule compteth hym that prouideth not for his owne and specially for theim of his housholde to deny the faithe and to bée worse then an infidell And to the Galathians he calleth the housholde of faithe that in Timothe he called his owne housholde Let therefore your youthe bee godlie instructe

and not with griefe Now therefore do I sore muse how this question except it were by the priuy suggestion of Sathan worker of all mischiefe coulde sinke into any honest specially into any Christian mans stomake to demaunde what they shoulde doe or howe they shoulde be occupied if these sinfull pastymes otherwise called honeste recreations were laied aside If you woulde be as diligent to demaunde howe ye shoulde liue well howe ye shoulde behaue youre selues to please GOD howe ye might remaine in the feare and dreade of God as ye are to inquire for suche vaine trifles oh lorde what a worlde should we then haue shortly And in conscience I suppose that this is the more meeter question of bothe for a Christian man to demaunde For with what face dareste thou enterprise to inquire how thou shalte consume the daie in suche wicked pastymes with the abhominations that longeth there to as the blasphemie of Goddes moste holy name dronkennesse excesse with many other more suche like seyng and consideryng that thou art not certain nor sure to liue the halfe daie Dooest thou thinke it no daunger to fall into the handes of the Lorde Haste thou no more dread of him that is able to kille bothe thy bodie and soule and to caste theim bothe into helle fire Now ponder I praie thee the Sacred Scriptures that followe what occupation and businesse ye should by their counsaile haue if these foolishe pastymes were set a parte Matthewe saith wake because you knowe not what hower your maister will come Of this be you sure that if the housholder knewe what houre the thefe would come he would surely watch and not suffer his house to bee broken vp Therefore bee ye also readie For in an hower as you thinke not will the soonne of manne come Heare ye this ye sluggardes Matthewe biddeth you wake ye wil saie We are neuer lesse disposed to slepe then when wee are at Tables Cardes Dice Bowles Tennes or Chesse I graunt that to be very true But wil that businesse please youre heauenly maister when he commeth sodainely vppon you Matthewe would haue you as diligente to prepare againste the commyng of the Lorde to vanquishe and driue awaie the assaultes of the Deuill as the housholder is diligente to prepare weapons againste the commyng of the Theefe that would breake vp his house And would the housholder thinke you fall to Cardes Dice Tennes or Bowles if he knewe when the theefe would come vpon hym Matthewe saieth plainely naye but he would watche saieth he if he knewe what hower the theefe would come and prepare weapons to keepe hym of And wilt thou seeyng thou arte vncertaine when the Lorde will come as the housholder is what hower the theefe will come applie thy self to Dice Tables and Cardes and suffer the house of the liuyng God to bee broken vp For the temple of God is holy saieth saincte Paule whiche are ye and thinke ye that there oughte not as greate studie to bee taken for to defende the house that God made to his owne similitude and likenesse And redeemed with his precious death From the snares of the wicked againste the commyng of his maister as there oughte to bee for an house that is made of lime and stone and is in subiection to euery tempeste of water and winde The whiche also was builded of a synfull manne and paied for with corruptible siluer and golde that at his diyng daie shall bidde his Maister adewe and neuer doe hym pleasure after The instrumentes that ye must prepare to keepe awaie the theefe againste youre Maisters commyng are not Boules dice Cardes Tables Bowes Kniues Tennes Balles Chessemen Counters paised Grotes Toppes and Scourges with suche like a thousande mo whiche the deuill hath inuented no no. Sainct Luke in his thirtene Chapiter telleth vs of other maner of instrumentes to passe awaie the tyme with then these bee he saieth with a deepe stomacke take héede watche and praie for ye knowe not whē the tyme is and that I saie to you I saie to you all watche Luke would haue a Christian mannes instrumente to occupie hymself withall and to passe awaie the tyme to consist in watchyng and praiyng and the fleshly children of this world would haue it to consiste in Dicing Cardyng Boulyng and Tennes plaiyng thou wilte saie that it will irke and wearie one euer to be watchyng and praiyng I saie vnto thee that of the aboundaunce of the harte the mouthe speaketh for a good manne out of the good treasure of his harte bryngeth for the good thynges As to doe all thyng what soeuer thei go aboute either in woorde or deede in the name of the Lorde Iesu giuyng thankes to God the father by hym And to applie them selues to watchyng praiyng and readyng of the sacred scripture as the frutes that spring out of the good treasure of their hartes But an euill manne out of the euill treasure of his harte bryngeth for the euill thynges as Dicyng Carding with suche more a greate noumber For if he had any better treasure liyng in his hearte he would surely bryng it foorthe But he hath no better that he can take a manne of truste therefore euill as thei bee so he vttereth them For as thei lye Canckerfretted at his hearte so he laieth theim foorthe take theim vp who liste therefore of thyne owne mouthe I iudge thee Thou euill seruaunte canste thou finde in thy harte to passe awaie the time with Cardes Tennis Tables and Dice daie and nighte without wearinesse and care And saiest thou to watche and pray and to be giuen to the wholsome meditation of Goddes woorde will wearie any manne Seyng the firste is abrode pathe leadyng to destruction the whiche these vnthriftie gamesters can finde out readily enough The laste is a verie narrowe pathe leadyng to life and saluation the whiche is not yet troden out of theim for it is vnsearched for Luke in the twelue Chapiter also saieth Lette your loynes bee girte rounde aboute and your lightes burnyng and your selues ready like men that waite for their maister when he cōmeth from the weddyng that as sone as he commeth and knocketh thei maie opē vnto hym Blessed are those seruauntes whiche the lorde when he commeth shall finde wakyng Here I thinke Christe boroweth a similitude of theim that in the night tyme vse to prepare them selues in a readinesse against their maisters commyng home from the weddyng because he would haue them so handsomely girte that thei maie walke with the lesse lette and impedimente But I thinke if wee should walke in the nighte after our honeste passyng awaie of the tyme to mete with our maister we had néede I suppose to be well couered about our heades least the winde make our braines dissie and we stagger out of the righte pathe and reele like nighte riottours and dronkardes and thei that walke in the night For the moste parte vse to carrie