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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

Isaiah 38.3.1 Ezekiah and others to desire of the Lorde long life and continuaunce vppon the yearth I confesse in deede that all and euery one of our actions ought to be referred to the glorie of God and the edification and profite of our neighbours Neither doubt I but that if wee solace our selues honestly and godlie therby indeuouring to mainteine as muche as in vs lieth our strength to vpholde healthe to repaire our forces by continuaunce in some exercises a little as it were decaied to refreshe our Spirites dulled or ouerwhelmed with some labours or studies and all this wee doe to this ende that wee maie afterwardes when our duetie requireth more ioyfullie and chearfully giue our selues ouer to that callyng wherein it hath pleased God to sette vs and might bee thereby made the more fitte and better able to performe the same I doubte not I saie but that in the ende this shall redounde bothe to the glory of God whom by this meane wee serue more readilie and to the good of our neighbours whom wee beeyng freshe and well disposed thereto maie more easelie and commodiouslie helpe accordyng to suche abilitie as the Lorde hath giuen vs. The nature and spirite of man maie in my iudgement be aptly compared to a Bowe which how strong soeuer it be if it bee alwaies kept bent is not onelie in daunger of marring but by that meanes becommeth bothe verie weake and afterwardes beeyng drawen is easelie broken but if it be bent for the time that a man vseth to shoote in the same and afterwardes vnbent sette vp and kept in good order it is preserued and coÌ„tinueth a long while No man I thinke hath euer denied but that it is lawfull and fitt for a Christian if he be sicke to vse ordinarie and godlie meanes for the recouery of health And why I pray you should it bee lesse lawfull to vse lawfull and honest meanes for the continuaunce and preseruation of healthe The vse of godlie meanes is not vnlawfull but trust in them is forbidden To vse them with trust in them is to shutt God out of the doores and place his creatures in his steede On the other side to neglecte or refuse them whiche God hath ordeined is to tempt God and therfore we ought warely to shunne and auoide bothe these extremities Verely in my iudgement this should be too greate a crueltie in no wise to graunt that a nature ouermuche wearied with studie or a manne ouer-wrought with trauaile might not or should not recreate hym self And on the other side this were too greate a leusenesse to let hym vse at all tymes lawfull recreation or at any other tyme vnlawfull recreatioÌ„ I take plaie at honest and lawfull games to be a thing allowable and lawfull and to bee of the number of those thinges whiche are lefte in Christian libertie Galath 5.13 whiche libertie wee muste not abuse as an occasion vnto the fleshe but accordyng to suche rules as GOD hath lefte for the lawfull vse of the same in his holie worde Wherefore I forbid not neither doe I condemne all maner of plaie yea I thinke it not euill that sometymes a Christian man plaie and refreshe hym self Prouided alwaie that suche recreation and delight bee in thinges lawfull and honest that also with moderation or measure For it is not meete that men should spende at plaie though the plaie it self be neuer so lawfull either those thinges or that tyme whiche God hath allotted hym to other endes and purposes For God hath giueÌ„ him goodes for the mainteinance of him self and his familie and the releeuyng of those whiche want necessarie succour and maintenaunce The Lorde hath also appoincted hym a tyme whiche he ought to spende in the faithfull dischargyng of that office whiche the Lorde hath laied vpon hym So that whosoeuer shall thus excessiuelie and vnlawfully waste these good thinges yea I saie though it were at lawfull games shal be subiecte to Gods heauie iudgemente for the miserable and wicked abusyng of those his good giftes and shall no doubt vnlesse spÃ©edy and vnfeined repentance ensue feele the hande of God vpon him for his synne and transgressioÌ„ And thus muche for the aunsweryng of theÌ„ which think it not lawfull to play at any game with somewhat also touching theÌ„ which thinke it lawfull to plaie at all games But these men shal be more particularly and fullie aunswered in the discourse of this treatie and namely in the last chapter thereof Â¶ The fourth Chapter TOuchyng the seconde poinct I feare not to affirme that it is vnlawfull to plaie for money to winne it and purse it vppe when it is wonne that is to saie either for a man to lose his owne money or to winne an other mans and so to make gaine of the same As concernyng bothe their persones that is the winner and the loser I saie generally that thei both doe euill in this in turnyng vpside doune the nature of plaie and the ende for whiche plaie and gamenyng was deuised For whereas plaie was appointed in the beginnyng onely for the exercise of the bodie or recreation of the spirit these men omittyng those endes make it a meane to gaine or get money by and so chauÌ„ge and alter the nature of recreation into a kinde of vnhonest and vnlawfull game whiche thyng Christians bee it little or be it much are plainely forbidden by the worde of God And as touching the partie that loseth he is depriued of that yea though it bee but a little whiche either might doe good in his familie or profite other the needie members of Christ beside that whiche followeth vpon this losing as disquietnes of minde at the least if not cursing sweareyng quarellyng and suche other like whiche make the matter on his side and in respect of hym much more intollerable Adde to al this what wisedome doeth it argue to bee in that man who when he hath the possession of a thyng in his owne handes will by Cardes Dise and such other vnlawful exercises make triall whether it shal be his owne And if the looser fall into these inconueniences so that on his behalf it is not lawfull for him to plaie for money by what right or reason shall we thinke it maie be lawfull in the winner That which he getteth at plaie he must get either by right or by wrong for betwene these twoo there is very little or no meane at al If he get it wrongfully I thinke all the worlde will condemne hym therefore because that though the worlde delight in wrongfull dealing yet suche is the might and power of truthe and that euen in theÌ„ whiche doe wrong them selues that it maketh them to dislike that vice in others wherewith they them selues bee defiled and infected If thei will saie thei get it rightfully let theÌ„ shewe by what lawe This saiyng of the coÌ„mon Lawier Id possumus quod iure possumus wee maie dooe that onely which by lawe we may do is hauing a

Dise that we can winne when wee list and haue what game seemeth good to our selues so that it is not by chaunce but as pleaseth vs. To whiche I saie that though this might bee some peece of an aunswere to wit that many times the cunningest in that wickednes are deceiued yet I ad that this is a horrible synne added vnto synne not onely by vnlawfull games to spoyle men of that whiche is their owne but also by treacherie and deceipt to winne it from them How much I praie you doth this differ from cousnage forbidden by the lawe of our Lande And how much doth cousnage differ from a certaine secrete kinde of theft which is forbidden by the lawe of GOD â—xod 20.15 â—phes 4.25 And how many are the places in holy Scripture by which such craftie and deceiueable dealinges be forbidden Besides that therevpon insueth commonly braulynges quarelynges fightynges blowes yea many tymes murther But more of this particulare matter of Cardes and Dise in the next Chapter followyng Â¶ The sixt Chapter IN this Chapter I will accordyng to order before specified put doune profes plainly declaryng the vnlawfulnes of these games of Dise Cardes And first to beginne with the scriptures and reasons annexed thereunto I take these games of Dise and Cardes beyng as I saied before games of lot hazard or chaunce to bee statly againste the thirde commaundement Exod. 20.7 thou shalte not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vaine The reason that leadeth me thereunto is this Lot or chaunce as we call it is one of the principall testimonies of the power of God Prou. 16.33 because it is ruled and gouerned immediatly by his hand and prouidence and was neuer ordeined of God for any thyng but for matters of greate weight and neuer vsed amongest the Godly Psalm 16.5.6 but in causes of greate importaunce as in partyng of goods Nomb. 26.55 diuidyng of landes electioÌ„ of Magistrates choise of Ministers and such like thynges Samu. 10.20.21 and was appoincted to take awaie Actes 1.26 all occasion of heate in wordes and quarelles and corruptions in speache Now for vs to take that which God hath appointed to so greate and holy vses onely and to applie it to serue our fonde affections in euery light trifle case of no weight what is it but to treade vnder foote the ordinaunce and institution of God and so consequently to bee transgressors of that thirde Commaundement Besides that it seemeth to bee a maner of temptyng of God when wee knowe that he will not haue this vsed but in matters of greate weight and importaunce and yet wee will vse it in thynges of no value as though we would make God a seruaunt of our pleasures laughters and delightes and would knowe whether he haue any care thereof then the which what can bee more straunge to vtter or fearefull to thinke Ephesi 5.16 Secondly the spirite of God commauÌ„deth vs to redeeme the tyme that we haue loste by exercisyng our selues in vaine idle and vnprofitable thinges and to bestowe that tyme whiche we now haue in good and holy thynges and such as in dÃ©ede maie serue to edification and profite The reason whiche the holy Ghost vseth to moue vs thereunto is this for the daies are euill as if he would say the more corrupt that the maners of this worlde are so muche the more neede wee haue to vse all seasons and to take all occasions and to set nothyng before vs but the good holie and acceptable will of God To whiche also we maie adde according to the truth of Gods woorde an other taken from the brittlenesse and shortnes of our owne liues here in this worlde Psalm 90.3.4 c. Wherevpon I inferre that whensoeuer it shall please God to giue vs a tyme and occasion to bee occupied either in readyng or hearyng his holy worde visityng the poore comfortyng the afflicted or doyng suche like thynges it muste bee taken quicklie For occasion is balde behynde Galath 6.10 and there maie because many thynges fall betweene the Cuppe and the vpper lippe fall out some lette whiche we our selues doe not forsee and whiche maye turne vs awaie from doyng that good Moreouer we our selues are easely drawen by vanitie and vaine perswasions either of our owne fleshe or of our frendes from suche godlie exercises While we haue time therefore let vs doe good Is not this thinke you a pretie redeemyng tyme to spende it awaie in Disyng Cardyng and suche other vngodlie exercises as neither Gods woords nor godlie men either allowe or like of The holie Ghost 1. Peter 4.3 by sainct Peter telleth vs that it ought to be sufficient for vs that we haue spent the time past of our life after the lustes of the Gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse lustes c. Wee saie on the other side no it is not enough we will spende yet a little more tyme in these wicked delightes and pleasures What is this els I praie you but to lye slumbering in the dead sleepe of the corruption of our owne nature I had almost saied to synne vpon presumption And besides let vs knowe this that this our pleasure will in the ende without repentaunce be recompensed with horrible paine and punishment Thirdly this plaie of Cardes and Dise carrieth with it a manifest conteÌ„pt of the Magistrate who hath forbidden the same vpon good and holy considerations and is besides an offence and greife of conscience not onely to the weake but also to others whiche be of greater strength who seeyng the manifolde mischiefes and daiely inconueniences insuyng vpon suche Plaies are caried into suche a godly hatred and detestation of the same that thei cannot awaie at any hande to beholde it or see it But iolie fellowes will thinke this maie be easely aunswered thus If thei list not to looke vppon it thei maie absent them selues But to them I saie first that offence riseth not only by sight but also vpon the hearyng or knowyng of that to be doen whiche is vnlawfull Secondly that thei declare themselues to be voide of that same godly and charitable spirite whiche ought to bee in the children of God I am sure that Sainct Paule was of an other mynde in a matter of greater importaunce then plaie For he saieth thus 1. Corin. 8.13 If meate offende my brother I will eate no fleshe while the worlde standeth that I may not offend my brother There is no manne in the worlde I thinke so blinde but he seeth that the vse of meate for the strengthenyng of the bodie is very necessarie and one of the ordinarie meanes which God hath appoincted for the maintenaunce of mans life And yet Paule had such a loue to the brethren makyng hymself therein an example for vs to followe that he would willingly forgoe that necessarie nourishment rather then greiue or offend them But these men will not leaue that not onely whiche thei maie leaue without hurte of

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