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§ 7. A fourth argument may be taken from the benefit of Christian liberty, by virtue whereof every Christian man hath ^ya free use of all Gods good creatures to employ them unto such purposes as by any ^znatural power they are enabled unto, within the bounds above mentioned. But in these ordinary civill and divisorie Lots be they serious or lusorious, the creature is used to no other end or use, but what it hath a natural power unto, and ¹such as by the mutual consent and agreement of those that use it, it may be enabled to effect. For it is in the natural power of the creature used to moo•e or to be moved diversly, and uncertainly in regard of those that make use of it: and it is further in the power of it by their mutual agreement to determine such matters as are ordinarily wont to be determined thereby. Which therefore ²so long as ⟨p. 135⟩the use of it is kept otherwise free from superstition and impiety, or from injustice and dishonesty, ought no more to be exiled from a Christian mans recreations, then any other creature or ordinance whatsoever that hath any natural power to delight and give contentment in that kind.

§ 7. A fourth argument may be taken from the benefit of Christian liberty, by vertue whereof euery Christian man hath ^ya free vse of all Gods good creatures to imploy them vnto such purposes as by any ^znaturall power they are enabled vnto, within the boundes aboue mentioned. But in these ordinarie ciuill and diuisorie Lots be they serious or lusorious, the creature is vsed to no other end or vse, but what it hath a naturall power vnto, and ¹