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§ 4. Secondly recreations are to be used as soberly, so seasonably. For ^uthere is a time and season for all things, and for recreation among other things. ^*There is a time, saith Solomon, for laughing, and mirth, and a time for dancing and delight. There are times for recreation and sport, and times for sad and serious affairs. Recreation therefore is good when it is seasonable, when it cometh in his due time: else, as it is with fish and foul when they come out of season, ^xthat is evil, that is good otherwise.

§ 4. Secondly recreations are to be vsed as soberly, so seasonably. For ^uthere is a time and season for all things, and for recreation among other things. ^*There is a time, saith Salomon, for laughing, and mirth, and a time for dauncing and delight. There are times for recreation and sport, and times for sad and serious affaires. Recreation therefore is good when it is seasonable, when it commeth in his due time: else, as it is with fish and foule when they come out of season, ^xthat is euill, that is good otherwise.

1. uEccles. 3.1. [Greek or Hebrew] & [Greek or Hebrew] quod ex Pittaci sententia ([Greek or Hebrew] apud Laert) Auson. [Greek or Hebrew], tempus ut noris jubet: Sed [Greek or Hebrew] iste ••mpesti•um tempus est. [Greek or Hebrew]. Man. Palaeol ad fil. praecept. 6. [Greek or Hebrew]. Theogu - [Greek or Hebrew]. Sodamus in anthol.Eccles. 3.1