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Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall
Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theological; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolns Inn, and now pastor of Rotherhith.Of the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolnes Inne, and now pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, when they should be tending the holy things of God either in public or private. And thus dis it a sin to follow game on the Sabbath, as ethe Jews used to do, and do yet to this day both on their Sabbaths and solemn feasts, and 3as the Popish sort are noted ordinarily to solemnize their festivals. For this is not fto sanctify or consecrate the Sabbath as holy to the Lord. The Sabbath indeed is a day of rest, but gof holy rest; of rest not to worldly recreations but to heavenly meditations, 4of rest to religious and spiritual employments. It is sacrilege therefore to follow game on the Sabbath; at such time as we should be plying the service and worship of God: it is time stolen from God that we spend so on our sports: Which it were less sin therefore for us to spend hon some more serious affairs, according to that which one of the ancients well ⟨p. 249⟩say, that iIt were better for a man (in such manner) on the Sabbath to plough then to play, and to dig and delve then to dance all day. For the lighter the occasion of sinning is, where all other things are equal, the greater the sin is.
Secondly, when they should be tending the holy things of God either in publike or priuate. And thus dis it a sinne to follow game on the Sabbath, as e