Now, in the name of Almighty God, (who rested, having created Heaven and Earth:) and of his eternal Son Jesus, the Redeemer of his Church, (who shall shortly come,1 on the dreadful day of doom, to judge all men according to the ⟨p. 572⟩obedience which they have showed to his commandments.) I require thee, who readest these words, as thou wilt answer before the face of Christ, and all his holy Angels at that day? that thou better weigh and consider, whether dancing, stage-playing, masking, carding, dicing, tabling, chess-playing, bowling, shooting, Bear-baiting, carousing, tippling, and such other fooleries of Robbin-Hood, Morris-dances, Wakes, and May-games, be exercises that GOD will bless and allow on the Sabbath day? And seeing that no action ought to be done that day, but such, as whereby we either bless God, or look to receive a blessing ⟨p. 573⟩from God; how darest thou do those things on that blessed day, on which thou darest not to pray to God to bestow a blessing on it to thy use? Hear this and tremble at this, O profane youth, of a profane age!
Now, in the name of Almighty God, (who rested, hauing created Heauen and Earth:) and of his eternall Sonne Iesus, the Redeemer of his Church, (who shall shortly come,1 on the dreadfull day of doome, to iudge all men according to the ⟨p. 572⟩obedience which they haue shewed to his commandements.) I require thee, who readest these words, as thou wilt answere before the face of Christ, and all his holy Angels at that day? that thou better weigh and consider, whether dauncing, stage-playing, masking, carding, dicing, tabling, chesse-playing, bowling, shooting, Beare-baiting, carowsing, tippling, and such other fooleries of Robbin-Hood, Morrice-daunces, Wakes, and May-games, be exercises that GOD will blesse and allowe on the Sabbath day? And seeing that no action ought to bee done that day, but such, as whereby we either blesse God, or looke to receiue a blessing ⟨p. 573⟩from God; how darest thou doe those things on that blessed day, on which thou darest not to pray to God to bestow a blessing on it to thy vse? Heare this and tremble at this, O prophane youth, of a prophane age!
- 1Act. 17.31. Rom. 2.12. &c. 2 Thes. •.8. &c.
