A discourse of conscience wherein is set down the nature, properties, and differences thereofA discourse of conscience wherein is set downe the nature, properties, and differences thereof

Hence it followeth, that all Christians may freely without scruple of conscience, use all things indifferent, so be it the manner of using them be good.

Hence it followeth, that all Christians may freely without scruple of cōscience, vse all things indifferent, so be it the manner of vsing them be good.

And first, when I say that all may use them, I understand a two-fold uses natural, or spiritual.

And first, when I say that all may vse them, I vnderstand a two-fold vses naturall, or spirituall.

The natural use, is either to •eleeve our necessities, or for honest delight. Thus the Psalmist saith, that God gives not only bread to strengthen the heart of man, but also wine to make glad the heart, & oil to make the face to shine, Psal. 104. 15. and God hath put into his creatures infinite varieties of colours, savours, tastes, and forms to this end that men might take delight in them. Hence it follows, that Recreation is lawful, and a part of Christian liberty, if it be well used. By recreation I understand exercises and sports, serving to refresh either the body or the […] and that they may be well used, two rules espy cially must be remembered. The first, that lawful recreation stands only in the use of things indifferent. For if the things be commanded by God, there is no sporting in them; or if they, be forbidden, there is no using of them at all. Upon this ground, sundry kinds of recreation are to be neglected. As I. the dancing commonly used in these days, in which men and women, ⟨p. 101⟩