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 obedience2 which they have showed to his commandments: I require thee,3 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 Ma•-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 from God; how darest thou do those things on that blessed day, on which thou darest ⟨p. 264⟩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, 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 D•om, to judge all men according to the obedience2 which they have shewed to his commandments: I require thee,3 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, Diceing, Tabling, Chess-playing, Bowling, Shooting, Bear-baiting, Carousing, Tipling, and such other fooleries of Robbin Hood, Morice-dances, Wakes, and Ma•-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 from God; how darest thou do those things on that blessed day, on which thou darest ⟨p. 264⟩not to pray to God to bestow a blessing on it to thy use? Hear this and tremble at this, O prophane youth, of a prophane age!
- 1Act. 17. 31.
- 2Rom. 2. 12, &c.
- 32 Thes. 2. 8, &c.
