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Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
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3 Such as declare Gods punishment on the Creatures for mans Sin, as Bear-baiting, Cock-fighting, and the like; the enmity that is in one Creature against another, is a punishment on the poor Creatures for mans Sin, and therefore ought no• to be a ground or matter of sport and rejoicing unto us, but rather of sorrow and humiliation.
3 Such as declare Gods punishment on the Creatures for mans Sin, as Bear-baiting, Cock-fighting, and the like; the enmity that is in one Creature against another, is a punishment on the poor Creatures for mans Sin, and therefore ought no• to bee a ground or matter of sport and rejoycing unto us, but rather of sorrow and humiliation.
4 Such as are forbidden by the Laws of the Land, or place where we live; for Sports and Recreations being among indifferent things, the Magistrates authority is especially of force in them; and in this respect our ordinary Stage-Plays in this City are unlawful.
4 Such as are forbidden by the Laws of the Land, or place where we live; for Sports and Recreations being among indifferent things, the Magistrates authority is especially of force in them; and in this respect our ordinary Stage-Playes in this City are unlawful.
II. The next thing to be considered is, how those Sports which are in themselves lawful, are made unlawful by mens manner of using them.