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         Short and plaine dialogue concerning the unlawfulnes of playing at cards or tables, or any other game consisting in chance
         Balmford, James, b. 1556.
      
       
         
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             To the maior, aldermen, and inhabitants of N. That whiche heretofore I haue propounded to you (right worshipfull and beloued) in teaching, I do now publish to all men by printing, to wit, mine opinion of the vnlawfulnesse of games consisting in chance ...
             Short and plaine dialogue concerning the unlawfulnes of playing at cards or tables, or any other game consisting in chance
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           Gambling -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           To
           the
           Maior
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           N.
           
        
         
           THat
           which
           heretofore
           I
           haue
           propounded
           to
           you
           (
           right
           Worshipfull
           and
           beloued
           )
           in
           teaching
           ,
           I
           do
           now
           publish
           to
           all
           men
           by
           printing
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           mine
           opinion
           of
           the
           vnlawfulnesse
           of
           games
           consisting
           in
           chance
           .
           My
           desire
           is
           either
           information
           ,
           if
           I
           erre
           in
           iudgement
           ,
           or
           reformation
           of
           so
           leud
           a
           practise
           .
           But
           whether
           I
           erre
           or
           no
           (
           which
           yet
           I
           would
           gladly
           vndestand
           ,
           *
           for
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           teach
           an
           vntruth
           ,
           though
           to
           Gods
           glorie
           )
           yet
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           zealous
           indeed
           against
           sinne
           ,
           desirous
           from
           the
           heart
           to
           reclaime
           sinners
           ,
           and
           who
           deepely
           considereth
           the
           grieuous
           abuses
           ,
           which
           accompanie
           dicing
           and
           carding
           (
           as
           horrible
           swearing
           ,
           dangerous
           quarelling
           ,
           losse
           (
           I
           say
           not
           of
           good
           houres
           ,
           but
           )
           of
           nights
           and
           dayes
           ,
           and
           the
           pittifull
           vndoing
           of
           too
           too
           manie
           )
           but
           will
           remembe
           that
           *
           all
           things
           are
           not
           expedient
           ,
           which
           are
           lawfull
           ,
           and
           therefore
           abstaine
           from
           such
           Heathenish
           passe-times
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           by
           their
           example
           they
           cannot
           reforme
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           sure
           *
           they
           do
           not
           confirme
           gamesters
           in
           their
           inordinate
           walking
           .
           Which
           respect
           ,
           the
           7.
           
           Iniunction
           forbidding
           Ministers
           to
           vse
           these
           vnlawfull
           games
           ,
           may
           be
           supposed
           to
           haue
           .
           Now
           that
           which
           authoritie
           exacteth
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           doth
           Religion
           require
           of
           all
           true
           Professours
           .
           For
           as
           the
           one
           are
           to
           be
           *
           ensamples
           to
           the
           flocke
           ,
           so
           the
           other
           are
           to
           be
           *
           lights
           in
           the
           world
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           PAVL
           saith
           .
           *
           If
           meat
           offend
           my
           brother
           ,
           I
           will
           eate
           no
           flesh
           while
           the
           world
           standeth
           .
           So
           euerie
           true
           Chistian
           should
           say
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           more
           resolution
           (
           for
           Play
           is
           not
           so
           necessarie
           as
           meat
           .
           )
           If
           play
           offend
           my
           brother
           ,
           who
           seeing
           me
           hauing
           knowledge
           ,
           play
           ,
           is
           boldned
           to
           follow
           gaming
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           play
           while
           the
           world
           standeth
           .
           Which
           care
           vnto
           edification
           if
           all
           ,
           who
           haue
           the
           *
           word
           in
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           hate
           to
           be
           reformed
           ,
           would
           manifest
           in
           their
           sincere
           conuersation
           and
           if
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           should
           not
           *
           carie
           the
           sword
           in
           vaine
           would
           do
           what
           they
           may
           by
           *
           law
           ,
           to
           banish
           these
           forbidden
           past-times
           ,
           or
           rather
           lost-times
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           preaching
           and
           writing
           against
           them
           would
           more
           mightily
           preuaile
           ,
           and
           this
           good
           would
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           manie
           would
           applie
           themselues
           to
           better
           exercises
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           lesse
           time
           mispent
           in
           Alehouses
           ,
           and
           God
           lesse
           prouoked
           to
           displeasure
           against
           vs.
           But
           these
           things
           I
           referre
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           wise
           and
           this
           my
           Dialogue
           to
           the
           iudgement
           of
           the
           Godly
           ,
           chiefly
           to
           you
           ,
           whose
           good
           I
           wish
           especially
           .
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           A
           Dialogue
           against
           playing
           at
           Cardes
           and
           Tables
           .
        
         
           
             Professor
             
          
           
             SIr
             howsoeuer
             I
             am
             perswaded
             by
             that
             which
             I
             reade
             in
             the
             common
             places
             of
             
               Peter
               Martir
               ,
               Par.
            
             2.
             
               pag.
            
             525.
             
               b.
            
             that
             Dice
             (
             condemned
             both
             by
             the
             Ciuill
             lawes
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Fathers
             )
             are
             therfore
             vnlawfull
             ,
             because
             they
             depend
             vpon
             thaunce
             :
             yet
             not
             satisfied
             with
             that
             which
             he
             writeth
             of
             Table-playing
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             526.
             
               b.
            
             I
             would
             craue
             your
             opinion
             concerning
             playing
             at
             Tables
             and
             Cards
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preacher
             .
          
           
             Sauing
             the
             iudgement
             of
             so
             excellent
             a
             Diuine
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             I
             can
             learne
             out
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             Cards
             and
             Tables
             séeme
             to
             me
             no
             more
             lawfull
             (
             though
             lesse
             offensiue
             )
             the
             dice.
             For
             Table
             playing
             is
             no
             whit
             the
             more
             lawfull
             because
             
               Plato
            
             compares
             the
             life
             of
             man
             therunto
             ,
             then
             a
             théefe
             is
             the
             more
             iustifiable
             ,
             because
             Christ
             compareth
             his
             second
             comming
             ,
             to
             Burglarie
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             
               Matt.
            
             24.
             43.
             44.
             
             Againe
             ,
             if
             Dice
             be
             wholly
             euill
             ,
             because
             they
             wholly
             depend
             vpon
             chance
             ,
             then
             Tables
             and
             Cards
             must
             néedes
             bée
             somwhat
             euill
             ,
             because
             they
             somwhat
             depend
             vpon
             chance
             .
             Therfore
             consider
             well
             this
             reason
             ,
             which
             condēneth
             the
             one
             aswelas
             the
             other
             :
             Lots
             are
             not
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             sport
             ,
             but
             games
             cōsisting
             in
             chance
             ,
             as
             dice
             ,
             cards
             ,
             Tables
             ,
             are
             lots
             ,
             therfore
             not
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             sport
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             For
             my
             better
             instruction
             ,
             proue
             that
             Lots
             are
             not
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             sport
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Consider
             with
             regard
             these
             thrée
             things
             :
             First
             ,
             that
             we
             read
             not
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             that
             Lots
             were
             vsed
             but
             only
             in
             serious
             matters
             both
             by
             the
             Iewes
             .
             
             
               Ios
               .
            
             18.
             10.
             and
             Gentiles
             
               Ion.
            
             1.
             7.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             a
             Lot
             in
             the
             nature
             thereof
             doth
             as
             necessarily
             suppose
             the
             speciall
             prouidence
             and
             determining
             presence
             of
             God
             as
             an
             oth
             in
             the
             nature
             thereof
             doth
             suppose
             the
             testifying
             presence
             of
             God.
             Yea
             so
             ,
             that
             (
             as
             in
             an
             oth
             )
             so
             in
             a
             Lot
             prayer
             is
             expressed
             or
             to
             be
             vnderstood
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Sam.
            
             14.
             41
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             the
             proper
             end
             of
             a
             Lot
             (
             as
             of
             an
             oth
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             6.
             16.
             
             )
             is
             to
             end
             a
             controuersie
             and
             therefore
             for
             your
             better
             instruction
             examine
             these
             reasons
             .
             Whatsoeuer
             directly
             ,
             or
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             speciall
             maner
             ,
             tendeth
             to
             the
             aduancing
             of
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             vsed
             religiously
             ,
             
               Mal.
            
             1.
             6.
             7.
             and
             not
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             sport
             :
             as
             we
             are
             not
             to
             pray
             or
             sweare
             in
             sport
             .
             
               Exod.
            
             20
             ,
             7.
             
             
               Esa
               .
            
             29.
             13.
             
             
               Ier.
            
             4.
             2.
             but
             the
             vse
             of
             Lots
             ,
             directly
             of
             it selfe
             and
             in
             a
             special
             maner
             tendeth
             to
             aduancing
             of
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             attributing
             to
             his
             speciall
             prouidence
             in
             the
             whole
             and
             immediate
             disposing
             of
             the
             Lot.
             and
             expecting
             the
             euent
             ,
             
               Pro.
            
             16.
             33.
             
             
               Act.
            
             1.
             24
             ,
             26.
             
             Therefore
             the
             vse
             of
             Lots
             is
             not
             to
             be
             in
             sport
             .
             Againe
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             to
             tempt
             the
             Almightie
             by
             a
             vaine
             desire
             of
             manifestation
             of
             his
             power
             and
             speciall
             prouidence
             ,
             
               Psal
               .
            
             78.
             18.
             19.
             
             
               Esa
               .
            
             7.
             12
             
             
               Matt.
            
             4.
             6.
             7.
             
             But
             by
             vsing
             Lots
             in
             sport
             we
             tempt
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             vainly
             desiring
             the
             manifestation
             of
             his
             speciall
             prouidence
             in
             his
             immediate
             disposing
             ,
             Therfore
             ,
             &c.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             God
             hath
             sanctified
             to
             a
             proper
             end
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             peruerted
             to
             a
             worse
             ,
             
               Matt.
            
             21.
             12
             13.
             
             But
             God
             hath
             sanctified
             Lots
             to
             a
             proper
             end
             ,
             namely
             to
             end
             controuersies
             ,
             
               Num.
            
             26.
             55.
             
             
               Pro.
            
             18.
             18.
             therefore
             man
             is
             not
             to
             peruert
             them
             to
             a
             worse
             :
             namely
             to
             play
             ,
             and
             by
             playing
             to
             get
             away
             another
             mans
             money
             ,
             which
             without
             controuersie
             is
             his
             owne
             .
             For
             the
             common
             saying
             is
             ,
             
               Sine
               lucro
               friget
               lusus
               ,
            
             no
             gaining
             ,
             cold
             gaining
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             God
             hath
             sanctified
             Psalmes
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             name
             ,
             and
             bread
             and
             wine
             to
             represent
             the
             body
             and
             bloud
             of
             our
             crucified
             Sauiour
             ,
             which
             be
             holy
             ends
             :
             and
             the
             children
             of
             God
             may
             sing
             Psalmes
             to
             make
             themselues
             merie
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             feed
             vpon
             bread
             and
             wine
             not
             onely
             for
             necessity
             but
             to
             cheare
             themselues
             why
             then
             may
             not
             Gods
             Children
             recreate
             themselues
             by
             lottery
             notwithstanding
             God
             hath
             sanctified
             the
             same
             to
             end
             a
             controuersie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Because
             we
             find
             not
             in
             the
             scriptures
             any
             dispensation
             for
             recreation
             by
             lotterie
             as
             we
             do
             for
             godly
             mirth
             by
             singing
             .
             
               Iam.
            
             5.
             13.
             and
             for
             religious
             and
             sober
             chearing
             our selues
             by
             eating
             and
             drinking
             ,
             
               Deut.
            
             8.
             9.
             10.
             
             And
             therefore
             (
             it
             being
             withall
             considered
             that
             the
             ends
             you
             speake
             of
             ,
             be
             not
             proper
             ,
             though
             holy
             )
             it
             followeth
             ,
             that
             God
             who
             only
             disposeth
             the
             Lot
             touching
             the
             euent
             ,
             and
             is
             therefor
             a
             principall
             actor
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             set
             on
             worke
             by
             lottery
             in
             any
             case
             but
             when
             he
             dispenseth
             with
             vs
             ,
             or
             giueth
             vs
             leaue
             so
             to
             do
             :
             But
             dispensation
             for
             recreation
             by
             lottery
             cannot
             be
             shewed
             ,
             Therefore
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             Lots
             may
             be
             vsed
             for
             profit
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             right
             ,
             
               Num.
            
             26.
             55.
             why
             not
             for
             pleasure
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Then
             others
             may
             be
             vsed
             for
             pleasure
             ,
             for
             they
             may
             for
             profite
             ,
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             truth
             ,
             
               Exod.
            
             22.
             8.
             11.
             
             But
             indéed
             lots
             (
             as
             othes
             )
             are
             not
             to
             be
             vsed
             either
             for
             profite
             or
             pleasure
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             end
             a
             controuersie
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             The
             wit
             is
             exercised
             by
             Tables
             and
             Cards
             ,
             therefore
             they
             be
             no
             lots
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Yet
             Lotterie
             is
             vsed
             by
             casting
             Dice
             ,
             and
             by
             shufling
             and
             cutting
             ,
             before
             the
             wit
             is
             exercised
             .
             But
             how
             doth
             this
             follow
             ?
             Because
             Cards
             &
             Tables
             be
             not
             naked
             Lots
             ,
             consisting
             only
             in
             chance
             (
             as
             Dice
             )
             they
             are
             therefore
             no
             lots
             at
             all
             .
             Although
             (
             being
             vsed
             without
             cogging
             ,
             or
             packing
             )
             they
             consist
             principally
             in
             chance
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             are
             to
             receiue
             denominatiō
             .
             In
             which
             respect
             a
             Lot
             is
             called
             in
             Latin
             
               Sors
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             chance
             or
             hazard
             .
             And
             
               Lyra
            
             vpon
             
               Prou.
            
             16.
             saith
             ,
             To
             vse
             Lots
             ,
             is
             ,
             by
             a
             variable
             euent
             of
             some
             sensible
             thing
             ,
             to
             determine
             some
             doubtful
             or
             vncertaine
             matter
             ,
             as
             to
             draw
             cuts
             ,
             or
             to
             cast
             Dice
             .
             But
             whether
             you
             will
             call
             Cards
             and
             Tables
             Lots
             ,
             or
             no
             ,
             you
             play
             with
             chance
             or
             vse
             Lotterie
             .
             Then
             consider
             whether
             exercise
             of
             wit
             doth
             sanctifie
             playing
             with
             lotterie
             ,
             or
             playing
             with
             lotterie
             make
             such
             exercising
             of
             wit
             a
             sin
             ,
             
               Hag.
            
             2.
             13.
             14.
             
             For
             as
             calling
             God
             to
             witnes
             by
             vaine
             swearing
             is
             a
             sinne
             ,
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             1.
             13
             so
             making
             God
             an
             vmpier
             ,
             by
             playing
             with
             lotterie
             must
             néeds
             be
             a
             sin
             :
             yea
             ,
             such
             a
             sin
             as
             maketh
             the
             offender
             (
             in
             some
             respects
             )
             more
             blame-worthy
             .
             For
             there
             be
             mo
             occasions
             of
             swearing
             then
             of
             lottery
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             vaine
             othes
             most
             cōmonly
             slip
             out
             at
             vnawares
             ,
             whereas
             Lots
             cannot
             be
             vsed
             but
             with
             deliberation
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             swearing
             is
             to
             satisfie
             other
             wheras
             this
             kind
             of
             lottery
             is
             altogether
             to
             fulfill
             our
             own
             lusts
             .
             Therfore
             take
             héed
             ,
             that
             you
             be
             not
             guilty
             of
             peruerting
             the
             ordinance
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             of
             taking
             the
             name
             of
             God
             in
             vaine
             ,
             &
             of
             tempting
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             by
             a
             gamesome
             putting
             off
             things
             to
             hazard
             ,
             and
             making
             play
             of
             lottery
             ,
             except
             you
             thinke
             that
             God
             hath
             no
             gouernment
             in
             vaine
             actions
             ,
             or
             hath
             dispensed
             with
             such
             lewd
             games
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             In
             shooting
             there
             is
             a
             chaunce
             by
             a
             sodaine
             blast
             ,
             yet
             shooting
             is
             no
             lottery
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             :
             for
             that
             chance
             commeth
             by
             accident
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             game
             ,
             to
             be
             vsed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             Lots
             are
             secret
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             disposing
             of
             them
             is
             of
             God
             ,
             
               P●o.
            
             16.
             33.
             but
             it
             is
             otherwise
             in
             Tables
             and
             Cards
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Lots
             are
             cast
             into
             the
             〈◊〉
             ,
             man
             ,
             and
             〈…〉
             should
             be
             suspected
             :
             but
             the
             disposing
             of
             the
             chance
             is
             secret
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             chaunce
             indeed
             ,
             and
             wholly
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             directeth
             all
             things
             ,
             
               Pro.
            
             16.
             13.
             9.
             33.
             
             So
             in
             Tables
             ,
             man
             by
             faire
             casting
             Dice
             truly
             made
             ,
             and
             in
             Cards
             ,
             by
             shuffling
             and
             cutting
             ,
             doth
             openly
             dispose
             the
             Dice
             and
             Cards
             so
             ,
             as
             whereby
             a
             variable
             euent
             may
             follow
             :
             but
             it
             is
             onely
             and
             immediatly
             of
             God
             that
             the
             Dice
             be
             so
             cast
             ,
             and
             the
             Cards
             so
             shuffled
             and
             cut
             ,
             as
             that
             this
             or
             that
             game
             followeth
             ,
             except
             there
             be
             cogging
             and
             packing
             .
             So
             that
             in
             faire
             play
             mans
             wit
             is
             not
             exercised
             in
             disposing
             the
             chance
             ,
             but
             in
             making
             the
             best
             of
             it
             being
             past
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             The
             end
             of
             our
             play
             is
             recreation
             and
             not
             to
             make
             God
             an
             vmpire
             :
             but
             recreation
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             is
             lawfull
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             the
             souldiers
             had
             no
             such
             end
             when
             they
             cast
             lots
             for
             Christ
             his
             coat
             ,
             
               Matt.
            
             27.
             25.
             but
             this
             should
             be
             your
             end
             when
             you
             vse
             lottery
             ,
             as
             the
             end
             of
             an
             oth
             should
             be
             ,
             to
             call
             God
             to
             witnesse
             .
             Therfore
             as
             swaring
             ,
             so
             lottery
             ,
             without
             due
             respect
             is
             sinne
             .
             Againe
             ,
             howsoeuer
             recreation
             be
             your
             pretended
             end
             ,
             yet
             remember
             that
             we
             must
             not
             do
             euill
             that
             good
             may
             come
             of
             it
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             3.
             8.
             
             And
             that
             therefore
             we
             are
             to
             recreate
             our selues
             by
             lawfull
             recreations
             .
             Then
             sée
             how
             Cards
             and
             Tables
             be
             lawfull
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             be
             not
             abused
             by
             swearing
             or
             brawling
             ,
             playing
             for
             too
             long
             time
             ,
             or
             too
             much
             money
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             Though
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             to
             play
             for
             any
             money
             ,
             considering
             thanks
             cannot
             be
             giuen
             in
             faith
             for
             that
             which
             is
             so
             gotten
             ,
             
               Deut.
            
             23.
             18.
             
             
               Esa
               .
            
             61.
             8.
             
             Gamesters
             worke
             not
             with
             their
             hands
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             good
             ,
             to
             be
             frée
             from
             stealing
             ,
             
               Ephe.
            
             4.
             28.
             and
             the
             looser
             hath
             not
             an
             answerable
             benefite
             for
             his
             money
             so
             lost
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             29.
             15.
             contrarie
             to
             that
             equitie
             which
             
               Aristotle
            
             by
             the
             light
             of
             nature
             hath
             taught
             long
             since
             ,
             
               Eth.
               l.
            
             5.
             
               c.
            
             4.
             yet
             I
             grant
             that
             Cardes
             and
             Tables
             so
             vsed
             as
             you
             speake
             ,
             be
             lesse
             sinfull
             ,
             but
             how
             they
             be
             lawfull
             I
             sée
             not
             yet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             Good
             men
             and
             well
             learned
             vse
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             We
             must
             liue
             by
             precepts
             ,
             not
             by
             examples
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             vndoubtedly
             good
             .
             Therefore
             examine
             whether
             they
             be
             good
             ,
             and
             well
             learned
             in
             so
             doing
             or
             no.
             For
             euerie
             man
             may
             erre
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             3.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           
             Profes
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             good
             to
             be
             too
             iust
             ,
             or
             too
             wise
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             7.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           
             Preach
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             good
             to
             be
             too
             wicked
             or
             too
             foolish
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             7.
             19.
             in
             despising
             the
             word
             of
             God.
             
               Pro.
               x.
            
             22.
             and
             not
             regarding
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             other
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             14
             21.
             
             Let
             vs
             therefore
             beware
             that
             we
             loue
             not
             pleasure
             more
             then
             Godlinesse
             ,
             2.
             
             
               Tim.
            
             3.
             4.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           at
           London
           for
           Richard
           Boile
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A03231-e10
           
             *
             Rom.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             1.
             
             Cor.
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             1.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             1.
             
             Tit.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Phil.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             10.
             13
             
          
           
             *
             Psal
             .
             50.
             
             1●
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Rom
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             33
             H.
             8.
             c.
             9
             5.
             
             〈…〉
             25.
             
          
        
         
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             Ioh.
             8.
             48.
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             16
             
          
        
      
    
  

