“ That on the seventh day God rested from all his works that he had made: by which conduct of my God and Saviour, I learn the great duty and wisdom of keeping holy the sabbath day: the seven planets that rule the seven days of the week, the seven administring spirits that stand before the throne of God, the seven seals with which the book of life is sealed, the seven angels with the seven vials to be poured out on the earth; it also reminds me of the seven liberal arts God has endued man with and likewise the seven wonders of the world. ”

“ The soldier continued as follows, if your worship observe again, you will find in the first place, there are four suits in the card, that intimate the four quarters in the year; then as there are thirteen cards in each suit, that is just as many as there are weeks in the quarter; there are also as many lunations in a year as there are cards in a suit; there are twelve court cards which intimate the twelve months of the year, and the twelve signs of the zodiack thro’ which the sun fleers its diurnal course during the spice of one whole year ”

“ ONE Richard Middleton, a soldier, attending divine service with the rest of the regiment at a church in Glasgow, instead of pulling out a bible like the rest of his brother soldiers, to find the parson’s text, spread a pack of cards before him ”