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A just defence of certain passages in a former treatise concerning the nature and…A iust defence of certaine passages in a former treatise concerning the nature and…
A just defence of certain passages in a former treatise concerning the nature and use of lots, against such exceptions and oppositions as have been made thereunto to Mr. I.B. Wherein the insufficiency of his answers given to the arguments brought in defence of a lusorious lot is manifested; the imbecility of his arguments produced against the same further discovered; and the point it self in controversy more fully cleared; by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and author of the former treatise.A iust defence of certaine passages in a former treatise concerning the nature and vse of lots, against such exceptions and oppositions as have beene made thereunto to Mr. I.B. Wherein the insufficiencie of his answers giuen to the arguments brought in defence of a lusorious lot is manifested; the imbecillitie of his arguments produced against the same further discouered; and the point it selfe in controuersie more fully cleared; by Thomas Gataker B. of D. and author of the former treatise.
London: printed by John Haviland for Robert Bird, 1623London: printed by Iohn Haviland for Robert Bird, 1623
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T. G. Well, till that hereafter come then, mine Argument standeth good.
I. B. Yet here I think fit briefly to show two things. One is, That an Oath is hallowed to make an holy use of the testifying presence of God. So a Lot is hallowed to make an holy use of the determining presence of God. If Mr. G. deny a Lot to be holy, except it have a more remote holy use: I say, He may as well deny an Oath to be holy for that cause. More of this point in my second Reply.
I. B. Yet here I thinke fit briefly to shew two things. One is, That an Oath is hallowed to make an holy vse of the testifying presence of God. So a Lot is hallowed to make an holy vse of the determining presence of God. If Mr. G. denie a Lot to be holy, except it haue a more remote holy vse: I say, He may as well denie an Oath to be holy for that cause. More of this point in my second Reply.
T. G. What Mr. B. meaneth by all this I do not well understand: save that he beggeth the Question pitifully, and applieth nothing of all this at all to mine Argument, or any part of it. Yet a word or two to it. 1. The Question is, utrum sit, and Mr. B. telleth us here quorsum sit. The Question is, whether Lots be hallowed or no: and Mr. B. telleth us to what end they be hallowed; apresupposing that, that being in question is to be proved. 2. He telleth us that an Oath is hallowed: bWhat needs it? It is choly of it own nature and in it ⟨p. 93⟩