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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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I. B. But for all this Mr. G. will not have it so. For as he translateth this place, he saith▪ It importeth thus much, [That there i• a Providence in all things, even the least, & most casual.] And this he would confirm by these my words, viz. [The disposing of the Chance i• secret, that ⟨p. 181⟩it might be Chance indeed, and wholly of God, who disposeth all things.] Do these words justify Mr. Gs. interpretation of this place? Yes: for they say plainly, God directeth all things; and they say withal, The […] of the Chance (that is, of the things purposely disposed by a man unto a variable event) unto a certain event, is secret, that it may be Chance indeed, that […], an event not by the will of man, but wholly of God. •o that my words imply this Argument. God directeth •ll things: therefore much more, in our discerning a Lot, the whole disposing whereof is of him. This is far from saying that thi• place importeth only, That there is a providence in all things.
I. B. But for all this Mr. G. will not haue it so. For as he translateth this place, he saith▪ It importeth thus much, [That there i• a Prouidence in all things, euen the least, & most casual.] And this he would confirme by these my words, viz. [The disposing of the Chance i• secret, that ⟨p. 181⟩it might be Chance indeed, and wholly of God, who disposeth all things.] Doe these words iustifie Mr. Gs. interpretation of this place? Yes: for they say plainely, God directeth all things; and they say withall, The 〈…〉 of the Chance (that is, of the things purposely •isposed by a man vnto a variable euent) vnto a certaine euent, is secret, that it may be Chance indeed, that 〈…〉, an euent not by the will of man, but wholly of God. o that my words imply this Argument. God directeth ll things: therefore much more, in our discerning a Lot, the whole disposing whereof is of him. This is far from saying that thi place importeth only, That there is a prouidence in all things.