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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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Here is the sum of Mr. Bs. Argument.1 Mr. G. taketh notice that many enormous Crimes oft (for so I say only) accompany Cards and Dice: and they are by many too commonly abused: and he granteth further, that things indifferent may not be done when they give occasion of evil: and that where the use of a thing and the abuse of it are so entangled together, that they cannot easily be severed, the thing being unnecessary, would wholly be abandoned. Therefore Mr. G. ought not to have delivered his Opinion, that a Lot used in game is not simply unlawful; and that it is not the Lot either in these games or in any other (for it is used in many besides these) but such abuses attending them, when they are not, or cannot well be severed from them, that makes them evil or unlawful. For this is my main opinion given of them. Or rather, if you will have the truth of it; Therefore Mr. G. ought not to have contradicted M. B. his opinion, that no Lot in game is lawful.
Here is the summe of Mr. Bs. Argument.1 Mr. G. taketh notice that many enormious Crimes oft (for so I say onely) accompanie Cards and Dice: and they are by many too commonly abused: and he granteth further, that things indifferent may not be done when they giue occasion of euill: and that where the vse of a thing and the abuse of it are so entangled together, that they cannot easily be seuered, the thing being vnnecessarie, would wholly be abandoned. Therefore Mr. G. ought not to haue deliuered his Opinion, that a Lot vsed in game is not simply vnlawfull; and that it is not the Lot either in these games or in any other (for it is vsed in many besides these) but such abuses attending them, when they are not, or cannot well be seuered from them, that makes them euill or vnlawfull. For this is my maine opinion giuen of them. Or rather, if you will haue the truth of it; Therefore Mr. G. ought not to haue contradicted M. B. his opinion, that no Lot in game is lawfull.
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