A01540:610
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 I should gather from that and the other places, (I think, directly, and not awkwardly,) this Conclusion: Because all things in and unto the service of God ought to be precisely according to Gods will revealed in his word; therefore whatsoever is not commanded ought not to be. And the rather (God being jealous) because of the meaning of the fringes upon1 ⟨p. 267⟩the Israelites their garments, to wit, That you may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and that2 ye seek not after your own heart, not after your own eyes, after which you go a whoring.
I. B. But I should gather from that and the other places, (I thinke, directly, and not auckwardly,) this Conclusion: Because all things in and vnto the seruice of God ought to be precisely according to Gods will reuealed in his word; therefore whatsoeuer is not commanded ought not to be. And the rather (God being iealous) because of the meaning of the fringes vpon1 ⟨p. 267⟩the Israelites their garments, to wit, That you may remember all the commandements of the Lord, and that2 yee seeke not after your owne heart, not after your owne eies, after which you goe a whoring.