Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall

Thus in public affairs for the giving of some few private men contentment to admit a Lot where the admission of it may in likelihood prove prejudicial to the public, were an unwise course and an unwarrantable, because the public weighing down the private maketh the action inconvenient. Where it is worth the observing that albeit among the Romans the ordinary employments of their Officers, and many other affairs were ordered oft-times by Lot, yet ^awhen any extraordinary accident fell out, or any business to be dispatched of more special weight, they either left wholly then their Lottery, or ^blimited the course of it (which yet ^cafter when things were quieted and settled they returned again unto) and though those in office themselves ^ddesired, ⟨p. 105⟩yea ^eurged it and instantly called for it, that they might not seem contemned, as being balked and rejected, and others in the State-service preferred before them; yet ^fthe regard of the common good prevailed so far with them that they would not hearken unto them to put that to the hazard of a Lot, where the event might prove much inconvenient, which otherwise ordinarily they did.

Thus in publike affaires for the giuing of some few priuate men contentment to admit a Lot where the admission of it may in likelihood proue preiudiciall to the publike, were an vnwise course and an vnwarrantable, because the publike weighing down the priuate maketh the action inconuenient. Where it is worth the obseruing that albeit among the Romanes the ordinary imployments of their Officers, and many other affaires were ordered oft-times by Lot, yet ^awhen any extraordinarie accident fell out, or any busines to be dispatched of more speciall weight, they either left wholy then their Lotery, or