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

Whereas therefore all moral actions are of three kinds in relation to Gods law, ^bsome simply enjoined, as are all necessary duties, some simply inhibited as are all moral evils, some freely permitted and left to our choice, as are all actions indifferent: the rule here is that a Lot hath his lawful use ^cin indifferent things only, such as may without either offence or inconvenience be done or left undone. In regard whereof the greater the indifferency is in the event of it which way soever it fall out, the more lawful the Lot is: and so (contrary to that which is commonly delivered and almost generally received,) the less weighty the matter is wherein a Lot is used, the lawfuller the Lot is.

Whereas therefore all morall actions are of three kindes in relation to Gods law, ^bsome simply enioyned, as are all necessarie duties, some simply inhibited as are all morall euills, some freely permitted and left to our choise, as are all actions indifferent: the rule here is that a Lot hath his lawfull vse ^cin indifferent things onely, such as may without either offence or inconuenience be done or left vndone. In regard whereof the greater the indifferencie is in the euent of it which way soeuer it fall out, the more lawfull the Lot is: and so (contrary to that which is commonly deliuered and almost generally receiued,) the lesse weighty the matter is wherein a Lot is vsed, the lawfuller the Lot is.

1. bPraecepta, prohibita, permissa.
2. c[Greek or Hebrew]. Chrysipp. offic. l. 6. apud Plut. de Stoic. contrar. Sors enim est. res incertissima, qua res graves quaelibet […] possunt definiri. Baro. in Jon. c. 1.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Chrysipp. offic. l. 6. apud Plut. de Stoic. contrar. Sors enim est. res incertissima, qua res graues quaelibet possunt definiri. Baro. in