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Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall
Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theological; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolns Inn, and now pastor of Rotherhith.Of the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolnes Inne, and now pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the better conceiving of this point it is to be considered, that for the doing of every act, and the doing of it in this or that manner, if natural reason will not of it self afford sufficient direction, there must be warrant had out of Gods word: and a man must know that he hath warrant thence, because fWhatsoever is not of faith, is sin. I say, where natural reason doth not of it self afford sufficient direction; for the word is given us in moral matters to supply the defects of it caused by our first Parents their fall; gneither doth it abridge us of the help and *use of it for direction in such actions, ⟨p. 137⟩but add a further and fuller help thereunto.
For the better conceiuing of this point it is to be considered, that for the doing of euery act, and the doing of it in this or that manner, if naturall reason will not of it selfe afford sufficient direction, there must be warrant had out of Gods word: and a man must know that he hath warrant thence, because fWhatsoeuer is not of faith, is sinne. I say, where naturall reason doth not of it selfe afford sufficient direction; for the word is giuen vs in morall matters to supply the defects of it caused by our first Parents their fall; gneither doth it abridge vs of the helpe and *vse of it for direction in such actions, ⟨p. 137⟩but adde a further and fuller helpe thereunto.