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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.
Now this that I may the more orderly do, their arguments shall all of them be referred to these two heads, the principal, and the less principal.
Now this that I may the more orderly doe, their arguments shall all of them be referred to these two heads, the principall, and the lesse principall.
The principal Arguments I call such as tend to prove them simply unlawful, and so evil in themselves.
The principall Arguments I call such as tend to proue them simply vnlawfull, and so euill in themselues.
The less principal such as tend to prove them inconvenient and inexpedient, or such as have been by the most or the best generally disallowed and condemned.
The lesse principall such as tend to proue them inconuenient and inexpedient, or such as haue been by the most or the best generally disallowed and condemned.
The former may again be sorted into two ranks according to the two Terms of the thing questioned, A Lot used in recreation, or Recreation by a Lot: for either they are taken from a Lot and the nature of it, or the proper use and end of it; or from the nature of recreation, and the use and end of it.