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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.
bGods name is not lightly or vainly to be used. Gods Providence is Gods name. Gods Providence therefore is not lightly or vainly to be used.
bGods name is not lightly or vainely to be vsed. Gods Prouidence is Gods name. Gods Prouidence therefore is not lightly or vainely to be vsed.
- bDan. & Perk. ibid.
The Assumption is confirmed by two testimonies: the one divine, a sentence of Solomons, cThe Lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposition of it is of the Lord: dSo that the nature of a Lot lieth wholly in this that although the things be of us, yet the disposition is wholly of God: that is, he useth not here our means of cunning, practise, strength, steadiness of hand or such like, but taketh it wholly to himself. The other humane, a saying of Hierome, eHierome saith a Lot is an hidden and incomprehensible predestination, ruled by God: who dare play with this then?
The Assumption is confirmed by two testimonies: the one diuine, a sentence of Salomons, cThe Lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposition of it is of the Lord: dSo that the nature of a Lot lieth wholy in this that although the things be of vs, yet the disposition is wholy of God: that is, hee vseth not here our meanes of cunning, practise, strength, stedinesse of hand or such like, but taketh it wholy to himselfe. The other humane, a saying of Hierome,