A01545:314
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.
Yea rather if a Lot be such as here they say, it is not to be used in any business at all upon any occasion whatsoever. For, It is mnot lawful to tempt God nin any case whatsoever: But to use Lots in any case whatsoever is to tempt God: It is not lawful therefore to use Lots in any case whatsoever.
Yea rather if a Lot be such as here they say, it is not to be vsed in any businesse at all vpon any occasion whatsoeuer. For, It is mnot lawfull to tempt God nin any case whatsoeuer: But to vse Lots in any case whatsoeuer is to tempt God: It is not lawfull therefore to vse Lots in any case whatsoeuer.
- mDeut. 6.16. Matth 47.
- nPraecepta negativa ligant semper & ad s•mper. Gerson. reg. moral.Praecepta negatiua ligant semper & ad s•mper. Gerson. reg. moral.
The assumption is thus proved evidently oby the former grounds and grants: pTo require a work of Gods immediate power and providence in this or that kind, is to stint, and so to tempt God: But to use a Lot in any case, is to require a work of Gods immediate power and providence: (for every Lot, say they, is such:) Therefore to use a Lot in any case whatsoever is unlawful.