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

Now in both these kinds may the Lord well be said sometime to sanctify but not to appropriate; when by his ordinance he either enjoineth or granteth the use of a Creature so in some kind, as yet he restraineth not, nor inhibiteth the use of it in any other kind. Thus are the fruits of the earth so ^osanctified for mans food, as they are ^pnot yet restrained from physic: yea thus was the water that ^qmiraculously gushed out of the rock so ^rsanctified to a spiritual employment, as yet it was not denied unto civill and profane uses, even ^sto the watering of brute beasts: sometime to sanctify and to appropriate, when God sequestereth and severeth ⟨p. 170⟩the Creature so sanctified unto some one special or proper use from all other uses else whatsoever.

Now in both these kindes may the Lord well be said sometime to sanctifie but not to appropriate; when by his ordinance hee either enioineth or granteth the vse of a Creature so in some kinde, as yet he restraineth not, nor inhibiteth the vse of it in any other kinde. Thus are the fruites of the earth so ^osanctified for mans foode, as they are ^pnot yet restrained from phisicke: yea thus was the water that ^qmiraculously gushed out of the rocke so ^rsanctified to a spirituall employment, as yet it was not denied vnto ciuill and prophane vses, euen ^s