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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.
Yea and those also that on other days wast that time this way, which they ought to spend either in their own private and personal devotions, or in instruction of their families and performance of holy duties with them, are not herein to be justified no more then the former: the one turneth it to sin as well as the other, in neglecting of that duty for the following of their own pleasure, that kGod himself hath enjoined them, and will one day require of them.
Yea and those also that on other daies wast that time this way, which they ought to spend either in their owne priuate and personall deuotions, or in instruction of their families and performance of holy duties with them, are not herein to be iustified no more then the former: the one turneth it to sinne as well as the other, in neglecting of that duty for the following of their owne pleasure, that kGod himselfe hath enioyned them, and will one day require of them.
So that the rule is here, that That time alone may be spent in play, which we have free from other, serious and religious, affairs.
So that the rule is here, that That time alone may be spent in play, which wee haue free from other, serious and religious, affaires.