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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 in this kind we may offend two ways.
Now in this kinde we may offend two waies.
First when we cause others to sin, and so to offend with us, not by partaking with us in sin, but by partaking with us in that, which though it be no sin in it self, yet mis it a sin unto them, because they hold it to be such. For nto him that holdeth a thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean; and him therefore oit de•ileth in the doing of it or dealing with it. pWhereas then by thy practise thou encouragest such an one to do the like to that thou doest, as is unresolved in the point, thou layest a stumbling block before him, who either qfor dimness of sight discerneth it not, or rfor weakness of limb avoideth it not, and so by occasion of thy default stumbleth and falleth.
First when we cause others to sinne, and so to offend with vs, not by partaking with vs in sinne, but by partaking with vs in that, which though it be no sinne in it selfe, yet mis it a sinne vnto them, because they hold it to be such. For nto him that holdeth a thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane; and him therefore