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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.
Secondly sacred Offices of employment have been disposed also by Lot. For so was Matthias set apart to succeed Judas in his Apostles place. 1They (that is, 2the whole assembly) presented two, saith the text: and a solemn prayer first conceived, that God xwho knoweth all mens hearts, would vouchsafe to show whether of the twain he had appointed to that place, they gave out their Lots; and the Lot lighted on Matthias, who was by common consent thereupon reckoned one of the twelve. A course reported yby some, (3 if their words be not mistaken) and assented to zby others, to have been used for some time afterward by the Apostles in the like cases for the supply of the ministry; but with little show of probability; the holy Story of those times reporting things rather aotherwise.
Secondly sacred Offices of imployment haue beene disposed also by Lot. For so was Matthias set apart to succeede Iudas in his Apostles place. 1They (that is, 2the whole assembly) presented two, saith the text: and a solemne praier first conceiued, that God xwho knoweth all mens hearts, would vouchsafe to shew whether of the twaine he had appointed to that place, they gaue out their Lots; and the Lot lighted on Matthias, who was by common consent thereupon reckoned one of the twelue. A course reported y