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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.
mPeucer and nKrakevitz make three sorts also, but in another sort: Lots divine, guided and governed immediately by God; such as godly men used upon Gods special command, not warranted now to us: Civill or politic used for the ending of strife and lawsuits, or the parting of goods, gifts, and legacies, or the collation of some honours and offices; which may lawfully be used with mutual consent, and without coven and fraud: and Divinatory or superstitious, whereby men presume upon idle grounds, neither warranted by Gods word, nor founded on natural reason, to find out hidden truths, and guess at future events; a course Satanical, and in Scripture expressly forbidden.
mPeucer and nKrakevitz make three sorts also, but in another sort: Lots diuine, guided and gouerned immediately by God; such as godly men vsed vpon Gods speciall commaund, not warranted now to vs: Ciuill or politike vsed for the ending of strife and lawsuites, or the parting of goods, gifts, and legacies, or the collation of some honours and offices; which may lawfully be vsed with mutuall consent, and without couen and fraud: and Diuinatorie or superstitious, whereby men presume vpon idle grounds, neither warranted by Gods word, nor founded on naturall reason, to find out hidden truths, and guesse at future euents; a course Satanicall, and in Scripture expressely forbidden.
- mPaucer: de divinat: c. de sort.Paucer: de diuinat: c. de sort.
- nKr•kevitz in Jon. c. 1. Sortilegium triplex; divinum, divinitus rectum & directum; civile, seu politicū; divinatorium & superstitiosum.Kr•kevitz in Ion. c. 1. Sortilegium triplex; diuinum, diuinitus rectum & directum; ciuile, seu politicū; diuinatorium & superstitiosum.