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A032311 sheet([ 1] p.)[ By John Harrison 3?]
A0323155. why not for pleasure?
A03231But how doth this follow?
A03231for Richard Boile, Imprinted at London:[ 1600?]
A34637He throws the Main, and crys, Who comes at Seven?
A34637How can that be you will say, hath not six, seven and eight eight equal chances?
A34637What will you lay of the Game, says the Rook?
A47209Do such Remember their Creator in the days of their Youth?
A47209Notes for div A47209-e2180 Who hath W ●?
A47209Who hath redness of Eye?
A47209who hath Contentions?
A47209who hath Sorrow?
A47209who hath Wounds, withoue cause?
A47209● nd if the Righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the Ungodly and the sinner appear?
A37535As for the first and second, Is not God pulled out of his Throne, and the Idol of fortune deisied, and set up in his stead?
A37535But for the third, oh how is that most precious name rent, and torn in curses, blasphemies, execrations, yea even to perjury it selfe?
A37535hath he not promised to all that relie upon him, that they shall want nothing that is good?
A37535is his happinesse greater, then his misery would be, if he lost all and should make it nothing?
A37535yet is this the whole life of a Gamester?
A54778Go but into another Room you''l say, Size- Ace is that which carries all away: And being enter''d, Masters will you play?
A54778Is all their small remaining Stock but spent?
A54778Is money wanting to proceed?
A54778Is the Infernal cry; I want but one Will then accost you; Master pray sit down?
A54778My feeble Pen amazed is to tell: Is it a Messenger new come from Hell?
A54778Or is the Basis of the Earth revolv''d Into it''s Pristine Chaos?
A54778What an Age is this?
A54778devoted unto Ill, Void of all good, and is resolved still To persevere; when wilt thou take thy fill?
A54778what blushless times?
A54778what is this that to my wand''ring Eye Doth next appear, what is''t that I descry?
A03243138?
A0324326. were they not weighty affaires?
A0324350. much better?
A0324355. why not for pleasure?
A03243A ▪ and B. and Earnestly reprooveth one kinde of Lottery( why not all, against which the same reason is of like validity?)
A03243Againe; Was there ever any so troubled with playing with Lotts?
A03243And why may not M. Gatakers?
A03243And why not so in an ordinary Lott?
A03243Became naturall reason onely defective, and not corrupted also by our first Parents their fall?
A03243Boyle?
A03243But here( perhappes) it may be said, The first Reason, prooving that a Lott may be matter of Recreation, doth give me a checke: It is a checke?
A03243But how doth this follow?
A03243But is that truely or worthily to be called A Victory, which falleth out by hap- hazard( according to M. Gatakers esteeming a Lot) without any desert?
A03243But suppose that there is not an immediate Providence in all things, that be casuall, what is that to the purpose?
A03243But what Law?
A03243But what then?
A03243But whereabout is that supposed Controversy?
A03243But why doe I vexe my soule with this fearefull doctrine, seeing Mr. Gatakers heart fainteth in the prosecution thereof?
A03243But why have I not replyed in so many yeares?
A03243Can a blinde man goe stoutly on his way?
A03243Did God specially appoint Lotts to be vsed about onely matters of weight?
A03243Doe theis wordes iustifie Mr. Gatakers interpretation of this place?
A03243Doth God more carefully provide for recreation, than for peace amongst his people?
A03243Doth Mr. Gataker imply a Lot not be sanctified, because( as he saith now peremptorily) it is not inioyned?
A03243Doth not then this place make good mine Assumption?
A03243Doth then Mr. Gataker make permission a iust exception against the Proposition?
A03243For who can remember all the sentences of holy Scriptures, and know all iust consequences, that may be made from them?
A03243For why?
A03243For, what controversy was there betweene Ionathan, and David to be ended by Oath when they sware either to other?
A03243Hath God the principall hand in the determination?
A03243Hath the fourth confirmation more validity in it than the rest?
A03243How is this matter to be determined indeed?
A03243How then can Mr. Gataker so confidently affirme, that an extraordinary Lot could not but fall certainly, were it never so oft cast?
A03243How?
A03243If the Civill Law, what is that to the point?
A03243In the publicke Assemblies?
A03243Indeed, the conclusion is to follow the worse part: But in this Argument the Assumption is particular, and the Conclusion is generall ▪ What?
A03243Is Mr. Gataker affraid to put( The vsing of a Lott in game) into the conclusion?
A03243Is any vse of a Lot lawfull where the circumstances of Time, Place, and Persons be not determined?
A03243Is it our best way then to seeke sufficient direction, in morall matters, from naturall reason, before wc consult with God in his Word?
A03243Is not a Lot therefore alwayes holy in it selfe, as Mr. Gataker saith in this passage?
A03243Is not then hereby his neighbour''s spirituall daunger occasioned?
A03243Is not then playing with a Lot an irreligious abusing of Gods Ordinance?
A03243Is not this a fearefull conclusion like the Tenent?
A03243Is not this fainting?
A03243Is tempting of God any glory to God?
A03243Is then this glossing sound arguing?
A03243Is there then no difference betweene an ordinary, and extraordinary Lott?
A03243Is this a Controversy truly so tearmed?
A03243Is this sound arguing?
A03243Is this sound arguing?
A03243Is this to Gods glory, to vse his name in any other case than wherein God is well pleased his name should be vsed,& thē to take that name in vaine?
A03243May I not wonder that so judicious a scholler doth not observe this discrepance?
A03243So that if theis games be vsed with due observation of all his cautions, why is he fearefull to allow them as good in themselves?
A03243That whatsoever is done by sufficient direction from naturall reason, is of Faith?
A03243Therefore it make''s as well for actions, as for circumstances ▪ Is this Divinity?
A03243To prevent which hereafter, should Mr. Gataker doe well, vnto aedification, to preach, and write in Iustification of these Healths?
A03243Were all extraordinary Lotts sanctified to holy vses?
A03243Were extraordinary Lotts vnlawfull too?
A03243What a trembling argument is this?
A03243What fearefull shifting from the Word is here?
A03243What helpe then hath Mr. Gataker from Mr. Fenners grauntes?
A03243What is that Onely lawfull vse of a Lot?
A03243What?
A03243Whether, onely because God hath determined it?
A03243Why may not I, for the same cause, thinke the same of all ordinary Lotts?
A03243Why may not there be for a thing permitted, some precept in the Word, generall, or implied?
A03243Why not the latter?
A03243and Is not then Prayer to be expressed, or vnderstood in a Lot, that is, in the managing by the vsers thereof?
A03243and is not so vsefull an Ordinance, as is a Lot, to end Controversies, inioyned by precept either directly, or by iust consequence?
A03243as was the fault of women their heads vncovered in the Church at Corinth?
A03243conceipt be the same touching thinges, or actions?
A03243is not the Minor to be the Subiect, and the Maior to be the Praedicate of the Conclusion?
A03243may man disposed to finne, imploy any creature, whose vfe God hath not limited, to what vse he will?
A03243with the manner thereof?
A03243● s it not evill, if forbidden, except ● be otherwise evill of it selfe?
A01545& miramur aliquando i ● quod s ● mniamus euadere?
A01545* What, saith our Sauiour, shall it auaile a man to winne the whole world, and loose his owne soule?
A015451 Vnde ista diuinatio?
A015451 ● simplexne suror sestertia cent ● m Perdère,& horr ● nti tunitam non reddere feruo?
A0154516.14, 15. x Iustè quaeritur, si Domini, cur malꝰ si malꝰ, cur Domini dicitur?
A015453 Si quid op ● ris in agro quis ● iam di ● festo, ita re poscente, fecisset, quam nefarium scelus, quàm inexpiabile ● rimen?
A015455. r An inter se sortiunt vibem atque agros?
A01545Adeon''homines immut ● ri ex am ● re, vt non cognoseas eund ● messe?
A01545Againe who seeth it not that the lighting of Lots in this or that manner ordinarily commeth immediately from the act of the Creature?
A01545Amas illum?
A01545An ● ua ce ● turia praerogatiua lantum autoritatis hab ● t, vt ● e ● o vnquam prior ea ● tulerit quin renuncia ● ● ● sit?
A01545And how is it said then, may some say, that z hee asked not aduice of him?
A01545And therefore, do we see such superstitious courses oft take effect, and to haue their euent answerable to their expectations that vse them?
A01545And what reason hast thou to imagine, that God should worke extraordinarily for thee more in the one then in the other?
A01545And what was the cause thereof?
A01545And what were his sinnes,( amiddes many other indeed) but f Witchery and Sorcery?
A01545Are there not great and many differences about the reall presence of Christ in the Eucharist betweene Papists and Protestants?
A01545Are they any where found reuealed in any word of God?
A01545Art thou able thy selfe then to put any such power into them, which they haue not of themselues?
A01545Aug. 3 Tantam ad credendum prohibita, noxia& vana libidinem in tam modica credendorum fide quis non mirabi ● ur?
A01545But doth Tully therefore vtterly condemne all vse of Tables or Dice?
A01545But doth not the worke it selfe, may some say, manifest Gods will?
A01545But here may some say, Is a man then bound to be willing to depart with his knowne right, because he may in some cases commit it to such hazard?
A01545But how can the Deuill, may some say, come to know such things as by these courses are discouered?
A01545But it is not lawfull at all then, may some say, for a man to receiue any gaine, or liue in any wise by Game?
A01545But suppose thou shouldest trie him, dost thou thinke he would doe it?
A01545But to say, what lucke, how crooked, is in plaine words to say so: Therefore to say, what lucke, how crooked?
A01545But, will some say, may not a man lawfully pray for whatsoeuer he may wish or desire?
A01545Can not a man therefore without wauering, euen a plaine ordinary Christian, adioyne himselfe to either side?
A01545Defects in it( I know) there can not but be many: what, or whose worke is free from them?
A01545Did not the Lot light right m vpon Ionas, and n vpon Ionathan?
A01545Did not the o Philistine and the p Babylonian Loteries answere the expectation of those by whom they were vsed?
A01545Doest thou expect it from Satan?
A01545Doest thou expect the euent of it in that kinde from the Creature that thou vsest in it?
A01545Doest thou vse the creature to that purpose that hath no naturall power thereunto?
A01545Ecclesia Dei domꝰ est: quis in aliena domo famulum vel vilissimum instituat?
A01545Else what warrant is there for bowls, for tennis, for foot- ball, for chesse& c. which yet no man disalloweth?
A01545For can wee thinke that God will be at our commaund to worke for vs vpon our pleasure, and as wee shall appoint him, for the finding of a rag?
A01545For first, doe not all those Authors and all these authorities impugne and condemne z Tables and Dice as well as bare bones?
A01545For how many things are there whereof there is no example in Gods word, and yet the vse of them is generally allowed as lawfull and good?
A01545For is not b God as well able to iudge of their fitnesse or vnfitnesse as man is?
A01545For was it not so in many of the examples before mentioned?
A01545For what controuersie was there betweene Ionathan and Dauid to be ended by Oath, when s they sware either to other?
A01545For what hidden truth can by any Lot be discouered?
A01545For what is it but Idolatrie to ascribe that to the Creature that is proper to the Creator?
A01545For what is this but a tempting and a stinting of God?
A01545For what necessitie speake they of that should warrant such a course?
A01545For whence sprang these courses?
A01545For where is there greedier desire of gaine?
A01545For, t Why contemnest thou thy brother?
A01545Hinc Seneca de Canio latrunculis ludente cùm ad necem au ● caretur; Lusisse tu Canium illa tabula putas?
A01545How k many of them haue held, that a man that had beene twise maried, was by l the Apostles owne constitution vncapable of the ministery?
A01545In ministris animi ratio habenda est: at quis hominum de animo alterius iudicarit?
A01545Lastly what booke shall a man lightly lay his hand on, but he shall finde somewhat in it against drinking, as well as against dicing?
A01545May no man therefore so qualified, without scruple and doubt, vndertake that office, nor execute the same in that regard without sin?
A01545No vse of butter recorded in the word but for foode onely: may it not therefore be vsed also for phisicke?
A01545Nonne ipsa varietas qu ● est propri ● fortunae, fortunam esse causam, non naturam docet?
A01545Nonne sa ● is improbata est artis exercitatio, qua quanto quisque ● octior, tanto nequ ● or?
A01545Now, q as our Sauiour saith, Is not the soule better then treasure; and the body then apparell?
A01545Numigitar, vt iuepti, V ● n ● ru i d impulsu fieri mal ● mꝰ quàm casu?
A01545Or doe they distrust God, and feare that he will be partiall in his sentence, whose constant commendation is, that he is c no respecter of persons?
A01545Or is it not in this case, as g one sometime said of Images, an easier matter wholy to take away the vse of them, then to keepe them free from abuse?
A01545Or might Matthias haue resigned his place to Barsabas, and Barsabas by ioint consent haue taken it of him?
A01545Patet pet ● tionem serui suggestionem suisse spiritus Dei, Quomodo alicqui tam exactè peteret, quod Deus tam citò faceret?
A01545Praeda quē vilis sequar?
A01545Q ● id est sors?
A01545Quar ● sot ● ● ● nomine appellat gratiam Dei?
A01545Qui fit, M. quod nemo, quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fo rs obiecerit, illa Contentus viuat?
A01545Quid enim sore ● st?
A01545Quid quod muliò plura falsa?
A01545Quid sorsest?
A01545Quis enim magistra ● us, aut quis vir illustri ● r vtitur sortibus?
A01545So then, dost thou make enquiry into such things as God by ordinary courses refuseth to discouer?
A01545The Proposition is thus proued: d To say, What a God, what peruers and crooked Prouidence of God?
A01545Thus Chrysostome: which yet is not all out sound or true neither: For did not q Abraham laugh too as well as Sara?
A01545To say, what lucke is this, how crooked?
A01545Vis illum prouidentiam dicere?
A01545Vis illum vocare Mundum?
A01545Was there any such feare, thinke wee, in the Lot that d Samuel cast for a King; or any need of such caution to haue beene obserued in it?
A01545What euill is there in a spell or a charme, as long as there is nothing but good words in it?
A01545What i troopes of the auncients haue condemned second mariages, which yet no diuine, or other that I know, maketh any doubt of at this day?
A01545What then?
A01545Yea but c Hierome saith that a Lot is diuine predestination: and who dare daly then with it?
A01545Yea for any man to censure such a speech as blasphemous, or to construe it as if he should say, What a God is this?
A01545Yet did not these also oftentimes proue true?
A01545a In these courses therefore, say some, there are many good words vsed, yea euen Scripture it selfe oft: and then how can they be but good?
A01545a Quota quaeque res euenit praedicta abistis?
A01545and the other after to them, q Knew ye not that such an one as I am r can certainely diuine?
A01545at least how can they be so bad, as you seeme to say of them?
A01545aut s ● euenit quippiam, quid afferri potest, cur non casu i d eneuerit?
A01545b Hinc ad Saloniū, Quamdiu a ● tritas tesserarū quondam iactibꝰ manꝰ contra ius fasque sibi vendicant instr ● menta Cereali ●?
A01545b How many bee there euery where that thriue in sinne and by sinne?
A01545c How many haue beene Conquerors in vniust wars?
A01545c. 28. g Cur non potuit daemon praedicero, quod per prophetas ● ibi praenos ● eret imminere?
A01545collimet?
A01545doest thou thinke that God vpon thy fooleries will extraordinarily and miraculously work for thee?
A01545e Certè vim imaginali ● am plurimum tum prod ● sse tum obesse sanita ● is regiminiqus nescia ●?
A01545est enim cuiu ● consilio huic mundo prouidetur, vt inconcussus ● at& c. Vis illum Naturam vocare?
A01545i Quid in ● ● spotest esse certiquae fortuna monitu, pueri manu miscētur atque ducūtur?
A01545l 3. c 4. q 3. rule 3. g Satis ali ● qui laboramus cupiditate pecuniae, ambitione vincendi ac excellendi; quid hos morbos ludis ex ● itamꝰ?
A01545l. 11. c. 19. p Quem mihi dabis, qui pr ● tium aliquod tempori ponat?
A01545l. 2. i Quid est tam in ▪ certum q ● àm talorum iactus?
A01545may I well say to the one: and, Why condemnest thou thy brother?
A01545oliue?
A01545or 1 whom were they brought vp by?
A01545or are they grounded on any principles of reason and nature?
A01545or b are not all our actions to be sanctified by praier?
A01545or doe not contentions arise among mighty men many times about meane matters?
A01545or in what manner?
A01545or may hee not in such case lawfully desire to obtaine it?
A01545or must it needes therefore bee euer such?
A01545or were it wisedome to refuse him, and presse the other to it so vnfit for it?
A01545or were they euer deliuered by any Prophet of God?
A01545or were they learned by any course of naturall and ordinary obseruation?
A01545or what controuersie is there to be ended by those Oathes, that men vsually take at entrance into office both in Church and Common- weale?
A01545or what controuersie was there betweene GOD and Abraham, or Dauid and GOD; when t God sware to Abraham, and u Dauid to God?
A01545or, take some course as certainely to discouer your theenery, as if either I dealt with Diuiners or were such an one my selfe?
A01545or, what a crosse accident was this?
A01545or, what a crosse and crooked prouidence of God?
A01545p Cùm ipse Demino reuelante regem cognouerat, praecipiente in regem vnxerat, cur adhuc eligendus p ● r tribus& familias quaeritur?
A01545p. 163. l. 24. so?
A01545q ● is inuenit fissumiecoris?
A01545quanto melius petiret tunica tua, quàm aniraae t ● a?
A01545qui ● cornicis cantum netauit?
A01545quis sortes?
A01545r The Philistines speech to Ionathan and his Armour- bearer was as an Oracle of God to them: shall the like answere therefore be the same now to vs?
A01545to wit; What hurt is there in these things?
A01545vis illum Fatum vocare?
A01545what is it but a prescribing of God what hee shall doe?
A01545where more b cheating and cony- catching then in these games?
A01545yea did they not both proue alike true, both this and that other, when k by Nebuchad ● ezar they were both vsed together?
A01545yea may not the wronged party lawfully endeauour, by conuincing him in conscience of the wrong that he hath done him, to recouer his right, if he can?
A01545〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉; Quid magnifici est se amara, sibi parcere, sibi acquirere?