A modest reply to certaine answeres, which Mr. Gataker B.D. in his treatise of the nature, & vse of lotts, giveth to arguments in a dialogue concerning the vnlawfulnes of games consisting in chance And aunsweres to his reasons allowing lusorious lotts, as not evill in themselves. By Iames Balmford, minister of Iesus Christ.
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- A modest reply to certaine answeres, which Mr. Gataker B.D. in his treatise of the nature, & vse of lotts, giveth to arguments in a dialogue concerning the vnlawfulnes of games consisting in chance And aunsweres to his reasons allowing lusorious lotts, as not evill in themselves. By Iames Balmford, minister of Iesus Christ.
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- Balmford, James, b. 1556.
- Publication
- [London] :: Imprinted [by William Jaggard for E. Boyle?],
- 1623.
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- Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654. -- Of the nature and use of lots.
- Gambling -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
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"A modest reply to certaine answeres, which Mr. Gataker B.D. in his treatise of the nature, & vse of lotts, giveth to arguments in a dialogue concerning the vnlawfulnes of games consisting in chance And aunsweres to his reasons allowing lusorious lotts, as not evill in themselves. By Iames Balmford, minister of Iesus Christ." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03243.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.
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To the right Worshipfull Ma∣ster
Lionel Maddison, Maior, the Aldermen his Brethren▪ and the godly Burgesses of Newcastle vpon Ti∣ne; IAMES BALMFORD wisheth the kingdome of God & his righteousnesse that other things may be ministred vn∣to them. - A short and plaine Dialogue concerning the vnlawfulnes of playing at Cards or Tables, or any other game con∣sisting of chance.
- to the reader
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To the Christian Reader being none of those men▪ who, (accor∣ding to
S. Paul's prophecy,) love pleasures more than God. - To the Reader.
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An Answere to Reasons in∣ducing
M. Gataker to allow lu∣sorious Lottes, as not evill in themselves, Lib. 6. § 4. - A Reply to M. Gataker's answers to arguments conteined in a Dialogue against the vn∣lawfulnes of games consisting in chaunce.
- ERRATA.