Verfe.iS. PROVERBS. 23 u Edeclarcth the true, and right vfcofa lot,by telling what lisdone,for that whichought tobe done : namely, indif- cult and doubtfull caufes,which cannot otherwifebc well determined,and where indiuifionmcn cannotagree betwcene themfclues what part euery one thould haue, thatthen they be fatisfied with that which the Lord by lot doth after a fort, award vnto, them. And he makth fpeciall mention ofthe miühtie, that it feructh to compound their controuetres, be caufe that when they contend, by reafon oftheir power, and !}rength, and flout llomacks, they. greatly damnifie one an other. ( Then a lot is lawfully vied, when.it either procurethor pre- Deaf. ferueth peace,and equirie. For the auoyding ofpartialitie, wrong, flrife;and murmu- ring, the Ifraclites arecommanded by ikfofes, and ordered by Iofhtta,toinheritthe landofCanaan bylot,according to theirfamilies: Numb, 33. to the more, faith he, ye (hall gluemore inheritance and tothe fewer, the lcife inheritance. Where the lot !hall fall toany man, thatTalbe his : according to the tribes ofyour fathers, ye Ihall inherit. WhenSaulby lotwas chofen to heking, therewas no occa- t,$aul,,Q; fion gitien, ortaken, for ought that we read, that any other Mould [land vp again fi him toget the place, or thinke him- felfe vnworthily rcieettcl, that he was not chofen. And fo A&.r, when the lot for the Apotilefhip fell on Alatthias, Bar1abaa forthwith gaueplacevnto him, andall the reflacknowledged theelection tobe from the Lord. Fir%God himfelfebath ïnllituted andappointed it, his or- Be a oan.. dinance it is, and not mans inucntion, and to this enddeflina- f ted by him, that iuflice and concord might be maintained, where theyarepianted:and repaired againc,wheretheyarevio- lated. Secondly, thehand ofhisprouidcnce bath the direaionof. 2 it,ás we haue alreadie feene in thefixtenth chapter : The lot is Prou,t6.33 sail into the lap,6ut thewhole difiofstion thereof,is ofthe Lord. Intlruc`lion that we neuer deale with a lot, but vpon lull ¡p. caufc,when need fo requireth,and in due manncr,as istimely, and
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