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A89518	Vox turturis vel columba alba albionis=The voice of the turtle, or, Englands white dove in the deluge of division, the second time sent forth from Gods Arke, to prsent a peace-offering upon the altar of Jehovah Shalom. Humbly proposing that divine direction, which the God of Peace hath revealed in his word of truth, for determining differences by an holy ordinance of his owne institution, wherein himselfe is the sole judge, ... Shewing how by this divine way of Gods judgement, not onely the great differences here in church and state depending, may speedily and happily be determined with glory to God, honour to the King, and happinesse to the kingdomes, but also all the greatest controversies, both civill and sacred throughout Christendome may be composed, the effusion of blood prevented, many prophecies conducing to an universall peace fulfilled, the happy use of this holy ordinance made knowne, and the name of God thereby manifested, ... even among heathens. / Per E. M. Arm. Christi servorum minimo minorem.	Marbury, Edward, 1581-ca. 1655.	1647 (1647)	Wing M570; Thomason E518_4; ESTC R206163	81,199	64

one choice person to wit Eleazar drew for all Others that out of one Pot of Tickets containing the names of the portions one of each Tribe drew for the Tribe he was of Others lastly suppose that the Tribes names only were put into the Lot-pot and that each Tribe as it was drawn had his choice of which part he would yet undisposed of when he drew The first opinion seemes most probable and that first because once drawing so might well end all which could not be in the second where question might be who should draw first and secondly because it is not said that such a Tribe drew or was drawn first or second simply but that the Lot came out first or second for such a Tribe which agrees not with the third Num. 35.7 8. Losh 25.2 Now as the Land in generall was thus divided by Lot so in particular were the forty eight Cities assigned to the Levites divided among them by Lot according to their Families and whereas the Levites were divided into three Families according to Levi's three sons Kohath Gershom Merari and the Koathites subdivided into two ranks i.e. the Antonites or the issue of Aaron Kohath Nephew by his son A●●●● which alone had the Priesthod and the rest of that house which came not of Aaron Lots were cast among them for these their severall Families Iosh 21.8 in what Tribes there should Cities be assigned unto each and in conclusion the Aaronites had thirteene in Juda Sime●n and Benjamin the other Koathites ten in Ephraim Dan and the one halfe of Manasses and the Merarites twelve in Reuben Gad and Zebul●n the whole number forty eight At the return of the Jews unto the Land of promise from the Chaldean captivity a colonie was drawn by Lot for the peopling of Ierusalem one being taken of each ten and a tenth of the whole company for the storing of the City Yea the whole City it selfe was by lot shared in three parts by the three seditious Commanders in the time of the Roman siege Moreover Lots were used for partition of movables goods and chattells and the like as in the case of setting forth the tith of Bullocks Goats and Sheepe Levit. 27.32 And secondly in division of booties of prey and spoyles taken in warre Lorts are said to have been cast upon Jerusalem when it was sacked by the Chaldees and her people by Lot shared among the conquerours for slaves Obad. v. 11. Joel 3.3 Nahum 3.10 as the Nobles of Niniveh were shared by lot among the Medians or Scythians for slaves when it was severall times surprized by them And thirdly of goods gotten by pilage or stealth as David complaines that they had parted his garments among them and cast Lots upon his Vesture which is justly supposed to have been practised upon David 1 Sam. 19.11.12 but was certainly fulfilled in our Saviour Math. 27.35 Mark 15.24 Luk. 23.34 Ioh. 19.24 Such a Lot as this is alluded too by Solomon where he brings in theevish companions inviting to joyne and adventure with them saying Cost in thy lot among us Prov. 1 14. By Lott certaine persons were picked out to be saved or slain so David measured out the Moabites with two cords to be destroyed but with one cord to be saved alive as the Chald. Paraphr expounds the place 2. Sam. 8.2 and in this sence do Interpreters understand that place of Ezech. 24 6. where the Lord bids the Prophet pull the flesh piece by piece every piece of it out of the Pot or Caldron and cast no lot in it thereby signifying that the people should not be some saved and some destroyed but all utterly destroyed without distinction or difference In this kind was the lot cast on the two Goats for it was divisory meerly not divinatory to tell whether was fitter for service both being alike fit for it whereby the one was taken for the scape-goat to be sent out alive and saved the other left to be slain to make a sin sacrifice to God in behalfe of his people Among Prophane writers nothing is commoner than the use of Lotts in this kind Inheritances among coheires were by lot divided Saturns three Sons parted among them Heaven Sea and Hell by this way of Lottery Claros and Lacedaemon according to some Grammarians derive their names from hence that is Ex Near Eust ad Claros 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Lacedamon quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.e. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thus Poloponnesus after right of possession by joynt conquest recovered was parted between Cresphontes Temenus and the sons of Aristodemus Thus Lotharius his foure sons parted the Realme of France amongst them after their Fathers decease Greg. Tur. hist l. 4. c. 22. Thus Fredereck the second King of Denmarks and Adelph Duke of Holst divided between them the Territory of the elder Iohn of Holst deceased without issue The goods and chattels of every Courtier deceased where a fourth part is to come to the Court is to be parted into foure parts by the Heire or Executor and Lots are to be cast whether he shall choose his three or the Court her fourth by the civill Law And our common Law alloweth this course of partition of Land among Partners or female coheires viz. that by dividing the land into parts as equall as may be and then wrapping up of scrolls of each part in as many waxen Balls to be drawn by the partners in order of yeares out of the bonnet of some other indifferent party In Cities new built and at the first foundation or altering of a state as also upon enfranchising forreigners or non-freemen each one used to have his house portion of land or tribe he should belong to assigned him by Lot a thing practised by Lycurgus in the Spartan Republique and by Aeneas also Aen. 5. and by Romulus at the founding of the Roman State In Egypt they yearly assigned by Lott to each man or Kindred what land they should till After Victories obtained over some Countries the Greek and Roman Conquerours were wont to divide the land by lott among the Souldiers Aristoph Dionys Hal. li. 2. or other of the people In Countries overburdened with multitudes of people or such as were unable to maintain the Natives by reason of a long and grievous Famin it was an usuall course to decide by lot who should remain at home and who remove to seek their fortunes abroad Liv. l. 5. In the Palestine expedition it was tryed by lot which should be first assaulted Tyre or Askalon A Prey taken in the field or in the sacking of a City were it goods or jewells or garments or beasts or mens persons it was ordinarily divided by lot A swift horse able to travell one hundred miles a day was put to lot with the rest of the prey and drawn for one Probus one of the Emperours name of which name there being foure and Probus still comming out of the Lot pot

divided into twenty foure Companies 1 Chron. 14. ● c. and appointed to attend the former companies of Priests but who which and when was decided likewise by Lot Moreover the Priests that were of each company cast lotts for the sharing of offices among themselves ut tolleretur materia querimoniarum for the avoiding of emulation and discord in the Church as also for the better settling of servises namely who should tend the Altar of Insence who the Table of holy Bread who the dressing of the Lampes who the Altar of burnt-offerings who should feed the fire c. as from the books of the Jewish Liturgies is very evident Zachary the Priest of the course of Abi● went in by lot to burne Incense Luk. 1.9 The Levites Musicall and Porters decided by Lot what course should be observed in their ministeriall and musicall imployments by the one and which gates of the Temple should be waited at by the other 1 Chron. 26.13 The election of Matthias to be an Apostle was by lot Act. 1.26 Classius in meditat Sacr. sup festum Matth. dicit sortem esse judicium Dei immediatum solennem divinae voluntatis testificationem Et res viz. Electio Matthia ad ejusmodi fuit inst●tuenda i e. per sortem ut omnibus constaret non tam hominum suffraglis quam Dei arbitrio voluntate rem omnem peragi in Act. 1.26 prec●ti dixerunt Tu Domine qui corda nosti omnium ostende utrum elegeris ex his duobus v. 25. D●di●●e dic●●●ur s●●tes Du●ru● i●●●rum virorum i. ● in ●●●am aut 〈◊〉 ●●●j●cisse 〈◊〉 extracta post modum certam de r● cogn●scenda sent●ntiam pat●fac●r●nt S●rs ●●cidit super Matthiam Si● Dous hoc judicio manifestè declaravit Matthiam esse divi●●ùt desig●●tum electum Christi Apost●l●m sortibus qua in pop●le dei ●●aut oli●● in usu ad explorandum Dei voluntatem certam Cajet Levit. 16.8 Numb 33.58 1 Sam. 10.20 Prov. 16.33.18.18 The Apostles used Lots here because as the Lord had immediatly called the eleven so it was a fitter supply of the twelfth roome that not men but God should elect one Mayer in Act. 1.26 Matthias non minus di●●itùs electus quam reliqui undecem It was St. Austius desire to have it determined by lot amongst the Pastors of Gods people where divers of them are in a City which of them should stay by it and who retire themselves in time of publick persecution that neither the stayer might be taxed with presumption nor the removers with cowardize August Epist 80. According to which rule the Geneva Ministers to this day as it is reported by some use to cast Lots who shall visit the Pesthouse Bar● in Io● c. 1. Lotts were used also in the distribution of civill services among Gods people ordinarily and that first in a military matter wherein the Levites quarrell that had his Concubine ravished so that she died upon it at Gibia in Benjamin the other Tribes resolved to goe up against Benjamin by lot viz. who of them should be Warriours and who bring in provisions for those that abode abroad in the field which thing without much tumult in a Democracie could not easily have been determined otherwise Iudg. 20.9 10. Pet. Martyr and Fran. Iunius and secondly in a City businesse where the same people after their Babilonian captivity cast Lots among themselves who should take the burden of bringing in wood for the Altar by Ezra's own direction Lot● frequent among other Nations besides Gods owne people the Jewes NEither was the use of Lotts lesse frequent among other Nations then among Gods chosen people the Israelites Plato de 〈◊〉 for Plato in his imaginary Modell of a Common-wealth intended the most part of his Magistrates to be designed yearly by Lot for the preventing of and meeting with the peevishnesse and way ward●●sse of the people For which intent he adviseth that ●60 be Elected yearly by most voyces of the Commonalty out of foure rankes of Citizens 90. out of each ranke for Aldermen or Senators Mr. Gatak of the nature and use of Lots p. 44. and the one halfe of them by Lot assigned to govern the City for that yeare as also sixty Sheriffs to govern the territory thereunto belonging which was divided into twelve parts And furthermore it was yearly determined by Lot which part of the City should send Rulers into this or that part of the Country And besides these three Surveighers of houses edifices highwayes water-courses in and about the City Five Clarks of the Market a Master of the Revels and three for Triers and disposers of prizes in solemn g●nes and Judges for private Causes to prevent Corruption were all appointed by Lot Choice of Priests by lot The choice of Priests and such as undertook the charge of Sacred things was to be left to God himselfe to dispose of by Lot as it pleased him Many of their Officers likewise at Athens both Civill and Sacred were disposed of by Lot Officers both civill sacred chosen by lot The Athenian Senators sent to the Common Councell at Delphos and their ordinary Councell of five hundred were all chosen by Lot the Election being alter this manner The names of all those in each Ward that were capable of that dignity were noted on little Tables or tokens of brasse into one vessell and as many Beans black and white all but fifty black into another and so each mans token being drawn out of the one and a bean withall out of the other either he past to further tryall and held it if he were approved or he was for that yeare rejected as his Bean proved white or black so fifty apiece being extracted out of each of the ten Wards the number was made up of five hundred And out of those so dignified with the Bean nine were advanced by like course to further place of authority named Rulers or Regents out of which were six Masters of the Ordinance● the King or Master of the Ceremonies the Major for the yeare and the Marsh●●● The nine Regents thus called out of the five hundred Lots were cast againe for the ten Wards which should rule first which next and so on to the yeares end afterwards ten Presidents for the first seven dayes and ten for the next seven and so on till thirty five dayes were expired the full time of their whole principality Our of which ten Lot was again drawn for a Commander or Provost whose government lasted but one day of seven Neither might any one of the ten have it above one day at once because the keys of the Castle of Athens were in his keeping seven of them had it as the black Bean favourd them and three were necessarily debarted of it Sigon de Repub. Athen. l. 2. c. 3. Iudges elected by Lot For hearing and tryall of Causes a competent number of persons according to the quality of the suites to

be heard were assigned by Lot as they drew Beans or Acorns with the letters upon them that belonged to those Courts each of which persons so allotted received a rod from the Cryer with the name of the Court written on it or of the same colour that the letter was over the Court-gate and then went with that and his Bean or Acorn unto that Court that had the letter on the one of the same colour with the other and was there admitted for a Judge Besides these ordinary Judges there were certain Arbitrators or umpires by Lot assigned for deciding of lighter matters which matters were divided among them by Lot Their Clearks also of the Pleas with ten Treasurers taken out of the best rank ten Comptrollers or Auditors ten Surveyors or Scavengers ten Wardens of the Ports ten Clerks of the Market one Register ten of Sheriffs and Bayliffs ten Sacrists for superstitious services And if any one presumed to come to Court or Councell not being designed by Lot a penalty was laid upon him In Sparta the Competitors for any office were sometime in order by lot admitted to passe the suffrages of the assembly At Syracusa in Cicily Cican Verr. 4. Joves priest out of three chosen by Voyces out of three Families was designed yearly by Lot At Rome the Vestall Nuns were elected by lot Attic. l. 1. c. 12. The two hundred Gentry of Rome divided into tens cast Lots for governing the State in course among themselves after Romulus his death each ten their fifty daies and each of the ten his five c. till all had taken their turnes which Custome expired at Na●●a's Election The two Consuls so often as any extraordinary businesse fell out that was to be done by them and could not conveniently be done but by one of them as the Dedication of a Temple the nomination of a Dictator or Soveraign Generall the keeping of Courts for creation of some new Officers c. used by lot to decide whether of them should have the honour of it and in time of War they cast lots also which should go ●o the wars and which stay at home And being both together in the same service with equall authority they did sometime in the execution thereof by Lot daily take their turnes The Pretors parted the Government of the City between themselves by lot And by lot the Questors or Treasurers charge was assigned unto them out of which Questors the Tribunes were sometime designed by lott and out of the Tribunes were allotted certaine persons for forraigne Plantations In warlike employments Consuls Praetors had their legions and armies by this course alotted them Also such Tribes as should afford Souldiers for service and such persons of each tribe as should serve were assigned by lot And hence it fell out that M. Curius when a sudden Muster was made in his Consulship none of the younger sort appeared cast lots upon all Tribes and citing him which was first drawn of that Tribe that come next to hand confiscated his goods and sold him to be a slave Doubts in choice of Ediles or Surveyors where divers Competitors had an equall number of voyces were decided by Lot which of them should hold And in their Assemblies for election of Officers the Lot determined which Companies or hundreds should be demanded their suffrages the first and give the leading voices Severall Pleas were ordinarily parted among them by lot some to have and try Causes of treason some of murder some of extortion and the like and the the Judges tooke assistants to them which they elected by lott as they themselves were by lot appointed for the hearing of such Causes as were allotted to them Plin. sec Epist 3. lib 9. In Vintage time Senators were made choice of by Lot to attend the Court in the abscence of the rest by the appointment of Augustus Dion Cass lib. 55. Augustus by Lot set apart a certain number of Senators to consult with at convenient times for preparation of Causes to be heard in the Court afterward or rather to dispatch businesses by without the Court yet so as the whole Court might seem to have some hand in them he did likewise assay by Lot to reform the Senat he first parted the City into certain Regions and Wards and then appointed the yearly Officers to share them amongst them and to undertake the charge thereof By lot he enjoyned two of those that had been Pretors formerly to be elected yearly for the custody of the common Treasury In Tiberius his reigne there were certaine persons assigned by lot to cleare the Lawes in some cases then questionable Vespasian assigned persons for redresse of wrongs done during the civill wars and to rid the Courts of multiplicity of suits which intermission of Justice had cloyed them with Taeit. hist l. 4. Suet. Vesp c. 10. Certain persons were assigned by Lot to mitigate harsh Lawes Claud. c. 23. Legates or Lievtenants were sometime designed by lot in which case the use of Lotrery sometimes being questioned Tacit. hist l. 4. Cic. ad Attic. Epist 17. Liv. hist lib. 43. cic Verr. 1. though it were by some opposed yet the major part went with it● and would have it still retained as a soveraigne preservative against ambition and corruption and a singular remedy for the preventing both of injury and envy in which regard they esteemed it as a kind of divine Ordinance where it was carried without fraud and covine as it ought Panorm ad 5. de sorti leg Neither is the practice of civill Lottery unusuall in Italy even at this day for in Venice the mirrour of Policy and supposed modell of Plate's Platform the Gentry at twenty yeares of age come to the Generall Councell by Lot but otherwise not till twenty five yeares of age Contaren l. 1. Gat. of Lots p. 58. by the ordinary course in Election of whom every fourth of December they that seek it having made proof of their Gentry have their names all cast into one pot and brought to the Duke before whom stands another pot with as many balls in it wherof a fifth part is gilt and all the rest silver only the Duke draws out of the one each mans name and a ball out of the other which if it prove a golden one he is thereupon admitted if a silver one only he stayeth at least a yeare longer When their Duke the chiefe Magistrate hath his designation there is Lottery upon Lottery and Voycing in a prolix and intricate manner interchangeably mixed together the one with the other the place being voyd either by deposition or decease all their Gentry of thirty yeares of age or upward and none under assemble and come in order as they sit Lotts first being cast which side of them shall come in first to the Lot-pot having as many balls in it as there be of them in number whereof thirty only be gilt there a child draweth for