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A13775	Animaduersions vpon M. Seldens History of tithes, and his reuievv thereof before which (in lieu of the two first chapters purposely pretermitted) is premised a catalogue of seuenty two authours, before the yeere 1215. Maintaining the ius diuinum of tythes or more, to be payd to the priesthood vnder the Gospell: by Richard Tillesley Doctor in Diuinity, and archdeacon of Rochester.	Tillesley, Richard, 1582-1621.	1619 (1619)	STC 24073; ESTC S117059	181,192	288

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manet_fw-la etc._n etc._n 15._o pag._n 15._o what_o do_v they_o else_o when_o they_o confound_v tithe_n and_o consecrate_a land_n together_o animad_fw-la 14_o they_o that_o confound_v tithe_n and_o arbitrary_o consecrate_a land_n give_v to_o the_o church_n in_o apply_v the_o same_o original_a right_n to_o both_o err_v in_o my_o opinion_n if_o any_o such_o be_v saint_n ambrose_n know_v well_o how_o to_o distinguish_v between_o a_o church_n and_o other_o inheritance_n s._n o●ttion●_n de_fw-fr basilicis_fw-la tradend_n s._n inter_fw-la agros_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o basilicam_fw-la the_o like_a must_v we_o make_v between_o land_n and_o tithe_n nay_o and_o more_o god_n have_v a_o right_a to_o church_n in_o that_o they_o be_v make_v his_o though_o near_a by_o dedication_n but_o in_o tithe_n because_o they_o be_v the_o retribution_n to_o his_o providence_n the_o tribute_n to_o his_o power_n the_o reservation_n out_o of_o his_o liberality_n his_o own_o challenge_v due_a inheritance_n this_o 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bernar._n ep_v 205._o the_o famous_a robertus_fw-la pullus_n or_o pullenus_n or_o pullanus_n sometime_o archdeacon_n of_o rochester_n as_o out_o of_o a_o epistle_n write_v by_o ascelinus_fw-la bishop_n there_o against_o he_o to_o eugenius_n the_o three_o by_o conference_n of_o other_o writing_n i_o have_v certain_o collect_v not_o to_o name_v the_o historian_n henry_n of_o huntingdon_n or_o sylvester_n gyraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la with_o other_o of_o our_o own_o country_n whence_o howsoever_o a_o archdeacon_n have_v not_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o write_v the_o history_n yet_o myself_o that_o have_v endeavour_v to_o give_v answer_n to_o this_o may_v have_v sufficient_a authority_n against_o any_o imputation_n of_o my_o interpose_v in_o such_o a_o argument_n and_o thus_o from_o these_o verbal_a adversary_n i_o pass_v to_o the_o more_o real_a observation_n and_o animadversion_n on_o his_o history_n not_o as_o a_o most_o censorious_a examiner_n as_o he_o require_v nor_o yet_o as_o a_o 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may_v obtain_v it_o a_o remarkable_a authority_n as_o in_o the_o privilege_n of_o pope_n john_n the_o three_o anno_fw-la 562._o 1168._o quercetan_n in_o not._n in_o p._n abelard_n p._n 1168._o the_o tithe_n give_v to_o the_o monastery_n of_o s._n medard_n be_v privilege_v furthermore_o agobardus_n in_o his_o book_n write_v in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o lewis_n his_o reign_n contra_fw-la insulsam_n vulgi_fw-la opinionem_fw-la de_fw-la grandine_fw-la &_o tonitruo_fw-la pag._n 155._o multi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la sponte_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la decimam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la donant_fw-la viduis_fw-la &_o orphanis_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la indigentibus_fw-la eleemosynas_fw-la non_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la quae_fw-la illis_fw-la frequenter_a praedicantur_fw-la crebro_fw-la leguntur_fw-la subinde_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la exhortantur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la acquiescunt_fw-la many_o there_o be_v who_o never_o willing_o give_v tithe_n to_o the_o priest_n nor_o alm_n to_o widow_n and_o orphan_n and_o 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decima_fw-la fidelium_fw-la praemia_fw-la requirebas_fw-la thou_o require_v reward_n for_o the_o gift_n of_o church_n which_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o glebe_n and_o tithe_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o elsewhere_o 35._o ep._n 7._o c._n 35._o vnde_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la singulos_fw-la annos_fw-la ministri_fw-la episcoporun_n inquirant_fw-la quid_fw-la parcat_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la de_fw-la parte_fw-la decimae_fw-la quae_fw-la iuxta_fw-la sacros_fw-la canon_n ecclesiae_fw-la competit_fw-la whence_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o every_o year_n the_o servant_n of_o the_o bishop_n shall_v inquire_v what_o part_n of_o the_o tithe_n may_v be_v spare_v in_o every_o church_n which_o according_a to_o the_o canon_n belong_v unto_o the_o church_n it_o be_v therefore_o manifest_a that_o they_o be_v due_a which_o also_o alcuin_n walafridus_n strabo_n rabanus_n maurus_n etc._n etc._n do_v in_o the_o time_n ensue_v testify_v as_o appear_v in_o the_o catalogue_n and_o most_o apparent_o annex_v in_o a_o epistle_n among_o those_o of_o boniface_n mogunt_n 107._o ep._n 107._o where_o a_o poor_a curate_n that_o have_v agree_v for_o to_o serve_v the_o cure_n for_o a_o priest_n for_o half_a the_o tithe_n complain_v to_o lewes_n the_o emperor_n which_o also_o be_v quote_v by_o himself_o then_o how_o may_v not_o these_o ecclesiastical_a profit_n be_v as_o indeed_o they_o be_v a_o great_a subject_n

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sunt_fw-la vino_fw-la complebitis_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la eius_fw-la fame_n affligetis_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la pertimescitis_fw-la iudicium_fw-la dei_fw-la pane_n propositionum_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la comedere_fw-la nisi_fw-la mundis_fw-la &_o purificatis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la cum_fw-la uxoribus_fw-la &_o ancillis_fw-la vestris_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la peius_fw-la est_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la cum_fw-la scortis_fw-la decimas_fw-la &_o oblationes_fw-la fidelium_fw-la manducabitis_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o you_o lay_v man_n who_o not_o only_o will_v possess_v the_o church_n but_o the_o altar_n also_o will_v you_o that_o eat_v and_o drink_v the_o offering_n of_o the_o poor_a approach_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n for_o the_o people_n will_v you_o fill_v your_o barn_n with_o corn_n and_o your_o cellar_n with_o wine_n and_o shall_v the_o priest_n starve_v why_o fear_v you_o not_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o to_o eat_v 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some_o consequence_n if_o true_a be_v that_o it_o can_v appear_v that_o they_o be_v restore_v by_o carloman_n and_o pipin_n for_o the_o decimae_fw-la restore_v be_v as_o rent_n of_o land_n and_o the_o twelve_o penny_n out_o of_o every_o casata_n first_o then_o he_o acknowledge_v decimae_fw-la to_o be_v restore_v and_o then_o the_o only_a question_n be_v about_o the_o interpretation_n wherefore_o i_o much_o wonder_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o injurious_a unto_o the_o centurie_n writer_n for_o relate_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o synod_n under_o carloman_n in_o these_o word_n decimas_fw-la occupatas_fw-la à_fw-la prophanis_fw-la restituimus_fw-la as_o to_o add_v such_o a_o marginal_a note_n concern_v they_o veteris_fw-la huiusce_fw-la aevi_fw-la sermonis_fw-la ignari_fw-la hallucinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la synodo_fw-la ita_fw-la legerant_fw-la 53._o pag._n 53._o fundatas_fw-la pecunias_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la restituimus_fw-la pecunias_fw-la autem_fw-la 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they_o may_v not_o pay_v the_o nonae_fw-la and_o yet_o for_o they_o the_o defraud_v of_o the_o nine_o for_o rent_n be_v censure_v by_o law_n whence_o evident_o appear_v the_o nonae_fw-la to_o signify_v a_o plain_a rent_n such_o as_o in_o secular_a conveyance_n be_v reserve_v but_o the_o capitularie_n make_v it_o most_o plain_a 145._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 145._o and_o do_v interpret_v the_o like_a the_o word_n be_v de_fw-fr he_o qui_fw-la nonas_fw-la &_o decimas_fw-la iam_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la annos_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la dare_v neglexerunt_fw-la volumus_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la missos_fw-la nostros_fw-la constringantur_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la capitularem_fw-la priorem_fw-la soluant_fw-la nonas_fw-la &_o decimas_fw-la cum_fw-la sva_fw-la lege_fw-la &_o insuper_fw-la bannum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la ijs_fw-la denuncietur_fw-la quod_fw-la quicunque_fw-la hanc_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la iteraverit_n beneficium_fw-la unde_fw-la haec_fw-la nona_fw-la &_o decima_fw-la persolui_fw-la debuit_fw-la amissurum_fw-la se_fw-la sciat_fw-la ita_fw-la enim_fw-la continetur_fw-la in_o capitulari_fw-la bonae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la genitoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la in_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 163._o quicunque_fw-la decimam_fw-la abstrahit_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la dari_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o eaem_fw-la praesumptuose_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la munera_fw-la aut_fw-la amicitiam_fw-la vel_fw-la aliam_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la occasionem_fw-la ad_fw-la alteram_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la dederit_fw-la à_fw-la comite_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la misso_fw-la nostro_fw-la distringatur_fw-la ut_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la decimae_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la cum_fw-la sva_fw-la lege_fw-la restituat_fw-la concern_v those_o who_o for_o many_o year_n have_v neglect_v to_o pay_v the_o ninth_n and_o ten_o we_o will_v that_o by_o our_o officer_n they_o be_v compel_v according_a to_o the_o former_a capitular_a to_o pay_v the_o ninthe_n and_o tenthes_o with_o the_o forfeiture_n beside_o our_o bannum_fw-la and_o let_v it_o be_v make_v know_v to_o they_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v do_v so_o the_o second_o time_n shall_v loose_v the_o benefice_n whence_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v pay_v for_o so_o it_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o capitularie_n of_o our_o famous_a father_n in_o the_o first_o book_n cap._n 163._o whosoever_o shall_v take_v away_o the_o tithe_n from_o that_o church_n to_o which_o of_o right_n

separari_fw-la atque_fw-la inter_fw-la dignos_fw-la &_o bene_fw-la meritos_fw-la dividi_fw-la precarias_fw-la tamen_fw-la fieri_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la exinde_fw-la volumus_fw-la &_o nonas_fw-la ac_fw-la decimas_fw-la ad_fw-la restaurationes_fw-la terrarum_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr unaquaque_fw-la casata_fw-la duodecim_fw-la denarios_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la unde_fw-la res_fw-la erant_fw-la beneficiatae_fw-la dari_fw-la constituimus_fw-la we_o ordain_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o our_o bishop_n and_o the_o pleasure_n of_o our_o noble_n and_o the_o request_n of_o all_o the_o people_n that_o for_o the_o public_a necessity_n and_o comfort_n of_o those_o soldier_n which_o fight_v for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o the_o peace_n of_o each_o man_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a to_o separate_v some_o of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n from_o they_o and_o to_o divide_v they_o among_o the_o worthy_a yet_o from_o henceforth_o we_o will_v that_o lease_n be_v make_v by_o 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