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france_n no_o soon_o convert_v but_o tything_n follow_v and_o the_o revenue_n of_o this_o church_n of_o rheims_n be_v a_o chief_a part_n of_o charles_n martell_n sacrilege_n paeris_fw-la vide_fw-la proemium_fw-la helgaudi_fw-la floriacensis_fw-la ad_fw-la epit._n aquavitae_fw-la roberti_n regis_fw-la in_o chron._n casin_n 796._o in_o edit_n paeris_fw-la it_o be_v relate_v also_o how_o abbot_n leodebodus_n about_o the_o year_n 620._o give_v tithe_n of_o certain_a village_n in_o some_o parish_n to_o the_o abbey_n at_o floriack_n it_o also_o appear_v how_o pope_n zacharie_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o papacy_n give_v a_o privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n in_o monte_fw-fr casino_n and_o to_o all_o the_o cell_n thereof_o ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la decimas_fw-la tollat_fw-la that_o no_o bishop_n may_v take_v away_o their_o tithe_n imply_v that_o else_o they_o may_v as_o belong_v to_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n and_o their_o jurisdiction_n howsoever_o they_o 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 other_o poor_a which_o be_v daily_o preach_v unto_o they_o and_o read_v often_o and_o continual_o be_v urge_v unto_o they_o and_o hincmarus_n who_o though_o he_o be_v something_o late_a say_v 1._o lib._n 55._o capitul_n cap._n 1._o ausoldus_fw-la compresbyter_n noster_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la capella_n missa_fw-la non_fw-la celebraretur_fw-la antequam_fw-la homines_fw-la villae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la svam_fw-la decimam_fw-la presbytero_fw-la svo_fw-la secundum_fw-la antiquam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la darent_fw-la observe_v there_o antiquam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ausoldus_fw-la our_o fellow_n bishop_n command_v that_o they_o shall_v say_v no_o mass_n in_o that_o chapel_n before_o the_o man_n of_o that_o village_n pay_v their_o tithe_n to_o the_o priest_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n 35._o cap._n 35._o after_o de_fw-fr ecclesiarum_fw-la datione_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la dotem_fw-la svam_fw-la habent_fw-la cum_fw-la 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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admonish_v christian_n to_o give_v their_o alm_n to_o the_o poor_a and_o double_a honour_n to_o the_o priest_n leave_v the_o quantity_n to_o a_o christian_a liberty_n animad_fw-la 13_o for_o the_o first_o who_o can_v imagine_v that_o without_o right_n and_o that_o from_o god_n he_o will_v reprehend_v the_o neglect_n of_o payment_n so_o by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n but_o his_o word_n be_v plain_a quod_fw-la de_fw-la decimis_fw-la primitijsque_fw-la diximus_fw-la quae_fw-la olim_fw-la dabantur_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ac_fw-la levitis_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quoque_fw-la populis_fw-la intelligite_fw-la quibus_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la decimas_fw-la dare_n &_o primitias_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o vendere_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la habent_fw-la &_o dare_v pauperibus_fw-la &_o sequi_fw-la dominum_fw-la saluatorem_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la facere_fw-la nolumus_fw-la saltem_fw-la judaeorum_n imitemur_fw-la exempla_fw-la ut_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la partem_fw-la demus_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la &_o sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o levitis_fw-la honorem_fw-la debitum_fw-la deferamus_fw-la what_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o tithe_n and_o first-fruit_n which_o heretofore_o be_v give_v by_o the_o people_n to_o the_o priest_n understand_v the_o same_o in_o the_o people_n of_o the_o church_n who_o be_v command_v not_o only_o to_o give_v tithe_n and_o first-fruit_n but_o also_o to_o sell_v and_o give_v unto_o the_o poor_a which_o if_o we_o will_v not_o do_v at_o leastwise_o let_v we_o imitate_v the_o example_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o we_o give_v some_o part_n of_o the_o whole_a to_o the_o poor_a and_o we_o impart_v due_a honour_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n here_o our_o author_n stay_v and_o second_o for_o his_o inference_n see_v first_o how_o cross_a he_o be_v unto_o himself_o who_o say_v that_o this_o passage_n be_v about_o the_o neglect_n of_o payment_n of_o tithe_n and_o yet_o now_o they_o be_v no_o tithe_n then_o how_o fraudulent_a in_o the_o translation_n of_o debitum_fw-la honorem_fw-la for_o double_a honour_n to_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o apostle_n whereas_o this_o word_n debitum_fw-la have_v reference_n to_o tithe_n and_o first-fruit_n before_o three_o his_o falsehood_n in_o equal_v alike_o the_o precept_n of_o tything_n to_o the_o priest_n with_o that_o of_o sell_v all_o &_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a whereas_o s._n hierome_n by_o way_n of_o favour_n remit_v therein_o totum_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la but_o require_v for_o the_o priest_n debitum_fw-la which_o before_o he_o say_v be_v tithe_n and_o first_o fruit_n nay_o chief_o his_o falsehood_n in_o omit_v the_o word_n follow_v quod_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la deum_fw-la fraudare_fw-la &_o supplantare_fw-la convincitur_fw-la which_o he_o that_o do_v not_o be_v convince_v to_o defraud_v and_o cozen_v god_n 26._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-la clericis_fw-la cap._n 26._o upon_o which_o let_v he_o hear_v bellarmine_n our_o adversary_n in_o this_o cause_n also_o who_o authority_n twice_o he_o name_v etsi_fw-la b._n hieronymus_n dicat_fw-la esse_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la vendere_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o dare_v pauperibus_fw-la intelligit_fw-la esse_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la non_fw-la absolute_a sicut_fw-la de_fw-la soluendis_fw-la decimis_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la perfectus_fw-la esse_fw-la velit_fw-la nam_fw-la de_fw-la isto_fw-la subdit_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la facere_fw-la nolumus_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la autem_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la fecerit_fw-la deum_fw-la fraudare_fw-la &_o supplantare_fw-la convincitur_fw-la although_o st._n hierome_n say_v it_o be_v a_o precept_n to_o sell_v all_o and_o give_v to_o the_o poor_a yet_o he_o understand_v not_o the_o precept_n so_o absolute_o as_o that_o of_o tithe_n pay_v but_o upon_o supposal_n of_o desire_n of_o perfection_n for_o of_o that_o he_o say_v which_o if_o we_o will_v not_o do_v etc._n etc._n but_o of_o tithe_n he_o say_v that_o he_o that_o do_v not_o that_o be_v convince_v to_o defraud_v and_o cozen_v god_n but_o for_o conclusion_n of_o st._n hierome_n be_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o his_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la his_o precept_n of_o not_o tithe_n only_o but_o all_o shall_v be_v use_v to_o infer_v that_o not_o tithe_n at_o all_o be_v command_v st._n hieromes_n authority_n therefore_o be_v certain_a and_o if_o we_o conceive_v how_o he_o be_v the_o interpreter_n of_o origens_n former_a testimony_n we_o may_v better_o believe_v his_o opinion_n for_o the_o duenesse_n 56._o pag._n 56._o the_o authority_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n hom._n 43._o epist_n 1._o ad_fw-la corinthios_n be_v divert_v by_o the_o same_o shift_n in_o that_o he_o speak_v not_o determinate_o for_o the_o quota_fw-la animad_fw-la 14_o yet_o though_o in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v not_o determinate_o for_o the_o tithe_n yet_o be_v it_o for_o the_o more_o by_o persuasion_n or_o at_o least_o for_o tithe_n in_o opinion_n how_o may_v not_o his_o 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