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it_o may_v remain_v whole_o ecclesiastical_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o spiritual_a matter_n it_o do_v contain_v &_o the_o power_n of_o he_o that_o quicken_v it_o &_o pour_v life_n thereinto_o so_o much_o less_o can_v the_o insert_v of_o these_o term_n privilege_n prescription_n or_o composition_n real_a entitle_v the_o common_a law_n to_o the_o right_a thereof_o or_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o say_a law_n to_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o for_o that_o matter_n of_o these_o title_n so_o far_o as_o they_o concern_v tithe_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n have_v be_v evermore_o since_o there_o have_v be_v any_o ecclesiastical_a law_n in_o this_o land_n which_o have_v be_v near_o as_o long_o as_o there_o have_v be_v any_o profession_n of_o christianity_n with_o we_o of_o ecclesiastical_a ordinance_n neither_o ever_o be_v of_o the_o temporal_a cognisance_n until_o now_o of_o late_a that_o they_o transubstantiate_v every_o thing_n into_o their_o own_o profession_n as_o midas_n turn_v or_o transubstantiate_v every_o thing_n that_o he_o touch_v into_o gold_n chap._n iii_o sect_n 1._o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o when_o tithe_n be_v never_o clog_v with_o custom_n prescription_n or_o composition_n under_o the_o law_n they_o be_v clog_v with_o the_o same_o under_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o but_o here_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o inquire_v since_o tithe_n come_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n within_o a_o little_a time_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o jew_n policy_n unto_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o commonwealth_n void_a of_o all_o these_o encumbrance_n as_o shall_v appear_v after_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o sundry_a of_o the_o ancient_a father_n which_o be_v near_o the_o apostle_n time_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v since_o tithe_n be_v no_o less_o the_o lord_n portion_n now_o than_o they_o be_v then_o and_o in_o the_o patriarch_n time_n before_o 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attempt_v against_o the_o church_n in_o christianity_n but_o execute_v with_o great_a greediness_n so_o far_o worse_o have_v be_v the_o state_n of_o the_o ministry_n under_o the_o gospel_n than_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n under_o the_o law_n sect_n 2._o that_o the_o cause_n be_v two_o fold_n first_o the_o violent_a intrusion_n of_o lay_v man_n and_o second_o the_o overmuch_o curiosity_n of_o school_n man_n and_o first_o of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o therein_o concern_v charles_n martel_n infeudation_n and_o the_o violent_a prescription_n ensue_v thereupon_o the_o beginning_n whereof_o although_o it_o be_v hard_a for_o i_o to_o find_v out_o because_o there_o be_v small_a memory_n thereof_o leave_v in_o story_n yet_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v by_o all_o probability_n conjecture_v this_o great_a alteration_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n come_v by_o two_o occasion_n the_o one_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o laity_n thrust_v themselves_o into_o these_o ecclesiastical_a right_n contrary_a to_o the_o first_o institution_n thereof_o for_o when_o they_o be_v first_o receive_v into_o the_o christian_a world_n they_o be_v receive_v and_o yield_v to_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o clergy_n only_o as_o in_o former_a time_n under_o the_o law_n they_o have_v be_v for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n only_o the_o other_o be_v the_o too_o too_o much_o curiosity_n of_o schoolman_n who_o be_v not_o content_a with_o the_o simple_a entertainment_n of_o tithe_n into_o the_o church_n as_o the_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n receive_v they_o will_v needs_o seek_v out_o how_o and_o in_o what_o right_n and_o in_o what_o quantity_n this_o provision_n belong_v unto_o the_o church_n wherein_o they_o do_v by_o their_o overmuch_a subtlety_n rather_o confound_v the_o truth_n than_o make_v that_o appear_v which_o they_o intend_v to_o do_v by_o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v