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but_o although_o such_o consideration_n if_o they_o be_v all_o true_a as_o of_o the_o owner_n conveyance_n continuance_n of_o time_n etc._n etc._n may_v seem_v to_o infer_v a_o debitum_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la not_o only_a charitatis_fw-la yet_o that_o be_v but_o politic_a justice_n not_o always_o christian_n and_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o as_o due_a by_o common_a law_n which_o be_v a_o less_o tie_n of_o conscience_n than_o the_o due_a of_o charity_n and_o therefore_o they_o may_v think_v it_o no_o more_o then_o as_o alm_n command_v by_o law_n concern_v which_o out_o of_o superfluity_n many_o of_o the_o ancient_a have_v speak_v no_o less_o of_o the_o duty_n and_o have_v account_v they_o at_o least_o wise_a unjust_a who_o have_v detain_v alm_n make_v charity_n the_o author_n but_o justice_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o give_v and_o have_v so_o interpret_v that_o verse_n in_o the_o psalm_n 9_o psal_n 112._o v._n 9_o dispersit_fw-la &_o dedit_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la iustitia_fw-la eius_fw-la 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 oâ—ttionâ—_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 history_n have_v by_o distemper_a malice_n ibid._n ibid._n ignorance_n or_o jealousy_n be_v cry_v down_o in_o corner_n animad_fw-la 15_o sure_a their_o malice_n have_v more_o discreet_a temper_n and_o their_o ignorance_n more_o solid_a learning_n and_o their_o jealousy_n more_o discover_v reason_n who_o cry_v down_o his_o book_n in_o corner_n than_o distemper_a self_n conceit_n will_v acknowledge_v their_o malice_n be_v but_o the_o hate_n of_o falsehood_n their_o ignorance_n but_o the_o modesty_n of_o not_o write_v and_o their_o jealousy_n but_o the_o pprophecy_n of_o what_o be_v too_o true_a but_o how_o ever_o they_o will_v not_o i_o mean_v open_o to_o cry_v out_o against_o it_o if_o not_o cry_v it_o down_o without_o malice_n though_o it_o may_v be_v more_o ignorant_o than_o those_o who_o his_o word_n may_v intend_v and_o not_o out_o of_o jealousy_n but_o out_o of_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o his_o book_n in_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o clergy_n although_o he_o compare_v his_o work_n to_o friar_n bacon_n most_o noble_a study_n and_o reuchlin_n and_o budes_n and_o erasmus_n rare_a labour_n and_o think_v all_o block_n to_o learning_n that_o shall_v not_o give_v a_o pass_a approbation_n to_o his_o curious_a diligence_n what_o have_v a_o common_a lawyer_n to_o do_v so_o they_o murmur_v with_o write_v of_o tithing_n 17._o pag._n 17._o animad_fw-la 16_o in_o that_o a_o common_a lawyer_n by_o profession_n have_v write_v a_o history_n of_o tithe_n for_o my_o part_n i_o condemn_v he_o not_o nor_o any_o other_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v seasonable_a and_o true_a and_o only_o a_o history_n and_o be_v allow_v yet_o i_o can_v have_v wish_v he_o have_v place_v his_o pain_n upon_o some_o more_o please_a argument_n whereout_o he_o may_v have_v have_v for_o malice_n praise_n for_o ignorance_n admiration_n and_o no_o jealousy_n especial_o of_o the_o church_n to_o who_o he_o owe_v his_o obedience_n to_o attend_v his_o endeavour_n i_o will_v not_o define_v who_o be_v the_o proper_a agent_n upon_o this_o subject_n i_o be_o sure_a that_o office_n which_o i_o unworthy_o bear_v may_v have_v best_a interest_n in_o all_o respect_n especial_o if_o the_o ancient_a duty_n be_v consider_v which_o be_v in_o the_o custody_n dispensation_n jurisdiction_n of_o tithe_n among_o other_o revenue_n beside_o the_o capableness_n of_o possession_n in_o himself_o the_o induction_n of_o other_o into_o the_o right_n of_o possession_n and_o some_o other_o convenience_n and_o to_o that_o office_n both_o theology_n and_o the_o canon_n law_n shall_v be_v no_o stranger_n and_o the_o embracement_n also_o of_o philologie_n have_v not_o be_v deny_v that_o dignity_n witness_n petrus_n blesensis_n johannes_n sarisburiensis_n and_o before_o these_o that_o honour_n of_o my_o poor_a dignity_n his_o master_n and_o the_o restorer_n of_o learning_n in_o my_o mother_n the_o university_n of_o oxon_n 205._o in_o chartul_n ecclesiae_fw-la roffens_n vodesis_n etiam_fw-la 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 yield_a enemy_n as_o he_o expect_v but_o as_o a_o friendly_a admonisher_n to_o he_o and_o a_o forward_a discoverer_n to_o other_o of_o such_o defect_n nay_o fault_n nay_o falsehood_n of_o this_o confident_a and_o ill_a consequenced_a book_n 78._o greg._n m._n indict_v 2._o ep_n 78._o in_o causa_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la deo_fw-la placere_fw-la cupio_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la formido_fw-la in_o that_o cause_n wherein_o i_o desire_v to_o please_v god_n i_o fear_v not_o man_n errata_fw-la pag._n 6._o lin_v 12._o percipientes_fw-la lege_fw-la accipientes_fw-la p._n 17._o l._n 21._o decimarum_fw-la l._n decimarum_fw-la dato_fw-la p._n 26._o 18._o exhibitis_fw-la l._n exhibetis_fw-la p._n 71._o 11._o apparent_o annex_v l._n apparent_o that_o tithe_n be_v annex_v p._n 86._o 14._o out_o of_o l._n one_o of_o ibid._n 24._o agrippiensi_fw-la l._n agrippinensi_fw-la p._n 100_o 10._o woo_a for_o i_o will_v for_o p._n 102._o 2._o that_o deleatur_fw-la p._n 120._o 33._o approbation_n l._n appropriation_n p._n 125._o 4._o action_n l._n action_n p._n 158._o 14._o exercendam_fw-la l._n exercenda_fw-la p._n 177._o 34._o as_o that_o deleatur_fw-la p._n 207._o 6._o read_v thus_o right_o of_o arbitrary_o dispose_v the_o jurisdiction_n which_o the_o common_a or_o secular_a law_n have_v former_o challenge_v and_o exercise_v in_o detain_v the_o right_a of_o tithe_n between_o the_o priest_n and_o parishioner_n grow_v out_o of_o use_n animadversion_n upon_o the_o history_n the_o author_n first_o and_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n whereon_o according_a to_o my_o profession_n i_o most_o intend_a to_o have_v place_v my_o observation_n have_v be_v learned_o censure_v and_o the_o authority_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v there_o propose_v have_v be_v exact_o press_v by_o that_o most_o religious_a and_o most_o worthy_a knight_n sir_n james_n sempil_n who_o love_n to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v gracious_a both_o with_o god_n and_o good_a man_n and_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o divine_a right_n of_o tithe_n promise_v by_o many_o nodis_fw-la hilarius_n de_fw-fr sy._n nodis_fw-la must_v insist_v thereupon_o i_o have_v therefore_o upon_o due_a respect_n for_o to_o use_v s._n hilary_n phrase_n quid_fw-la tantorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la doctrinis_fw-la atque_fw-la dictis_fw-la inserimus_fw-la torpentia_fw-la ingenia_fw-la atque_fw-la sensus_fw-la hebetes_fw-la atque_fw-la temerarios_fw-la neither_o interpose_v my_o censure_n neither_o prevent_v their_o censure_v yet_o whereas_o according_a to_o the_o wise_a judgement_n of_o vincentius_n lyrinensis_n ecclesiastical_a tradition_n after_o scripture_n as_o a_o interpreter_n be_v needful_a to_o convey_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o god_n word_n with_o more_o evidence_n to_o the_o peevish_a what_o that_o noble_a knight_n do_v purposely_o omit_v i_o have_v adventure_v not_o bawk_v any_o help_n of_o m._n seldens_n or_o other_o man_n writing_n to_o propose_v a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o succeed_a writer_n whereby_o both_o his_o and_o our_o church_n judgement_n may_v be_v free_v from_o the_o
suspicion_n of_o novelty_n and_o the_o author_n and_o whosoever_o favour_n the_o opinion_n of_o his_o book_n may_v be_v bring_v to_o consideration_n how_o many_o holy_a father_n who_o life_n and_o death_n god_n have_v make_v glorious_a by_o miracle_n by_o who_o learned_a and_o godly_a writing_n both_o heresy_n be_v confound_v and_o the_o truth_n convey_v unto_o we_o be_v opposite_a to_o their_o politic_a new_a find_v fancy_n and_o yet_o so_o little_a reverence_n have_v their_o gray-headed_a authority_n that_o either_o they_o be_v pass_v with_o censure_n or_o contempt_n aimoinus_n aimoinus_n aimoinus_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la gestis_fw-la francorum_fw-la cap._n 41._o relate_v that_o when_o chilperick_n will_v have_v proclaim_v sabellianisme_n and_o persuade_v gregorius_n turonensis_n to_o it_o and_o yet_o in_o his_o reason_n confess_v s._n hilary_n and_o s._n augustine_n to_o be_v against_o he_o that_o holy_a bishop_n reply_v cavendum_fw-la est_fw-la domine_fw-la mi_fw-mi rex_fw-la ne_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la irascatur_fw-la tibi_fw-la cvius_fw-la illi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la famuli_fw-la qui_fw-la ut_fw-la tu_fw-la ipse_fw-la fateris_fw-la in_fw-la ista_fw-la credulitate_fw-la sunt_fw-la contrarij_fw-la i_o compare_v not_o the_o error_n together_o god_n forbid_v yet_o the_o advice_n of_o that_o great_a bishop_n belong_v to_o he_o that_o since_o he_o acknowledge_v s._n ambrose_n and_o s._n augustine_n and_o s._n gregory_n and_o other_o to_o be_v adversary_n to_o his_o intention_n he_o will_v fear_v the_o anger_n of_o that_o god_n who_o servant_n they_o be_v and_o follow_v vincentius_n lyrinensis_n his_o wise_a admonition_n 39_o cap._n 4._o &_o 39_o quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la unus_fw-la aut_fw-la duo_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la pariter_fw-la uno_fw-la eodemque_fw-la consensu_fw-la apertè_fw-la frequenter_a perseveranter_fw-la tenuisse_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la docuisse_fw-la cognoverit_fw-la id_fw-la sibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la intelligat_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la dubitatione_n credendum_fw-la whatsoever_o the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o continuate_a antiquity_n have_v constant_o hold_v write_v teach_v that_o without_o doubt_v be_v to_o be_v believe_v he_o will_v retract_v his_o new_a opinion_n and_o acknowledge_v his_o last_o error_n he_o will_v return_v to_o the_o gracious_a favour_n of_o the_o king_n and_o church_n who_o if_o by_o disobedience_n he_o neglect_v will_v show_v more_o supercilious_a pride_n and_o youthful_a folly_n then_o either_o will_v beseem_v subject_a or_o christian_n before_o the_o authority_n let_v the_o reader_n observe_v these_o three_o proposition_n which_o may_v state_n both_o the_o question_n and_o interpret_v the_o ancient_n 1_o that_o the_o doctrine_n concern_v tithe_n be_v ever_o that_o they_o be_v due_a de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la as_o appear_v by_o the_o father_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n when_o they_o can_v not_o have_v they_o general_o pay_v as_o irenaeus_n origen_n tertullian_n cyprian_n 2_o that_o assoon_o as_o persecution_n cease_v they_o be_v receptae_fw-la in_o moribus_fw-la hominum_fw-la before_o they_o be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n by_o any_o imperial_a or_o ecclesiastical_a law_n as_o appear_v by_o those_o father_n that_o live_v in_o the_o flourish_a time_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o next_o 300._o year_n as_o s._n chrysostome_n hierome_n augustine_n ambrose_n and_o many_o other_o 3_o that_o the_o law_n imperial_a &_o ecclesiastical_a concern_v tithe_n do_v declare_v the_o right_n of_o tithe_n not_o give_v they_o nor_o the_o right_n and_o they_o do_v add_v civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a punishment_n on_o the_o non-payer_n rather_o than_o decree_v the_o payment_n as_o in_o the_o capitular_o be_v manifest_a the_o catalogue_n shall_v be_v dispose_v according_a to_o their_o several_a precedence_n in_o antiquity_n and_o only_o those_o at_o large_a insist_v on_o who_o direct_o or_o by_o necessary_a consequence_n maintain_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o tithe_n or_o more_o which_o consequence_n shall_v be_v only_o brief_o deduce_v out_o of_o they_o not_o to_o stay_v the_o more_o learned_a reader_n in_o the_o english_a nor_o yet_o defraud_v any_o of_o the_o inference_n the_o first_o shall_v be_v irenaeus_n 180._o floruit_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 180._o qui_fw-la proximus_fw-la fuit_fw-la temporibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la as_o s._n basil_n de_fw-fr s._n s_o to_z cap._n 25._o he_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o say_v sacerdotes_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la domini_fw-la apostoli_fw-la qui_fw-la neque_fw-la agros_fw-la neque_fw-la domos_fw-la haereditant_a hic_fw-la sed_fw-la semper_fw-la altari_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la seruiunt_fw-la de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la &_o moses_n non_fw-la erit_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la levitis_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la tribu_fw-la levi_n pars_fw-la neque_fw-la substantia_fw-la cum_fw-la israel_n fructificationes_fw-la domini_fw-la substantia_fw-la eorum_fw-la manducabunt_fw-la eas_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o paulus_n non_fw-la inquiro_fw-la inquit_fw-la datum_fw-la sed_fw-la inquiro_fw-la fructum_fw-la discipulis_fw-la inquit_fw-la dominus_fw-la leviticam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la habentibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o apostle_n be_v the_o priest_n that_o serve_v at_o the_o altar_n that_o must_v eat_v the_o lord_n part_n that_o must_v have_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o levite_n not_o of_o gift_n but_o right_o of_o they_o speak_v moses_n therefore_o be_v tithe_n due_a to_o they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n in_o the_o same_o book_n cap._n 27._o et_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la dominus_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la moechaberis_fw-la non_fw-la concupiscere_fw-la praecepit_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la occides_fw-la neque_fw-la irasci_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la decimare_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la dividere_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la non_fw-la dissoluentis_fw-la legem_fw-la erant_fw-la sed_fw-la extendentis_fw-la &_o dilatantis_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la and_o cap._n 31._o quae_fw-la autem_fw-la naturalia_fw-la &_o liberalia_fw-la &_o communia_fw-la omnium_fw-la auxit_fw-la &_o dilatavit_fw-la therefore_o decimare_fw-la according_a to_o irenaeus_n be_v plain_o natural_a and_o cap._n 34._o of_o the_o same_o book_n offer_v igitur_fw-la oportet_fw-la deo_fw-la primitias_fw-la eius_fw-la creaturae_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o moses_n ait_fw-fr non_fw-la apparebis_fw-la vacuus_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la domini_fw-la dei_fw-la tui_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la gratus_fw-la extitit_fw-la homo_fw-la in_o his_o gratus_fw-la ei_fw-la deputatus_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la percipiat_fw-la honorem_fw-la et_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la illi_fw-la quidem_fw-la decimas_fw-la suorum_fw-la habebant_fw-la consecratas_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la perceperunt_fw-la libertatem_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la ad_fw-la dominicos_fw-la decernunt_fw-la usus_fw-la hilariter_fw-la ac_fw-la liberè_fw-la dantes_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la minora_fw-la vipote_fw-la maiorem_fw-la spem_fw-la habentes_fw-la to_o give_v tithe_n or_o more_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o our_o hope_n of_o heaven_n therefore_o 226._o anno_fw-la 226._o 2._o origenes_n quem_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la magistrum_fw-la nemo_fw-la nisi_fw-la imperitus_fw-la negate_fw-la as_o s._n hierome_n de_fw-fr nominibus_fw-la hebraicis_fw-la he_o hom._n 11._o in_o numeros_fw-la decet_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o utile_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la euangelij_fw-la offer_n primitias_fw-la ita_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la disposuit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la euangelium_fw-la annuntiant_fw-la de_fw-la euangelio_fw-la vivant_fw-la et_fw-la sicut_fw-la hoc_fw-la dignum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o decens_fw-la sic_fw-la è_fw-la contrario_fw-la &_o indecens_fw-la &_o indignum_fw-la existimo_fw-la &_o impium_fw-la ut_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la deum_fw-la colit_fw-la &_o ingreditur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la qui_fw-la scit_fw-la ministros_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la assistere_fw-la altari_fw-la &_o aut_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la aut_fw-la ministerio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la deseruire_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la quos_fw-la deus_fw-la dedit_fw-la solemn_a suum_fw-la producendo_fw-la &_o plwias_fw-la svas_fw-la ministrando_fw-la non_fw-la offerat_fw-la primitias_fw-la svas_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la non_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la anima_fw-la habere_fw-la memoriam_fw-la dei_fw-la nec_fw-la cogitare_fw-la nec_fw-la credere_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la fructus_fw-la quos_fw-la coepit_fw-la quos_fw-la ita_fw-la recondit_fw-la quasi_fw-la alienos_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la si_fw-la enim_fw-la á_fw-fr deo_fw-la sibi_fw-la datos_fw-la crederet_fw-la sciret_fw-la utique_fw-la munerando_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la honorare_fw-la deum_fw-la de_fw-la datis_fw-la &_o muneribus_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la adhuc_fw-la ut_fw-la amplius_fw-la haec_fw-la obseruanda_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dei_fw-la vocibus_fw-la doceantur_fw-la addemus_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la dominus_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o euangelijs_fw-la vae_fw-la vobis_fw-la scribae_fw-la &_o pharisaei_n hypocritae_fw-la qui_fw-la decimatis_fw-la mentham_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la decimam_fw-la datis_fw-la menthae_fw-la &_o cymini_fw-la &_o anethi_fw-la &_o praeteritis_fw-la quae_fw-la maiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la legis_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la haec_fw-la oportet_fw-la fieri_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la non_fw-la omitti_fw-la vide_fw-la ergo_fw-la diligentius_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sermo_fw-la domini_fw-la vult_fw-la fieri_fw-la quidem_fw-la omnimodè_fw-la quae_fw-la maiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la legis_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la omitti_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la quae_fw-la secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la designantur_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la dicas_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la ad_fw-la pharisaeos_fw-la dicebat_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la discipulos_fw-la audi_fw-la iterum_fw-la
dicentem_fw-la ad_fw-la discipulos_fw-la nisi_fw-la abundaverit_fw-la iustitia_fw-la vestra_fw-la plusquam_fw-la pharisaeorum_fw-la &_o scribarum_fw-la non_fw-la intrabitis_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la ergo_fw-la fieri_fw-la à _fw-la pharisaeis_n multo_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o maiori_fw-la cum_fw-la abundantia_fw-la vult_fw-la à _fw-la discipulis_fw-la impleri_fw-la quod_fw-la autem_fw-la fieri_fw-la à _fw-la discipulis_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la nec_fw-la pharisaeis_n imperat_fw-la faciendum_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ergo_fw-la abundat_fw-la iustitia_fw-la nostra_fw-la plusquam_fw-la scribarum_fw-la &_o pharisaeorum_fw-la si_fw-la illi_fw-la de_fw-fr fructibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la suae_fw-la gustare_fw-la non_fw-la audent_fw-la priusquam_fw-la primitias_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la offerant_fw-la &_o levitis_fw-la decimae_fw-la separentur_fw-la et_fw-la ego_fw-la nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la faciens_fw-la fructibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la ita_fw-la abutar_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_n nesciat_fw-la levites_n ignoret_fw-la divinum_fw-la altar_n non_fw-la sentiat_fw-la it_o be_v impious_a not_o to_o offer_v first_o fruit_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o god_n who_o give_v sun_n and_o rain_n he_o have_v no_o thought_n of_o god_n nor_o believe_v that_o god_n give_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n who_o part_v to_o god_n none_o of_o his_o own_o gift_n and_o blessing_n we_o be_v teach_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o offer_v they_o moreover_o the_o lord_n say_v in_o the_o gospel_n concern_v the_o tithe_n of_o the_o pharisee_n these_o thing_n you_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v omit_v but_o if_o any_o object_n that_o he_o speak_v to_o the_o pharisee_n and_o not_o to_o his_o disciple_n hear_v what_o he_o say_v to_o his_o disciple_n except_o your_o righteousness_n exceed_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n what_o then_o the_o pharisee_n do_v must_v be_v exceed_v by_o the_o disciple_n and_o what_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o disciple_n do_v he_o will_v not_o command_v the_o pharisee_n to_o do_v this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o origen_n and_o his_o argument_n be_v powerful_a to_o prove_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o tithe_n 3._o cyprian_a lib._n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 250._o anno_fw-la 250._o domos_fw-la tunc_fw-la &_o fundos_fw-la venundabant_fw-la &_o thesauros_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la reponentes_fw-la distribuenda_fw-la in_o usus_fw-la indigentium_fw-la pretia_fw-mi apostolis_n osserebant_fw-la at_o nunc_fw-la de_fw-la patrimonio_fw-la nec_fw-la decimas_fw-la damus_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la vendere_fw-la iubeat_fw-la dominus_fw-la emimus_fw-la potius_fw-la &_o augemus_fw-la he_o reprehend_v the_o not_o equal_v of_o the_o jew_n in_o give_v tithe_n since_o we_o will_v not_o imitate_v the_o apostle_n time_n to_o give_v all_o but_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n we_o ought_v at_o least_o to_o equal_v the_o jew_n therefore_o the_o same_o lib._n 1._o ep_v 9_o scriptum_n est_fw-la nemo_fw-la militans_fw-la deo_fw-la implicat_fw-la se_fw-la molestijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la placere_fw-la ei_fw-la cvi_fw-la se_fw-la probavit_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la sit_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la molestijs_fw-la &_o laqueis_fw-la secularibus_fw-la obligari_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la qui_fw-la divinis_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o spiritualibus_fw-la occupati_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la recedere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la terrenos_fw-la &_o seculares_fw-la actus_fw-la vacare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la cvius_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la &_o religionis_fw-la formam_fw-la levitae_n prius_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la terram_fw-la dividerent_fw-la &_o possessiones_fw-la partirentur_fw-la undecim_fw-la tribus_fw-la levitica_n tribus_fw-la quae_fw-la templo_fw-la &_o altari_fw-la &_o ministerijs_fw-la divinis_fw-la vacabat_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la illa_fw-la divisionis_fw-la portione_fw-la perciperet_fw-la sed_fw-la alijs_fw-la terram_fw-la colentibus_fw-la illa_fw-la tantum_fw-la deum_fw-la coleret_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la victum_fw-la atque_fw-la alimentum_fw-la suum_fw-la ab_fw-la undecim_fw-la tribubus_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la qui_fw-la nascebantur_fw-la decimas_fw-la perciperet_fw-la quod_fw-la totum_fw-la fiebat_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o dispositione_n divinâ_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la operationibus_fw-la divinis_fw-la insistebant_fw-la in_fw-la nulla_fw-la re_fw-la avocarentur_fw-la nec_fw-la cogitare_fw-la aut_fw-la agere_fw-la secularia_fw-la cogerentur_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la tenetur_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la clericalem_fw-la promoventur_fw-la nullo_fw-la modo_fw-la ab_fw-la administratione_fw-la divina_fw-la avocentur_fw-la ne_fw-la molestijs_fw-la &_o negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la alligentur_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la sportulantium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la decimas_fw-la ex_fw-la fructibus_fw-la percipientes_fw-la ab_fw-la altari_fw-la &_o sacrificijs_fw-la non_fw-la recedant_fw-la &_o die_v ac_fw-la nocte_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la &_o spiritualibus_fw-la seruiant_fw-la the_o same_o reason_n and_o form_n be_v observe_v in_o the_o gospel_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o be_v first_o in_o the_o law_n that_o he_o that_o go_v in_o god_n warfare_n shall_v not_o be_v entangle_v in_o worldly_a affair_n therefore_o tithe_n or_o more_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la 355._o anno_fw-la 355._o 4._o s._n hilary_n in_o his_o book_n explanationis_fw-la in_o matth._n can_v 24._o quia_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o decimis_fw-la menthae_fw-la &_o anethi_fw-la lex_fw-la praescribit_fw-la quia_fw-la decimatio_fw-la illa_fw-la oleris_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o praeformationem_fw-la futurorum_fw-la erat_fw-la utilis_fw-la non_fw-la debebat_fw-la omitti_fw-la tithe_n of_o herb_n not_o to_o be_v omit_v because_o profitable_a for_o the_o example_n of_o future_a time_n therefore_o now_o by_o that_o precept_n due_a 370._o anno_fw-la 370._o 5._o s._n gregory_n nazianzene_n orat._n 5._o christus_fw-la appellatur_fw-la melchisedech_n ut_fw-la accipiens_fw-la decimas_fw-la a_o summis_fw-la illis_fw-la patriarchis_fw-la if_o christ_n as_o receive_v tithe_n be_v call_v melchisedech_n than_o he_o receive_v they_o and_o if_o he_o his_o priest_n 374._o anno_fw-la 374._o 6._o s._n ambrose_n serm._n 34._o in_o feria_n 3._o post_n primam_fw-la dominicam_fw-la quadragesimae_fw-la quicunque_fw-la recognoscit_fw-la in_o se_fw-la quod_fw-la fideliter_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la non_fw-la dederit_fw-la modò_fw-la emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la minus_fw-la fecit_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la fideliter_fw-la decimas_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la peius_fw-la nec_fw-la minus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la deo_fw-la offerat_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la grano_fw-la svo_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la vino_fw-la svo_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la arborum_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la pecoribus_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la hortis_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la negotijs_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la ipsa_fw-la venatione_fw-la sva_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la substantia_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la homini_fw-la donat_fw-la decimam_fw-la partem_fw-la sibi_fw-la seruavit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la homini_fw-la retinere_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la sibi_fw-la reseruavit_fw-la tibi_fw-la dedit_fw-la novem_fw-la part_n sibi_fw-la vero_fw-la reseruavit_fw-la decimam_fw-la partem_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la tu_fw-la non_fw-la dederis_fw-la deo_fw-la decimam_fw-la partem_fw-la deus_fw-la tollet_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la novem_fw-la part_n nam_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la deo_fw-la reddere_fw-la decimas_fw-la quas_fw-la retinuit_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la non_fw-la studet_fw-la reddere_fw-la quod_fw-la iniustè_fw-fr ab_fw-la eo_fw-la abstulit_fw-la non_fw-la timet_fw-la adhuc_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o ignorat_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la veraque_fw-la confessio_fw-la god_n have_v reserve_v the_o ten_o part_n he_o that_o pay_v not_o the_o ten_o do_v not_o yet_o fear_n god_n nor_o know_v what_o be_v true_a repentance_n and_o confession_n therefore_o idem_fw-la in_o sermone_fw-la in_o die_n ascensionis_fw-la ille_fw-la veer_fw-la bone_fw-la christianus_n qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr fructibus_fw-la suis_fw-la non_fw-la gustat_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la aliquia_fw-la deo_fw-la offerat_fw-la qui_fw-la decimas_fw-la deo_fw-la annis_fw-la singulis_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la erogandas_fw-la reddit_fw-la he_o be_v true_o a_o good_a christian_n that_o pay_v his_o tithe_n yearly_o to_o god_n therefore_o idem_fw-la in_o comment_n in_o luc._n cap._n 11._o lib._n 7._o comparat_fw-la collationem_fw-la decimarum_fw-la etiam_fw-la vilium_fw-la fructuum_fw-la operibus_fw-la judicium_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o charitatem_fw-la fidei_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la infert_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la 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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 exordia_fw-la ut_fw-la
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beside_o their_o own_o necessity_n to_o relieve_v the_o poor_a and_o in_o that_o division_n of_o primitiae_fw-la to_o the_o priest_n and_o deacon_n and_o decima_fw-la to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o clergy_n it_o be_v but_o a_o canon_n of_o order_n that_o the_o best_a shall_v have_v the_o best_a and_o those_o be_v the_o primitiae_fw-la but_o this_o also_o be_v god_n precept_n in_o the_o law_n numb_a 18._o whereupon_o eucherius_n say_v levit._n in_o quaesi_fw-la sup_v levit._n primitiae_fw-la frugum_fw-la caeterarumque_fw-la rerum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la decimae_fw-la vero_fw-la levitis_fw-la deputabantur_fw-la the_o first_o fruit_n of_o corn_n and_o other_o thing_n be_v appoint_v to_o the_o priest_n but_o tithe_n to_o the_o levite_n 81._o lib._n de_fw-fr judaicis_fw-la superstitionibus_fw-la pag._n 81._o but_o howsoever_o what_o by_o the_o censure_n of_o gelasius_n and_o the_o council_n of_o trullo_n and_o the_o say_n of_o agobardus_n licet_fw-la ijdem_fw-la libri_fw-la iudicentur_fw-la 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laiâ—is_fw-la cupidis_fw-la ad_fw-la possidendum_fw-la bishop_n see_z be_v give_v in_o poss_a ssion_n to_o covetous_a layman_n so_o bonifacius_n in_o epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la zachariam_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la rhemensem_fw-la 3._o in_o editione_n veneta_n concilioris_fw-la tom._n 3._o sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la alios_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la regni_fw-la francorum_fw-la laicis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o comitibus_fw-la dedit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nihil_fw-la potestatis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la permitteret_fw-la he_o give_v not_o only_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o rheims_n but_o other_o bishopricke_n also_o of_o france_n to_o lay_v man_n and_o his_o companion_n so_o that_o the_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n leave_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n in_o church_n affair_n so_o out_o of_o flodoardus_n pap._n dagoberti_fw-la in_o aâ—nal_n in_o vita_fw-la dagoberti_fw-la massonius_n episcopia_n laicis_fw-la donata_fw-la bishopric_n be_v give_v to_o lay_v man_n so_o hincmarus_n 19_o ep._n 6._o cap._n 19_o and_o three_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o they_o then_o be_v due_a to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o clergy_n as_o by_o the_o council_n at_o mascon_n appear_v nay_o before_o that_o which_o be_v most_o remarkable_a in_o the_o time_n of_o s._n remigius_n who_o baptize_v the_o first_o king_n clodovaeus_n among_o other_o revenue_n of_o his_o church_n that_o bishop_n of_o rheims_n by_o his_o will_n order_v tithe_n of_o certain_a village_n to_o be_v employ_v above_o what_o be_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o certain_a poor_a widow_n of_o the_o same_o church_n his_o will_n be_v perfect_a in_o flodoardus_n 18._o hist_o rhemens_n lib._n 1._o c._n 18._o wherein_o be_v these_o word_n viduis_fw-la 40._o in_fw-la porticu_fw-la eâ—clesiae_fw-la alimoniam_fw-la praestolantibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la de_fw-la decimis_fw-la villarum_fw-la calmisciaco_fw-it tessiaco_fw-it nova_fw-la villa_n stipendia_fw-la ministrabantur_fw-la superaddo_fw-la de_fw-fr villa_n huldriciaca_n etc._n etc._n 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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if_o not_o thy_o own_o to_o a_o holy_a work_n thou_o be_v both_o exhort_v and_o enforce_v if_o thou_o be_v willing_a then_o give_v if_o unwilling_a then_o restore_v but_o that_o such_o consecration_n of_o tithe_n 72._o pag._n 72._o not_o establish_v by_o a_o civil_a tithe_n make_v to_o the_o church_n of_o another_o parish_n be_v practise_v and_o be_v in_o force_n at_o the_o lay-owner_n choice_n he_o proove_v plain_o as_o he_o say_v by_o a_o law_n but_o not_o put_v in_o execution_n for_o punishment_n of_o such_o consecration_n and_o the_o law_n be_v leg_n longobard_fw-mi lib._n 3._o tit._n 3._o c._n 7._o &_o in_o addit_fw-la 4._o ad_fw-la capit_fw-la cap._n 173._o the_o word_n be_v quicunque_fw-la decimam_fw-la abstrahit_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la justitiam_fw-la dari_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o eam_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 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