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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10796	The reuenue of the Gospel is tythes, due to the ministerie of the word, by that word. Written by Foulke Robartes Batchelour of Diuinitie	Robartes, Foulke, 1580?-1650.	1613 (1613)	STC 21069; ESTC S115987	99,848	152

require is the tenth part of the increase of the goods of their brethren who doe liue vnder their Ministerie For the auouching of this truth we must consider two things I us Factum that is right and practise The right is twofold 1. originall which is Gods 2. deputed which is mans The first and originall right vnto tythes is the Lord Original● right to tythes Gods owne right Leu. 27. 30. 32. All tythes of the land of the seede of the ground of the fruit of the trees is the Lords holy to the Lord. And euery tythe of bullocke and of sheepe and of all that goeth vnder the rod the tenth shall be holy vnto the Lord. Hereupon it is that when the Israelites be slacke in payments of their tythes God doth say not that the Leuites but that he himselfe is robbed Mal. 3. 8 9. and the barne or store house of the Leuites God calleth it bethi my house It is in vaine to say that tythes are the Lords onely in a generall sence as all other things are the Lords as the cattell vpon a thousand hils for it is manifest that this is spoken Psal 50. 10 Carlet tyth cap 3. Eburn p 65. discriminatim by way of distinction insinuating that tythes are the Lords by a speciall proprietie the Lord hauing allowed vnto men the nine parts and reserued the tenth vnto himselfe For except it were vnderstood in this speciall sence and not in the generall then not the tenth part but all the ten parts are the Lords and then it will follow that God giueth all to the Leuite For when God saith concerning the Leuites I am their inheritance Ezech. 44. 28. I am thy part and thine inheritance Num. 18. 20. doth he not plainely meane that they hauing none inheritance among their brethren shall haue that which is the Lords part If they shal haue that which is the Lords part in a generall sence they shall haue all for in that sence all is the Lords But they must haue onely a tenth part besides their offerings which they haue vnder the name of the Lords part the Lords possession the Lords inheritance therefore the tenth is the Lords part in another sence and meaning then as all the rest is his Hee hath a common right in the rest in regard of his creation and prouidence so as all are held of him and at his good pleasure but he hath a speciall right to tythes as his owne demeanes or reserued estate Hereupon it is that M. Calvin writing vpon these ●e●te● words Leuit. 27. 30. calleth tythes proprium Dei ius regal● vectigal that is Gods proper right and royall tribute And in the same place of his Pen●et vpon the words of Deut. 14. 22. saith Deo vendicat omnium frugum decimas quibus autem soluendae sint non statim exprimit that is Moses doth challenge for God the tenthes of all fruits but he doth not presently expresse to whom they shall be paid For whereas Moses doth proclaime Gods challenge in Sinai where all the booke of Leuiticus was deliuered Leuit. 27. 34. the assigning of tythes vnto the Leuites is not mentioned vntill the 18. chapter of Num. which was long time after for between the departure of the Israelites from Sinai and the things written Num. 18. there were many accidents as the lusting for flesh and the punishment thereof the murmuring of A●ron and Miriam the espying of the Land of Canaan the rebellion of Corah Dathan and Abiram the confirming of Aarons priesthood by the budding of his rodde and diuers other notable occurrences Yea where they departed from Sinai in the second moneth of the second yeare Num. 10. 11. they receiue not the precepts mentioned cap. 18. vntill the 30. yeare So that Perkins digest pag. 1● the proper right vnto tythes is Gods independantly they beeing proclaimed to be his about thirtie yeares before they were assigned vnto the Leuites so as though God had not ordained the tythes to be the portion of the Leuites yet had the tythes beene still due vnto God for he doth not say they shall be the Lords when hee appointeth them for the Leuites but they are his alreadie what soeuer hee shall thinke good to doe with them And to that effect are the words of Mr. Calvin pregnant Cum decimas In ●eb 7. ● populus quasi sacrum vectigal offerret deo Leuitae eas recipiebant quia in locum suum deus cos quodāmodo surrogabat that is when the people were to offer the tythes vnto God as a sacred tribute the Leuites did receiue them because God had substituted them after a sort in his place And by and by after in the same place hee addeth quod debebat Abraham deo soluit in manum Melchisedech that is what Abraham ought vnto God hee paid into the hands of Melchisedech So that euen then before the priesthood of Leui the tenth was Gods speciall portion What share soeuer of any estate any man enioyeth he hath the same as a Farmer or Coppyholder from the Lord God and therefore he oweth vnto God not onely his seruice of obedience vnto the commandements but also some rent or acknowledgment whereby he may testifie that hee holdeth his estate of the Lord God And therefore saith Salomon honour the Lord with thy riches Goulartius P●o. ● 9. ●pist ●● no● 11. in his notes vpon Cyprian hath these words Vsus decimarum tribus in rebu● cernitur id est agnoscere omnia quae tum è terra eduntur tum ab animantibus procreantur diuina bonitate ad vsum nostrum gigni quod testabantur pendentes decimas deo eo tanquam principe gubernator● agni●o a quo omni●bona in nos proficiscerentur c. that is there is to be discerned a threefold vse of tythes 1. to acknowledge all things both of the fruits of the earth and also of the increase of cattell to be by the goodnesse of God produced for our vse which thing they testified by paying their tythes to God acknowledging him for the King and Gouernour from whom all good things are deriued vnto vs c. Whereunto agreeth that testimonie of Doctor Iunius Velnatura teste beneficia dei prositerioportet 〈…〉 31. eos qui acceperunt ●quemadmodum gentes ipsae decimas Herculi praebuerunt solenni more that is Nature it selfe beareth witnesse that they who haue receiued benefits from God ought to acknowledge them as the very heathen performed tythes vnto Hercules in a solemne manner To the same effect further are the words of Mr. Calvin 〈…〉 18. 20. Deus tanquam Rex decimas sibi suo iure vendicat that is God as a King challengeth the tythes to himselfe by his owne right And so saith Augustine non rogat tuum sed suum rogat decimas that is hee doth not aske thine 〈…〉 219. but his owne he doth aske the tenthes Where Augustine maketh a manifest difference betweene that which is