doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n before_o he_o so_o immediate_o succeed_v the_o apostle_n for_o between_o the_o death_n of_o john_n the_o apostle_n and_o origen_n be_v but_o 84._o year_n so_o that_o which_o origen_n here_o deliver_v of_o tithe_n be_v never_o cross_v in_o the_o church_n follow_v till_o antichrist_n oppress_v all_o now_o this_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o very_a great_a presumption_n for_o the_o truth_n if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o that_o a_o sentence_n shall_v be_v keep_v in_o the_o best_a time_n of_o the_o church_n so_o long_o uncontrolled_a and_o never_o alter_v till_o the_o mist_n of_o superstition_n come_v in_o which_o change_v all_o thing_n but_o let_v we_o consider_v the_o rest_n which_o follow_v next_o after_o origen_n follow_v cyprian_n who_o reprove_v 66._o geminius_n faustinus_n who_o geminus_n victor_n have_v make_v overseer_n of_o his_o will_n this_o he_o sharp_o rebuke_v as_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n say_v that_o minister_n or_o as_o he_o term_v they_o by_o a_o word_n in_o use_n in_o that_o age_n presbyteri_fw-la have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o secular_a affair_n but_o as_o the_o levite_n have_v no_o other_o business_n but_o to_o attend_v on_o the_o altar_n so_o the_o lord_n have_v provide_v for_o minister_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v draw_v by_o worldly_a occasion_n from_o their_o holy_a business_n but_o may_v live_v of_o that_o honourable_a stipend_n with_o their_o brother_n fratrum_fw-la as_o they_o who_o receive_v tithe_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n tanquam_fw-la decimas_fw-la ex_fw-la fructu_fw-la accipientes_fw-la ab_fw-la altari_fw-la &_o sacrificijs_fw-la non_fw-la recedant_fw-la sed_fw-la die_fw-la ac_fw-la nocte_fw-la celestibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la ac_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la seruiant_fw-la where_o he_o say_v the_o minister_n live_v in_o honore_fw-la sportulantium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la it_o show_v that_o ancient_a use_n whereof_o we_o speak_v before_o that_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n whether_o 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ancient_n for_o present_o upon_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n it_o be_v assign_v to_o what_o several_a church_n tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v gratian_n bring_v a_o testimony_n out_o of_o dionysius_n himself_o to_o prove_v this_o ecclesias_fw-la singulas_fw-la q._n &c_n &c_n that_o be_v we_o have_v assign_v several_a church_n for_o several_a minister_n and_o divide_v to_o each_o their_o parish_n and_o churchyard_n &_o appoint_v that_o every_o one_o shall_v have_v their_o proper_a right_n so_o that_o none_o may_v intrude_v upon_o the_o parish_n or_o right_n of_o another_o the_o same_o be_v also_o confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o leo_n the_o four_o who_o say_v de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v concern_v tithe_n not_o we_o only_o but_o also_o those_o aunceaunt_n that_o have_v be_v before_o we_o have_v think_v good_a that_o the_o people_n shall_v pay_v they_o to_o baptismal_a church_n by_o a_o baptismal_a church_n be_v mean_v such_o a_o church_n where_o all_o who_o dwell_v within_o the_o circuit_n of_o that_o parish_n ought_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o it_o be_v distinguish_v by_o this_o name_n from_o chapel_n for_o albeit_o diverse_a chapel_n be_v found_v within_o the_o same_o circuit_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o ancient_a order_n that_o baptism_n may_v not_o be_v celebrate_v in_o those_o chapel_n but_o only_o in_o the_o chief_a church_n in_o that_o circuit_n this_o be_v confirm_v out_o of_o a_o council_n of_o toledo_n plures_fw-la baptismales_fw-la plures_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o una_fw-la terminatione_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la cum_fw-la capellis_fw-la suis._n the_o counsel_n call_v cabilonense_n about_o the_o year_n 650._o have_v thus_o ecclesiae_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la constitutae_fw-la eccle._n nec_fw-la decimis_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la possessione_n priventur_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la novis_fw-la oratorijs_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la and_o in_o case_n a_o man_n shall_v build_v a_o church_n or_o chapel_n within_o his_o own_o liberty_n yet_o he_o may_v not_o pay_v tithe_n to_o it_o but_o the_o tithe_n must_v go_v to_o the_o ancient_a church_n as_o in_o former_a time_n for_o so_o say_v a_o council_n of_o worm_n about_o the_o time_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a quicunque_fw-la qnicuâ—_n voluerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o any_o man_n will_v build_v a_o new_a church_n within_o his_o own_o liberty_n he_o may_v so_o he_o have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o who_o diocese_n it_o be_v but_o then_o the_o bishop_n must_v provide_v that_o the_o ancient_a church_n lose_v not_o their_o right_a and_o tithe_n by_o these_o new_a but_o the_o tithe_n be_v always_o to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o ancient_a church_n anastasius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n ann._n 398._o have_v two_o testimony_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n statuimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v we_o appoint_v statuit_n that_o if_o any_o shall_v withhold_v the_o tithe_n and_o offering_n which_o the_o people_n be_v to_o pay_v or_o shall_v give_v they_o from_o the_o baptismal_a church_n without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o of_o he_o who_o duty_n it_o be_v to_o look_v thereto_o and_o will_v not_o be_v rule_v by_o their_o counsel_n he_o be_v accurse_v and_o debar_v from_o the_o communion_n now_o if_o hence_o any_o shall_v surmise_v that_o he_o may_v by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o the_o bishop_n do_v this_o because_o he_o be_v command_v without_o his_o knowledge_n not_o to_o do_v it_o that_o be_v answer_v council_n wormac_n that_o the_o bishop_n himself_o may_v not_o give_v that_o licence_n to_o pay_v tithe_n from_o baptismal_a church_n and_o in_o a_o other_o place_n it_o be_v say_v that_o if_o the_o bishop_n shall_v do_v so_o he_o shall_v turn_v the_o house_n of_o god_n into_o a_o den_n of_o 7._o thief_n and_o shall_v therefore_o be_v excommunicate_a without_o hope_n of_o return_n again_o anastasius_n say_v quidam_fw-la laici_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o proprijs_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o beneficijs_fw-la svas_fw-la habent_fw-la basilicas_fw-la contempta_fw-la 1._o episcopi_fw-la dispositione_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ubi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o praedicationem_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la christi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la daunt_v sed_fw-la proprijs_fw-la basilicis_fw-la vel_fw-la alijs_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la sue_v tribuunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la constat_fw-la esse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n can._n 16._o witness_v that_o the_o country_n parish_n church_n be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o several_a bishop_n and_o if_o a_o question_n rise_v to_o which_o bishop_n the_o parish_n belong_v 30._o year_n prescription_n be_v require_v to_o prove_v the_o right_n if_o any_o city_n shall_v be_v afterward_o renew_a by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n than_o the_o ordination_n of_o parish_n shall_v follow_v the_o new_a ordination_n of_o that_o city_n thus_o be_v parish_n church_n under_o the_o government_n of_o bishop_n and_o tithe_n assign_v to_o
he_o praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-la soluendis_fw-la decimis_fw-la qua_fw-la parte_fw-la divinum_fw-la &_o naturale_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ulla_fw-la lege_fw-la humana_fw-la 25._o vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la contraria_fw-la aboleri_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la habere_fw-la ius_fw-la petendi_fw-la decimas_fw-la etiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la soluantur_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la theologi_fw-la &_o canonistae_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la if_o this_o be_v so_o certain_a than_o it_o be_v also_o certain_a that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o pope_n dispensation_n to_o the_o contrary_a all_o papist_n will_v assent_v to_o our_o conclusion_n by_o this_o grant_n of_o beauty_n we_o have_v get_v somewhat_o that_o all_o the_o schoolman_n and_o canonist_n that_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o papist_n hold_v that_o the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n be_v divine_a and_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o 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not_o the_o force_n of_o the_o truth_n will_v compel_v every_o man_n to_o confess_v that_o the_o thing_n which_o must_v of_o right_n always_o be_v demand_v in_o the_o church_n be_v natural_a and_o divine_a now_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o right_a to_o demand_v any_o other_o kind_n of_o maintenance_n than_o tithe_n abulensis_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v much_o more_o curious_a than_o bellarmine_n move_v this_o question_n quo_fw-la nam_fw-la jure_fw-la debetur_fw-la 148._o decima_fw-la after_o much_o disputation_n his_o resolute_a answer_n be_v debetur_fw-la jure_fw-la canonico_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la debitur_fw-la jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la nec_fw-la divino_fw-la nec_fw-la civili_fw-la quum_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la imponat_fw-la onera_fw-la pro_fw-la ministris_fw-la dei_fw-la neque_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la aliqua_fw-la lex_fw-la civilis_fw-la quae_fw-la obliget_fw-la omnes_fw-la christianos_n quum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la unus_fw-la princeps_fw-la secularis_fw-la omnium_fw-la sicut_fw-la est_fw-la unus_fw-la princeps_fw-la ecclesiasticus_fw-la in_o which_o word_n we_o observe_v the_o absurdity_n whereinto_o great_a wit_n must_v needs_o fall_v when_o once_o they_o resolve_v to_o have_v the_o truth_n as_o saint_n james_n say_v in_o respect_n of_o person_n for_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v what_o they_o will_v hold_v if_o the_o pope_n authority_n to_o the_o contrary_a do_v not_o set_v a_o bias_n upon_o their_o wit_n and_o word_n first_o he_o say_v tithe_n be_v due_a only_a jure_fw-la canonica_n but_o what_o then_o must_v be_v say_v of_o those_o time_n before_o this_o ius_fw-la canonicum_fw-la be_v invent_v tithe_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n to_o be_v due_a when_o there_o be_v no_o canon_n law_n in_o the_o world_n and_o be_v more_o sincere_o hold_v by_o the_o church_n before_o then_o after_o the_o canon_n law_n come_v in_o hold_v by_o the_o father_n from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o no_o other_o second_o he_o grant_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o due_a jure_fw-la civili_fw-la and_o give_v reason_n why_o they_o can_v stand_v by_o that_o law_n which_o be_v well_o to_o be_v mark_v because_o say_v he_o tithe_n be_v the_o minister_n right_a through_o all_o christendom_n now_o neither_o do_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n impose_v those_o right_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o one_o civil_a prince_n that_o rule_v over_o all_o christendom_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o neither_o may_v be_v impose_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n if_o this_o reason_n be_v good_a then_o be_v it_o certain_a that_o tithe_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o judicials_n for_o nothing_o be_v judicial_a but_o that_o which_o may_v be_v impose_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n this_o be_v a_o evident_a truth_n which_o none_o deny_v that_o know_v what_o be_v judicials_n whereby_o it_o be_v no_o less_o evident_a that_o abulensis_n do_v utter_o overthrow_v all_o that_o devise_n at_o once_o which_o the_o schoolman_n so_o busy_o build_v up_o three_o we_o reason_n from_o his_o enumeration_n of_o law_n thus_o tithe_n be_v due_a by_o some_o law_n either_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o prince_n constitution_n or_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n but_o abulensis_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o side_n grant_v that_o they_o be_v not_o due_a by_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o prince_n constitution_n and_o we_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v not_o due_a by_o the_o canon_n law_n because_o they_o be_v more_o due_o more_o orderly_a and_o sincere_o pay_v and_o hold_v before_o the_o canon_n law_n be_v invent_v then_o ever_o they_o be_v since_o therefore_o it_o must_v follow_v that_o they_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n as_o this_o stand_v against_o the_o papist_n so_o it_o stand_v no_o less_o strong_a against_o such_o as_o hold_v tithe_n prince_n constitution_n because_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o tithe_n be_v hold_v as_o orderly_o and_o due_o in_o the_o church_n before_o they_o be_v confirm_v by_o prince_n constitution_n as_o afterward_o prince_n indeed_o may_v confirm_v or_o forbid_v the_o use_n but_o they_o can_v make_v or_o take_v away_o the_o right_n wherefore_o see_v all_o that_o stand_v against_o we_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o that_o we_o have_v prove_v that_o the_o maintenance_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v nothing_o but_o alm_n that_o tithe_n be_v establish_v in_o the_o church_n as_o the_o ancient_a ordinance_n of_o god_n that_o this_o ordinance_n be_v not_o judicial_a because_o it_o be_v holy_a and_o of_o thing_n separate_v from_o common_a use_n nor_o ceremonial_a because_o it_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o remain_v only_o until_o the_o time_n of_o reformation_n but_o remain_v after_o that_o time_n see_v these_o thing_n stand_v thus_o we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o tithe_n be_v now_o due_a to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n as_o they_o have_v be_v always_o account_v in_o the_o best_a age_n of_o the_o church_n finis_fw-la numb_a 13._o 33._o 2._o king_n 22._o 20._o spelunca_n latronum_fw-la jos._n 10._o 23._o 1._o king_n 14._o exod._n 1._o 9_o 10._o 1._o sam._n 5._o 1._o sam_n 24._o 5._o 2._o sam._n 10._o 4._o psal._n 50._o psal._n 50._o 1._o lib._n 2._o doct_n fid_fw-we art_n 3._o cap._n 64._o 2_o tom._n 1._o contr_n 5_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o 3._o the_o first_o opinion_n refute_v 1._o cor._n â—_o luke_n 10._o 7._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 8._o the_o second_o opinion_n refute_v gen._n 4._o 3._o 4_o 5_o gen._n 14._o 18._o verse_n 7._o verse_n 8._o john_n caluin_n gen._n 28._o 20._o 21._o 22._o to._n 1._o con._n 5._o lib._n 1._o ca._n 25._o herodot_n clio._n plutarc_n camil._n plut._n lucullo_n lib._n saturn_n 3._o cap_n 42._o biblith_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o hist._n nat_n lib_n 12._o cap._n 14._o &_o 19_o levit._n 27._o 30._o num._n 18._o 21._o whether_o tithe_n be_v ceremonial_a 1._o 2._o q._n 81._o art_n â—_o ad_fw-la 1._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr indulg_n cap._n â—â—_o gal._n 5._o 3._o heb._n 9_o 24._o tithe_n not_o judicials_n 3._o part_n q._n 51._o 3._o 2._o 2._o q._n 87._o art_n 3._o hom._n 11._o in_o num_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 146._o apol._n cap._n 39_o hist._n oct._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o defence_n pâ—â—â—_n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 25._o cun_v 12._o q._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matriabus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la in_o dictione_n singularum_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la spiscoporum_fw-la lib_fw-la de_fw-la scriptor_n eccles_n orig._n hom_o 11._o in_o num._n ibid._n cyprian_a ep_n 66._o in_o honore_fw-la sportulantium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la dionisij_fw-la &_o cause_n 13._o q._n 1._o caus._n 3._o q._n caus._n 16._o q._n plures_fw-la ibid._n eccle._n ibid._n qnicuâ—_n ibid._n statuit_n ibid._n q._n 7._o caus._n 16._o q._n 1._o defence_n pac_fw-la part_n 2_o cap._n 14._o or_o as_o the_o gloss_n seem_v to_o read_v the_o dotation_n caus._n 16._o q._n 7._o ibid._n council_n tolet._n 4._o can_n 32._o hom_o 18_o iâ—_n act._n hom._n 44._o in_o mat._n ad_fw-la nepotia_n de_fw-fr vitacler_n in_o malach._n 3._o 8._o 1._o tim._n 5._o in_o serm_n quadrage_n lib._n 50._o homoliarum_fw-la homel_n 48._o caus._n 16._o q._n 2._o council_n matif_n 2._o can_n 6._o caus._n 16._o q._n 1._o hom._n 16._o in_o euang_n hom_o 9_o de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la cap._n 87._o caus._n 16._o q._n 10._o 1._o chron_n 30._o catus_n test_n veril_n tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 15._o abulens_n in_o mat._n cap._n 23._o qu._n 136._o 2._o tim._n 2._o 4._o apud_fw-la francis_fw-la astesanum_fw-la iten_v hostiensen_n de_fw-fr clericâ—_fw-la lib._n 1._o ca._n 25._o to._n 1_o con_v 5._o lib._n 1._o c._n 25._o in_o mat._n 23_o q._n 148._o
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