by_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n chap._n 7._o this_o melchisedec_n be_v king_n of_o salem_n priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n who_o meet_v abraham_n return_v from_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o king_n and_o bless_a he_o to_o who_o also_o abraham_n give_v the_o ten_o of_o all_o and_o why_o the_o ten_o part_n question_n and_o not_o the_o seven_o or_o eight_o part_n or_o the_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o part_n wherefore_o do_v abraham_n give_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o to_o melchisedec_n answer_n 4._o vnde_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la reâ—um_fw-la juarum_fw-la decimam_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la nonam_fw-la vel_fw-la octavam_fw-la vel_fw-la aliam_fw-la quamque_fw-la partem_fw-la offerendam_fw-la esse_fw-la scire_fw-la potuisset_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la â—octus_fw-la suisset_fw-la from_o the_o begin_n man_n be_v teach_v by_o god_n to_o pay_v tithe_n as_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_n victory_n erudii_fw-la theol._n de_fw-fr saer_n lib._n 1._o par_fw-fr 12._o cap._n 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