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and_o collect_v this_o rent_n or_o custom_n due_a to_o he_o and_o to_o carry_v it_o into_o his_o treasury_n of_o heaven_n as_o the_o porter_n thereof_o there_o to_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o our_o use_n and_o benefit_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v deciman_n deo_fw-la in_o pauperibus_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la donet_fw-la say_v 9_o s._n augustine_n let_v he_o give_v it_o to_o god_n either_o in_o bestow_v it_o upon_o the_o poor_a or_o in_o the_o church_n though_o christ_n be_v ascend_v into_o heaven_n in_o his_o person_n he_o be_v still_o upon_o earth_n by_o his_o proctor_n and_o substitute_n the_o poor_a and_o needy_a and_o therefore_o a_o father_n jerome_n i_o take_v it_o answer_v mary_n when_o she_o complain_v that_o they_o have_v take_v away_o the_o lord_n oh_o say_v he_o but_o they_o have_v not_o take_v away_o his_o servum_fw-la servant_n mean_v the_o poor_a and_o needy_a on_o who_o she_o may_v abundant_o express_v her_o charity_n as_o the_o law_n of_o god_n enjoin_v the_o levite_n to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o the_o high_a priest_n so_o also_o the_o old_a law_n of_o the_o land_n bind_v our_o bishop_n themselves_o to_o pay_v tithe_n yea_o the_o king_n himself_o i_o command_v my_o sheriff_n say_v ethelstane_n through_o my_o kingdom_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o of_o all_o the_o saint_n and_o upon_o my_o love_n that_o they_o present_o pay_v my_o own_o tithe_n to_o the_o uttermost_a both_o of_o live_a thing_n and_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o the_o bishop_n do_v the_o same_o of_o their_o own_o good_n and_o also_o my_o alderman_n and_o sheriff_n tom._n 1._o council_n britan._n pag._n 402._o and_o the_o very_a glebe_n land_n of_o the_o parson_n himself_o if_o it_o be_v let_v to_o another_o must_v pay_v tithe_n as_o be_v adjudge_v in_o the_o king_n bench_n this_o term_n sancti_fw-la hillarii_n quaere_fw-la cap._n xvi_o out_o of_o what_o thing_n tithe_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v it_o be_v record_v in_o genesis_n that_o abraham_n before_o his_o name_n 7._o be_v change_v give_v he_o tithe_v of_o all_o and_o jacob_n in_o the_o 28._o ca._n say_v of_o all_o that_o thou_o shall_v give_v i_o will_v i_o give_v the_o ten_o unto_o thou_o in_o the_o 27._o leu._n all_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n 30._o of_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o ground_n &_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n be_v the_o lord_n itâ—_n be_v holy_a unto_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o the_o 14._o deut._n 22._o thou_o shall_v give_v the_o tithe_n of_o all_o the_o increase_n of_o thy_o seed_n that_o come_v forth_o of_o thy_o field_n year_n by_o year_n that_o we_o shall_v bring_v the_o tithe_n of_o our_o land_n unto_o the_o levite_n that_o the_o levite_n may_v have_v the_o tithe_n in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o our_o travel_n or_o labour_n so_o in_o the_o 2_o chro._n 31._o 5_o they_o bring_v the_o tithe_n of_o all_o thing_n abundant_o &_o v_o 6._o they_o bring_v the_o tithe_n of_o bullock_n and_o sheep_n and_o the_o holy_a tithe_n which_o be_v consecrate_v unto_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n i._o by_o a_o vow_n in_o these_o general_a precept_n there_o need_v no_o particular_a enumeration_n of_o what_o shall_v be_v pay_v they_o run_v upon_o the_o word_n all_o &_o without_o exception_n all_o whatsoever_o the_o ground_n yield_v either_o by_o industry_n or_o natural_o corn_n wine_n oil_n the_o fruit_n &_o increase_v of_o every_o thing_n whether_o live_v or_o vegelative_n and_o more_o than_o so_o for_o even_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v get_v by_o labour_n and_o travel_v for_o therein_o we_o have_v our_o part_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o blessing_n as_o well_o as_o in_o his_o other_o gift_n &_o bounty_n and_o the_o word_n in_o nehe._n in_o all_o the_o city_n 37._o seem_v to_o extend_v to_o the_o handy-crafts-man_n for_o citizen_n common_o occupy_v not_o field_n or_o husbandry_n which_o be_v rather_o proper_a unto_o the_o village_n &_o country_n people_n so_o that_o if_o citizen_n shall_v not_o yield_v the_o tithe_n of_o their_o travel_n most_o of_o they_o shall_v yield_v nothing_o at_o all_o and_o no_o man_n must_v appear_v before_o the_o lord_n empty_a exod._n 23._o 15._o for_o he_o have_v show_v 16._o mercy_n upon_o all_o and_o he_o will_v have_v some_o acknowledgement_n from_o all_o this_o uphold_v the_o custom_n of_o many_o place_n of_o england_n where_o the_o very_a servant_n pay_v a_o tithe_n out_o of_o their_o wage_n some_o deduction_n be_v make_v for_o apparel_n and_o by_o like_a reason_n i_o think_v that_o those_o that_o have_v annuity_n and_o fee_n as_o officer_n and_o such_o like_a aught_o to_o yield_v a_o tithe_n thereof_o for_o out_o of_o those_o the_o king_n have_v his_o subsidy_n and_o ten_o and_o by_o like_a yea_o better_a reason_n shall_v god_n
have_v his_o portion_n of_o all_o that_o thou_o shall_v give_v i_o say_v jacob_n will_v i_o give_v the_o ten_o unto_o thou_o and_o in_o the_o gospel_n the_o pharisee_fw-mi though_o brag_o yet_o according_a to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o righteous_a of_o that_o time_n say_v i_o give_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o i_o possess_v as_o it_o seem_v even_o of_o his_o good_n and_o dead_a commodity_n as_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o i_o suppose_v that_o the_o ancient_n pay_v tithe_n in_o two_o sort_n some_o ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la other_o ex_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la or_o placito_fw-la some_o by_o commandment_n of_o the_o law_n other_o out_o of_o their_o 32._o freewill_n and_o benevolence_n in_o the_o 31._o of_o the_o 2_o chron._n v._n 6._o it_o be_v say_v they_o bring_v the_o tithe_n boum_n &_o pecudum_fw-la of_o ox_n and_o sheep_n thing_n tithe_v before_o while_o they_o be_v young_a as_o i_o conceive_v and_o not_o now_o again_o to_o be_v tithe_v when_o they_o be_v grow_v to_o their_o 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tithe_v it_o to_o melchisedek_n and_o thereof_o if_o we_o may_v depart_v a_o little_a out_o of_o the_o circle_n of_o holy_a scripture_n into_o the_o history_n of_o the_o gentile_n who_o even_o by_o instinct_n of_o nature_n find_v this_o duty_n to_o belong_v unto_o god_n we_o abound_v with_o example_n thereof_o as_o pay_v by_o cyrus_n 24_o at_o the_o take_n of_o sardis_n by_o furius_n camillus_n upon_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o veian_o by_o alexander_n the_o great_a upon_o his_o conquest_n of_o arabia_n when_o he_o send_v a_o whole_a ship_n lade_v with_o frankincense_n for_o the_o altar_n of_o his_o god_n but_o occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o these_o shall_v serve_v i_o better_o afterward_o and_o therefore_o to_o return_v to_o that_o be_v more_o material_a the_o example_n of_o abraham_n in_o this_o point_n of_o tithing_n the_o prey_n teach_v we_o also_o that_o we_o give_v god_n a_o tithe_n out_o of_o every_o accession_n of_o wealth_n that_o he_o send_v to_o we_o in_o any_o course_n 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