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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91565	The great case of tythes truly stated, clearly opened, and fully resolved. By a countrey-man, A.P.	Pearson, Anthony, 1628-1670?	1657 (1657)	Wing P989; Thomason E931_2; ESTC R207656	39,708	44

seen in his Sermon of Repentance but his Authority he produceth wholly from Moses writings and quotes divers sentences and threatens the people that if they would not pay their renths God would reduce them to a tenth In like manner Augustine Bishop of Hippo hath a whole Homily for the right of eythes In Serm. de temp in Tom. i● Hoec est saith he Domini justissimae consuetudo ut si tu illi dicimam non dederis tu ad decimam revoceris And afterwards with much earnestnesse Decimae ex debit● requiruntur qui ●as dare noluerit res alienas invasit quanti pauperes in ●ocis ubā ipse habitat illo decimas non dante fame mortui fueriut tantorū homicidi●rū reus ante Tribunal aeterni judici● apparebit quia à Domiuo pauperibus delegatīs suis usibus reservavit Qui ergo sibi aut praemiū comparare aut peccaterum desiderat indulgentiam promereri reddat decimam who calls upon those that have no fruits of the earth to pay the tenth of whatsoever they live by and saith the neglect of payment of tythes is the cause of sterility and blasting agrees with Ambrose in his threats That God would reduce them to a tenth tells them that not paying their tythes they shall be found guilty at Gods Tribunal of the death of all the poor that perish through want in the places where they dwell and bids them that would either get reward or desire the pardon of their sins to pay their tythes These two great Bishops agree and from the Law given to the Israclites take their whole Doctrine and their own opinion impose with so heavy penalties But yet take notice to what end they required them That the poor might not want and saith that God hath reserved them for their use Leo called the great who was Pope from 440. to 460. was likewise very earnest and large in stirring up every mans devotion to offer to the Church part of his received fruits but speaks not a word of any certain quantity as may appeare by his Sermons De jejunio decimi miusis Eleemosynis Severin also about the year 470. stirred up the Christians in Panonia who in example of his bounty gave the tenth of their fruits to the poor Gregory not onely admonisheth the payment of tythes from Moses Law Hom. 16. in Evang dist 5. de consecrat c. 16 Vt in lege jubemur Domino decimā rerum dare but also the observing the time of Lent consisting of six Weeks out of which take the Sundayes and there remains thirty six dayes the tenth part of the year fractions of dayes omitted this tenth of time he would have given to God saying We are commanded in the Law to give the tenth of all things unto God And from the Opinions of these and other ancient Fathers who took their ground from the Law Tythes Easter Pentecost and other things came to be introduced and brought into the Church As is testified by Agobard Bish. of Lyons a highly esteemd man in his Treatise De dispensatione c. contra Sacrilegos pag. 276. But notwithstanding the Doctrine and hard threats of some of the great Bishops of that time it was not a generally received Doctrine that tythes ought to be paid nor till about the year 800. was any thing by the then Church determined or ordained touching the quantity that should be given though no doubt in many places amongst the offerings of the devouter sort tenths or greater parts of their annual encrease were given according to the Doctrine of Ambrose and others The offerings of the Church in these Ages were received and disposed of in maintainance of the Priests and relief of those that were distressed Be not offended at the word Priest no other can be given to this age for the title as then 't was given to them so it was owned by them neither had the Priests such a particular interest in the profits received as of late time they have usurped all that was received wheresoever in the Bishoprick was as a common Treasury and was dispensed one fourth part to the Priests out of which every one had his portion another fourth part to the relief of the poor sick and strangers a third to the building and repairing of places for publique meetings called Churches the fourth to the Bishop And generally then the Bishop lived in some Monastery and his Clergy with him from whence he sent them out to preach within the Countryes in his Diocesse and there they received such offerings as were made and brought them to the Treasury I call it Church because it was then so esteemed I must use such words as may give the Reader a knowledge of what I say And though divers of the Fathers Popes and Bishops did declare that tythes were due and ought to be paid none of the first eight general Councils of the Church did ever so much as mention the Name of Tythes or declare them a duty The nineth held at Lateran under P. Calixtus the second about the year 1119. mentions tythes but speaks onely of those which had been given to the Church by special consecration so doth also the Council held under P. Alexander the third An. 1180. but that onely inhibits appropriations to religious Houses without assent of a Bishop for at that time people being led to believe that their tythes ought to be given for the use of the poor did chiefly dispose them to the Heads and Governors of religious Houses who kept open Hospitality for the poor and entertainment of strangers and were esteemed holy as good Treasurers for the needy who took care of distribution of them as is testified by Cassian the Hermit But that Council seeing much given to the poor little to the Priests made that Decree to restrain the peoples freedom and indeed by this time much wickednesse was crept into these Houses as Histories relate Nor was any Law Canon or Constitution of any general Council as yet found that purposely commanded the payment of tythes nor any that expresly supposed them a duty of common right before the Council of Lateran held in the year 1215. under P. Innocent the third about which time the Popes Authority was grown powerful and the Canons more received into practice that before were little especially herein obeyed About the yeers 800 900 1000. and after Tythes were called the Lords goods Res dominicae dominica substantia Dei census Patrimonia pauperum tributa egentium animarum stipendia pauperum hospitum peregrinorum the patrimony of the poor c. Whence also the Council at Nants declared the Clergie was not to use them as their own but as commended to their trust and they were not then given for the Clergy but to be disposed of for the uses of the poor Non quasi suis sed quasi commendatis non ab hominibus sed ab ipso Deo sunt