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manet_fw-la etc._n etc._n 15._o pag._n 15._o what_o do_v they_o else_o when_o they_o confound_v tithe_n and_o consecrate_a land_n together_o animad_fw-la 14_o they_o that_o confound_v tithe_n and_o arbitrary_o consecrate_a land_n give_v to_o the_o church_n in_o apply_v the_o same_o original_a right_n to_o both_o err_v in_o my_o opinion_n if_o any_o such_o be_v saint_n ambrose_n know_v well_o how_o to_o distinguish_v between_o a_o church_n and_o other_o inheritance_n s._n oâ—ttionâ—_n de_fw-fr basilicis_fw-la tradend_n s._n inter_fw-la agros_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o basilicam_fw-la the_o like_a must_v we_o make_v between_o land_n and_o tithe_n nay_o and_o more_o god_n have_v a_o right_a to_o church_n in_o that_o they_o be_v make_v his_o though_o near_a by_o dedication_n but_o in_o tithe_n because_o they_o be_v the_o retribution_n to_o his_o providence_n the_o tribute_n to_o his_o power_n the_o reservation_n out_o of_o his_o liberality_n his_o own_o challenge_v due_a inheritance_n 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etiam_fw-la bernar._n ep_v 205._o the_o famous_a robertus_fw-la pullus_n or_o pullenus_n or_o pullanus_n sometime_o archdeacon_n of_o rochester_n as_o out_o of_o a_o epistle_n write_v by_o ascelinus_fw-la bishop_n there_o against_o he_o to_o eugenius_n the_o three_o by_o conference_n of_o other_o writing_n i_o have_v certain_o collect_v not_o to_o name_v the_o historian_n henry_n of_o huntingdon_n or_o sylvester_n gyraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la with_o other_o of_o our_o own_o country_n whence_o howsoever_o a_o archdeacon_n have_v not_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o write_v the_o history_n yet_o myself_o that_o have_v endeavour_v to_o give_v answer_n to_o this_o may_v have_v sufficient_a authority_n against_o any_o imputation_n of_o my_o interpose_v in_o such_o a_o argument_n and_o thus_o from_o these_o verbal_a adversary_n i_o pass_v to_o the_o more_o real_a observation_n and_o animadversion_n on_o his_o history_n not_o as_o a_o most_o censorious_a examiner_n as_o he_o require_v nor_o yet_o 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catalogue_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o succeed_a writer_n whereby_o both_o his_o and_o our_o church_n judgement_n may_v be_v free_v from_o the_o
tithe_n be_v only_o a_o imposition_n on_o the_o miner_n of_o pay_v a_o ten_o to_o the_o emperor_n and_o another_o to_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o soil_n in_o who_o land_n by_o privilege_n they_o may_v dig_v for_o stone_n not_o imply_v a_o denial_n of_o a_o further_a duty_n to_o god_n both_o personal_a and_o mix_v 40._o pag._n 40._o animad_fw-la 12_o and_o that_o at_o that_o time_n part_n of_o those_o oblation_n be_v tithe_n whence_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n say_v hierosolomynitani_n lib._n 27._o hierom._n ad_fw-la pammachium_fw-la contra_fw-la errores_fw-la joan._n hierosolomynitani_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n damasus_n be_v enrich_v nay_o envy_a for_o as_o st._n hierome_n speak_v praetextatus_n who_o compose_v the_o schism_n between_o damasus_n and_o vrsicinus_n solebat_fw-la ludens_fw-la beato_n papae_fw-la damaso_n dicere_fw-la facite_fw-la i_o romanae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ero_fw-la protinus_fw-la christianus_n he_o be_v wont_v merry_o to_o say_v to_o pope_n 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predecessor_n who_o give_v they_o another_o consecration_n he_o allege_v anno_fw-la 1124._o 77._o pag._n 77._o and_o in_o stead_n of_o all_o other_o which_o no_o doubt_n be_v most_o frequent_a 435._o epist_n lib._n 2._o p._n 435._o a_o confirmation_n of_o several_a tithe_n in_o innocent_a the_o 3._o with_o reference_n to_o many_o other_o quotation_n animad_fw-la 13_o but_o all_o these_o be_v by_o consent_n and_o confirmation_n of_o bishop_n or_o pope_n for_o else_o of_o themselves_o they_o can_v not_o bestow_v they_o as_o the_o same_o innocent_a speak_v c._n dudum_fw-la extr._n de_fw-la decimis_fw-la speak_v of_o tithe_n donatores_fw-la non_fw-la confer_v potuerunt_fw-la alijs_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la possidere_fw-la the_o donor_n can_v not_o bestow_v on_o other_o what_o they_o themselves_o can_v not_o lawful_o enjoy_v but_o innocent_a the_o 3._o in_o serm._n 3._o the_o dedicat._n templi_fw-la tom_n 1._o 78._o pag._n 78._o p._n 83._o 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a_o man_n and_o may_v err_v but_o that_o any_o writer_n have_v so_o err_v be_v more_o than_o i_o know_v 5._o page_n 5._o it_o be_v a_o common_a but_o most_o deceive_a argument_n affirmative_o to_o conclude_v fact_n or_o practice_n of_o tything_n from_o what_o they_o see_v ordain_v by_o a_o old_a canon_n of_o the_o church_n animad_fw-la 7_o if_o any_o have_v use_v that_o argument_n in_o infer_v the_o practice_n from_o the_o caâ—on_n and_o that_o suppose_v or_o express_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n he_o may_v well_o do_v it_o or_o else_o suppose_v a_o irreligious_a practice_n to_o be_v general_o embrace_v the_o example_n oppose_v of_o reparation_n of_o church_n testament_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v of_o thing_n mere_o ecclesiastical_a not_o divine_a as_o tithe_n be_v in_o which_o tithe_n if_o the_o laity_n have_v make_v alteration_n from_o the_o canon_n it_o be_v because_o as_o alcuin_n speak_v 70._o in_o epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la carolum_fw-la magnum_fw-la citat_fw-la p._n 70._o auara_fw-la mens_fw-la hominum_fw-la decimarum_fw-la largitati_fw-la non_fw-la consentit_fw-la out_o of_o covetousness_n which_o yet_o for_o avoid_v a_o public_a scandal_n have_v be_v tolerate_v in_o practice_n to_o the_o prejudice_n and_o at_o the_o peril_n of_o their_o soul_n who_o know_v the_o truth_n yet_o will_v justify_v their_o action_n from_o custom_n what_o therefore_o nationall_n custom_n have_v impair_v in_o this_o right_n of_o tything_n may_v well_o have_v be_v omit_v by_o the_o honest_a writer_n who_o in_o charity_n hope_v each_o man_n practice_n will_v have_v answer_v the_o precept_n of_o god_n publish_v by_o the_o church_n the_o inference_n therefore_o of_o practice_n from_o such_o canon_n be_v fit_a in_o charity_n though_o not_o certain_a to_o experience_n since_o the_o canon_n for_o tything_n be_v not_o in_o respect_n to_o infer_v practice_n like_o the_o law_n of_o plato_n or_o of_o lâ—cians_n man_n in_o the_o moon_n or_o of_o aristophanes_n city_n of_o cuckoo_n in_o the_o cloud_n as_o he_o i_o may_v say_v profane_o make_v the_o comparison_n but_o such_o which_o require_v obedience_n of_o necessity_n upon_o the_o fearful_a peril_n of_o canonical_a censure_n which_o be_v confirm_v in_o heaven_n but_o sure_a such_o a_o argument_n be_v more_o reasonable_a and_o less_o sophistical_a then_o against_o canon_n from_o concealment_n or_o ignorance_n of_o whole_a evidence_n to_o infer_v a_o negative_a practice_n clear_o allow_v london_n pag._n 8._o concern_v tithe_n in_o london_n the_o tithe_n of_o house_n in_o london_n no_o otherwise_o have_v place_n here_o then_o as_o they_o occur_v in_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n under_o h._n 8._o the_o 52._o farthing_n pay_v on_o sunday_n &_o the_o offering_n pay_v on_o great_a festival_n day_n can_v not_o proper_o be_v repute_v among_o tithe_n neither_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o value_n for_o they_o come_v to_o much_o more_o nor_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o nature_n animad_fw-la 8_o although_o the_o tything_n in_o london_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o tithe_n yet_o sure_o it_o be_v nomine_fw-la decimae_fw-la which_o be_v all_o
out_o of_o every_o noble_a rent_n begin_v to_o be_v pay_v i_o know_v not_o and_o because_o lindwood_n do_v not_o remember_v it_o i_o suppose_v it_o not_o to_o be_v so_o ancient_a though_o the_o proportion_n be_v great_a than_o now_o be_v practise_v but_o the_o devise_n reprehend_v the_o take_a casualty_n of_o burial_n christen_n and_o wedding_n etc._n etc._n which_o if_o they_o have_v their_o true_a tithe_n they_o will_v according_a to_o the_o old_a canon_n forgo_v yet_o now_o if_o they_o have_v not_o such_o help_n their_o infinite_a pain_n and_o care_n will_v have_v the_o poor_a reward_n and_o the_o great_a quantity_n both_o of_o person_n and_o estate_n must_v want_v the_o great_a blessing_n of_o discreet_a and_o learned_a instruction_n and_o pious_a peaceable_a devotion_n which_o without_o a_o sufficient_a and_o regular_a proportion_n of_o mean_n will_v never_o be_v encourage_v to_o be_v fit_v for_o and_o fasten_v to_o such_o populous_a congregation_n but_o the_o clergy_n of_o london_n be_v better_a able_a to_o plead_v their_o own_o cause_n have_v more_o experience_n and_o evidence_n than_o my_o few_o year_n and_o book_n can_v afford_v 11._o pag._n 11._o the_o testimony_n be_v choose_v by_o weight_n not_o number_n not_o take_v up_o at_o second_o hand_n animad_fw-la 10_o how_o his_o testimony_n be_v choose_v by_o weight_n not_o by_o number_n shall_v several_o be_v examine_v and_o whether_o he_o take_v they_o up_o at_o second_o hand_n or_o no_o be_v not_o material_a to_o i_o if_o they_o prove_v true_a though_o it_o deserve_v commendation_n for_o his_o diligence_n if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o be_v his_o happiness_n that_o he_o have_v the_o fountain_n the_o ancient_a historian_n for_o his_o quotation_n and_o therein_o i_o will_v trust_v upon_o his_o relation_n and_o he_o shall_v perceive_v by_o what_o i_o write_v collectis_fw-la leo_fw-la serm_n 5._o de_fw-la collectis_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la patrum_fw-la vivere_fw-la eorumque_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la obedientia_fw-la permanere_fw-la that_o the_o authority_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o father_n and_o antiquity_n be_v obey_v and_o reverence_v by_o i_o yet_o not_o contemn_v the_o late_a writer_n who_o judgement_n i_o shall_v prefer_v before_o he_o which_o by_o his_o leave_n in_o this_o argument_n shall_v gain_v no_o strength_n of_o truth_n in_o i_o 11._o pag._n 11._o from_o his_o name_n alone_o which_o i_o wonder_v he_o shall_v think_v of_o but_o only_o from_o those_o authority_n which_o he_o have_v design_v true_o and_o pertinent_o out_o of_o several_a old_a writing_n i_o never_o be_v so_o far_o engage_v in_o this_o 12._o pag._n 12._o to_o torture_v my_o brain_n or_o venture_v my_o credit_n to_o make_v or_o create_v premise_n for_o a_o choose_a conclusion_n that_o i_o rather_o will_v then_o can_v prove_v animad_fw-la 11_o i_o be_o sorry_a in_o this_o disquisition_n of_o truth_n which_o though_o he_o seek_v i_o be_o sure_a he_o find_v not_o on_o that_o part_n to_o which_o he_o incline_v his_o protestation_n shall_v not_o deserve_v more_o credit_n especial_o in_o that_o part_n where_o he_o say_v that_o he_o do_v not_o make_v or_o create_v premise_n for_o a_o choose_a conclusion_n which_o he_o rather_o will_v then_o can_v prove_v and_o that_o his_o premise_n make_v what_o conclusion_n or_o conjecture_n he_o have_v and_o be_v not_o breed_v by_o they_o against_o which_o again_o i_o oppose_v this_o protestation_n that_o whereas_o he_o have_v propose_v to_o himself_o the_o conclusion_n that_o arbitrary_a consecration_n be_v a_o original_a right_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o tithe_n and_o in_o that_o consideration_n will_v bind_v man_n conscience_n to_o abstain_v from_o profane_v they_o 28._o august_n ep_v 28._o and_o licet_fw-la nemo_fw-la faciat_fw-la optando_fw-la ut_fw-la verum_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la verum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la fieri_fw-la posset_n optaret_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la sententia_fw-la 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humane_a right_n of_o positive_a title_n have_v seem_v to_o prejudice_n the_o superior_a and_o celestial_a sun_n shine_v of_o divine_a interest_n but_o since_o his_o intention_n be_v otherwise_o the_o thanks_n be_v only_o due_a to_o his_o pain_n not_o purpose_n of_o produce_v they_o whereout_o some_o other_o may_v though_o he_o will_v not_o ground_n the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n indeed_o which_o other_o wise_o do_v while_o they_o talk_v of_o they_o as_o suppose_v due_a also_o by_o humane_a positive_a law_n of_o practice_n not_o thereupon_o ground_v a_o actio_fw-la confessoria_fw-la but_o ex_fw-la condictione_fw-la ex_fw-la lege_fw-la 151._o vide_fw-la selden_n pag._n 151._o vel_fw-la canone_o which_o both_o may_v be_v requisite_a in_o the_o same_o cause_n the_o one_o to_o demand_v a_o right_n the_o other_o to_o require_v a_o penalty_n the_o dominican_n and_o franciscan_a friar_n 14._o pag._n 14._o have_v they_o sufficient_o think_v of_o the_o constitution_n and_o practice_n of_o christian_a state_n etc._n etc._n animad_fw-la 13_o i_o wonder_v m._n selden_n shall_v say_v the_o dominican_n and_o franciscan_a friar_n shall_v out_o of_o not_o sufficient_a think_v of_o the_o right_n by_o humane_a law_n come_v to_o the_o heresy_n of_o call_v tithe_n alm_n whereas_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o neglect_n as_o he_o acknowledge_v pag._n 166._o whereby_o we_o may_v observe_v what_o issue_n the_o title_n by_o humane_a law_n be_v like_a to_o have_v among_o those_o who_o be_v as_o covetous_a to_o retain_v as_o they_o be_v greedy_a to_o gain_v quibus_fw-la prae_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la charitate_fw-la iustitia_fw-la vilis_fw-la est_fw-la 8._o confess_v l._n 6._o c._n 8._o who_o for_o love_n of_o gain_n contemn_v godliness_n as_o s._n augustine_n speak_v as_o for_o wiccliffe_n and_o erasmus_n the_o error_n and_o gross_a live_n of_o the_o time_n make_v they_o envy_v those_o that_o rich_a mean_n as_o they_o think_v it_o whereby_o not_o the_o search_n of_o truth_n but_o the_o prosecution_n of_o sensuality_n and_o error_n be_v maintain_v
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accepit_fw-la ut_fw-la solent_fw-la etiam_fw-la laici_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la the_o priesthood_n of_o the_o gospel_n more_o excellent_a than_o that_o of_o the_o law_n prove_v by_o pay_v of_o tithe_n out_o of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n therefore_o 37_o hincmarus_n rhenensis_fw-la dialog_n de_fw-fr statu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pag._n 653._o 860._o anno_fw-la 860._o quid_fw-la de_fw-la vobis_fw-la dicam_fw-la seculares_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la altaria_fw-la possidere_fw-la vultis_fw-la nunquid_fw-la vos_fw-la qui_fw-la oblationes_fw-la pauperum_fw-la comeditis_fw-la &_o bibitis_fw-la ad_fw-la offerendas_fw-la deo_fw-la hostias_fw-la pro_fw-la ipso_fw-la populo_fw-la accedetis_fw-la vos_fw-fr horrea_fw-la frumento_fw-la &_o cellaria_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la vino_fw-la complebitis_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la eius_fw-la fame_n affligetis_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la 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decimas_fw-la dent_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la sva_fw-la omne_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ministris_fw-la largiantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la sensum_fw-la hieronimi_fw-la christian_n be_v command_v to_o pay_v tithe_n and_o more_o therefore_o 890._o anno_fw-la 890._o 39_o concilium_fw-la metense_n sub_fw-la arnulpho_n cap._n 2._o dominus_fw-la loquor_fw-la per_fw-la prophetam_fw-la dicens_fw-la adferte_fw-la omnem_fw-la decimam_fw-la ideo_fw-la statuâ—mus_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la seniorum_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sva_fw-la accipiat_fw-la de_fw-la decimis_fw-la aliquam_fw-la porteonem_fw-la sed_fw-la solummodo_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la loci_fw-la seruit_fw-la ubi_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la decimae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la consecratae_fw-la the_o lord_n commandment_n by_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n make_v the_o ground_n of_o a_o canon_n for_o tithe_n therefore_o 895._o anno._n 895._o 40_o concilium_fw-la triburiense_n sub_fw-la eodem_fw-la ibi_fw-la 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synodorum_n ms_n be_v write_v 900._o 900._o anno_fw-la 900._o year_n after_o christ_n citatur_fw-la pag._n 210._o wherein_o for_o the_o right_n of_o tithe_n the_o mosaical_a commandment_n and_o a_o passage_n in_o s._n augustine_n be_v bring_v therefore_o 43_o leges_fw-la athelstani_fw-la make_v about_o the_o year_n 930._o 930._o anno_fw-la 930._o by_o the_o advice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o land_n command_v a_o general_a payment_n of_o all_o praediall_a tithe_n as_o they_o be_v cite_v pag._n 213._o ego_fw-la athelstanus_n rex_fw-la consilio_fw-la wulfhelme_v archiepiscopi_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la mando_n praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la &_o praecipio_fw-la in_fw-la nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o sanctorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o super_fw-la amicitiam_fw-la meam_fw-la ut_fw-la inprimis_fw-la de_fw-la meo_fw-la proprio_fw-la reddant_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o 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tui_fw-la ruâ—sum_n per_fw-la prophetam_fw-la adferte_fw-la inquit_fw-la omnem_fw-la decimam_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la obtestatione_n praecipimus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la studeant_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la possidâ—nt_fw-la dare_v decimas_fw-la quia_fw-la speciale_a domini_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr novem_fw-la partibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la vivant_fw-la &_o eleemosynas_fw-la tribuant_fw-la citantur_fw-la pag._n 217._o the_o law_n be_v urge_v for_o it_o and_o the_o prophetâ—_n malachi_n it_o be_v the_o peculiar_a inheritance_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n therefore_o 45_o poenitentiale_fw-la ex_fw-la burchardo_n citatum_fw-la pag._n 124._o 1000_o anno_fw-la 1000_o have_v thou_o at_o any_o time_n neglect_v to_o pay_v thy_o ten_o to_o god_n which_o god_n himself_o have_v ordain_v to_o be_v give_v he_o therefore_o 46_o concilium_fw-la sub_fw-la aethelredo_fw-la ann_n 1010._o citatum_fw-la pag._n 221._o 1010._o anno_fw-la 1010._o wherein_o some_o canon_n be_v for_o 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assignatus_fw-la the_o profit_n of_o tything_n assign_v to_o other_o church_n as_o council_n mogunt_n c._n 16._o q._n 1._o cap._n 24._o locus_fw-la ubi_fw-la decimae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la consecratae_fw-la the_o place_n where_o tithe_n be_v ancient_o pay_v council_n metens_fw-la circ_n ann._n 890._o cap._n 2._o decimae_fw-la quae_fw-la singulis_fw-la dantur_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la mogunt_fw-la circ_n ann._n 846._o cap._n 10._o tithe_n which_o be_v give_v to_o each_o church_n animad_fw-la 2_o but_o first_o all_o those_o canon_n be_v against_o arbitrarie_a consecration_n and_o second_o the_o phrase_n do_v not_o aim_v at_o they_o the_o first_o canon_n be_v si_fw-mi quis_fw-la laicus_fw-la vel_fw-la clericus_fw-la vel_fw-la utriusque_fw-la sexus_fw-la persona_fw-la proprietatis_fw-la suae_fw-la bona_fw-la vel_fw-la res_fw-la alicubi_fw-la dare_v delegaverit_n decimationum_fw-la proventum_fw-la priori_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la legitimè_fw-la assignatum_fw-la inde_fw-la 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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 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 manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la christi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la daunt_v sed_fw-la vel_fw-la proprijs_fw-la basilicis_fw-la vel_fw-la suis_fw-la clericis_fw-la pro_fw-la svo_fw-la libitu_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omnimodis_fw-la divinae_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la constat_fw-la esse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la it_o be_v determine_v in_o the_o holy_a canon_n that_o tithe_n shall_v be_v distribute_v according_a to_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o bishop_n but_o some_o lay_v man_n who_o either_o in_o their_o own_o land_n or_o benefice_n have_v church_n of_o their_o own_o neglect_v the_o ordination_n of_o the_o bishop_n pay_v not_o tithe_n to_o the_o church_n where_o 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gratian._n c._n 16._o q._n 1._o cap._n plures_fw-la baptismales_fw-la ius_n ergo_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ita_fw-la interpretandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nisi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la disponente_fw-la alijs_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la assignatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o right_a of_o church_n therefore_o be_v so_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o unless_o by_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n it_o be_v assign_v to_o other_o church_n etc._n etc._n where_o the_o assignation_n in_o the_o translation_n be_v and_o alexand._n 3._o addit_fw-la ad_fw-la council_n lateranen_n par_fw-fr ult._n cap._n 40._o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o brixia_n decimas_fw-la retentas_fw-la si_fw-la infra_fw-la certam_fw-la alicuius_fw-la parochiam_fw-la fuerintâ—_n eidem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la facias_fw-la assignari_fw-la cause_v those_o tithe_n which_o be_v withhold_v if_o they_o be_v within_o a_o certain_a parish_n to_o be_v assign_v to_o that_o church_n and_o from_o the_o beginning_n the_o bishop_n who_o 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confess_v it_o in_o the_o next_o word_n out_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o leo_n the_o 4._o c._n 16._o q._n 1._o de_fw-fr monachis_fw-la cap._n 45_o etc._n etc._n 56._o &_o saepe_fw-la in_o capitularibus_fw-la to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v the_o council_n meldens_n c._n 48._o ut_fw-la vici_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la baptismales_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la &_o privilegia_fw-la debita_fw-la retineant_fw-la that_o the_o parish_n and_o baptismal_a church_n may_v retain_v their_o authority_n and_o due_a privilege_n nay_o tithe_n in_o special_a be_v so_o due_a as_o no_o tithe_n 7._o hinemarus_fw-la in_o
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d decimis_fw-la adijcere_fw-la vir_fw-la doctissimus_fw-la non_fw-la ausus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o enrich_v the_o priest_n with_o possession_n and_o other_o profit_n but_o that_o learned_a man_n dare_v not_o add_v the_o word_n tithe_n animad_fw-la 75_o how_o shall_v the_o author_n expect_v his_o book_n may_v gain_v any_o strength_n of_o truth_n from_o his_o name_n alone_o when_o hector_n boethius_n for_o all_o his_o good_a language_n and_o great_a pain_n shall_v not_o only_o not_o have_v credit_n with_o he_o as_o pag._n 133._o but_o be_v taunt_v by_o so_o young_a a_o writer_n but_o he_o may_v hear_v saint_n hieromes_n censure_n to_o as_o good_a a_o man_n as_o he_o even_o s._n augustine_n puerilis_fw-la est_fw-la iactantiae_fw-la accusando_fw-la illustres_fw-la viros_fw-la svo_fw-la nomini_fw-la famam_fw-la quaerere_fw-la 13._o inter_fw-la aug._n ep._n 13._o especial_o since_o through_o hector_n side_n other_o perchance_o true_a trojan_n may_v be_v wrong_v of_o who_o 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which_o they_o that_o retain_v excommunicate_a vide_fw-la luithprandun_v in_fw-la vita_fw-la leonis_fw-la 4._o ubi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la apâ—stolica_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la sub_fw-la poena_fw-la excommunicate_a let_v they_o be_v excommunicate_a which_o very_a word_n be_v his_o successor_n alexand._n 2._o and_o that_o of_o leo_n the_o 4._o c._n 16._o q._n 1._o c._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la which_o forsooth_o must_v be_v a_o declaration_n not_o a_o constitution_n all_o which_o with_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o father_n be_v for_o general_a canon-law_n in_o gratian'ss_n decree_n confirm_v by_o eugenius_n the_o 3._o nay_o the_o council_n at_o clerimont_n by_o vrban_n the_o 2._o and_o that_o of_o gregory_n 7._o in_o council_n rom._n c._n 16._o q._n 7._o c._n 1._o to_o which_o he_o may_v have_v add_v that_o canon_n of_o gregory_n cite_v by_o alexander_n 3._o 19_o epist._n 19_o join_v with_o those_o of_o peter_n cellensis_n presbyter_n si_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la per_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la 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under_o pope_n innocent_a the_o 3._o animad_fw-la 76_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_v of_o his_o conclusion_n out_o of_o such_o premise_n 136._o pag._n 136._o in_o this_o passage_n he_o cit_v a_o epistle_n of_o gregory_n the_o 7._o wherein_o he_o admonish_v and_o persuade_v some_o prince_n of_o spain_n after_o the_o expurgation_n of_o christianity_n from_o the_o gothicke_a corruption_n to_o pay_v and_o command_v the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n by_o the_o people_n where_o because_o he_o do_v persuade_v and_o not_o command_v he_o infer_v that_o he_o have_v no_o power_n to_o command_v animad_fw-la 77_o as_o though_o authority_n must_v be_v think_v always_o extend_v to_o what_o it_o can_v never_o in_o discretion_n condescend_v to_o the_o infirmity_n of_o weak_a brethren_n the_o spirit_n of_o hildebrand_n challenge_v power_n hilary_n s._n hilary_n where_o he_o have_v no_o right_n but_o now_o fides_n suadenda_fw-la non_fw-la cogenda_fw-la faith_n be_v to_o be_v persuade_v not_o enforce_v and_o alcuins_n ground_n be_v his_o direction_n but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o his_o successor_n alexander_n the_o 3._o write_v to_o those_o goth_n in_o the_o epistle_n 19_o suffraganeis_fw-la vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la ep._n 21._o archiepiscopo_fw-la vpsellensi_fw-la &_o suffraganeis_fw-la whereof_o part_n be_v quote_v before_o praeterea_fw-la illud_fw-la adijciendo_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quatenus_fw-la populum_fw-la regimini_fw-la &_o gubernationi_fw-la vestrae_fw-la commissum_fw-la decimas_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la fideliter_fw-la &_o devote_v persoluere_fw-la sicut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la domino_fw-la noscitur_fw-la institutum_fw-la diligenter_n ac_fw-la sollicitè_fw-fr moneatis_fw-la &_o si_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sub_fw-la districtione_n anathematis_fw-la etc._n etc._n moreover_o this_o we_o command_v that_o you_o diligent_o and_o careful_o admonish_v the_o people_n commit_v to_o your_o charge_n that_o they_o pay_v tithe_n to_o the_o church_n faithful_o and_o devout_o as_o it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o lord_n and_o that_o if_o need_v be_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o excommunication_n 138._o pag._n 138._o but_o out_o of_o that_o strange_a conclusion_n he_o will_v justify_v the_o say_n among_o the_o common_a lawyer_n in_o his_o sense_n that_o before_o the_o council_n
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he_o suppose_v they_o not_o due_a and_o pay_v but_o howsoever_o i_o leave_v he_o to_o what_o before_o be_v say_v against_o which_o he_o have_v nothing_o but_o conjecture_n but_o yet_o good_a reader_n thou_o must_v still_o doubt_v 139._o pag._n 139._o that_o the_o historical_a understanding_n of_o that_o canon_n be_v to_o be_v have_v out_o of_o arbitrarie_a consecration_n before_o practise_v animad_fw-la 80_o reader_n now_o thou_o may_v see_v how_o he_o mean_v to_o pin_n thou_o on_o his_o sleeve_n the_o judicial_a application_n of_o the_o canonist_n must_v be_v neglect_v who_o agree_v in_o a_o truth_n and_o yet_o at_o his_o bid_n thou_o must_v doubt_v and_o as_o he_o reprehend_v the_o rabble_n of_o canonist_n such_o be_v his_o term_n go_v away_o clear_a with_o this_o of_o innocent_a because_o he_o say_v so_o so_o must_v thou_o follow_v he_o and_o doubt_v because_o he_o bid_v thou_o yet_o for_o confirmation_n of_o his_o assertion_n he_o say_v it_o be_v equal_a to_o ordain_v that_o lay_v man_n shall_v not_o arbitrary_o consecrate_v and_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o without_o the_o asseâ—t_n of_o the_o bishop_n every_o bishop_n be_v praesuppose_v to_o induce_v parochial_a right_n and_o general_a payment_n which_o be_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o canon_n animad_fw-la 81_o this_o be_v a_o strange_a conceit_n the_o disposition_n by_o the_o bishop_n consent_n be_v grant_v by_o canon_n as_o in_o many_o quotation_n before_o be_v evident_a and_o in_o this_o council_n p._n 15._o cap._n 2._o but_o this_o without_o consent_n be_v forbid_v and_o the_o reason_n be_v equal_a that_o so_o the_o bishop_n may_v provide_v for_o the_o parish_n and_o yet_o in_o charity_n de_fw-fr superabundanti_fw-la of_o what_o may_v be_v spare_v give_v way_n to_o such_o donation_n which_o as_o then_o be_v not_o to_o the_o church_n prejudice_n and_o to_o the_o abridge_n of_o the_o ancient_a maintenance_n of_o the_o secular_a clerk_n as_o part_v 13._o c._n 1._o of_o that_o council_n animadversion_n on_o the_o seven_o chapter_n he_o say_v tithe_n be_v subject_a to_o custom_n animad_fw-la 1_o 140._o pag._n 140._o that_o tithe_n be_v subject_a to_o custom_n it_o be_v propter_fw-la vitandum_fw-la scandalum_fw-la and_o not_o for_o want_v of_o a_o true_a right_n in_o conscience_n to_o require_v the_o payment_n concern_v parochial_a right_n first_o he_o say_v 142._o pag._n 142._o it_o be_v sufficient_o manifest_v that_o the_o laity_n do_v usual_o convey_v their_o tithe_n by_o consecration_n and_o appropriation_n to_o what_o church_n they_o will_v or_o in_o infeodation_n to_o layman_n animad_fw-la 2_o the_o first_o be_v false_a if_o the_o bishop_n consent_n be_v not_o understand_v and_o the_o second_o also_o if_o not_o original_o from_o the_o church_n but_o he_o proceed_v to_o produce_v canon_n and_o after_o many_o those_o of_o innocent_a 3._o in_o who_o time_n at_o first_o he_o will_v persuade_v we_o that_o arbitrarie_a consecration_n without_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v void_a animad_fw-la 3_o but_o he_o that_o will_v but_o read_v in_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o three_o addit_fw-la ad_fw-la council_n lateran_n p._n 15._o cap._n 1.2.3.6.9_o shall_v find_v there_o the_o like_a yet_o that_o parochial_a right_n be_v not_o before_o claim_v for_o tithe_n he_o proove_v first_o 144._o p._n 144._o by_o the_o practice_n of_o certain_a religious_a who_o will_v usual_o take_v covenant_n from_o their_o tenant_n to_o pay_v they_o their_o tithe_n and_o so_o defraud_v the_o parson_n which_o if_o by_o parochial_a right_n have_v be_v due_a such_o a_o covenant_n can_v not_o have_v prevent_v the_o parson_n this_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n under_o innocent_a 3._o cap._n 56._o &_o extr._n de_fw-fr pactis_fw-la c._n plerique_fw-la &_o videsis_n appendicem_fw-la p._n 13._o c._n 6._o animad_fw-la 4_o the_o consequence_n be_v not_o good_a because_o until_o it_o be_v otherwise_o declare_v the_o general_a exemption_n of_o clerk_n in_o their_o own_o land_n even_o renew_v by_o paschall_n the_o 2._o not_o long_o before_o may_v make_v these_o covenant_n lawful_a until_o innocent_o restrain_v they_o as_o proceed_v from_o a_o covetous_a desire_n extend_v that_o to_o personal_a tithe_n and_o duty_n of_o sepulture_n which_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o land_n this_o need_v interpretation_n before_o such_o covenant_n may_v be_v annullate_n animad_fw-la 5_o the_o quotation_n out_o of_o the_o addition_n to_o the_o lateran_n council_n be_v false_a but_o yet_o in_o cap._n 11._o of_o that_o part_n a_o excellent_a case_n of_o covenant_n concern_v tithe_n be_v specify_v whereby_o indeed_o exemption_n be_v bar_v but_o not_o parochial_a right_n a_o parson_n complain_v how_o a_o abbot_n and_o monk_n decimas_fw-la universas_fw-la quas_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la cultis_fw-la à _fw-la prima_fw-la fundatione_fw-la eadem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la percipere_fw-la consue_v vit_fw-la infra_fw-la hoc_fw-la qudriennium_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la substraxerunt_fw-la all_o the_o tithe_n who_o tillage_n from_o the_o first_o foundation_n this_o church_n have_v usual_o receive_v within_o these_o four_o year_n they_o have_v hold_v from_o he_o and_o his_o church_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o exemption_n where_o fifteen_o year_n ago_o there_o be_v a_o covenant_n between_o they_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v for_o his_o life_n all_o the_o great_a tithe_n give_v to_o they_o the_o small_a tithe_n propter_fw-la exaltationem_fw-la monachorum_fw-la and_o this_o covenant_n in_o composition_n be_v adjudge_v available_a for_o the_o parson_n against_o their_o exemption_n animad_fw-la 6_o the_o example_n next_o urge_v in_o the_o archbishopricke_n of_o matera_fw-la in_o innocent_a 3._o for_o the_o first_o part_n indeed_o show_v how_o some_o clergy_n man_n 483._o ep._n decretal_a lib._n 2_o p._n 483._o in_o pose_v decimas_fw-la terragij_fw-la ratione_fw-la occasion_v their_o tenant_n under_o this_o pretence_n to_o deny_v such_o tithe_n which_o before_o 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whence_o the_o tithe_n arise_v be_v in_o lay_v man_n hand_n and_o the_o command_n be_v ut_fw-la persoluant_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la quibus_fw-la debentur_fw-la that_o they_o pay_v they_o to_o the_o church_n to_o who_o they_o be_v due_a parochial_a right_n and_o practice_v therefore_o be_v before_o 145._o p._n 145._o but_o the_o council_n of_o tribur_n cap._n 15._o say_v vbi_fw-la quis_fw-la decimas_fw-la persoluebat_fw-la viws_fw-la ibi_fw-la sepeliatur_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la as_o if_o every_o man_n by_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o place_n of_o his_o devotion_n in_o pay_v his_o tithe_n may_v make_v it_o his_o parish_n animad_fw-la 7_o but_o this_o sense_n be_v extort_a for_o that_o the_o council_n speak_v of_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a first_o wish_v the_o burial_n to_o be_v in_o the_o cathedral_n church_n but_o if_o distance_n or_o time_n will_v not_o suffer_v then_o in_o some_o monastery_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la ineptum_fw-la &_o difficile_fw-la aestimatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la decimam_fw-la persoluebat_fw-la vinus_fw-la sepeliatur_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la but_o if_o this_o shall_v be_v account_v unfit_a and_o difficult_a let_v he_o be_v bury_v there_o where_o he_o pay_v his_o tithe_n that_o be_v in_o his_o own_o church_n which_o the_o opposition_n to_o monastery_n and_o the_o cathedral_n church_n in_o that_o canon_n whether_o most_o tithing_n be_v divert_v will_v enforce_v especial_o the_o law_n be_v that_o to_o his_o own_o baptismal_a church_n he_o shall_v pay_v they_o animad_fw-la 8_o the_o doubt_n of_o gregory_n or_o alexander_n the_o three_o concern_v the_o question_n whether_o intuitu_fw-la territorij_fw-la or_o obtentu_fw-la personarum_fw-la praediall_a tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v be_v not_o out_o of_o doubt_n of_o parochial_a right_n which_o they_o acknowledge_v but_o to_o which_o parish_n the_o right_n do_v belong_v to_o one_o or_o other_o by_o parochial_a right_a tithe_n must_v be_v pay_v but_o to_o which_o they_o can_v not_o determine_v so_o that_o by_o this_o parochial_a right_n be_v confirm_v and_o presuppose_a though_o the_o case_n be_v not_o adjudge_v neither_o do_v it_o follow_v as_o he_o will_v have_v it_o because_o there_o be_v such_o controversy_n parochial_a right_n be_v not_o establish_v no_o not_o in_o opinion_n whereas_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o right_n cause_v the_o question_n the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o crave_v by_o that_o right_n the_o case_n of_o the_o monk_n of_o boxley_n 146._o p._n 146._o extr._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la c._n commissum_fw-la wherein_o the_o reason_n to_o move_v they_o to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o the_o parish_n church_n be_v quoniam_fw-la priusquam_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la morarentur_fw-la solebant_fw-la persolui_fw-la for_o because_o before_o they_o reside_v in_o that_o parish_n they_o be_v pay_v usual_o which_o reason_n though_o in_o particular_a be_v necessary_a for_o the_o case_n because_o they_o by_o the_o exemption_n which_o then_o be_v only_o de_fw-fr novalibus_fw-la whereof_o before_o nothing_o be_v pay_v will_v have_v defraud_v they_o de_fw-fr ipsis_fw-la cultis_fw-la as_o the_o word_n be_v which_z priusquam_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la morarentur_fw-la be_v usual_o pay_v as_o in_o all_o other_o place_n this_o particular_a claim_n than_o can_v infringe_v parochial_a right_n but_o plain_o infer_v it_o but_o yet_o even_o after_o this_o lateran_n council_n 1215._o 147._o p._n 147._o although_o pope_n innocent_a the_o four_o and_o hostiensis_n take_v parochial_a right_n as_o clear_o establish_v yet_o until_o the_o council_n at_o lion_n under_o gregory_n the_o ten_o 1274._o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n for_o than_o say_v randall_n higden_n and_o henry_n knighton_n and_o thomas_n of_o walsingham_n it_o be_v constitute_v ut_fw-la nulli_fw-la hominum_fw-la deinceps_fw-la liceat_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la ut_fw-la antea_fw-la ubi_fw-la vellet_fw-la assignare_fw-la sed_fw-la matrici_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 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own_o act_n and_o so_o the_o monk_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v 148._o p._n 148._o and_o further_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o practice_n in_o the_o diocese_n of_o palentia_n until_o 1322._o which_o be_v that_o every_o man_n wheresoever_o he_o dwell_v yet_o may_v declare_v himself_o of_o what_o parish_n he_o will_v be_v and_o to_o that_o parish_n only_o give_v his_o tithe_n which_o he_o say_v be_v remedy_v by_o a_o council_n then_o at_o villadolid_n animad_fw-la 11_o but_o he_o that_o shall_v read_v that_o canon_n may_v observe_v that_o the_o reason_n of_o such_o abuse_n be_v for_o that_o there_o as_o yet_o be_v no_o limitation_n of_o parish_n so_o that_o each_o man_n by_o receive_v the_o communion_n at_o easter_n or_o as_o he_o listen_v may_v to_o any_o church_n convey_v his_o real_a and_o personal_a tithe_n and_o other_o parish_n duty_n to_o remedy_v which_o disorder_n this_o legate_n enjoin_v within_o the_o space_n of_o a_o year_n the_o limitation_n of_o parish_n by_o the_o bishop_n or_o their_o deputy_n that_o so_o each_o parishioner_n may_v know_v his_o own_o parish_n and_o thereto_o both_o repair_v and_o pay_v his_o duty_n this_o câ—stome_n therefore_o can_v countenance_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o author_n in_o country_n where_o the_o limit_n of_o parish_n be_v certain_a as_o if_o therein_o man_n at_o any_o time_n may_v voluntary_o divert_v their_o tithe_n lawful_o to_o another_o parish_n as_o herein_o england_n by_o the_o next_o immediate_a quotation_n before_o he_o will_v infer_v so_o that_o herein_o be_v his_o fraud_n to_o relate_v the_o custom_n but_o conceal_v the_o cause_n the_o whole_a canon_n be_v long_o or_o else_o it_o have_v be_v worthy_a to_o have_v be_v recite_v but_o it_o be_v extant_a in_o bâ—nnius_n council_n tom._n 3._o part_n 2._o pag._n 1537._o whither_o i_o refer_v the_o diligent_a reader_n in_o the_o next_o section_n 100l_n pag._n 100l_n the_o opinion_n be_v produce_v of_o the_o last_o 400._o year_n in_o which_o he_o have_v a_o commendable_a resolution_n nb._n nb._n that_o how_o ever_o very_a many_o other_o quaestion_n about_o the_o duty_n of_o they_o be_v usual_o dispute_v yet_o resolve_v but_o this_o by_o what_o immediate_a law_n tithe_n be_v payable_a and_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o follow_v about_o custom_n appropriation_n exemption_n and_o such_o more_o will_v soon_o have_v little_a doubt_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o canonist_n that_o they_o be_v due_a opinion_n the_o canonist_n opinion_n quoad_fw-la quotam_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la be_v relate_v who_o yet_o allow_v the_o right_n of_o former_a tithe_n canonical_o settle_v by_o consecration_n appropriation_n and_o exemption_n for_o to_o those_o they_o require_v pontificial_a confirmation_n or_o prescription_n they_o acknowledge_v the_o pope_n power_n in_o dispose_v they_o they_o agree_v that_o all_o praediall_a or_o mix_v tithe_n be_v due_a parochial_o but_o for_o personal_a some_o doubt_n for_o the_o whole_a ten_o or_o value_v they_o 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to_o make_v he_o of_o that_o opinion_n be_v primum_fw-la igitur_fw-la ante_fw-la legem_fw-la paruulos_fw-la consilio_fw-la nutrivit_fw-la deus_fw-la postea_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la exercitatos_fw-la praecepto_fw-la tentavit_fw-la novissime_fw-la sub_fw-la gratia_fw-la perfectos_fw-la in_o libertate_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ambulare_fw-la permisit_fw-la first_o therefore_o before_o the_o law_n god_n nurse_v his_o child_n by_o counsel_n then_o under_o the_o law_n those_o that_o be_v more_o expert_a he_o try_v they_o by_o a_o precept_n and_o last_o under_o grace_n he_o leave_v the_o perfect_a to_o walk_v in_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o spirit_n animad_fw-la 20_o these_o be_v his_o word_n yet_o he_o that_o shall_v consider_v how_o in_o the_o word_n before_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o suppose_v hominem_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la exercendam_fw-la à _fw-la principio_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la instructum_fw-la &_o eruditum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la vnde_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la rerum_fw-la 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4._o cap._n 34._o 165._o num._n 4._o p._n 165._o the_o next_o section_n be_v concern_v their_o opinion_n who_o account_v tithe_n alm_n but_o in_o this_o because_o he_o do_v not_o oppose_v the_o truth_n here_o though_o concern_v personal_a tithe_n both_o in_o his_o preface_n to_o countenance_v the_o devise_n how_o the_o curate_n of_o london_n may_v be_v provide_v of_o sufficient_a live_n and_o pag._n 174._o to_o censure_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n he_o do_v too_o much_o incline_v to_o deny_v the_o divine_a right_n i_o will_v add_v nothing_o here_o only_o recite_v the_o name_n of_o such_o of_o that_o opinion_n namely_o the_o mendicant_a friar_n wickliff_n the_o bohemian_o gerardus_n sagarellus_fw-la erasmus_fw-la and_o william_n russell_n the_o franciscan_a the_o three_o opinion_n be_v in_o the_o next_o section_n 168._o pag._n 168._o of_o such_o as_o agree_v with_o the_o canonist_n that_o the_o right_n of_o the_o quota_fw-la of_o tithe_n be_v from_o the_o moral_a or_o divine_a law_n of_o god_n of_o who_o say_v he_o some_o impudent_o urge_v a_o command_n to_o adam_n some_o provident_o restrain_v all_o their_o argument_n from_o abraham_n example_n refer_v to_o the_o application_n of_o it_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n but_o other_o not_o so_o circumspect_o take_v in_o the_o leviticall_a commandment_n of_o tithe_n animad_fw-la 21_o here_o be_v a_o division_n without_o a_o distinction_n as_o if_o all_o that_o hold_v the_o ius_n naturale_fw-la to_o be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o tithe_n do_v not_o think_v it_o god_n commandment_n to_o adam_n since_o that_o law_n be_v eternal_a instinctu_fw-la interiori_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la exterius_fw-la lege_fw-la data_fw-la 3._o aquinas_n p._n 3._o q._n 60_o art_n 5._o ad_fw-la 3._o by_o inward_a motion_n though_o not_o outward_o although_o no_o need_n of_o reveal_v it_o in_o form_n until_o the_o manifestation_n of_o a_o priesthood_n and_o therefore_o all_o must_v be_v 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vindicate_v from_o his_o contempt_n by_o that_o religious_a knight_n sir_n james_n sempill_v wherefore_o i_o pass_v it_o the_o next_o be_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n 170._o pag._n 170._o anno_fw-la 1427._o against_o william_n russell_n a_o franciscan_a friar_n adiudging_a he_o a_o heretic_n for_o deny_v personal_a tithe_n to_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n this_o be_v produce_v at_o large_a 174._o pag._n 174._o be_v tax_v by_o he_o as_o vehement_a and_o confident_a and_o the_o truth_n of_o their_o sentence_n be_v slight_v thus_o if_o russell_n be_v therefore_o a_o heretic_n doubtless_o he_o have_v have_v and_o now_o have_v many_o fellow-hereticke_n for_o thus_o many_o nay_o the_o most_o of_o they_o who_o curious_o inquire_v herein_o and_o diverse_a canonist_n also_o which_o be_v for_o the_o moral_a right_n of_o praediall_n and_o mix_v tithe_n deny_v that_o personal_a be_v otherwise_o due_a regular_o then_o as_o custom_n or_o law_n positive_a which_o be_v subject_a to_o custom_n direct_v animad_fw-la 22_o this_o censure_n ill_o become_v the_o son_n of_o such_o a_o mother_n neither_o can_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o sentence_n be_v slight_v by_o those_o who_o will_v judge_v the_o doctrinal_a denial_n of_o any_o tithe_n to_o be_v heresy_n since_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o by_o those_o who_o will_v consider_v how_o leutardus_fw-la in_o glaber_n 11._o hist_o lib._n 2._o c._n 11._o how_o the_o mendicant_n in_o the_o council_n at_o vienna_n 1340._o as_o p._n 166._o wickliff_n in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n be_v account_v and_o condemn_v for_o heretic_n for_o deny_v the_o true_a right_n of_o tithe_n beside_o the_o eustathian_o who_o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o council_n of_o gangra_n for_o the_o like_a opinion_n of_o first-fruit_n personal_a tithe_n therefore_o be_v judge_v equal_a in_o right_n with_o praediall_a tithe_n the_o same_o judgement_n of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n need_v not_o have_v such_o name_n neithe_o shall_v it_o be_v neglect_v by_o those_o many_o who_o may_v well_o conceive_v none_o to_o be_v more_o unpartial_a and_o able_a judge_n than_o they_o be_v and_o be_v and_o sure_o they_o will_v not_o retract_v that_o determination_n but_o whereas_o he_o say_v many_o nay_o the_o most_o of_o such_o as_o most_o â—uriously_o enquirâ—_n herein_o besides_o diverse_a canonist_n be_v of_o that_o opinion_n by_o the_o curious_a inquisitor_n sure_o he_o mean_v the_o schoolman_n of_o who_o in_o the_o preface_n p_o â—_o he_o say_v this_o question_n be_v handle_v full_o by_o diverse_a schoolman_n who_o as_o p._n 165._o look_v further_o into_o all_o they_o meddle_v with_o than_o the_o canonist_n can_v do_v now_o of_o their_o opinion_n let_v we_o hear_v his_o own_o confession_n pag._n 263._o by_o this_o first_o opinion_n of_o the_o school_n man_n no_o diff_n rinse_v be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o praediall_a mix_v and_o personal_a tithe_n howsoever_o some_o scruple_n about_o that_o difference_n have_v be_v needless_o handle_v by_o they_o for_o quoad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la decimae_fw-la both_o be_v equal_o due_a the_o moral_a law_n according_a to_o they_o design_v not_o out_o real_a possession_n to_o be_v more_o subject_a here_o then_o personal_a profit_n the_o schoolman_n therefore_o be_v against_o russell_n and_o all_o those_o many_o even_o by_o his_o confession_n and_o although_o among_o the_o canonist_n some_o who_o be_v puzzle_v with_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o canon_n in_o aliquibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la extr._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la cap._n 32._o out_o of_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n under_o innocent_a the_o 3._o have_v so_o teach_v yet_o the_o ancient_a innocentius_n 4._o speculator_n etc._n etc._n as_o they_o be_v cite_v by_o he_o p._n 152._o be_v of_o other_o mind_n innocentius_n 4._o make_o it_o a_o wonder_n to_o see_v any_o deny_v it_o other_o afterward_o conform_v their_o opinion_n to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o time_n and_o place_n wherein_o they_o practise_v admit_v the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o
the_o sigle_v h._n may_v signify_v hugh_n then_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n then_o the_o phrase_n decimas_fw-la de_fw-la dominicis_fw-la suis_fw-la liberè_fw-la confer_v consueverunt_fw-la which_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n and_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n claim_v may_v have_v good_a sense_n against_o parochial_a right_n claim_v by_o the_o prior_n for_o the_o church_n of_o n._n and_o yet_o admit_v no_o arbitrarie_a consecration_n for_o there_o liberè_fw-la be_v not_o free_a from_o episcopal_a authority_n but_o parochial_a constraint_n they_o have_v before_o be_v make_v canonical_o decimae_fw-la separatae_fw-la that_o be_v a_o portion_n upon_o which_o a_o prescription_n be_v add_v and_o the_o bishop_n insist_o upon_o the_o custom_n of_o himself_o and_o predecessor_n there_o can_v be_v no_o reunion_n and_o in_o such_o case_n the_o king_n and_o bishop_n and_o other_o grandes_fw-fr may_v interpose_v themselves_o to_o make_v good_a their_o predecessor_n and_o their_o own_o grant_n but_o suppose_v his_o interpretation_n of_o decimae_fw-la separatae_fw-la for_o a_o benefice_n of_o tithe_n not_o annex_v to_o church_n what_o be_v this_o separation_n or_o collation_n without_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n that_o be_v not_o express_v in_o liberè_fw-la which_o as_o before_o have_v only_a reference_n to_o parochial_a right_n though_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o aduowson_n or_o patronage_n if_o they_o be_v so_o separate_v who_o deni_v it_o to_o king_n or_o patron_n yet_o in_o that_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o king_n claim_n quia_fw-la consimiles_fw-la decimas_fw-la conferimus_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la dominicis_fw-la nostris_fw-la not_o in_o all_o and_o quamplures_fw-la magnates_fw-la not_o omnes_fw-la do_v the_o like_a it_o may_v seem_v some_o privilege_n rather_o than_o common_a right_n of_o patron_n for_o then_o all_o patron_n and_o in_o all_o demesne_n shall_v have_v equal_a right_n though_o the_o king_n sovereign_a authority_n in_o these_o and_o all_o other_o cause_v ecclesiastical_a i_o do_v hearty_o acknowledge_v the_o like_a prohibition_n 357._o pag._n 357._o anno_fw-la 7._o edwardi_fw-la 1._o in_o the_o chartularie_n of_o osney_n between_o the_o abbot_n and_o covent_n there_o and_o the_o parson_n of_o harewell_o for_o two_o part_n of_o the_o tithe_n of_o certain_a land_n there_o the_o king_n prohibit_v the_o prosecution_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n because_o tangit_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o coronam_fw-la &c._n &c._n maxim_n cum_fw-la consimiles_fw-la decimas_fw-la in_o pluribus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la nostris_fw-la conferamus_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la plures_fw-la magnates_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la etc._n etc._n animad_fw-la 6_o this_o may_v have_v a_o good_a sense_n namely_o of_o tithe_n ancient_o collate_v to_o the_o free_a chapel_n of_o s._n george_n in_o the_o castle_n of_o oxford_n from_o whence_o osney_n claim_v they_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n exit_fw-la collatione_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la by_o the_o gift_n of_o our_o progenitor_n king_n of_o england_n now_o parochial_a right_n can_v not_o reclaim_v these_o be_v once_o separate_v by_o canonical_a authority_n and_o therefore_o for_o the_o parson_n to_o claim_v interest_n in_o such_o may_v occasion_v a_o prohibition_n and_o the_o reason_n may_v be_v for_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n do_v give_v the_o like_a so_o ancient_o collate_v and_o sever_v beside_o this_o prohibition_n and_o the_o former_a may_v have_v the_o same_o answer_n as_o before_o 358._o pag._n 358._o yet_o the_o council_n under_o hubert_n archbishop_n of_o canturbury_n in_o the_o 2._o of_o king_n john_n though_o repeat_v and_o respect_v the_o lateran_n council_n under_o alexander_n the_o three_o 460._o hoveden_n p._n 2._o fol._n 460._o must_v have_v a_o interpretation_n contrary_a to_o that_o which_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o lateran_n council_n which_o be_v examine_v before_o ad_fw-la pag._n 114._o &_o 138._o it_o must_v be_v understand_v 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quae_fw-la decimari_fw-la debent_fw-la those_o thing_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v tythe_v and_o quae_fw-la decimari_fw-la debent_fw-la more_fw-it catholico_n those_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v tythe_v after_o the_o catholic_a manner_n in_o many_o grant_n to_o express_v no_o canonical_a payment_n before_o but_o that_o then_o new_a tithe_n be_v give_v which_o though_o not_o before_o yet_o then_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n ought_v to_o be_v tythe_v for_o that_o the_o obedience_n to_o the_o canon_n in_o this_o point_n be_v general_a through_o the_o kingdom_n be_v most_o false_a we_o know_v the_o truth_n by_o a_o cloud_n of_o homebred_a witness_n so_o our_o author_n animad_fw-la 8_o but_o these_o phrase_n do_v but_o show_v the_o extent_n or_o manner_n of_o the_o tything_n and_o the_o duty_n of_o payment_n not_o arbitrarie_a but_o necessary_a nor_o infer_v they_o any_o opposition_n to_o the_o canon_n law_n for_o that_o be_v absurd_a to_o acknowledge_v it_o before_o it_o be_v object_v in_o such_o 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not_o prove_v they_o be_v petitio_fw-la principij_fw-la yet_o to_o prove_v his_o paradox_n he_o relate_v how_o in_o the_o book_n of_o doomsday_n stori_n the_o ancestor_n of_o walter_n de_fw-fr aincourt_n be_v special_o thus_o privilege_v that_o he_o may_v sine_fw-la alicuius_fw-la licentia_fw-la facere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o derby_n or_o nottingham_n shire_n in_o sva_fw-la terra_fw-la &_o in_fw-la sva_fw-la soca_fw-la &_o svam_fw-la decimam_fw-la mittere_fw-la quo_fw-la vellet_fw-la without_o leave_n of_o any_o to_o make_v a_o church_n in_o his_o own_o land_n and_o in_o his_o own_o fee_n and_o to_o send_v his_o tithe_n whither_o he_o listen_v animad_fw-la 10_o this_o of_o stori_n sure_o be_v a_o privilege_n and_o that_o from_o the_o king_n as_o may_v seem_v for_o that_o it_o be_v note_v in_o that_o temporal_a description_n because_o the_o grant_n of_o any_o land_n in_o manum_fw-la mortuam_fw-la which_o by_o make_v a_o church_n be_v do_v do_v belong_v to_o the_o king_n to_o give_v 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praebeatur_fw-la nullus_fw-la eam_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la capellam_fw-la nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr episcopi_fw-la concessione_n conferat_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la fecisse_fw-la contigerit_fw-la primum_fw-la legibus_fw-la subiaceat_fw-la humanis_fw-la postea_fw-la excommunicatione_n populi_fw-la
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prescript_n c._n 6._o &_o 5._o quote_v do_v not_o at_o all_o insinuate_v any_o such_o claim_n of_o prescription_n to_o countenance_v any_o such_o act_n of_o lay_v consecration_n but_o only_o be_v canon_n in_o general_n animad_fw-la 6_o after_z he_o suppose_v another_o falsehood_n which_o he_o say_v seem_v certain_a that_o the_o title_n derive_v by_o lay_v consecration_n be_v careful_o conceal_v by_o the_o possessor_n in_o such_o public_a record_n of_o their_o revenue_n as_o be_v of_o more_o common_a and_o open_a use_n in_o their_o legal_a proceed_n at_o the_o cannon_n law_n perchance_o he_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o any_o yet_o therefore_o let_v he_o hear_v this_o out_o of_o our_o chartulary_n that_o in_o most_o of_o the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o succeed_a bishop_n whereof_o we_o have_v most_o until_o anno_fw-la 1478._o express_o the_o donor_n be_v name_v for_o so_o in_o that_o year_n be_v the_o confirmation_n of_o john_n russell_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n and_o in_o all_o plead_n the_o ancient_a muniment_n be_v exhibit_v wherein_o the_o special_a charter_n of_o the_o donor_n and_o bishop_n be_v show_v but_o for_o conclusion_n b._n n._n b._n he_o bewray_v the_o novelty_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o arbitrarie_a consecration_n even_o arrogate_a and_o well_o may_v he_o this_o strange_a doctrine_n to_o his_o own_o invention_n to_o which_o none_o else_o have_v point_v at_o that_o write_v of_o this_o subject_n and_o therein_o he_o persuade_v himself_o that_o every_o understand_a reader_n will_v think_v they_o worthy_a his_o consideration_n 470._o p_o 470._o animad_fw-la 7_o concern_v appropriation_n his_o consideration_n be_v answer_v in_o the_o book_n and_o his_o inference_n though_o it_o may_v seem_v religious_a namely_o that_o because_o they_o be_v appropriate_v by_o the_o dedication_n and_o vow_n of_o man_n that_o therefore_o they_o may_v not_o be_v profane_v to_o lay_v man_n use_n yet_o when_o they_o shall_v consider_v that_o these_o appropriation_n and_o dedication_n of_o new_a create_v tithe_n forsooth_o be_v only_o intend_v to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o such_o place_n which_o now_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o superstition_n there_o they_o can_v willing_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v rightful_o suppress_v now_o the_o aim_n of_o their_o dedication_n the_o monastery_n be_v take_v away_o to_o the_o possession_n whereof_o the_o donor_n do_v by_o many_o imprecation_n upon_o the_o detractor_n or_o detainer_n religious_o bind_v they_o what_o now_o upon_o his_o supposition_n and_o proof_n shall_v hinder_v but_o that_o profane_a atheist_n who_o will_v wave_n the_o right_a de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la shall_v think_v they_o may_v without_o scruple_n of_o conscience_n retain_v they_o for_o they_o will_v say_v these_o tithe_n not_o before_o in_o conscience_n due_a be_v consecrate_v to_o such_o a_o monastery_n now_o the_o monastery_n be_v dissolve_v who_o have_v right_a to_o they_o by_o the_o donors_n gift_n none_o he_o give_v they_o for_o ever_o 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revert_v to_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o donor_n and_o the_o tithe_n to_o the_o parish_n priest_n who_o they_o be_v by_o divine_a right_n since_o he_o do_v the_o duty_n of_o tithe_n and_o let_v those_o that_o hold_v impropriation_n in_o their_o conscience_n weigh_v their_o title_n with_o god_n right_a in_o tithe_n in_o another_o section_n of_o this_o chapter_n he_o speak_v of_o episcopal_a right_n in_o tithe_n 472._o pag._n 472._o and_o after_o some_o example_n out_o of_o krantzius_n who_o before_o he_o so_o scoff_v at_o he_o remember_v a_o passage_n in_o helmoldus_n hist_n sâ—lau_n cap._n 29._o where_o gerold_n bishop_n of_o oldenburg_n write_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o desert_n of_o wagria_n to_o pay_v he_o tithe_n among_o other_o passage_n he_o say_v praeceptum_fw-la cvi_fw-la obedierunt_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la abraham_n scilicet_fw-la isaac_n &_o jacob_n &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la fidem_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la filii_fw-la abrahae_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la 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