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but_o for_o the_o stranger_n the_o fatherless_a and_o the_o widow_n who_o be_v to_o eat_v thereof_o and_o be_v satisfy_v 4._o that_o when_o the_o levitical_a priesthood_n be_v change_v by_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n jesus_n the_o law_n for_o tything_n be_v also_o change_v as_o paul_n write_v to_o the_o hebrew_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o church_n for_o the_o first_o 300._o year_n while_o the_o purity_n and_o simplicity_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v retain_v no_o tithe_n be_v pay_v among_o christian_n 5._o that_o as_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n begin_v to_o work_v and_o man_n imagigination_n be_v teach_v instead_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n divers_a man_n fetch_v their_o ground_n from_o moses_n writing_n begin_v to_o preach_v that_o tithe_n again_o ought_v to_o be_v pay_v 6._o that_o those_o that_o first_o preach_v up_o tithe_n press_v the_o payment_n of_o of_o they_o not_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o a_o ministry_n only_o but_o chief_o for_o provision_n for_o the_o poor_a and_o needy_a 7._o that_o in_o the_o first_o practice_n of_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n they_o be_v not_o pay_v as_o tithe_n but_o as_o free_a offering_n at_o the_o bounty_n of_o the_o giver_n and_o not_o as_o answer_v any_o law_n that_o require_v the_o ten_o part_n and_o so_o more_o proper_o be_v call_v offering_n than_o tithe_n 8._o that_o notwithstanding_o any_o doctrine_n preach_v it_o be_v not_o a_o receive_a doctrine_n that_o tithe_n ought_v to_o be_v pay_v till_o about_o the_o year_n 1000_o that_o the_o pope_n have_v set_v up_o his_o authority_n and_o usurp_a dominion_n over_o the_o great_a part_n of_o europe_n and_o almost_o all_o emperor_n king_n and_o prince_n bring_v in_o subjection_n to_o he_o and_o his_o innovated_a superstirion_n 9_o that_o notwithstanding_o the_o strict_a command_n of_o the_o pope_n no_o outward_a compulsary_a law_n be_v make_v by_o the_o pope_n or_o his_o council_n to_o enforce_v any_o to_o pay_v tithe_n but_o only_o their_o excommunication_n 10._o that_o tithe_n be_v always_o account_v a_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n and_o therefore_o by_o ecclesiastical_a court_n be_v try_v and_o judge_v and_o till_o the_o dissolution_n of_o abbey_n etc._n etc._n be_v never_o call_v a_o civil_a right_n 11._o that_o tithe_n be_v bring_v in_o as_o a_o duty_n owe_v unto_o god_n and_o be_v so_o require_v and_o enforce_v and_o therefore_o all_o law_n make_v for_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n take_v that_o for_o their_o ground_n and_o not_o any_o civil_a property_n or_o right_n in_o he_o that_o claim_v they_o 12._o that_o till_o the_o year_n 1200._o or_o thereabouts_o it_o be_v the_o common_a practice_n for_o every_o one_o to_o bestow_v his_o tithe_n where_o he_o please_v 13._o that_o from_o such_o arbitrary_a disposition_n abbey_n and_o monastery_n come_v to_o be_v so_o rich_o endow_v with_o tithe_n and_o rectory_n 14._o that_o all_o exemption_n from_o payment_n of_o tithe_n come_v from_o the_o pope_n 15._o that_o first_o fruit_n and_o ten_o be_v but_o a_o late_a innovation_n and_o claim_v by_o the_o pope_n as_o successor_n to_o the_o jewish_a highpriest_n as_o cook_n in_o the_o three_o part_n of_o his_o institutes_n also_o testify_v 16._o that_o tithe_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n whether_o claim_v by_o a_o abbey_n or_o impropriator_n or_o a_o priest_n and_o stand_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n and_o foundation_n and_o differ_v nothing_o but_o in_o the_o person_n that_o possess_v they_o 17._o here_o also_o the_o decline_a state_n of_o the_o church_n to_o corruption_n &_o error_n may_v be_v clear_o discern_v &_o trace_v for_o as_o the_o power_n of_o truth_n be_v lose_v so_o be_v the_o fruit_n thereof_o which_o cause_v such_o earnest_n press_v to_o needful_a contribution_n &_o when_o that_o will_v not_o serve_v law_n &_o decree_n be_v make_v to_o force_v they_o but_o in_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o for_o while_o the_o purity_n and_o simplicity_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v retain_v there_o 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