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how_o it_o have_v be_v confirm_v since_o in_o all_o age_n first_o it_o be_v confirm_v in_o that_o famous_a league_n between_o the_o dane_n and_o saxon_n by_o alfred_n or_o alured_n the_o great_a son_n of_o ethelwolph_n and_o guthum_n the_o first_o baptise_a king_n of_o the_o dane_n an._n 887._o and_o a_o penalty_n add_v for_o such_o as_o shall_v detain_v their_o tithe_n 9_o tithe_n leg_n eccles_n alured_n &_o guth_n c._n 9_o and_o again_o by_o edward_n the_o elder_a who_o be_v son_n of_o alured_n an._n 906._o and_o again_o by_o athelstan_n son_n of_o the_o say_v edward_n in_o the_o council_n of_o gratelane_n an._n 928._o tithe_n also_o by_o the_o name_n of_o decimas_fw-la seminum_fw-la primitias_fw-la be_v again_o enjoin_v by_o edmund_n brother_n of_o athelstane_n in_o a_o great_a council_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n at_o london_n an._n 944._o king_n edgar_z in_o open_a senate_n renew_v the_o law_n for_o tithe_n and_o make_v it_o a_o forfeiture_n of_o nine_o part_n to_o detain_v the_o ten_o an._n 967._o and_o in_o his_o canon_n he_o call_v tithe_n thing_n which_o by_o right_o be_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o god_n as_o they_o be_v also_o by_o ethelred_n the_o right_n due_a to_o god_n when_o he_o confirm_v the_o donation_n of_o tithe_n in_o the_o general_n council_n at_o aenham_n an._n 1009._o the_o same_o ratify_v also_o by_o canutus_n and_o king_n edgar_n penalty_n revive_v an._n 1032._o and_o last_o by_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n in_o those_o law_n of_o he_o which_o be_v collect_v and_o confirm_v by_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n at_o his_o enter_v upon_o the_o english_a crown_n as_o all_o other_o king_n of_o england_n since_o have_v do_v the_o particular_n be_v too_o many_o to_o mention_v and_o the_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o know_v wherefore_o we_o will_v only_o add_v that_o the_o very_o first_o word_n of_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la the_o foundation_n of_o the_o english_a liberty_n confirm_v all_o that_o have_v be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n and_o sir_n hen._n spelman_n affirm_v these_o grant_n have_v be_v ratify_v in_o thirty_o nine_o several_a great_a council_n and_o parliament_n before_o the_o reformation_n and_o we_o all_o know_v that_o our_o protestant_a prince_n have_v confirm_v the_o right_n of_o tithe_n as_o full_o as_o any_o of_o their_o predecessor_n and_o with_o their_o protestant_a parliament_n have_v give_v great_a strength_n and_o security_n to_o the_o clergy_n in_o possession_n of_o they_o than_o ever_o they_o have_v before_o and_o make_v better_a law_n for_o punish_v those_o who_o do_v detain_v they_o now_o if_o all_o this_o add_v to_o the_o antecedent_n divine_a right_n will_v not_o amount_v to_o make_v a_o valid_a deed_n of_o gift_n than_o no_o man_n can_v secure_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o posterity_n for_o this_o donation_n have_v be_v advise_v by_o father_n enjoin_v by_o council_n practise_v by_o foreign_a prince_n solemny_n make_v by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o the_o three_o estate_n with_o the_o king_n frequent_o confirm_v by_o as_o general_a consent_n in_o every_o age_n and_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o enjoy_v for_o 800_o year_n by_o those_o to_o who_o the_o donation_n be_v make_v and_o thus_o the_o clergy_n have_v a_o second_o title_n to_o the_o tithe_n they_o be_v original_o due_a to_o god_n and_o afterward_o free_o give_v by_o the_o right_a owner_n and_o that_o gift_n confirm_v by_o their_o posterity_n due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n due_a by_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o owner_n and_o allow_v by_o the_o law_n of_o man_n which_o be_v thus_o far_o prove_v i_o hope_v our_o quaker_n trifle_a objection_n will_v now_o easy_o be_v dispel_v §_o 16._o three_o general_a exception_n t._n e._n take_v at_o this_o charter_n first_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o author_n of_o it_o pag._n 289._o and_o here_o he_o affirm_v king_n ethelwolph_n be_v a_o papist_n if_o t._n e._n have_v know_v what_o give_v a_o man_n the_o just_a denomination_n of_o a_o papist_n he_o will_v not_o have_v discourse_v so_o absurd_o for_o it_o be_v not_o every_o one_o that_o agree_v in_o some_o opinion_n with_o the_o roman_a church_n who_o be_v a_o papist_n since_o then_o all_o christian_n in_o the_o world_n will_v be_v papist_n but_o he_o be_v a_o papist_n who_o profess_v himself_o a_o member_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o acknowledge_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n believe_v all_o the_o article_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n faith_n now_o k._n ethelwolph_n do_v never_o profess_v himself_o a_o member_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o he_o and_o his_o successor_n be_v vicarios_fw-la christi_fw-la 8._o christi_fw-la leg._n hyden_n cap._n 8._o own_v no_o supreme_a in_o their_o kingdom_n but_o christ_n as_o be_v learned_o make_v out_o against_o the_o papist_n in_o dr._n basire_n liberty_n of_o the_o britain_n church_n and_o sir_n roger_n twisden_n histor_n vindication_n and_o we_o shall_v full_o prove_v on_o pag._n 300._o that_o he_o do_v not_o hold_v all_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o be_v no_o papist_n but_o if_o we_o shall_v grant_v so_o much_o to_o the_o quaker_n that_o ethelwolph_n be_v a_o papist_n yet_o neither_o will_v that_o make_v his_o donation_n of_o tithe_n void_a for_o a_o erroneous_a opinion_n in_o the_o person_n who_o do_v a_o thing_n good_a in_o itself_o as_o we_o have_v prove_v tithe_n to_o be_v do_v not_o make_v the_o act_n void_a and_o if_o all_o the_o good_a act_n of_o papist_n in_o the_o true_a sense_n and_o all_o their_o charter_n and_o donation_n be_v void_a mere_o because_o make_v and_o do_v by_o papist_n then_o all_o the_o charter_n of_o our_o king_n all_o the_o endowment_n of_o hospital_n and_o school_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o all_o public_a act_n for_o some_o hundred_o of_o year_n before_o k._n henry_n viii_o will_v be_v void_a which_o principle_n will_v destroy_v the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o poor_a the_o privilege_n of_o city_n and_o the_o freedom_n of_o all_o english_a subject_n but_o this_o quaker_n must_v be_v more_o wary_a than_o thus_o to_o unhinge_v all_o establishment_n and_o let_v he_o note_v that_o if_o ethelwolph_n have_v be_v a_o papist_n in_o other_o thing_n yet_o in_o this_o act_n he_o be_v none_o unless_o abraham_n be_v a_o papist_n before_o christ_n time_n and_o origen_n with_o the_o father_n afterward_o yea_o unless_o our_o protestant_a prince_n and_o parliament_n be_v papist_n also_o §_o 17._o second_o he_o object_n p._n 290._o that_o tithe_n be_v give_v to_o maintain_v the_o popish_a clergy_n this_o be_v a_o mistake_n also_o for_o ingulphus_n say_v vniversam_fw-la dotaverat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la anglicanam_fw-la it_o be_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o english_a clergy_n who_o have_v a_o patriarch_n of_o their_o own_o in_o those_o day_n and_o be_v a_o church_n of_o themselves_o not_o hold_v all_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n nor_o
ethelwolph_n do_v this_o alone_a since_o he_o confess_v pag._n 285._o that_o his_o noble_n consent_v to_o the_o gift_n and_o if_o he_o have_v read_v the_o charter_n as_o he_o pretend_v he_o must_v know_v that_o ingulph_n say_v it_o be_v make_v all_o the_o arch-bishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o england_n be_v present_a and_o subscribe_v to_o it_o as_o also_o beorred_a king_n of_o mercia_n and_o edmund_n king_n of_o the_o east-angle_n before_o the_o abbot_n abbess_n duke_n earls_z and_o noble_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n and_o a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o other_o faithful_a people_n who_o all_o consent_v to_o the_o king_n charter_n and_o the_o man_n of_o dignity_n subscribe_v their_o name_n 350._o name_n ingulph_n apud_fw-la spelm._n p._n 350._o we_o have_v also_o note_v before_o how_o often_o this_o donation_n have_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o whole_a nation_n representative_a since_o that_o time_n which_o t._n e._n can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o but_o to_o serve_v his_o end_n he_o conceal_v all_o this_o mere_o to_o get_v a_o occasion_n to_o indite_v good_a king_n ethelwolph_n of_o invade_v his_o subject_n property_n §_o 30._o but_o his_o conscience_n accuse_v he_o for_o this_o slander_n in_o pag._n 323._o he_o suppose_v that_o ethelwolph_n do_v it_o by_o general_a consent_n and_o then_o say_v if_o it_o be_v so_o yet_o neither_o can_v he_o single_a nor_o they_o all_o conjoin_v give_v any_o more_o than_o belong_v to_o themselves_o viz_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o their_o land_n or_o of_o the_o yearly_o profit_v for_o their_o own_o life_n but_o to_o make_v a_o grant_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n for_o ever_o be_v to_o my_o understanding_n say_v he_o utter_o repugnant_a to_o reason_n it_o may_v be_v repugnant_a to_o his_o understanding_n so_o sad_o corrupt_v by_o prejudice_n but_o it_o be_v agreeable_a enough_o to_o the_o reason_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o all_o other_o man_n for_o the_o lord_n in_o fee_n to_o give_v what_o part_n 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consideration_n on_o which_o tithe_n be_v give_v be_v take_v away_o for_o ethelwolph_n give_v they_o for_o the_o health_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o the_o remission_n of_o his_o sin_n which_o he_o believe_v may_v be_v obtain_v in_o that_o church_n by_o the_o help_n of_o that_o ministry_n to_o who_o he_o give_v his_o tithe_n and_o the_o mediation_n of_o those_o saint_n in_o honour_n of_o who_o he_o grant_v the_o charter_n i_o have_v already_o prove_v that_o t._n e._n false_o suppose_v king_n ethelwolph_n to_o have_v hold_v all_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o present_a church_n of_o rome_n and_o particular_o that_o he_o do_v not_o expect_v pardon_n of_o his_o sin_n by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o good_a work_n alcuinus_fw-la give_v we_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o english_a church_n in_o those_o day_n who_o say_v he_o only_o can_v deliver_v we_o from_o sin_n who_o come_v without_o sin_n and_o be_v make_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n 8._o sin_n alcuin_n l._n 4._o in_o joh._n 8._o the_o saxon_n 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against_o his_o judgement_n thus_o our_o saviour_n submit_v to_o pay_v tribute_n which_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v be_v exact_v of_o he_o mat._n xvii_o 24._o and_o s._n paul_n command_v the_o christian_n to_o pay_v tribute_n and_o custom_n to_o the_o heathen_a emperor_n though_o they_o use_v it_o to_o idolatrous_a and_o wicked_a purpose_n the_o christian_n like_v not_o the_o use_n they_o put_v their_o tribute_n unto_o but_o yet_o they_o submit_v to_o the_o payment_n thus_o the_o poor_a greek_n pay_v great_a contributibution_n to_o the_o grand_a signior_n and_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o the_o protestant_n of_o france_n pay_v tithe_n to_o the_o popish_a clergy_n and_o the_o late_a oppress_a royalist_n pay_v assessment_n to_o the_o parliament_n and_o pay_v tithe_n to_o man_n invest_v in_o live_n according_a to_o the_o law_n then_o in_o be_v though_o they_o do_v not_o esteem_v all_o of_o they_o lawful_a minister_n if_o the_o payment_n impose_v be_v never_o so_o unjust_a i_o do_v not_o sin_n 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the_o tithe_n but_o only_o that_o pag._n 355._o this_o flower_n once_o stick_v in_o the_o triple_a crown_n but_o his_o majesty_n will_v not_o so_o easy_o be_v wheadle_v out_o of_o so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o his_o revenue_n and_o so_o clear_a a_o acknowledgement_n of_o hiâ—_n clergy_n subjection_n to_o he_o and_o that_o the_o quaker_n may_v know_v what_o injury_n they_o do_v to_o his_o majesty_n in_o attempt_v to_o take_v away_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o clergy_n let_v they_o know_v that_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o the_o bishopric_n of_o england_n pay_v to_o the_o king_n be_v above_o 23000_o l._n and_o the_o ten_o of_o they_o pay_v yearly_o be_v 2300_o l._n but_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n ten_o arise_v mere_o out_o of_o tithe_n do_v pay_v to_o the_o exchequer_n yearly_a 1376._o l._n their_o first-fruit_n be_v 137610_o l._n beside_o all_o the_o ten_o and_o first-fruit_n of_o prebendary_n and_o other_o dignity_n and_o though_o it_o can_v be_v exact_o tell_v how_o much_o this_o 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