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obtrude_v on_o they_o without_o their_o choice_n or_o privity_n yea_o i_o trust_v they_o will_v be_v so_o just_a so_o righteous_a towards_o i_o so_o great_a a_o sufferer_n by_o under_o they_o only_o for_o discharge_v my_o conscience_n and_o bind_a duty_n towards_o my_o god_n our_o church_n and_o native_a country_n of_o england_n as_o no_o way_n to_o be_v angry_a with_o i_o or_o injurious_a towards_o i_o for_o this_o my_o new_a gospel_n plea_n interweave_v with_o a_o legal_a and_o rational_a for_o the_o lawfulness_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o ancient_a settle_a maintenance_n and_o tithe_n of_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o good_a old_a fundamental_a law_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o their_o present_a busy_a endeavour_n to_o abolish_v alter_v subvert_v beyond_o yea_o against_o their_o trust_n commission_n calling_n have_v necessitate_v i_o now_o to_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n to_o preserve_v our_o church_n state_n ministry_n from_o new_a 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i_o and_o bless_v be_v thy_o advice_n and_o bless_v be_v thou_o which_o
â—_o c._n 1â—_n â—ect_n 5_o 6_o 7._o â—â—_o annotata_fw-la annotata_fw-la capgrave_n in_o prologo_fw-la ad_fw-la vitas_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la spelmanni_n council_n in_o epist_n dâ—d_n &_o p._n â—33_n â—33_n antiqu._n eccles_n brit._n in_o the_o life_n of_o câ—aâ—mer_n fox_n speed_n hall_n grimston_n in_o â—_o 8._o &_o statut._n rastal_n manas_n semas_o rome_n rome_n mr._n cambden_v britania_n spelman_n and_o other_o other_o pilgrimage_n 〈…〉_z 133._o 133._o fox_n act_n &_o monument_n and_o other_o in_o his_o life_n and_o the_o statute_n in_o his_o reign_n reign_n 2_o e._n 6._o c._n 13._o 13._o speed_z how_o baker_n cambden_n in_o her_o life_n and_o the_o print_a statute_n in_o her_o reign_n antiqu._n eccles_n brit._n in_o the_o life_n of_o matthew_n parker_n godwin_n catalogue_n of_o bishop_n in_o her_o time_n time_n ezech._n 22_o 30._o 30._o m._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n ch_n 8._o 8._o hist_o anglia_fw-it tiguâ—â—_n 158â—_n p._n 52_o 53_o 246_o 247_o etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v â—ir_n edward_n cook_n preface_n to_o his_o 2._o instit_n on_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la charta_fw-la see_v matth._n 〈◊〉_d hist_o angl._n p_o 421_o 505_o 506_o 621_o 624._o 838_o 839._o the_o statute_n at_o large_a an._n 25_o â—_o 1._o after_o confirmatio_fw-la chaâ—â—â—um_fw-la n._n b._n b._n epist_n 82._o â—â—_o bochellus_n decret_a eccles_n gal._n p._n 966._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 12._o pars_fw-la 2._o p._n 7_o 667_o 67._o 67._o cook_n a_o report_n the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n case_n case_n fredericus_fw-la lindebrogus_n codex_fw-la legum_n antiqu_n p._n 703._o 703._o rerum_fw-la vngaricatum_fw-la scriptores_fw-la bonfinius_n &_o nicholas_n isthuansis_n in_o vita_fw-la sancti_fw-la stephani_fw-la sancti_fw-la stephani_fw-la regis_fw-la decretum_fw-la secundum_fw-la c._n 52._o status_fw-la regni_fw-la hungariae_fw-la p._n 19â—_n â—_o cor._n 6._o 8._o 8._o â—ee_o page_n 56_o 58_o 59_o 65_o 68_o 75_o 79_o 83_o 84_o 85_o 89_o 90_o 241_o 243_o 268_o 297_o 298_o 584._o 584._o joan._n leo._n geographical_a description_n of_o africa_n l._n 3._o 3._o pilgrimage_n l._n 6._o c._n 10._o p._n 614._o 614._o microcosm_n p._n 710._o 711._o 712._o 712._o ps_n 105._o 14_o 15._o 15._o as_o appear_v by_o their_o late_a petition_n and_o john_n cannes_n voice_n voice_n exact_a collection_n p._n 59_o etc._n etc._n â—_o i_o say_v 29._o 16._o 16._o matth._n 22._o 23_o 24._o luke_n 11._o 42._o c._n 18._o 12._o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mr._n selden'_v review_n p._n 453._o 453._o eccles_n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 26._o l._n 6._o c._n 41_o 42._o l._n 7._o c._n 12._o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n vol._n 1._o 1._o apologet._n c._n 39_o 39_o ambrose_n office_n l._n 1._o c._n 41._o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n vol._n 1._o p._n 92_o 9â—_n 9â—_n pr._n stepâ—_n hym._n 2._o 2._o operum_fw-la p._n 278._o 278._o matth._n 24._o 12._o object_n 2._o answ_n answ_n see_v my_o legal_a vindication_n against_o illegal_a tax_n and_o humble_a remonstrance_n against_o shipmoney_n object_n 3._o answ_n answ_n hierom._n super_fw-la ezech._n l._n 14._o ad_fw-la cap._n 44._o josephus_n antiqu_n jud._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o chrysostom_n hom._n 4._o in_o ephes_n serm._n 103._o sir_n james_n semple_n sacrilege_n sacred_o handle_v joseph_n scaliger_n diatâ—_n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n and_o review_n c._n 2._o purchas_n pilgrimage_n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o richard_n montague_n diatribae_fw-la on_o mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n c._n a._n &_o dr._n tillesley_n and_o mr._n nettles_n ibidem_fw-la dr._n sclater_n minister_n portion_n p._n 17._o 17._o p._n 299_o 304_o 306_o 312_o 314_o 315_o 316_o 317_o 331_o 333_o 336_o 337_o 341_o 345_o 346_o 371._o and_o elsewhere_o dr._n tillesley_n his_o animadversion_n on_o mr._n selden_n c._n 11_o 12_o 13._o littleton_n chap._n 6._o frankalmoign_n and_o cook_n institutes_n thereon_o petrus_n damianus_n l._n 2._o epist_n 14._o ut_fw-la copiosiora_fw-la in_o pauperes_fw-la alimenta_fw-la perâ—iciant_fw-la dantur_fw-la in_fw-la monasteriis_fw-la &_o eremitis_fw-la decimae_fw-la quorumcumque_fw-la proventuum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n c._n 7._o sect_n 4._o p._n 165_o 166_o &c_n &c_n &c_n innocent_a 3._o epist_n decret_n l._n 1._o p._n 203._o l._n 2._o p._n 410._o extrav_fw-mi tit._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la c._n 3._o exit_fw-la multis_fw-la multis_fw-la ad_fw-la extr._n ti_fw-mi de_fw-fr parach_n c._n ult_n mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n p._n 166_o 168._o 168._o doctrinal_a fidei_fw-la tom._n 1._o l._n 2._o artic._n 3._o c._n 64_o 65._o 65._o epist_n 240._o object_n 4._o 4._o 7_o e._n 3._o f._n 5._o 44_o e._n 3._o f._n 5._o 10_o h._n 7._o f._n 18._o 7._o 6_o dyer_n 84._o 8._o cook_n 2_o report_n f._n 44._o b._n c_o voice_n p._n 13._o d_o surius_n council_n tom._n 3._o p._n 751._o 751._o see_v rastal_n abridgement_n title_n tithe_n and_o the_o ordinance_n for_o tithe_n lindwood_n provinc_fw-la constit_fw-la l._n 3._o tit._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n ch_n 8._o 8._o see_v mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n p._n 320_o 322_o 338_o 346_o 350._o 350._o hoveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 828._o lindwood_n provinc_n constit_fw-la l._n 3._o tit._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la decimis_fw-la 1_o thess_n 4._o 11._o 11._o hist_o angl._n p._n 4._o 4._o history_n of_o tithe_n ch_n 7._o p._n 147_o 148._o 148._o hist_o l._n 16_o 17._o dr._n usher_n annales_n eccles_n veteris_fw-la testam_fw-la p._n 516_o 525._o 525._o voice_n from_o the_o temple_n epist_n ded._n &_o p._n 23._o if_o they_o be_v raze_v to_o the_o ground_n it_o will_v do_v well._n well._n psal_n 137._o 7_o 8._o 8._o as_o be_v evident_a by_o compare_v it_o with_o i_o say_v 56._o 6_o 7_o 8._o c._n 61._o 1_o to_o 11._o c._n 66._o 18_o to_o 24._o jer._n 33._o 15_o to_o the_o end_n proposition_n 4._o 4._o the_o kentish_a petition_n against_o tithe_n john_n can_v voice_n from_o the_o temple_n and_o other_o b_o mal._n 3._o 8_o 9_o 9_o matthew_n westm_n &_o â—lorentius_fw-la wigorniensis_fw-la an._n 983._o sec_n my_o humble_a remonstrance_n against_o ship-money_n p._n 19_o 20_o 21._o 21._o spelman_n council_n 610._o 610._o cook_n ad_fw-la report_n the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n case_n summa_fw-la angelica_n tit._n decima_fw-la decima_fw-la for_o which_o there_o be_v suffient_fw-la allowance_n give_v in_o case_n of_o mere_a heath_n and_o baren_n ground_n by_o the_o stat._n or_o 2_o e._n 6._o c._n 13._o 13._o see_v augustine_n serm._n 219._o mal._n 3._o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o 11._o cottoni_fw-la posthuma_n p._n 174_o 179._o the_o act_n of_o resumption_n 6_o h._n 3._o 5_o 9_o 10_o e._n 2._o 1._o 2_o r_o 2._o 6._o 6_o h._n 4_o 1._o 2_o h._n 5._o 28_o 29._o 33_o h._n 6._o 2._o 1_o h._n 7_o 4_o â—_o 12_o â—_o 4._o 4._o britan._n p._n 161_o 162._o purchas_n pilgrimage_n p._n 133._o 133._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 2._o 2._o sermo_n 219._o tom._n 10._o 10._o causa_fw-la 16._o qu._n 7._o 7._o decret_n eccles_n gall._n l._n 6._o tâ—â—_n 3._o c._n 19_o â—â—â—_o â—â—â—_o suidas_n in_o leone_n leone_n a_o thing_n former_o propose_v by_o they_o in_o their_o agreement_n of_o the_o people_n present_v to_o the_o commons_o house_n jan._n 20._o â—_o 649._o p._n 24._o 24._o deut._n 12._o 17_o 18._o neh._n 13._o 12_o 19_o 2_o chro._n 31._o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o purchase_v pilgrimage_n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o p._n 130_o 1â—1_n 1â—1_n this_o objection_n i_o find_v recite_v in_o the_o council_n of_o lingon_n anno_fw-la 1404._o &_o there_o answer_v bochellus_n decret_a eccles_n gall._n p._n 968._o object_n object_n see_v the_o leveler_n new_o print_v paper_n entitle_v england_n fundamental_a law_n and_o liberty_n claim_v etc._n etc._n and_o many_o petition_n of_o late_a late_a see_v all_o act_n for_o tonnage_n poundage_n and_o imposition_n mr._n hackwels_n argument_n against_o imposition_n cook_n 2._o instit_n p._n 58_o 59_o to_o 64._o 64._o mal._n 3._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o see_v augustine_n sermo_n 219._o 219._o gul._n malmesbuâ—iensis_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la angl._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o â—uocus_fw-la chron._n in_o carolo_n simplici_fw-la cent._n magd._n 8._o c._n 7._o &_o 9_o dr._n till_o les_o in_o his_o animad_fw-la version_n on_o mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n p._n 64_o to_o 69._o 69._o tom._n 3._o p._n 648._o 648._o review_n p._n 466._o 466._o extravag_n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la c._n 10._o joannes_n sarisbur_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 21._o mr._n selden'_v history_n of_o tithe_n c._n 6._o p._n 120_o 121._o 121._o can_n 2d_o voice_n from_o the_o temple_n p._n 24_o etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o pet._n 2._o 5_o 9_o 9_o rev._n 1._o 5._o 5._o gal._n 6._o 16._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 3._o gen._n 14._o 20._o hebr._n 7._o 2_o 4_o etc._n etc._n etc._n 1_o chron._n 26._o 26_o 27_o 28._o 28._o herodotus_n l._n 5._o c._n 25._o valerius_n maximus_n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o diodorus_n an._n 4._o olymp._n 98._o dr._n usher_n annales_n