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likewise_o a_o altar_n as_o well_o as_o the_o jew_n though_o different_a from_o they_o heb._n 13.14_o we_o have_v a_o altar_n whereof_o they_o have_v no_o right_a to_o eat_v which_o serve_v the_o tabernacle_n oft_o mention_v rev._n 6.9_o chap._n 8.3_o 5._o chap._n 9.13_o ch_n 14.18_o yea_o couple_v with_o the_o temple_n rev._n 11.1_o rise_v measure_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o the_o altar_n 3._o we_o have_v sacrifice_n to_o be_v offer_v in_o this_o temple_n on_o the_o altar_n as_o well_o as_o the_o jew_n in_o they_o 1._o the_o sacrifice_n of_o prayer_n rev._n 8.3_o 4_o 5._o 2._o the_o sacrifice_n of_o praise_n heb._n 13.15_o 3._o the_o sacrifice_n of_o charity_n alm_n and_o good_a work_n heb._n 13.16_o 4._o our_o own_o body_n which_o we_o must_v present_v as_o a_o live_a sacrifice_n holy_a acceptable_a unto_o god_n by_o serve_v he_o according_a to_o his_o word_n as_o rational_a man_n not_o beast_n that_o be_v both_o slay_v and_o sacrifice_v
all_o jesuit_n and_o seminary_n priest_n as_o traitor_n restore_v the_o exile_a minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n suffer_v for_o religion_n reward_v they_o with_o the_o rich_a bishopric_n and_o church-preferment_n and_o plant_v a_o faithful_a painful_a preach_v ministry_n by_o degree_n in_o most_o dark_a corner_n of_o her_o dominion_n endow_v they_o with_o a_o settle_a competent_a maintenance_n which_o our_o subsequent_a protestant_a king_n continue_v to_o they_o and_o their_o successor_n without_o diminution_n all_o which_o consider_v we_o of_o this_o isle_n may_v with_o much_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n and_o honour_n to_o our_o prince_n without_o flattery_n aver_v before_o all_o the_o world_n that_o the_o forecited_a prophecy_n of_o king_n be_v nursing-fathers_n and_o queen_n nursing-mothers_n to_o the_o church_n and_o special_o king_n and_o queen_n of_o this_o isle_n have_v be_v more_o real_o accomplish_v in_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n of_o this_o our_o island_n than_o in_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n of_o any_o other_o isle_n kingdom_n or_o nation_n whatsoever_o throughout_o the_o world_n and_o god_n grant_v that_o those_o who_o shall_v succeed_v they_o in_o any_o other_o new-modelled-form_n of_o government_n may_v not_o prove_v such_o step-fathers_n and_o stepmother_n to_o our_o church_n and_o minister_n as_o to_o demolish_v the_o one_o and_o strip_v the_o other_o quite_o naked_a of_o all_o that_o former_a livelihood_n and_o remain_v small_a revenue_n which_o they_o yet_o enjoy_v by_o our_o prince_n grant_n gift_n charter_n law_n and_o favour_n only_o and_o thereby_o give_v all_o godly_a minister_n and_o people_n too_o in_o our_o nation_n just_a cause_n to_o cry_v out_o with_o wringe_a hand_n weep_v eye_n and_o bleed_a heart_n in_o the_o prophet_n word_n hosea_n 10.3_o 4._o for_o now_o they_o shall_v say_v we_o have_v no_o king_n because_o we_o fear_v not_o the_o lord_n what_o then_o shall_v a_o king_n do_v to_o we_o or_o among_o we_o they_o have_v speak_v 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covenant_n declaration_n protestation_n late_o and_o all_o chartâ—rum_fw-la ancient_a solemn_a curse_n and_o excommunication_n annual_o make_v against_o the_o infringer_n thereof_o 13_o e._n 1._o 17_o e._n 3._o &_o 14._o 2_o h._n 4._o c._n 4._o enact_v the_o cistertian_n monk_n to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o minister_n and_o evangelist_n notwithstanding_o any_o bull_n of_o exemption_n from_o the_o pope_n which_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n declare_v to_o be_v void_a and_o that_o the_o promover_n or_o executor_n of_o any_o such_o bull_n shall_v be_v attaint_v in_o a_o praemunire_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o parliament_n roll_v of_o 2_o h._n 4._o nu_fw-la 40._o this_o act_n be_v make_v upon_o the_o petition_n of_o all_o the_o commons_o which_o because_o not_o extant_a in_o print_n pertinent_a to_o the_o present_a business_n of_o tithe_n and_o unknown_a to_o most_o i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v at_o large_a may_v it_o please_v our_o most_o gracious_a lord_n the_o king_n to_o consider_v 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right_o acquire_v or_o
the_o use_n of_o the_o poor_a pilgrim_n stranger_n widow_n and_o orphan_n in_o general_a at_o their_o discretion_n or_o particular_o of_o such_o and_o such_o parish_n and_o they_o suppose_v the_o monk_n to_o be_v most_o charitable_a to_o distribute_v they_o to_o the_o poor_a most_o of_o which_o grant_v or_o all_o be_v make_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n and_o confirm_v by_o they_o and_o many_o of_o they_o with_o the_o assent_v of_o the_o patron_n and_o encumbent_n of_o the_o church_n and_o sometime_o whole_a church_n with_o their_o tithe_n be_v thus_o grant_v and_o impropriate_v to_o monastery_n and_o monk_n in_o jure_fw-la perpetual_a frankalmoigne_n to_o the_o starve_a of_o the_o people_n soul_n to_o pray_v for_o their_o patron_n when_o decease_v and_o seed_v the_o body_n of_o the_o poor_a without_o their_o soul_n whence_o all_o or_o most_o of_o our_o appropriation_n and_o impropriation_n real_o spring_v to_o the_o great_a prejudice_n of_o minister_n 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monk_n and_o exemption_n of_o their_o land_n from_o pay_v they_o upon_o pretext_n of_o give_v they_o in_o alm_n to_o the_o great_a prejudice_n of_o the_o minister_n perdenda_fw-la basilica_n sine_fw-la plebibus_fw-la plebes_fw-la sine_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la sine_fw-la reverentia_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la christo_fw-la denique_fw-la christiani_n bernard_n epist_n 240._o be_v severe_o censure_v and_o sharp_o declaim_v against_o by_o st._n bernard_n and_o hugo_n partimacensis_n epist_n ad_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o conventum_fw-la nantire_fw-la monasterii_fw-la after_o ivo_n his_o epistle_n p._n 245._o ah_o most_o excellent_a epistle_n against_o this_o practice_n the_o council_n of_o vienna_n an._n 1340._o joannis_n sarisburiencis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 21._o petrus_n blesensis_n epist_n 82._o petrus_n clamianensis_fw-la epist_n l._n 1._o epist_n 33._o and_o the_o monkish_a assertor_n of_o this_o doctrine_n that_o tithe_n be_v pure_a alm_n and_o disposable_a to_o who_o the_o people_n will_v be_v by_o 168._o pope_n innocent_a the_o 4_o the_o style_v and_o censure_v in_o these_o term_n isti_fw-la novi_fw-la magistrique_fw-la dicent_fw-la &_o praedicant_fw-la contra_fw-la novum_n et_fw-la vetus_fw-la testamentum_fw-la yea_o richard_n archbishop_n of_o armaugh_n complain_v much_o against_o these_o greedy_a unconscionable_a monk_n in_o his_o defensorium_fw-la curatorum_fw-la for_o possess_v the_o people_n with_o this_o opinion_n that_o the_o command_n of_o tithe_n be_v not_o moral_a but_o only_o ceremonial_a and_o not_o to_o be_v perform_v by_o constraint_n of_o conscience_n to_o the_o minister_n and_o curate_n and_o that_o what_o land_n or_o good_n soever_o be_v give_v by_o any_o of_o the_o four_o order_n of_o mendicant_n ought_v to_o be_v exempt_v from_o pay_v tithe_n to_o minister_n in_o point_n of_o conscience_n which_o he_o refute_v from_o these_o monk_n john_n wickliff_n walter_n brute_n and_o william_n thorp_n live_v in_o 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without_o christ_n as_o 240._o bernard_n write_v they_o then_o have_v by_o this_o monkish_a sacrilegious_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n the_o four_o objection_n much_o insist_v on_o as_o i_o hear_v against_o our_o coercive_a law_n and_o ordinance_n for_o minister_n tithe_n 4._o be_v this_o common_a mistake_n that_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n to_o minister_n as_o a_o parochial_a right_n and_o due_a be_v first_o settle_v by_o the_o popish_a council_n of_o lateran_n under_o pope_n innocent_a the_o 3_o d._n an._n 1215._o before_o which_o every_o man_n may_v free_o give_v his_o tithe_n to_o what_o person_n or_o church_n he_o please_v therefore_o it_o be_v most_o unjust_a unreasonable_a to_o deprive_v man_n of_o this_o liberty_n and_o enforce_v they_o to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o their_o minister_n now_o by_o â—uch_n law_n and_o ordinance_n i_o answer_v that_o this_o be_v a_o most_o gross_a mistake_n of_o some_o ignorant_a b._n lawyer_n and_o john_n 13._o can_n for_o in_o the_o canon_n of_o this_o council_n there_o be_v not_o one_o syllable_n tend_v to_o this_o purpose_n as_o i_o note_v above_o 20_o year_n since_o out_o of_o binius_fw-la and_o surius_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o sir_n edward_n cook_n 2._o report_n fol._n 446._o where_o it_o be_v assert_v which_o error_n he_o express_o retract_v in_o his_o 2d_o institutes_n on_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la 751._o f._n 641._o the_o word_n of_o the_o council_n can._n 56._o plerique_fw-la scut_n excipimus_fw-la regulares_fw-la &_o clerici_fw-la seculares_fw-la interdum_fw-la dum_fw-la domos_fw-la locant_fw-la vel_fw-la feuda_fw-la concedum_fw-la in_o prejudicium_fw-la parochialium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pactum_fw-la adjiciunt_fw-la ut_fw-la conductores_fw-la &_o feudatorii_n decimas_fw-la eye_n solvant_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la eosdem_fw-la elegant_a supremam_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la id_fw-la ex_fw-la avaritie_n radice_fw-la procedat_fw-la pactum_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la penitus_fw-la reprobamus_fw-la statuentes_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ratione_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la pacti_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la parochiali_fw-la reddatur_fw-la by_o which_o constitution_n it_o be_v apparent_a first_o that_o parish_n priest_n and_o church_n have_v a_o just_a parochial_a right_n to_o the_o parishioner_n tithe_n within_o their_o precinct_n before_o this_o council_n else_o they_o will_v not_o have_v award_v restitution_n to_o they_o of_o the_o tithe_n receive_v and_o that_o they_o have_v so_o order_v and_o decree_v it_o by_o sundry_a council_n and_o civil_a law_n some_o hundred_o of_o year_n before_o be_v apparent_a by_o the_o 2._o council_n of_o cavailon_n under_o charles_n the_o great_a an._n 813._o can._n 19_o synodus_fw-la ticimensis_n under_o lewis_n the_o second_o an._n 855._o the_o council_n of_o mentz_n under_o the_o emperor_n arnulph_n an._n 894._o can._n 3._o the_o council_n of_o fliburg_n an._n 895._o can._n 14._o the_o decree_n of_o pope_n leo_n the_o four_o attribute_v to_o gelasius_n 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proof_n that_o tithe_n be_v no_o real_a grievance_n burden_n oppression_n to_o god_n people_n especial_o since_o original_o grant_v and_o command_v by_o god_n himself_o who_o commandment_n be_v not_o grievous_a 1_o john_n 5.3_o and_o who_o heavy_a yoke_n be_v easy_a and_o burden_n light_n matth._n 11.30_o and_o those_o new-saint_n who_o shall_v think_v otherwise_o of_o this_o divine_a commandment_n yoke_n and_o burden_n of_o tithe_n under_o the_o gospel_n give_v the_o gospel_n itself_o and_o christ_n the_o lie_n herein_o for_o the_o second_o branch_n that_o the_o abolish_n of_o tithe_n will_v be_v no_o real_a ease_n gain_n or_o advantage_n to_o farmer_n lessee_n and_o the_o poor_a sort_n of_o people_n liable_a to_o pay_v tithe_n other_o poor_a being_n not_o concern_v in_o the_o controversy_n who_o poverty_n itself_o ex-exempts_a they_o from_o this_o surmise_a grievance_n but_o a_o gain_n and_o benefit_n only_o to_o rich_a landlord_n and_o landed-man_n be_v apparent_a by_o the_o premise_n for_o no_o soon_o shall_v tithe_n be_v abrogate_a but_o every_o landlord_n will_v raise_v the_o full_a annual_a value_n of_o they_o in_o his_o annual_a rent_n or_o fine_n and_o exact_v more_o for_o they_o from_o his_o poor_a tenant_n farmer_n lessee_n than_o they_o may_v have_v compound_v for_o with_o their_o minister_n and_o where_o then_o be_v their_o expect_a gain_n or_o ease_n wherewith_o they_o be_v delude_v by_o impostor_n as_o for_o the_o rich_a landlord_n they_o complain_v not_o of_o tithe_n as_o a_o burden_n and_o need_v no_o exemption_n from_o they_o and_o as_o all_o predial_a tithe_n now_o real_o issue_v out_o of_o their_o inheritance_n charge_v with_o they_o in_o perpetuity_n who_o therefore_o abate_v allow_v the_o full_a value_n of_o they_o to_o their_o farmer_n and_o tenant_n in_o their_o fee_n and_o rent_n by_o way_n of_o defalcation_n they_o be_v in_o truth_n the_o great_a and_o most_o considerable_a tithe-payer_n not_o the_o poor_a farmer_n or_o under_o tenant_n so_o their_o inheritance_n only_o will_v be_v much_o improve_v augment_v by_o tithe_n abolish_n at_o least_o one_o part_n in_o ten_o while_o the_o poor_a minister_n and_o family_n shall_v be_v starve_v and_o the_o tenant_n then_o more_o rack_v by_o the_o landlord_n than_o by_o the_o minister_n now_o and_o this_o be_v the_o godly_a goodly_a ease_n this_o saintlike_a project_n will_v effect_v if_o put_v into_o execution_n by_o which_o none_o will_v be_v real_a gainer_n in_o their_o temporal_a estate_n but_o those_o who_o have_v inheritance_n and_o all_o loser_n in_o their_o spiritual_a estate_n by_o the_o loss_n or_o great_a discouragement_n of_o their_o minister_n hebr._n 13.17_o this_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o some_o greedy_a landlord_n of_o old_a thus_o recite_v condemn_v in_o this_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n under_o pope_n innocent_a the_o 3_o anno_fw-la 1215._o in_o aliquibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o will_v english_a it_o that_o our_o country_n farmer_n may_v the_o better_a understand_v it_o in_o some_o country_n there_o be_v a_o stupid_a or_o mongrel_n sort_n of_o people_n who_o living_n according_a to_o their_o custom_n although_o they_o have_v the_o name_n of_o christian_n i_o doubt_v can_n will_v say_v they_o be_v anabaptist_n and_o his_o godly_a predecessor_n some_o lord_n of_o farm_n or_o land_n let_v they_o out_o to_o these_o man_n to_o manure_v ut_fw-la decimis_fw-la defraudentes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la majores_fw-la inde_fw-la redditus_fw-la assequantur_fw-la that_o by_o defraud_v the_o church_n of_o tithe_n they_o may_v gain_v the_o great_a rent_n from_o their_o tenant_n equivalent_a no_o doubt_n to_o their_o tithe_n where_o then_o be_v the_o tenant_n gain_v by_o any_o hope_a exemption_n from_o tithe_n be_v willing_a therefore_o to_o provide_v remedy_n for_o these_o prejudices_fw-la for_o the_o indemnity_n of_o church_n we_o ordain_v that_o the_o landlord_n themselves_o shall_v commit_v their_o farm_n to_o be_v lease_v to_o and_o till_v by_o such_o person_n and_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o without_o contradiction_n they_o may_v pay_v tithe_n to_o church_n with_o integrity_n or_o their_o entire_a tithe_n without_o any_o deduction_n and_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v need_n let_v they_o be_v thereto_o compel_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n for_o these_o tithe_n be_v necessary_o to_o be_v pay_v which_o be_v due_a by_o divine_a law_n or_o approve_v by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o place_n though_o not_o within_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n be_v the_o council_n meaning_n not_o any_o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la of_o aught_o within_o god_n law_n against_o which_o no_o custom_n can_v or_o must_v prescribe_v let_v all_o countryman_n learn_v from_o hence_o what_o they_o will_v get_v by_o abolish_n tithe_n if_o vote_v quite_o down_o nay_o let_v they_o consider_v well_o whether_o the_o real_a design_n now_o on_o foot_n prosecute_v by_o some_o army_n officer_n and_o soldier_n be_v not_o to_o vote_n down_o tithe_n just_a as_o they_o do_v the_o crown_n land_n former_o 4._o repute_v sacred_a and_o incapable_a of_o any_o sale_n because_o the_o common_a stand_a inheritance_n of_o the_o whole_a realm_n to_o defray_v all_o ordinary_a public_a expense_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o war_n to_o case_v they_o of_o all_o subsidy_n and_o tax_n whatsoever_o except_o one_o in_o three_o or_o four_o year_n upon_o extraordinary_a occasion_n grant_v in_o full_a parliament_n for_o their_o safety_n even_o to_o vote_n they_o only_o from_o the_o minister_n and_o get_v they_o into_o their_o own_o hand_n to_o help_v pay_v themselves_o and_o the_o army_n under_o pretext_n to_o ease_v the_o people_n in_o their_o tax_n and_o yet_o continue_v their_o tax_n still_o upon_o they_o in_o the_o same_o extreme_a or_o a_o high_a proportion_n as_o heretofore_o though_o they_o take_v their_o tithe_n to_o boot_v without_o ease_v they_o one_o farthing_n in_o their_o contribution_n as_o in_o case_n of_o the_o king_n prince_n bishop_n dean_n and_o chaptet_n land_n sure_o these_o officer_n and_o soldier_n who_o pretend_v so_o much_o liberty_n and_o ease_n to_o the_o people_n in_o word_n and_o still_o so_o oppress_v they_o in_o deed_n as_o not_o to_o ease_v they_o one_o penny_n in_o their_o former_a unsupportable_a tax_n excise_n which_o their_o ancestor_n never_o know_v nor_o pay_v under_o which_o they_o have_v for_o some_o year_n groan_v though_o all_o ireland_n be_v now_o reduce_v england_n in_o peace_n within_o itself_o and_o scotland_n under_o contribution_n and_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o impose_v such_o illegal_a tax_n now_o without_o any_o parliament_n by_o their_o own_o super-regal_a authority_n transcend_v all_o precedent_n of_o our_o king_n and_o their_o council_n out_o of_o parliament_n can_v never_o be_v presume_v to_o tender_v their_o ease_n and_o gain_n so_o much_o as_o to_o permit_v they_o or_o their_o landlord_n to_o put_v up_o into_o their_o own_o private_a purse_n so_o great_a and_o constant_a a_o annual_a revenue_n as_o their_o tithe_n amount_v to_o unto_o which_o they_o have_v neither_o legal_a right_n nor_o title_n but_o will_v appropriate_v it_o to_o themselves_o as_o they_o have_v do_v churchland_n and_o crown-land_n too_o for_o their_o future_a pay_n or_o past_a arrears_n and_o some_o of_o they_o have_v confess_v so_o much_o and_o which_o then_o think_v you_o will_v prove_v the_o better_a tithe_n lord_n minister_n or_o soldier_n for_o the_o three_o branch_n that_o the_o abolish_n of_o tithe_n will_v be_v a_o loss_n and_o detriment_n to_o all_o other_o except_v landlord_n and_o land_a man_n i_o shall_v thus_o demonstrate_v 1._o it_o will_v be_v so_o to_o all_o our_o minister_n and_o their_o family_n tithe_n be_v their_o principal_a livelihood_n 2_o to_o all_o such_o college_n hospital_n corporation_n school_n all_o or_o part_n of_o who_o revenue_n depend_v on_o appropriate_v tithe_n and_o rectory_n and_o to_o all_o their_o farmer_n and_o family_n 3_o to_o all_o impropriator_n and_o their_o lessee_n which_o be_v very_o many_o there_o be_v by_o 133._o mr._n cambden_n and_o other_o computation_n 9284._o parish_n in_o england_n whereof_o 3845._o of_o the_o best_a value_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v impropriate_v or_o appropriate_v and_o the_o abrogation_n of_o tithe_n without_o give_v competent_a recompense_n to_o all_o impropriator_n as_o well_o body_n politic_n as_o natural_a and_o their_o lessee_n which_o how_o it_o can_v be_v do_v now_o bishop_n dean_n and_o chapter_n land_n devote_v and_o vote_v once_o for_o their_o satisfaction_n be_v sell_v to_o pay_v the_o soldier_n i_o can_v yet_o discern_v will_v ruin_v many_o college_n hospital_n school_n with_o other_o corporation_n and_o thousand_o of_o family_n depend_v on_o they_o 4_o all_o tenant_n and_o farmer_n will_v be_v loser_n by_o it_o in_o their_o estate_n as_o well_o as_o soul_n for_o then_o the_o landlord_n will_v raise_v the_o full_a improve_a value_n of_o their_o abolish_v
then_o in_o england_n to_o advance_v their_o own_o power_n profit_n 2_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o 74._o rob._n parson_n and_o other_o jesuit_n old_a project_n for_o reformation_n of_o england_n when_o they_o shall_v get_v power_n in_o it_o to_o take_v away_o all_o land_n manor_n benefice_n and_o settle_a maintenance_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o english_a clergy_n and_o university_n and_o make_v all_o minister_n and_o scholar_n mere_a pensioner_n and_o stipendiaries_n at_o their_o pleasureâ—_n set_v up_o itinerary_a preacher_n fix_v to_o no_o particular_a church_n like_o our_o wander_a quaker_n anabaptist_n sectary_n of_o late_a instead_o of_o parochial_a pastor_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o 3_o alfonsus_n de_fw-fr vargas_n toletanus_n in_o his_o relatio_fw-la ad_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la christianos_n de_fw-fr stratagematis_fw-la politicis_fw-la societatis_fw-la jesus_n ad_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la orbis_n terrarum_fw-la sibi_fw-la conficiendam_fw-la print_v 1641._o cap._n 40_o to_o 51._o prove_v at_o large_a out_o of_o the_o jesuit_n own_v print_v defence_n and_o other_o write_n that_o these_o new_a doctor_n of_o no_o conscience_n no_o faith_n no_o honesty_n or_o shame_n have_v persuade_v the_o emperor_n and_o other_o king_n against_o their_o oath_n trust_n duty_n charter_n the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o all_o divine_a and_o human_a law_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o upon_o a_o pretext_n of_o necessity_n for_o the_o ease_n of_o the_o people_n and_o maintenance_n of_o their_o war_n soldier_n to_o alienate_v the_o land_n revenue_n maintenance_n of_o abbey_n religious_a man_n and_o of_o the_o church_n upon_o soldier_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o their_o body_n and_o of_o the_o church_n that_o so_o themselves_o may_v gain_v a_o share_n of_o they_o for_o the_o advantage_n of_o their_o own_o society_n contrary_a to_o the_o will_n intention_n of_o the_o first_o donor_n and_o founder_n whereupon_o he_o thus_o just_o jeer_v they_o cap._n 46._o p._n 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