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which_o shall_v or_o may_v touch_v the_o king_n his_o heir_n or_o successor_n the_o party_n grieve_v shall_v or_o may_v appeal_v to_o the_o upper-house_n of_o convocation_n within_o fifteen_o day_n after_o sentence_n give_v remarkable_a be_v the_o constitution_n of_o claringdon_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n h._n supr_fw-la 2._o occasion_v by_o the_o pope_n claim_v exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o secular_a power_n so_o contend_v for_o by_o thomas_n becket_n than_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n against_o the_o king_n as_o occasion_v a_o convening_n a_o common_a council_n as_o well_o of_o the_o bishop_n as_o of_o the_o nobility_n at_o claringdon_n in_o the_o time_n of_o h._n 2._o wherein_o they_o revive_v and_o reestablish_v the_o ancient_a law_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o kingdom_n for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o order_v of_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a the_o principal_a head_n or_o article_n whereof_o be_v these_o 91._o viz._n 1_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o 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shall_v be_v hang_v if_o treason_n he_o shall_v be_v draw_v and_o quarter_v 6_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v adjudge_v high_a treason_n to_o bring_v in_o bull_n of_o excommunication_n whereby_o the_o realm_n shall_v be_v curse_v 7_o that_o no_o decree_n shall_v be_v bring_v from_o the_o pope_n to_o be_v execute_v in_o england_n upon_o pain_n of_o imprisonment_n and_o confiscation_n of_o good_n 3._o arch_n 19_o or_o alma_fw-la curia_fw-la de_fw-la arcubus_fw-la so_o call_v of_o bow-church_n in_o london_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o steeple_n or_o clochier_n thereof_o raise_v at_o the_o top_n with_o stone-pillar_n in_o fashion_n like_o a_o bow-bent_a arch-wise_a in_o which_o church_n this_o court_n be_v ever_o wont_a to_o be_v hold_v be_v the_o chief_a and_o most_o ancient_a court_n and_o consistory_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n which_o parish_n of_o bow_n together_o with_o twelve_o other_o in_o london_n whereof_o bow_n be_v the_o chief_a be_v within_o the_o peculiar_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o say_a archbishop_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n and_o
sole_a prince_n confer_v the_o tithe_n of_o all_o the_o kingdom_n upon_o the_o church_n by_o his_o royal_a charter_n of_o which_o engulf_n abbot_n of_o crowland_n an._n 855._o say_v that_o king_n ethelwolph_n with_o the_o consent_n gratuito_fw-la consensu_fw-la of_o his_o prelate_n and_o prince_n do_v first_o enrich_v the_o church_n of_o england_n with_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o his_o land_n and_o good_n many_o other_o law_n of_o the_o saxon_a king_n for_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v recite_v by_o mr._n selden_n as_o entire_o the_o gift_n of_o king_n and_o so_o say_v king_n elred_n nemo_fw-la auferat_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la &_o praecessores_fw-la nostri_fw-la concesserunt_fw-la the_o whole_a bishopric_n ancient_o be_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n a_o paroecia_fw-la and_o the_o income_n of_o it_o by_o contribution_n first_o and_o by_o tithe_n also_o afterward_o be_v the_o common_a stock_n of_o all_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o diocese_n and_o mr._n selden_n assert_v it_o to_o be_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o all_o the_o common_a lawyer_n that_o before_o the_o lateran_n council_n under_o innocent_a 3._o every_o man_n may_v have_v give_v his_o tithe_n to_o what_o church_n he_o will_v probable_o within_o the_o diocese_n because_o they_o be_v not_o the_o propriety_n as_o yet_o of_o any_o one_o presbyter_n but_o the_o common_a patrimony_n of_o all_o the_o diocesan_n clergy_n so_o that_o tithe_n be_v a_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o increase_n tithable_a due_a to_o god_n â—0_n and_o consequent_o to_o his_o minister_n that_o wait_v on_o the_o altar_n these_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o sort_n 1._o praedial_a tithe_n arise_v only_a either_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o ground_n as_o corn_n hay_o hemp_n and_o the_o like_a or_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o tree_n and_o orchard_n as_o apple_n pear_n and_o the_o like_a 2._o personal_a tithe_n arise_v of_o the_o profit_n that_o come_v by_o the_o labour_n and_o industry_n of_o man_n either_o by_o handicraft_n as_o carpenter_n mason_n and_o the_o like_a or_o by_o buy_v sell_v or_o merchandize_v 3._o mix_v tithe_n arise_v partly_o of_o the_o ground_n and_o partly_o of_o the_o industry_n of_o man_n as_o of_o calf_n lamb_n pig_n milk_n cheese_n and_o the_o like_a b._n no_o tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v for_o such_o thing_n as_o do_v not_o increase_v and_o renew_v year_n by_o year_n by_o the_o act_n of_o god_n 6._o of_o praedial_a tithe_n some_o be_v call_v majores_fw-la vulgar_o term_v the_o great_a tithe_n other_o minores_fw-la vel_fw-la minutae_fw-la vulgar_o the_o small_a tithe_n the_o great_a such_o as_o wheat_n rye_n hay_o etc._n etc._n the_o small_a such_o as_o minâ—_n annis_n cumin_n etc._n etc._n 42._o and_o common_o with_o we_o here_o in_o england_n we_o compute_v flax_n in_o the_o number_n of_o small_a tithe_n which_o be_v a_o praedial_a tithe_n as_o also_o wool_n milk_n cheese_n egg_n chicken_n of_o all_o kind_n lamb_n honey_n bees-wax_n and_o the_o like_a vid._n lindw_n cap._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la in_o ancient_a time_n the_o laity_n be_v so_o far_o from_o subtract_v their_o tithe_n as_o be_v the_o common_a practice_n of_o these_o day_n that_o ofttimes_o they_o will_v give_v more_o than_o be_v due_a or_o demand_v and_o be_v so_o conscientious_a in_o the_o payment_n thereof_o as_o at_o their_o death_n they_o usual_o bequeath_v a_o soule-sceat_a to_o their_o parochial_a priest_n in_o lieu_n of_o any_o tithe_n forget_v and_o at_o their_o funeral_n cause_v their_o best_a ox_n or_o horse_n to_o be_v lead_v with_o the_o corpse_n and_o as_o a_o mortuary_n or_o oblation_n give_v to_o the_o priest_n in_o recompense_n of_o any_o tithe_n which_o possible_o in_o their_o life-time_n may_v have_v be_v omit_v to_o be_v pay_v but_o in_o these_o latter_a age_n not_o regard_v what_o s._n hierom_n say_v that_o fraudare_fw-la eccelsiam_fw-la est_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la 2._o all_o artifices_fw-la imaginable_a be_v put_v in_o practice_n to_o subduct_v the_o tithe_n and_o therefore_o to_o enforce_v the_o due_a payment_n thereof_o be_v the_o statute_n of_o h._n 8._o and_o ed._n 6._o make_v and_o enact_v ed_n 2._o covarruvias_n with_o other_o canonist_n and_o schoolman_n hold_n that_o by_o the_o moral_a law_n the_o rate_n or_o proportion_n of_o tithe_n be_v not_o necessary_o to_o be_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o fruit_n which_o the_o more_o receive_v opinion_n hold_v to_o be_v both_o erroneous_a and_o mischievous_a and_o that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n no_o custom_n deviate_a from_o the_o exact_a rate_n and_o proportion_n of_o the_o ten_o of_o the_o fruit_n aught_o to_o prevail_v any_o long_a than_o by_o the_o free_a and_o mutual_a consent_n of_o parson_n and_o parishioner_n for_o which_o reason_n it_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o pay_v of_o a_o halfpenny_n for_o a_o lamb_n or_o a_o penny_n for_o a_o calf_n by_o such_o as_o have_v under_o seven_o in_o one_o year_n be_v now_o become_v a_o unreasonable_a custom_n in_o regard_n the_o value_n of_o such_o lamb_n and_o calf_n be_v now_o raise_v four_o time_n high_o than_o in_o ancient_a time_n this_o seem_v far_o remote_a from_o tithe_n the_o very_a quotity_n whereof_o seem_v to_o be_v moral_a 30._o rather_o than_o ceremonial_a or_o judicial_a and_o not_o only_o allow_v or_o approve_v but_o even_o command_v by_o our_o saviour_n himself_o 42._o yea_o by_o the_o very_a law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o long_o before_o the_o levitical_a tithe_n appear_v to_o be_v due_a in_o that_o abraham_n pay_v it_o to_o melchisedec_n and_o god_n himself_o who_o be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n of_o his_o own_o law_n call_v the_o detention_n of_o tithe_n sacrilege_n 10._o and_o that_o command_v of_o christ_n affirm_v that_o tithe_n ought_v to_o be_v pay_v of_o all_o even_o to_o the_o very_a herb_n speak_v by_o he_o at_o the_o period_n of_o the_o levitical_a law_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v restrain_v only_o to_o the_o priesthood_n of_o aaron_n for_o it_o do_v now_o remain_v in_o force_n as_o to_o priest_n under_o the_o gospel_n as_o that_o other_o part_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v the_o withhold_v of_o tithe_n be_v express_o interpret_v theft_n and_o robbery_n by_o the_o prophet_n ibid._n and_o lest_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v a_o mere_a human_a interest_n or_o in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o alienate_v god_n himself_o have_v vouchsafe_v to_o take_v tithe_n upon_o his_o own_o account_n in_o his_o minister_n behalf_n these_o tithe_n can_v not_o be_v mere_o ceremonial_a as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o for_o they_o prefigure_v nothing_o nor_o be_v they_o repeal_v by_o any_o one_o text_n in_o the_o gospel_n but_o reinforce_v as_o aforesaid_a so_o that_o whatever_o be_v command_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o ground_v on_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o be_v not_o repeal_v in_o the_o new_a must_v yet_o stand_v in_o force_n as_o a_o duty_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o if_o it_o be_v object_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o pay_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n the_o reason_n be_v not_o because_o they_o be_v not_o then_o due_a but_o because_o there_o be_v not_o then_o any_o such_o settle_a order_n for_o thing_n of_o this_o or_o the_o like_a nature_n in_o the_o church_n 3._o wherefore_o all_o the_o common_a objection_n make_v against_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n may_v be_v reduce_v to_o one_o of_o these_o four_o 1._o that_o our_o saviour_n give_v no_o command_n to_o his_o apostle_n to_o take_v tithe_n but_o rather_o on_o the_o contrary_n say_v free_o you_o have_v receive_v free_o give_v answ_n yet_o our_o saviour_n say_v these_o thing_n speak_v of_o tithe_n ought_v you_o to_o have_v do_v 42._o and_o say_v the_o workman_n be_v worthy_a of_o his_o meat_n 10._o and_o st._n paul_n say_v the_o labourer_n be_v worthy_a of_o his_o reward_n 18._o where_o have_v christ_n in_o totidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la forbid_v sacrilege_n will_v thou_o therefore_o commit_v it_o because_o he_o have_v not_o in_o terminis_fw-la terminantibus_fw-la forbid_v it_o thou_o that_o abhor_v idol_n do_v thou_o commit_v sacrilege_n 22._o 2_o tithe_n be_v not_o pay_v till_o about_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n as_o tertullian_n origen_n and_o s._n cyprian_n do_v testify_v answ_n these_o father_n do_v withal_o acknowledge_v that_o during_o that_o time_n the_o church_n maintenance_n be_v the_o people_n free_a contribution_n which_o probable_o may_v have_v continue_v to_o this_o day_n have_v not_o that_o contribution_n in_o process_n of_o time_n turn_v into_o a_o sacrilegious_a century_n by_o covetousness_n instead_o of_o a_o command_a decuma_n as_o a_o duty_n moral_o enjoin_v 3._o that_o tithe_n come_v first_o into_o this_o kingdom_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n as_o by_o pope_n
tithable_a no_o tithe_n of_o pasture_n of_o milk-cow_n grow_v dry_a unless_o keep_v for_o sale_n 45._o composition_n for_o tithe_n for_o life_n not_o good_a without_o deed._n 46._o estover_n burn_v in_o the_o house_n not_o tithable_a the_o hearthpeny_n good_a by_o prescription_n 47._o a_o composition_n for_o tithe_n de_fw-fr anno_fw-la in_o annum_fw-la 48._o the_o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la be_v suable_a in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n as_o well_o as_o the_o tithe_n itself_o 49._o prohibition_n in_o case_n of_o libel_n to_o prove_v in_o perpet_n rei_fw-la memo_fw-la 50._o custom_n of_o tithe-grass_n cock_n as_o to_o both_o mathes_n 51._o in_o a_o prohibition_n upon_o matter_n at_o common_a law_n and_o not_o within_o the_o stat._n of_o 2_o e._n 6._o 13._o the_o suggestion_n need_v not_o be_v prove_v in_o six_o month_n 52._o tithe-hay_a of_o headland_n custom_n and_o prescription_n 53._o tithe-hay_a of_o heathlands_n also_o tithe_n of_o pigeon_n 54._o minute_n tithe_n to_o the_o vicar_n 55._o tithe_n to_o parson_n and_o vicar_n may_v amount_v but_o to_o one_o action_n 56._o the_o curate_n may_v not_o prescribe_v in_o tithe_n against_o the_o parson_n 57_o curate_n may_v sue_v for_o pension_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n 58._o by_o the_o civil_a law_n the_o parson_n to_o have_v notice_n when_o tithe_n set_v out_o 59_o action_n on_o the_o case_n against_o a_o compounder_n for_o tithe_n sue_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n 60._o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la by_o one_o may_v hold_v as_o to_o other_o for_o a_o prohibition_n 61._o composition_n for_o one_o year_n good_a without_o deed_n not_o if_o for_o year_n 62._o tithe-hasel_n holly_n willow_n whitethorn_n whether_o the_o parishioner_n shall_v preserve_v the_o parson_n tithe_n for_o he_o 63._o testis_fw-la singularis_fw-la not_o sufficient_a to_o prove_v payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n 64._o composition_n for_o tithe_n and_o a_o prohibition_n thereon_o 65._o tithe_n take_v away_o by_o a_o stranger_n after_o they_o be_v set_v out_o the_o parson_n remedy_n lie_v at_o the_o common_a law_n 66._o in_o what_o case_n no_o cost_v upon_o failure_n of_o proof_n of_o the_o suggestion_n within_o the_o six_o month_n 67._o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la may_v be_v sue_v for_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n where_o if_o deny_v they_o be_v to_o surcease_v 68_o custom_n in_o cornwall_n touch_v tithe_n of_o sea-fish_a 69._o in_o what_o case_n a_o agreement_n for_o tithe_n for_o year_n may_v be_v good_a without_o deed._n 70._o in_o what_o court_n tithe_n of_o rent_n in_o london_n may_v be_v sue_v 71._o a_o collector_n of_o tithe_n can_v licence_n a_o parishioner_n to_o carry_v away_o his_o corn._n 72._o whether_o debt_n lie_v for_o treble_a damage_n upon_o fraudulent_a set_n forth_o of_o tithe_n 73._o tithe_n whether_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o parson_n or_o the_o vicar_n cognizable_a in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n where_o the_o right_a of_o tithe_n be_v confess_v 74._o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n not_o judge_n of_o the_o bound_n of_o a_o parish_n 75._o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la in_o reference_n to_o a_o park_n 76._o a_o fraudulent_a set_n out_o of_o tithe_n be_v no_o set_v they_o out_o at_o all_o 77._o the_o vicar_n shall_v have_v tithe_n of_o rape-seed_n be_v within_o a_o prescription_n though_o a_o new_a thing_n in_o england_n 78._o what_o the_o word_n garba_fw-la signify_v 79._o whether_o wood_n in_o its_o own_o nature_n be_v great_a tithe_n and_o in_o what_o case_n it_o shall_v pass_v by_o the_o word_n de_fw-fr minutis_fw-la decimis_fw-la 80._o if_o two_o title_n of_o tithe_n unite_v in_o one_o person_n there_o need_v but_o one_o action_n for_o they_o 81._o a_o parson_n may_v not_o set_v a_o lease_n for_o year_n of_o tithe_n per_fw-mi parol_n only_o 82._o if_o a_o parson_n be_v disturb_v in_o carry_v away_o his_o tithe_n seâ—_n out_o his_o remedy_n lie_v proper_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n 1._o tithe_n dime_n decimae_fw-la probable_o a_o abbreviation_n from_o the_o saxon_a teoâ—unâ—_n or_o tithing_n proper_o decuria_n in_o that_o language_n lamb._n expl._n of_o sax._n word_n verb._n deâ—uria_n that_o the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v competent_o supply_v by_o the_o contribution_n of_o the_o jewish_a proselyte_n be_v very_o conjecturable_a in_o that_o they_o sell_v their_o possession_n and_o bring_v the_o price_n thereof_o and_o lay_v it_o down_o at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n and_o such_o as_o then_o plant_v the_o gospel_n and_o labourâ—â—_n in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n have_v their_o maintenance_n by_o the_o contribution_n of_o their_o convert_v vid._n council_n grang._n can._n 7_o &_o 8._o and_o st._n cyprian_n write_v to_o his_o church_n of_o carthage_n epist_n 33_o &_o 34._o to_o receive_v aurelius_n and_o cellerinus_n confessor_n say_v in_o epist_n 34._o presbyterii_fw-la honorem_fw-la designasse_n nos_fw-la ilâ—is_fw-la jam_fw-la sciatis_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o sportulis_fw-la iisdem_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la honorentur_fw-la &_o divisiones_fw-la mensurnas_n aequatis_fw-la quantitatibus_fw-la partiantur_fw-la know_v you_o that_o we_o have_v already_o design_v to_o they_o the_o dignity_n of_o presbytership_n that_o they_o may_v be_v honour_v with_o such_o allowance_n as_o presbyter_n have_v and_o receive_v equal_a share_n in_o the_o monthly_a dividend_n so_o that_o sportulae_fw-la be_v the_o allowance_n 8._o which_o in_o this_o infancy_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o presbyter_n have_v out_o of_o the_o contribution_n of_o the_o convert_v and_o the_o fratres_n sportulantes_fw-la mention_v by_o he_o in_o epist_n 66._o be_v the_o clergy_n which_o receive_v such_o allowance_n these_o convert_v after_o the_o conversion_n of_o constantine_n the_o emperor_n many_o of_o they_o be_v governor_n and_o noble_n settle_v great_a and_o large_a demesn-land_n upon_o those_o who_o convert_v they_o and_o that_o according_a to_o mr._n selden'_v conjecture_v the_o first_o oratory_n or_o place_n of_o public_a worship_n be_v build_v in_o the_o land_n bestow_v on_o they_o which_o first_o oratory_n be_v call_v cathedral_n see_v or_o seat_n from_o their_o constant_a residence_n thereon_o that_o the_o christian_a church_n even_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n lay_v claim_v to_o tithe_n as_o due_a jure_fw-la divino_fw-la be_v partly_o confess_v by_o mr._n selden_n himself_o cite_v some_o passage_n in_o the_o ancient_a father_n to_o that_o purpose_n but_o when_o the_o empire_n become_v christian_n than_o the_o christian_a clergy_n do_v more_o earnest_o press_v the_o donation_n of_o tithe_n and_o in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o prevail_v not_o only_o by_o preach_v and_o canon_n but_o by_o the_o edict_n of_o emperor_n and_o king_n to_o have_v tithe_n give_v to_o the_o church_n and_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o roman_a empire_n wherever_o it_o do_v reduce_v any_o conquer_a country_n in_o formam_fw-la provinciae_fw-la appoint_v the_o farmer_n of_o the_o custom_n to_o collect_v among_o other_o imposition_n the_o ten_o of_o the_o tenant_n of_o the_o empire_n that_o be_v 10._o of_o all_o who_o occupy_v any_o land_n in_o the_o conquer_a province_n either_o as_o immediate_a tenant_n to_o the_o empire_n or_o as_o sub-tenant_n under_o they_o the_o publican_n therefore_o who_o collect_v these_o tribute_n be_v call_v decumani_fw-la as_o mr._n selden_n pag._n 39_o of_o his_o history_n of_o tithe_n do_v observe_v out_o of_o appian_n but_o whether_o these_o ten_o be_v receive_v by_o the_o senate_n or_o emperor_n upon_o a_o civil_a or_o religious_a account_n be_v not_o liquid_a and_o clear_a for_o the_o emperor_n always_o till_o christianity_n come_v in_o nay_o constantine_n and_o other_o emperor_n even_o after_o christianity_n be_v receive_v till_o gratian_n time_n as_o the_o noble_a and_o learned_a du-plessy_a in_o his_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n observe_v out_o of_o zosiman_n continue_v the_o chief_a pontifice_fw-la or_o high-priesthood_n in_o their_o 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