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special_a occasion_n second_o in_o affirm_v christ_n have_v take_v away_o tithe_n which_o he_o never_o do_v repeal_n thus_o this_o insolent_a quaker_n make_v our_o lord_n to_o seal_v and_o cancel_v whatever_o please_v his_o party_n §_o 28._o we_o note_v before_o it_o be_v his_o usual_a way_n to_o evade_v all_o serious_a answer_n by_o some_o petty_a cavil_v of_o which_o we_o have_v another_o instance_n here_o for_o you_o have_v prove_v tithe_n may_v be_v lawful_o give_v and_o show_v that_o the_o giver_n be_v the_o right_a owner_n of_o they_o ask_v if_o they_o may_v not_o do_v what_o they_o will_v with_o their_o own_o no_o say_v t._n e._n pa_n 321._o they_o may_v not_o spend_v it_o upon_o harlot_n nor_o waste_v it_o prodigal_o nor_o make_v a_o idol_n of_o it_o if_o the_o quaker_n have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o labourer_n in_o the_o vineyard_n it_o be_v like_a he_o may_v have_v droll_v thus_o upon_o the_o master_n thereof_o who_o in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n say_v be_v it_o not_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v what_o i_o will_v with_o my_o own_o matth._n xx_o 15._o t._n e._n will_v have_v answer_v no_o he_o may_v not_o put_v it_o to_o a_o evil_a use_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o as_o god_n there_o be_v speak_v general_o but_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o just_a use_n so_o be_v it_o with_o your_o word_n here_o and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o all_o general_a expression_n as_o if_o one_o promise_v his_o friend_n that_o he_o will_v do_v for_o he_o whatever_o he_o will_v it_o must_v not_o be_v extend_v to_o oblige_v he_o to_o lie_v forswear_v steal_v or_o kill_v at_o his_o desire_n those_o deed_n say_v the_o civil_a law_n which_o hurt_v our_o piety_n reputation_n or_o modesty_n and_o general_o all_o thing_n contrary_a to_o good_a manner_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v impossibility_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v we_o can_v do_v they_o con_v they_o papin_n l._n filius_fw-la 15._o de_fw-la inst_z con_v how_o wilful_o therefore_o do_v the_o quaker_n pervert_v your_o meaning_n which_o plain_o be_v that_o a_o man_n may_v do_v any_o thing_n fit_a or_o just_a with_o his_o own_o why_o do_v he_o instance_n in_o thing_n manifest_o evil_a and_o positive_o forbid_v to_o make_v a_o parallel_n for_o tithe_n can_v he_o prove_v tithe_n as_o evil_a as_o whoredom_n as_o idolatry_n or_o prodigality_n and_o as_o positive_o forbid_v if_o so_o we_o will_v grant_v the_o owner_n can_v not_o give_v their_o estate_n to_o such_o a_o use_n but_o till_o then_o he_o talk_v at_o random_n mere_o to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n viz._n the_o owner_n be_v legal_o possess_v to_o tithe_n and_o may_v dispose_v they_o to_o so_o pious_a a_o use_n as_o the_o maintenance_n of_o god_n service_n be_v they_o may_v put_v their_o whole_a estate_n to_o what_o just_a use_v they_o please_v and_o therefore_o may_v give_v tithe_n to_o so_o just_a a_o use_n as_o god_n service_n §_o 29._o on_o the_o former_a foundation_n t._n e._n say_v pag._n 322._o if_o ethelwolph_n may_v not_o do_v what_o he_o will_v with_o his_o own_o much_o less_o may_v he_o give_v away_o other_o man_n it_o be_v affirm_v by_o our_o most_o know_a man_n that_o the_o saxon_a king_n have_v all_o the_o land_n in_o england_n in_o demesn_a and_o therefore_o in_o charge_v all_o england_n with_o tithe_n they_o charge_v no_o more_o than_o their_o own_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o seem_a difference_n among_o the_o historian_n who_o record_v this_o charter_n terrae_fw-la meae_fw-la and_o regni_fw-la mei_fw-la since_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v his_o own_o land_n in_o demesn_a but_o to_o let_v that_o pass_v t._n e._n must_v needs_o be_v a_o egregious_a dissembler_n to_o pretend_v here_o that_o
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beside_o i_o shall_v prove_v §_o 40._o that_o they_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a inheritance_n collateral_a to_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o land_n out_o of_o which_o they_o come_v see_v also_o shepherd_n abridgement_n tit_n tithe_n pag._n 99_o &_o 100_o now_o a_o inheritance_n be_v general_o take_v for_o a_o freehold_n and_o that_o the_o practice_n of_o our_o law_n do_v manifest_v the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v see_v in_o that_o famous_a case_n in_o dyer_n fol._n 83._o n._n 77._o of_o 7_o edw._n 6._o where_n upon_o the_o statute_n of_o 32_o h._n 8._o c._n 7._o a_o assize_n be_v bring_v de_fw-fr libero_fw-la tenemento_fw-it de_fw-it quadam_fw-la portione_fw-la deeimarum_fw-la of_o a_o freehold_n for_o a_o certain_a portion_n of_o tithe_n and_o in_o the_o very_a
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schism_n be_v compel_v to_o come_v in_o reprove_v we_o that_o they_o be_v compel_v but_o consider_v whither_o we_o will_v compel_v they_o supra_fw-la they_o august_n epist_n 50._o ut_fw-la supra_fw-la to_o unity_n and_o peace_n to_o a_o right_a faith_n and_o to_o submission_n to_o their_o governor_n to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o soul_n nor_o do_v our_o state_n use_v any_o capital_a punishment_n any_o spanish_a cruelty_n or_o popish_a fire_n and_o faggot_n towards_o they_o but_o by_o moderate_a penalty_n labour_n to_o reduce_v they_o which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o first_o christian_n emperor_n do_v to_o reduce_v the_o heretic_n of_o those_o day_n by_o fine_n imprisonment_n banish_v they_o out_o of_o eminent_a city_n burn_v their_o book_n and_o prohibit_v their_o assembly_n but_o still_o preserve_v their_o life_n in_o hope_n of_o their_o repentance_n and_o when_o our_o magistrate_n imitate_v holy_a constantine_n and_o theodosius_n herein_o the_o quaker_n most_o unjust_o call_v it_o persecution_n §_o 50._o he_o add_v pag._n 359._o christ_n give_v we_o no_o power_n to_o demand_v a_o maintenance_n from_o those_o who_o do_v not_o receive_v we_o nor_o do_v we_o demand_v of_o the_o quaker_n to_o give_v we_o one_o single_a penny_n more_o than_o what_o be_v give_v to_o we_o and_o settle_v on_o we_o many_o hundred_o year_n ago_o we_o only_o ask_v our_o own_o we_o only_o ask_v that_o which_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v of_o his_o landlord_n that_o which_o be_v or_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v abate_v in_o his_o rent_n if_o a_o tenant_n be_v to_o pay_v a_o annuity_n to_o a_o lord_n as_o free-rent_n or_o to_o a_o hospital_n or_o other_o person_n will_v his_o say_n he_o do_v not_o receive_v he_o or_o they_o excuse_v he_o from_o pay_v the_o money_n our_o lord_n jesus_n own_v we_o for_o his_o minister_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n own_v we_o and_o declare_v we_o be_v the_o person_n to_o who_o this_o estate_n belong_v and_o 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