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Iacobs vovve, or The true historie of tithes: a sermon penned by Richard Perrot Batchelour in Divinitie, vicar of Hessell with the Trinitie Chappell in Kingstone-upon-Hull, and sometimes fellow of Sidney-Sussex-Colledge in Cambridge
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R. P. (Richard Perrot), 1584?-1641.
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nay_o friend_n and_o â—betters_n of_o pâ—pâ—ry_n and_o suâ—â—â—â—tâ—â—ion_n yea_o cesâ—rea_n 〈◊〉_d a_o â—ornelâ—uâ—_fw-la â—oâ—pa_n a_o simon_n â—pâ—â—sâ—s_v a_o priscilla_n etc._n etc._n â—aâ—â—_n gâ—â—â—tâ—â—nâ—_n be_v their_o â—â—_o many_o pâ—râ—s_n of_o this_o kingdom_n who_o for_o the_o good_a of_o god_n house_n and_o â—is_n ministâ—â—â—_n will_v willing_o plâ—ckâ—â—ut_v their_o own_o eye_n and_o howsoever_o the_o world_n account_v of_o they_o yet_o i_o doâ—bâ—_n nâ—t_v baâ—_n at_o the_o general_a dâ—y_n of_o account_n these_o shall_v pass_v free_o with_o a_o scio_fw-la and_o placeâ—_n for_o meâ—_n tâ—â—ely_o wâ—â—e_v and_o religious_a when_o their_o scoâ—ners_n shall_v be_v stay_v with_o a_o nesâ—iâ—_n and_o a_o noâ—_n placet_fw-la as_o be_v unworthy_a of_o any_o degree_n or_o place_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n thus_o i_o say_v there_o be_v some_o of_o all_o rank_n order_n and_o degree_n who_o like_o joseph_n and_o jacob_n bring_v god_n blessing_n and_o with_o moses_n in_o the_o gap_n withhold_v god_n hand_n from_o his_o fierce_a judgement_n who_o maugre_o all_o the_o spite_n and_o malice_n of_o satan_n and_o his_o abettor_n the_o enemy_n of_o god_n and_o his_o inheritance_n be_v and_o will_v be_v liberal_a towards_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o house_n respectful_a of_o his_o minister_n willing_o and_o liberal_o honour_v they_o both_o with_o maintenance_n and_o countenance_n but_o alas_o these_o be_v but_o as_o a_o gather_n after_o vintage_n and_o a_o glean_v after_o harvest_n if_o you_o come_v to_o voxpopuli_n the_o general_a cry_n of_o the_o general_a number_n who_o either_o can_v or_o will_v cry_v no_o other_o song_n then_o that_o of_o the_o chaldaean_n at_o the_o sack_n of_o jerusalem_n down_o with_o church_n away_o with_o tithe_n let_v we_o trample_v both_o they_o and_o their_o priest_n down_o to_o the_o ground_n all_o which_o due_o consider_v as_o it_o give_v all_o true_a heart_a