Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	exceed_v	righteousness_n	scribe_n	2,764	5	11.0489	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66361	The chariot of truth wherein are contained I. a declaration against sacriledge ..., II. the grand rebellion, or, a looking-glass for rebels ..., III. the discovery of mysteries ..., IV. the rights of kings ..., V. the great vanity of every man ... / by Gryffith Williams.	Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.	1663 (1663)	Wing W2663; ESTC R28391	625,671	469

as due to him before the law and received them by his servants the Levites under the law Why should More reason to pay Tythes now to Christ then in the time of the Law proved at large he now be deprived of them and not receive them also by his Ministers under the Gospel Especially considering he hath now accomplished fulfilled and wholly discharged the Office of his Priest-hood which was to offer that propitiatory Sacrifice unto God which should fully satisfy and appease his wrath for the sins of the people which as then he had but only promised and shadowed out the same in types and figures unto the fathers Or is it possible to imagin that they which paid him their tythes under the law were more obliged to him for those shadows and the expectation of accomplishing his promises than we should be for having already obtained the r●al substance Or shall we believe the whole generation of men to be such as will promise any thing and do any thing that they can to obtain what they desire and when they have obtained their desires will do and perform just nothing So while Christ was desired and expected to come men duely paid their tythes unto him but now being come and having done his work and discharged his Priestly Office they will pay him no tythes at all which is the propertie of ill natures To promise any thing while they seek and to do nothing when they obtain their desires But the consideration of the persons that paid their tythes to Christ before his Incarnation is an unanswerable argument to prove that all Christians should much rather now pay their Tythes to Him after his Incarnation for if they that had all things more imperfect then we have them and but in shadows under a vail and curtains that were drawn over them did then so fully and so readily pay their Tythes to Christ and to his servants that gathered them How can we now when the night is past and the Curtains of those Types are drawn aside and the substance of those their shadows are perfectly shewed unto us be any waies excused if we refuse and deny to pay our Tythes to him and to his Ministers that gather them Because it is an uncontroulable Maxim To whom much is given of them much shall be required And God having given us far better and far more perfect things then he gave unto the Jews he looks that we should be more thankful and more ready to pay our Tythes and to do him service then they were and therefore Christ saith That except our righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees we shall not enter into Matth. ● the Kingdom of Heaven And yet you know what they did fast twice every week and pay Tythes of all that they had even of the smallest things mint and annise and the least herbs they had and How doth our righteousness exceed their righteousness if we deny our Tythes to Gods Ministers I would we were as righteous as they were And as the Consideration of the Persons paying their Tythes so the consideration of the Persons to whom they were paid as to the substitutes of Christ as well before as after the coming of Christ doth sufficiently prove that we Christians have more reas●n to pay our Tythes now under the Gospel then the Jews had to pay them under the law for if the Tythes were payable and to be given to those servants of Christ that were of the lower degree and did the meaner offices and brought least benefit unto the people of Christ then certainly they should be much rather payable to those Ministers of Christ that are of a far higher degree and do the more honorable offices and bring the rarest and the greatest benefits unto the people but the Ministers of the Gospel in all the foresaid respects do far exceed and excel the Priest-hood of the law because as Saint Paul sheweth the Levitical Priests were but Lecturers of the letter which killeth but the Ministers of the Gospel are the Interpreters of the Spirit which giveth life 2 Cor. 3. 6 7 8 9 10 11. they expounded the shadows these the substance of Religion and they had committed unto them the Ministration of Condemnation and these have the Ministration of Righteousness and Glorification delivered unto their charge Therefore seeing the Ministers of the Gospel do thus far and in these r●pects excel the Priests of the Law there is no reason their hire and maintenance should be less then the hire and maintenance of the Lovitical Priests but that the Tythes should be as well paid to these as the other And the Civilians tell you that Decima est omnium bonorum mobilium § 1. de decimis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 est porti● una ex decem Extra de decimis Cum non sit Aug●stinus de doct●ina Christ●ana licite quaesitorum pars decima Deo data Divin● constitutione d●bi●a The Tythe is the tenth part of all moveable goods lawfully gotten given unto God and due to be paid unto the Priests by the Ordinance of God And Innocentius saith that God by a special title hath reserved the Tythes unto himself in token of his Vniversal Dominion Power and Right that he hath over all And therefore Saint Augustine saith that the Tythes being thus due to God ●i qui dare nolunt alienas re● invadunt They that will not pay their Tythes do take away others right and hold that which is none of their own And therefore Cum decimas dando coelesti● terren● possis promereri pro avaritia tua de●egand● duplici benedictione fra●daris When by paying The dammage of detayning our Tythes thy Tythes to Gods Ministers thou mayst gain both Celestial and Terrestrial blessings according as the Prophet sheweth thou by thy Covetousness in denying thy Tythes doest deprive thy self of this dou●le benefit because this is the most usual proceeding of the just God That Q●i de●i●am non dederit ad decimam reducetur that many times the man that will not pay his Tythes shall be reduced unto the Tythe when either the fire or canker-worm and Caterpiller shall consume thy store or the wicked Souldier will Plunder and take from thee what thou wouldst not give to Gods Minister Therefore it is apparant that no wise man which loveth his own good will deny the payment of his Tythes unto the Ministers of Jesus Christ and that you may rightly understand this case concerning Tythes you must observe that they are of three sorts 1. Pr●dial 2. P●sonal That all tyth●s are of three sorts 3. Neutral 1. They are called Predial which do naturally arise out of the fruits and increa●e of the Earth 2. They are styled Personal which do a●●rew out of the fruits gain and labour of the person that getteth them either by Traffick Warfare Hunting or any other exercise of his hands 3. They are termed Neutral that are