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down_o asia_n to_o jerusalem_n again_o and_o from_o thence_o at_o length_n to_o rome_n read_v act_n 13.14_o 15_o 16._o cap._n i_o will_v not_o speak_v of_o that_o theodoritus_n and_o sâ—phroniâ—â—_n the_o patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n affirm_v that_o after_o his_o first_o imprisonment_n at_o rome_n he_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o britain_n be_v our_o countryman_n for_o happy_o he_o may_v do_v that_o at_o rome_n but_o to_o come_v to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n bartholomew_n as_o i_o witness_v catalogue_n script_n eccles_n tom._n 1._o go_v to_o the_o indian_n thomas_n to_o the_o mede_n persian_n hyrcanian_n and_o bastrians_n matthew_n up_o and_o down_o aethiopia_n every_o one_o of_o they_o one_o way_n or_o other_o to_o carry_v one_o sound_n of_o the_o gospel_n through_o all_o the_o world_n psal_n 19_o i_o ask_v now_o what_o these_o man_n shall_v have_v do_v with_o their_o tithe_n where_o
instruct_v their_o people_n when_o and_o how_o to_o pay_v their_o tithe_n tom._n 1._o con._n pa._n 258._o can._n 5_o etc._n etc._n about_o the_o year_n 786._o in_o the_o time_n of_o offa_n a_o great_a king_n of_o mercia_n and_o helfwood_n king_n of_o northumberland_n and_o the_o two_o archbishop_n there_o be_v a_o great_a council_n hold_v by_o two_o legate_n from_o hadrian_n the_o first_o wherein_o tithe_n be_v establish_v and_o it_o be_v likewise_o confirm_v in_o the_o south_n part_n by_o the_o king_n of_o west-saxony_n and_o as_o m._n selden_n say_v it_o be_v a_o most_o observable_a law_n be_v make_v with_o great_a solemnity_n of_o both_o power_n of_o both_o state_n history_n cap._n 8._o pag._n 201._o tom._n 1._o con._n pag._n 291._o can._n 17._o in_o the_o year_n 855._o king_n ethelwolph_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o his_o baronage_n and_o bishop_n grant_v the_o perpetual_a right_n of_o tithe_n to_o the_o church_n throughout_o his_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o that_o free_a from_o 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time_n eight_o time_n in_o rich._n 2._o reign_n and_o six_o time_n in_o hen._n 4._o yea_o the_o frontispiece_n of_o every_o parliament_n almost_o be_v a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o right_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n as_o have_v learn_v of_o the_o very_a heathen_a poet_n who_o have_v it_o from_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o begin_v ever_o with_o god_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o man_n find_v that_o ever_o will_v or_o dare_v with_o nero_n lay_v hand_n upon_o his_o mother_n the_o church_n for_o he_o that_o smite_v his_o father_n or_o mother_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n exod._n 20.15_o heu_fw-la tot_fw-la sancitas_fw-la per_fw-la plurima_fw-la secula_fw-la leges_fw-la hauserit_fw-la una_fw-la dies_fw-la hora_fw-la una_fw-la et_fw-fr persidus_fw-la error_n my_o meaning_n be_v not_o to_o strain_v these_o law_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o such_o superstitious_a gift_n as_o be_v make_v to_o the_o church_n against_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n but_o to_o those_o only_a that_o be_v for_o maintenance_n of_o his_o word_n and_o ministry_n which_o if_o they_o be_v lawful_o confer_v as_o no_o man_n i_o think_v doubt_v but_o they_o be_v then_o let_v we_o consider_v how_o fearful_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o pull_v they_o from_o god_n to_o rend_v they_o from_o the_o church_n to_o violate_v the_o dedication_n of_o our_o father_n the_o oath_n of_o our_o ancestor_n the_o decree_n of_o so_o many_o parliament_n and_o final_o to_o throw_v ourselves_o into_o those_o horrible_a curse_n that_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o kingdom_n have_v contract_v with_o god_n as_o nehomiah_n and_o the_o jew_n do_v nehem._n 10._o shall_v fall_v upon_o they_o if_o they_o transgress_v herein_o for_o as_o levi_n pay_v tithe_n in_o the_o loin_n of_o abraham_n heb._n 7._o so_o the_o lawful_a vow_n of_o the_o father_n descend_v upon_o their_o child_n and_o as_o the_o posterity_n of_o jonadab_n the_o son_n of_o rechab_n be_v bless_v in_o keep_v it_o jer._n 35.18_o 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