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that_o whoso_o add_v to_o the_o gift_n n_o emendaverit_fw-la god_n will_v please_v to_o prosper_v and_o increase_v his_o day_n but_o that_o if_o any_o do_v presume_v to_o diminish_v the_o same_o he_o shall_v be_v call_v to_o a_o account_n for_o it_o at_o christ_n judgement_n seat_n unless_o he_o make_v amends_o by_o full_a satisfaction_n in_o which_o as_o in_o some_o other_o of_o the_o former_a passage_n as_o there_o be_v somewhat_o savour_v of_o the_o error_n of_o those_o dark_a time_n touch_v the_o merit_n of_o good_a work_n yet_o the_o authority_n be_v strong_a and_o most_o convince_a for_o confirmation_n of_o the_o point_n which_o we_o have_v in_o hand_n now_o that_o the_o king_n charge_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o kingdom_n with_o the_o payment_n of_o
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able_a to_o discern_v but_o that_o the_o change_n of_o tithe_n into_o stipend_n in_o the_o way_n propound_v will_v bring_v great_a trouble_n to_o the_o clergy_n then_o be_v yet_o consider_v and_o far_o less_o profit_n to_o the_o country_n than_o be_v now_o pretend_a which_o be_v the_o three_o and_o last_o of_o my_o proposition_n and_o be_v i_o hope_v sufficient_o and_o full_o prove_v or_o at_o the_o least_o make_v probable_a if_o not_o demonstrative_a i_o have_v say_v nothing_o in_o this_o tract_n of_o the_o right_n of_o tithe_n or_o on_o what_o motive_n or_o consideration_n of_o precede_a claim_n the_o king_n of_o england_n do_v confer_v they_o upon_o the_o clergy_n content_v myself_o at_o this_o time_n with_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n as_o namely_o that_o they_o be_v settle_v on_o the_o church_n by_o the_o king_n of_o this_o realm_n before_o they_o grant_v out_o estate_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o gentry_n and_o that_o the_o land_n thus_o charge_v with_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n they_o pass_v from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o until_o it_o come_v unto_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o present_a occupant_n which_o cut_v off_o all_o that_o claim_n or_o title_n which_o the_o mispersuade_a subject_n can_v pretend_v unto_o they_o i_o know_v it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o notwithstanding_o the_o say_a grant_n and_o charter_n of_o those_o ancient_a king_n many_o of_o the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o some_o also_o of_o the_o inferior_a gentry_n possess_v of_o manor_n before_o the_o lateran_n council_n r_o decimis_fw-la do_v either_o keep_v their_o tithe_n in_o their_o own_o hand_n or_o make_v infeodation_n of_o they_o to_o religious_a house_n or_o give_v they_o to_o such_o priest_n or_o parish_n as_o they_o best_o affect_v but_o after_o the_o decree_n of_o pope_n innocent_n the_o 3d_o which_o you_o may_v find_v at_o large_a in_o sir_n edw_n coke_n comment_n upon_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o other_o old_a statute_n of_o this_o realm_n in_o the_o chapter_n of_o tithe_n have_v be_v confirm_v in_o that_o council_n anno_fw-la 1215_o and_o incorporate_v into_o the_o canon_n and_o conclusion_n of_o it_o the_o payment_n of_o they_o to_o the_o minister_n or_o parochial_a priest_n come_v to_o be_v settle_v universal_o over_o all_o the_o kingdom_n save_v that_o the_o templar_n the_o hospitaler_n and_o monk_n of_o cisteaux_n hold_v their_o ancient_a privilege_n of_o be_v except_v for_o those_o land_n which_o they_o hold_v in_o occupancy_n from_o this_o general_a rule_n nor_o have_v i_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o impropriation_n partly_o because_o i_o be_o persuade_v that_o the_o lord_n and_o gentry_n who_o have_v either_o vote_n or_o friend_n in_o parliament_n will_v look_v well_o enough_o to_o the_o save_n of_o their_o own_o stake_n but_o principal_o because_o come_v from_o the_o same_o original_a grant_n from_o the_o king_n to_o the_o subject_n and_o by_o they_o settle_v upon_o monastery_n and_o religious_a house_n they_o fall_v in_o the_o ruin_n 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as_o they_o do_v in_o the_o power_n of_o bishop_n as_o now_o committee-man_n dispose_v of_o the_o preferment_n of_o the_o sequester_a clergy_n if_o either_o by_o their_o power_n and_o wisdom_n or_o by_o the_o argument_n and_o reason_n which_o be_v here_o produce_v the_o people_n eye_n be_v open_v to_o discern_v the_o truth_n and_o that_o they_o be_v deceive_v no_o long_o by_o this_o popular_a error_n it_o be_v all_o i_o be_o at_o who_o have_v no_o other_o end_n herein_o but_o only_o to_o undeceive_v they_o in_o this_o point_n of_o tithe_n which_o have_v be_v represent_v to_o they_o as_o a_o public_a grievance_n conduce_v manifest_o to_o the_o diminution_n of_o their_o gain_n and_o profit_n if_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o care_n for_o their_o information_n they_o will_v run_v headlong_o in_o the_o way_n of_o spoil_n and_o sacrilege_n and_o shut_v their_o eye_n against_o the_o light_n of_o the_o truth_n shine_v it_o never_o so_o bright_o let_v they_o take_v heed_n they_o fall_v not_o into_o that_o infatuation_n which_o the_o scripture_n denounce_v that_o see_v they_o shall_v see_v but_o shall_v not_o perceive_v and_o that_o the_o steal_n of_o this_o coal_n from_o the_o altar_n of_o god_n burn_v not_o down_o their_o house_n and_o so_o i_o shut_v up_o this_o discourse_n with_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n say_v that_o no_o man_n taste_v new_a wine_n but_o present_o he_o say_v that_o the_o old_a be_v the_o better_a finis_fw-la a_o as_o in_o the_o answer_n to_o those_o of_o hartford_n kent_n etc._n etc._n b_o levit._n 2._o 3._o and_o 7._o 5._o 7._o c_o lev._n 7._o 33_o 34._o d_o ib._n v._n 8._o e_o lev._n 27._o 12_o 13._o f_o tithegatherer_n no_o gospel-minister_n g_o locuple_n and_o dive_fw-la in_fw-la dominicum_fw-la sine_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la venis_fw-la and_o partem_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la quod_fw-la pauper_fw-la obtulit_fw-la sumis_fw-la cypde_a piet_fw-la and_o eleemos_n h_o beda_n in_o histor_n eccles._n l._n 1._o i_o anno_fw-la 855._o rex_fw-la ethelwulfus_n omnium_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la et_fw-la principum_fw-la suorum_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la ipso_fw-la variis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la totius_fw-la anglia_fw-la praeerant_fw-la gratuito_fw-la consensu_fw-la tunc_fw-la primo_fw-la cum_fw-la decimâ—s_fw-la terrarum_fw-la et_fw-la bonorum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la sive_fw-la catallorum_fw-la universam_fw-la dotavit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la per_fw-la suum_fw-la regium_fw-la chirographum_fw-la ingulph_n k_o decimavit_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la possessione_fw-la sua_fw-la in_fw-la partem_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o in_fw-la universo_fw-la regimine_fw-la principatus_fw-la sui_fw-la sit_fw-la constituit_fw-la ethelward_n l_o aethelwulphus_fw-la rex_fw-la decimam_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la sui_fw-la partem_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la regali_fw-la servitio_fw-la et_fw-la tributâ—_z liberavit_fw-la and_o in_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la graphio_n in_fw-la cruse_fw-la christi_fw-la pro_fw-la redemptione_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la et_fw-la praedecessorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la uni_fw-la et_fw-la trino_fw-la deo_fw-la immolavit_fw-la florent_fw-la wigorn_n m_o totam_fw-la terram_fw-la suam_fw-la propter_fw-la amorem_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la ad_fw-la opes_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la decimavit_fw-la henr._n huntingd._n n_o qui_fw-la augere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la nostram_fw-la donationem_fw-la augeat_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la dies_fw-la ejus_fw-la prosperos_fw-la siquis_fw-la verò_fw-la mutare_fw-la vel_fw-la minuere_fw-la praesumpsert_fw-la noscat_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la tribunal_fw-la christi_fw-la redditurun_fw-la rationâ—_n nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la satisfactione_fw-la emendaverit_fw-la o_o vt_fw-la imprimis_fw-la de_fw-la meo_fw-la proprio_fw-la reddant_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la and_o episcopi_fw-la mei_fw-la similiter_fw-la faciant_fw-la de_fw-la suo_fw-la proprio_fw-la and_o aldermanni_n mei_fw-la et_fw-la praepofiti_fw-la mei_fw-la p_o as_o in_o the_o book_n call_v tithegatherer_n no_o gospel-officer_n q_o as_o in_o the_o kentish_a petition_n and_o other_o project_n of_o that_o kind_n r_o ante_fw-la concilium_fw-la lateranense_fw-la bene_fw-la poterant_fw-la laici_fw-la decimas_fw-la sibi_fw-la in_fw-la feudum_fw-la retinere_fw-la vel_fw-la aliis_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la dare_fw-la lindwood_n in_o provine_n cap._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la