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say_v 5._o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la dignum_fw-la refer_fw-la possumus_fw-la pro_fw-la suscepta_fw-la carne_fw-la maria_fw-la quid_fw-la pro_fw-la cruce_fw-la obita_fw-la quid_fw-la pro_fw-la verberibus_fw-la and_o sepultura_fw-la reddemus_fw-la we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o be_v sufficient_o thankful_a for_o take_v our_o flesh_n of_o the_o virgin_n marry_o what_o shall_v we_o then_o return_v unto_o he_o for_o his_o suffering_n upon_o the_o cross_n for_o his_o stripe_n for_o his_o burial_n and_o as_o for_o temporal_a benefit_n we_o be_v far_o before_o jacob_n he_o wander_v up_o and_o down_o the_o world_n like_o a_o poor_a pilgrim_n with_o his_o staff_n in_o his_o hand_n he_o keep_v sheep_n and_o be_v parch_v with_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o day_n and_o freeze_v with_o the_o cold_a of_o the_o night_n and_o in_o my_o text_n the_o bare_a earth_n be_v his_o bed_n a_o hard_a stone_n his_o pillow_n he_o have_v nothing_o he_o desire_v nothing_o but_o only_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o 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our_o saviour_n christ_n have_v cleanse_v ten_o leaper_n there_o be_v but_o one_o find_v among_o all_o those_o ten_o and_o he_o a_o stranger_n too_o that_o return_v to_o give_v god_n thanks_o i_o fear_v there_o be_v scarce_o one_o of_o a_o hundred_o among_o we_o that_o be_v but_o even_o so_o thankful_a unto_o god_n for_o all_o his_o benefit_n as_o that_o stranger_n be_v only_o for_o his_o cleanse_n when_o this_o good_a patriarch_n jacob_n return_v rich_a from_o padan-aran_n in_o the_o 32._o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n he_o neither_o forget_v what_o he_o be_v then_o nor_o what_o he_o have_v be_v before_o and_o therefore_o in_o a_o thankful_a remembrance_n of_o god_n great_a mercy_n towards_o he_o he_o pay_v one_o part_n of_o this_o vow_n in_o that_o place_n and_o worship_v god_n 32.10_o say_v o_o lord_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o thy_o mercy_n for_o with_o my_o staff_n i_o pass_v over_o this_o jordan_n and_o now_o i_o be_o become_v two_o band_n many_o a_o one_o there_o be_v in_o this_o honourable_a court_n who_o have_v pass_v over_o not_o the_o river_n of_o jordan_n but_o the_o river_n of_o trent_n or_o thames_n or_o severne_n with_o their_o staff_n in_o their_o hand_n that_o be_v poor_a estate_n in_o comparison_n and_o have_v be_v deliver_v from_o many_o danger_n and_o be_v now_o even_o lade_v with_o riches_n and_o honour_n and_o yet_o i_o doubt_v there_o be_v not_o many_o that_o for_o all_o this_o have_v vow_v with_o jacob_n to_o have_v the_o lord_n for_o their_o god_n or_o to_o build_v he_o a_o house_n or_o to_o pay_v he_o the_o ten_o of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v give_v they_o one_o religious_a vow_n you_o see_v weekly_o pay_v in_o this_o place_n by_o our_o royal_a jacob_n i_o mean_v our_o tuesday_n exercise_n which_o be_v devout_o vow_v upon_o as_o just_a a_o occasion_n as_o ever_o vow_n be_v make_v and_o hitherto_o god_n be_v thank_v it_o have_v be_v religious_o perform_v god_n grant_v that_o this_o our_o jacob_n may_v long_o and_o long_o live_v a_o happy_a king_n of_o this_o happy_a island_n even_o as_o long_o if_o it_o be_v his_o will_n as_o the_o old_a patriarch_n jacob_n do_v to_o pay_v this_o tribute_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o vow_n unto_o the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o can_v we_o that_o be_v his_o servant_n have_v a_o better_a pattern_n to_o imitate_v than_o the_o religious_a example_n of_o so_o royal_a a_o master_n therefore_o i_o will_v conclude_v this_o point_n with_o that_o zealous_a exhortation_n of_o another_o king_n psal._n 76.11_o vovete_fw-la et_fw-la reddite_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la vestro_fw-la vow_v unto_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n and_o keep_v it_o all_o you_o that_o be_v round_o about_o he_o bring_v present_n unto_o he_o that_o ought_v to_o be_v fear_v and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o general_a of_o jacob_n vow_n now_o i_o come_v to_o the_o particular_a duty_n vow_v and_o they_o be_v three_o first_o that_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v his_o god_n that_o be_v that_o he_o will_v 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build_v and_o even_o the_o fair_a of_o they_o since_o their_o buttress_n and_o pillar_n i_o mean_v their_o maintenance_n have_v be_v pluck_v away_o begin_v to_o droop_v already_o and_o in_o time_n if_o it_o be_v not_o prevent_v will_v moulder_v away_o and_o drop_v down_o and_o yet_o who_o pity_v the_o ruin_n of_o zion_n or_o repair_v any_o one_o wall_n or_o window_n thereof_o will_n yourselves_o dwell_v in_o seal_v house_n 1.4_o and_o suffer_v the_o house_n of_o god_n to_o lie_v waste_n shall_v pater_fw-la noster_fw-la build_v church_n and_o our_o father_n pull_v they_o down_o as_o the_o proverb_n be_v or_o suffer_v they_o to_o fall_v 1.20_o o_o let_v not_o that_o be_v tell_v in_o gath_n nor_o publish_v in_o the_o street_n of_o askalon_n lest_o the_o philistine_n rejoice_v leave_v the_o uncircumcised_a triumph_n therefore_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n see_v we_o need_v not_o with_o jacob_n in_o my_o text_n vow_v to_o build_v let_v we_o all_o out_o of_o our_o zeal_n unto_o god_n 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almighty_a god_n from_o the_o very_a creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o donation_n thereof_o unto_o the_o use_n of_o man_n reserve_v unto_o himself_o and_o separate_v from_o common_a use_n unto_o his_o own_o service_n some_o out_o of_o every_o one_o of_o these_o five_o thing_n which_o shall_v never_o after_o be_v alienate_v or_o take_v away_o without_o sacrilege_n 1._o a_o form_n of_o divine_a worship_n which_o may_v never_o be_v give_v to_o any_o other_o 2._o a_o time_n for_o this_o worship_n which_o be_v the_o sabbath_n day_n never_o to_o be_v abrogate_a 3._o a_o place_n of_o worship_n which_o be_v his_o house_n never_o to_o be_v profane_v 4._o a_o priesthood_n which_o may_v never_o bow_v knee_n unto_o baal_n 5._o and_o last_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o all_o these_o tithe_n which_o he_o therefore_o call_v his_o own_o inheritance_n never_o without_o sacrilege_n to_o be_v impropriate_v de_fw-la omni_fw-la substantia_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la homini_fw-la donat_fw-la col_fw-fr decimam_fw-la partem_fw-la sibi_fw-la reseruavit_fw-la of_o all_o the_o substance_n which_o god_n have_v give_v unto_o man_n he_o have_v reserve_v the_o ten_o part_n unto_o himself_o they_o be_v the_o very_a word_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n and_o s._n augustine_n say_v 219._o deus_fw-la sibi_fw-la tantùm_fw-la decimam_fw-la vendicans_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnia_fw-la condonavit_fw-la god_n challenge_v only_o to_o himself_o the_o ten_o have_v give_v all_o thing_n unto_o we_o and_o that_o he_o reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o tithe_n for_o this_o purpose_n even_o from_o the_o beginning_n as_o well_o as_o any_o of_o the_o other_o four_o thing_n may_v appear_v by_o this_o that_o for_o any_o thing_n we_o know_v to_o the_o contrary_a tithe_n be_v pay_v even_o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o world_n for_o some_o think_v that_o cain_n and_o abel_n offer_v the_o very_a tithe_n as_o they_o be_v instruct_v of_o their_o father_n adam_n but_o howsoever_o that_o be_v certain_a it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v no_o soon_o mention_v make_v of_o any_o priest_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o of_o a_o order_n fit_a to_o receive_v they_o then_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o pay_v of_o tithe_n unto_o he_o for_o abraham_n the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a no_o soon_o meet_v with_o melchisedec_n a_o priest_n of_o a_o order_n but_o for_o a_o example_n unto_o all_o his_o posterity_n even_o all_o the_o faithful_a unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n he_o give_v he_o tithe_n of_o all_o the_o spoil_n gen._n 14._o and_o give_v it_o he_o not_o as_o a_o arbitrary_a gift_n but_o as_o a_o necessary_a due_n unto_o god_n for_o he_o swear_v not_o to_o take_v so_o much_o as_o a_o shoe-latchet_n of_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o yet_o he_o take_v the_o tithe_n to_o offer_v not_o as_o his_o but_o as_o god_n due_a and_o jacob_n in_o my_o text_n among_o other_o moral_a duty_n for_o here_o be_v nothing_o ceremonial_a vow_v the_o pay_n of_o tithe_n and_o in_o the_o 27._o 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