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A44793	The great case of the tythes and forced maitenance [sic] once more revived the true state thereof enquired into, before the law, under the law, among the Jews : likewise under the Gospel, the true ministers of Christ, their allowance shown : likewise in the corruption of time since Christ, how tythes have been introduced, wherein antiquity is searched, and the judgment of the fathers of the church in several ages produced, besides the Scripture it self examined : in all which is clearly proved, tythes and forced maintenance, are no Gospel maintenance : the Scriptures answered, divers arguments confuted, and objections answered, which are brought by the ministry of this late age : also the institution and division of parishes and their rise, all which are published for the benefit of all, who desire that Gospel order might be established again in all the churches of Christ / F.H.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.; M. L.; Guy, Edward, 17th cent.; Raunce, John, 17th cent.	1665 (1665)	Wing H3165; ESTC R22288	63,807	82

Gods House and of all that thou shalt give me I 〈◊〉 surely give the tenth unto thee This was an extraordinary occasion and more then an ordinary appearance from God unto Jacob before when he 〈◊〉 from his father to Haran to take a wife of his own kin●… And the Lord appeared unto him as he laid his head upon a stone the night being come and said unto him I am the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the land whereon thou liest to thee will 〈◊〉 give it and to thy seed and it shall be as the dust of the earth and 〈◊〉 shalt spread abroad to the East West North and South and in thee 〈◊〉 thy seed shall all the Families of the earth be blessed He called 〈◊〉 name of the place Bethel viz. the House of God because of th● glorious appearance of God and of his great promise made 〈◊〉 him which he did believe as may be seen more at large in the whole Chapter So Jacobs heart being opened and filled full 〈◊〉 joy and faith he promised again unto the Lord and vo●… vow saying If God will be with me and keep me in this way th●● I 〈◊〉 so that I come again to my fathers house in peace then shall the 〈◊〉 be my God and of all that he giveth me I will surely give the 〈◊〉 unto thee which he performed after twenty years as Josep●… saith in these words by offering unto the Lord the tenth of all 〈◊〉 substance which he had got at Haran after that he returned unto tha● place where God did appear unto him and made his promise unto 〈◊〉 then Jacob performed his promise unto the Lord. But unto wh●… hand he gave this tenth appears not for before Aaron the J●… say the Priesthood was solely annexed to the first-born of Fa●…lies which agreed well with the sanctifying of the first-born commanded in Egypt hence it comes that Melchisedec is commonly reputed to be Shem the eldest son of Noah but that is controvertal and so I shall let it pass But it is thought by so●● that Jacob payed his vow unto the hands of Isaac his Father and gave unto him the tenth of what he had gotten as being the 〈◊〉 of the Family then living and a Priest also but as is said 〈◊〉 these two instances of Abraham and Jacob are only vo●… and free gifts as a return of thankfulness unto the Lord 〈◊〉 one having got a great victory over his enemies and the o●… having received a great assurance of the Lord of his promise 〈◊〉 blessing with him did bind them to it But we do not read 〈◊〉 they were at all obliged by any special commandement as 〈…〉 so much though 't is granted that after Jacob had vowed 〈◊〉 was obliged but these are no binding examples unto future ●…rations especially them that pretends they are Ministers of 〈◊〉 second Covenant the Gospel there is no other mention 〈◊〉 of Tythes before Moses his time unless some will dreame 〈…〉 will needs do that the Levitical Law was written before 〈◊〉 Creation Yet some of the ancients seem to have observed a ●…ct had to the quantity of what was as a part of the yearly ●…se consecrated in those times to the Lord and that even 〈◊〉 ●●e first memory of sacrifice Cains offering was not regarded 〈◊〉 say because he did not well or a right divide what he offered 〈◊〉 some quota pars were at that time required 〈◊〉 this reason was from no other cause then the mistransla●… of the text in the story of Cain where the Jews read it If 〈◊〉 offer well but not divided aright hast thou not sinned 〈◊〉 unto which agrees the tex● of the Septuagint when as 〈◊〉 ●●ue translation out of the Original is thus Why is thy coun●… cast down if thou do well art thou not accepted if thou do 〈◊〉 ●●n lyeth at the door But most agreeable to the Text is that 〈◊〉 gave with a grudging mind and not of the best and first of his 〈◊〉 for it is expresly said that Abel brought of his first fruits 〈◊〉 Cain only of his fruit of the ground Abel giving then unto the 〈◊〉 a portion of the best the other not regarding of what worth 〈◊〉 offering were So here is not any certain quantity noted but the ●ind of the spirit of him that offered and the quality of the ●…on or gift So the chief thing to be noted from this is That Cain was an hypocrite and offered with that mind and spirit with which he sl●● his brother and so his sacrifice was not accepted But this is no plea or ground at all for the payment of Tenths is due Tythes were never commanded to be payed by the Lord 〈◊〉 any but Israel whose Law was given forth four hundred thirt● years after the promise as saith the Apostle Neither were 〈◊〉 ever payable but by the Jews after they came to the land of C●naan and to Levi's Tribe only and to the Jewish Priests that 〈◊〉 no inheritance allotted them by the Lord of all the land of ●●naan or beyond Jordan but only the tenths according to th● command of the Lord for the office of the Priesthood and 〈◊〉 the service of the Tabernacle How among the Jews tithes were payed or judg'd to be due the yearly encrease being either fruit of ground or cattel in the law of fruits of the ground first the first of the first ripe were offered to the Priest in ears of wheat figs barley grapes oliv●● pomegranates and dates of these seven only the first fruits we●● payed in what quantity the owner would Next the Theruma or heave-offering or first-fruits of corn wine oyl and fleece and the like were given to the Priests but it being not determined by Moses of what quantity this offering should be the Jews antiently judg'd it to be enough at the f●●t●eth part but so that no necessity was that every one should pay so much he that payed a sixtieth part was discharged but some of better devotion payed the fortieth The offerings spoken of in Ezekiel This is the Theruma that ye shall offer the 〈◊〉 part of an Ephah of an Homer of wheat or of barley It is the sa●● as if he had said ye shall offer the sixtieth part of an Homer for an Ephah being the same measure with a bath that is near ou● common Bushel and after this offered to the Priests every kind being given in season out of the rest were taken the tythes which are best divided into the first and second time The first tythe was payed to the Levites out of the remainder at Jerusalem and out of this tenth received by the Levites the Levites payed another tenth to the priests which is called the Tythe of the Tythe for this is to be taken notice of that Priests received no Tythe of Husbandmen but now them that are no Levites neither of Aarons Priesthood they take Tythes

Councel in the North and Offis and Kenulph call'd a Coucel for the South wherein they o●dained That a tenth of the fruit of the earth should be paypayed as it was written in the Law of Moses and when this Councel had thus concluded by Alswold the Legates and Embassadors took all the Decrees and Canons of the Councel and carryed to Offa and he and his Bishops and Abbots did subscribe it with a Cross to it likewise Selden makes mention That Ethelulfe King of the West Saxons in the year 855 he made a law That the tithe of all his own lands should be given to God and his servants and should be freed from all Taxes But there is great difference among Historians about this Grant some restrain it to the tithe of his own demesne lands others to the tenth part of his land and others to the tithe of the whole Nation About this time heavy pressures by Danish Invasions and great Wars came on so that he call'd a Councel where were present Bernereddus King of Mericia and Edmond King of East Angles and they to remove the heavy judgment that was upon them gives the tithe of all the land to God and his servants as the phrase then was King Athelstone about the year 930 and King Edmond about the year 940 and King Edgar about 970 King Ethelred about 1010 King Knute about 1020 Edward the Confessor and others of the Saxon Kings made several laws for tythes as Histories do relate Likewise the Normands afterwards entring this Kingdom and subduing it William the Conqueror confirmed the Liberties of the Church Also Henr. 1. and Hen. 2. did the like and King Stephen also The Reader may understand the principles upon which these men ●…cted and the Doctrine then that was believed by them and maintained to be good by Prelates of that age That heaven was merited by good Works and sins pardoned for works of Charity which works was chieflly reckoned to be good by the Prelates of that age when some Monastry was builded Church or Chappel so called and dedication of lands and goods to such places for the health and happinesse of their souls they had perswaded many men almost out of their Estates leaving their Heirs and children very poor Many instances thereof might be given but one or two for manifesting the truth of this King Stephen in his dayes gave to the Priory of Eye in Suffolk as may be seen in an original Charter of his made to the said priory wherein he gives the tenths of all his Manors of Stedbrook Rad●●ge Seldia Bedima with divers other places for the pardon of his sins and obtaining the joyes of heaven and not only he gave it for the health of his own soul but for the soul of his Father and of his Mother and of his Uncle and interceding Kings to the use and end aforesaid Likewise out of another old Charter granted by Ralph then Bishop of Chichester to the Abbey of Battel the tenths of Vula●●●e of Hennam and of Servin and of Lezein and Badhurst and the tenths of many other places to the said Abbey for the health of his own soul and the health of the souls of his Ancestors Also out of the Charter of the Monastry of Ridding in Hereforeshire in the time of King John Walter Clifford for the health of his Fathers soul and of his Wives and Children doth give the whole Tenths of Hamenesca unto the Church of Lem●er But notwithstanding the many Laws Canons and Decrees of Kings Popes Councils and Bishops alluding to the page before that every man ought to pay the tenth part of his encrease yet it was left to the owner to confer it where he pleased which made so many rich Abbies and Monasteries And till the year 1200 or thereabouts every one gave their Tythes at their own pleasure which made Pope Innocent the Third send his Decretal Epistle to the Bishop of Canterbury commanding him to enjoyn every man to pay his Temporal goods to those that ministred Spiritual things to them which was enforced by Ecclesiastical Censures and this was the first beginning of general Parochial payment of tythes in England this his Decretal was admitted and enjoyned by the Law of the Nation King and People being then Papists The Decree of the Pope receiving all possible assistance from the Bishops and the Priests in whose behalf it was made did not only in a short time take away the peoples then desired right to give their Tythes to those that best deserved them but did also so much corrupt the Clergy that in the time of Richard the second Wickliffe our famous Reformer did make a heavy complaint to the Parliament in these words following Ah Lord God where this be reason to constrain the poor people to find a worldly Priest sometime unable both of life and cunning in pomp and pride covetous and envy gluttonnesse dunkennesse and lechery in Simony and Heresie with fat horse and jolly and gay saddles and bridles ringing by the way and himself in costly cloaths and pelure and to suffer their wives and children and their poor Neighbours perish for hunger thirst and cold and other mischiefs of the world Ah Lord Jesu Christ sith within few years men paid their Tythes and Offerings at their own will free to good men and able to great worship of God to profit and fairnesse of holy Church fighting in earth why it were lawful and needful that a worldly Priest should destroy this holy and approved Custome constraining men to leave this freedome turning Tythes and Offerings unto wicked uses A cloud of witnesses might be brought out of the ancient Fathers and also latter testimonies who witnessed against them and divers Martyrs some whereof were put to death others gr●●vously troubled and suffered long and great imprisonments as John Hus Jerome of Prague the famous Reformer John Wic●liffe who is spoken of before and Walter Brute William Thorpe William Swinderby and it was generally the judgment of all the Wickliffians and the predecessors of the Protestants the B●●●●●ans being descended from the Waldenses they did professe and ●el● out that all Priests or Ministers ought to be poor and to be content with free gift or what the people freely offered them so saith AEneas Sylvius in his Bohemian History And it is one of John Wickliffes Articles whose works are 〈◊〉 much esteemed of by the Protestants of England and Bohemia as despised by the Papists and their Clergy having his bones taken up and burnt 41 years after his decease and his Articles condemn'd by the Councel of Constance his own words are That tythes were and are a free gift as among the Christians and only p●●●● alms and the parishioners may for the offence of their Curates detain and keep them back and bestow them upon others at their own will and pleasures And his proposition af●resaid is maintained by that godly 〈◊〉 John Hus who was burnt for his testimony