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the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n shall_v have_v no_o part_n nor_o inheritance_n with_o israel_n they_o shall_v eat_v the_o offering_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v by_o fire_n and_o his_o inheritance_n therefore_o shall_v they_o have_v no_o inheritance_n among_o their_o brethren_n the_o lord_n be_v their_o inheritance_n as_o he_o have_v say_v unto_o they_o conclude_v that_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n among_o the_o israelite_n have_v no_o city_n house_n land_n suburb_n or_o possession_n of_o their_o own_o belong_v to_o their_o office_n and_o be_v express_o forbid_v by_o god_n to_o receive_v or_o enjoy_v any_o among_o their_o brethren_n and_o hence_o infer_v that_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n ought_v not_o to_o enjoy_v any_o rectory_n house_n land_n or_o glebe_n whereas_o all_o the_o forecited_a scripture_n direct_o record_v the_o contrary_a and_o the_o meaning_n of_o these_o seem_a repugnant_a text_n be_v only_o this_o 564._o that_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o inheritance_n among_o their_o 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their_o office_n and_o then_o out_o of_o their_o city_n suburb_n and_o possession_n which_o he_o enforce_v they_o to_o desert_n though_o we_o read_v not_o that_o they_o sell_v they_o to_o maintain_v their_o war_n or_o pay_v soldier_n arrear_n who_o thereupon_o repair_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o rehoboam_n the_o right_a heir_n and_o after_o they_o out_o of_o all_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n such_o as_o set_v their_o heart_n to_o seek_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n come_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o enjoy_v god_n ordinance_n &_o strengthen_v rehoboam_n and_o his_o kingdom_n against_o this_o persecute_v usurper_n 2_o chron._n 11.13_o to_o 18._o 8._o that_o this_o his_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n from_o their_o office_n and_o pâ—ssâ—ssions_n make_v priest_n of_o the_o low_a of_o the_o people_n and_o suffer_v every_o one_o that_o will_v to_o consecrate_v himself_o a_o priest_n without_o a_o lawful_a call_n be_v object_v against_o jeroboam_n by_o abijah_n as_o a_o very_a 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ecclesiae_fw-la ministris_fw-la debeant_fw-la stipendia_fw-la that_o all_o the_o godly_a be_v to_o be_v admonish_v that_o by_o divine_a right_n they_o owe_v wage_n to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o if_o so_o then_o 5._o it_o follow_v inevitable_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o settle_a way_n of_o maintenance_n particular_o prescribe_v for_o they_o in_o or_o by_o the_o gospel_n and_o convenient_a house_n glebe_n for_o they_o their_o family_n and_o necessary_a cattle_n with_o tithe_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o cattle_n of_o all_o sort_n be_v as_o necessary_a as_o requisite_a for_o the_o habitation_n food_n clothing_z support_v of_o they_o their_o family_n ministry_n and_o supply_v of_o all_o their_o necessary_n with_o as_o little_a charge_n trouble_n 27._o diversion_n from_o their_o study_n function_n as_o may_v be_v as_o for_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n under_o the_o law_n that_o godly_a christian_n king_n state_n parliament_n 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a_o decimas_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la decima_fw-la res_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la enormius_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la in_o decimis_fw-la
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tithe_n before_o they_o become_v they_o and_o be_v pay_v hitherto_o not_o with_o respect_n of_o person_n sed_fw-la ratione_fw-la territorii_fw-la but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o territory_n and_o parish_n precinct_n and_o pope_n innocent_a the_o 3d._n his_o decree_n date_v from_o lateran_n an._n 1200._o mistake_v for_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n cite_v in_o cook_n 2_o instit_n p._n 641._o be_v but_o in_o confirmation_n of_o these_o precedent_a authority_n 2_o the_o abuse_v complain_v against_o and_o reform_v by_o this_o council_n be_v not_o the_o lie_v parishioner_n give_v away_o of_o their_o tithe_n from_o their_o own_o minister_n and_o parish-church_n at_o their_o pleasure_n not_o a_o word_n of_o this_o but_o a_o new_a mint_v practice_n of_o most_o covetous_a monk_n religious_a house_n and_o some_o secular_a clerk_n to_o rob_v the_o parish-church_n and_o minister_n of_o all_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n hold_v of_o they_o by_o compel_v their_o tenant_n and_o lessee_n by_o special_a covenant_n in_o their_o lease_n and_o bond_n to_o pay_v their_o tithe_n arise_v out_o of_o their_o land_n only_o to_o themselves_o and_o their_o monastery_n not_o to_o their_o parish_n church_n as_o former_o which_o the_o pope_n and_o this_o great_a general_n council_n resolve_v to_o proceed_v mere_o from_o the_o root_n of_o covetousness_n let_v can_n and_o his_o comrade_n observe_v it_o who_o pretend_v conscience_n to_o be_v the_o ground_n whereupon_o they_o condemn_v reform_v this_o practice_n null_a the_o covenant_n bond_n deformation_n and_o decree_v restitution_n of_o all_o profit_n by_o these_o fraud_n to_o the_o parish-church_n and_o be_v not_o this_o a_o just_a righteous_a and_o conscionable_a decree_n rather_o than_o a_o antichristian_a and_o papal_n as_o can_v magisterial_o censure_v it_o 3_o admit_v the_o parochial_a right_n of_o tithe_n first_o settle_v in_o and_o by_o this_o council_n which_o be_v false_a yet_o be_v a_o right_n establish_v at_o 438._o year_n since_o confirm_v by_o constant_a use_n custom_n practise_v ever_o since_o allow_v by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o england_n ratify_v by_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o england_n ch_n 1._o with_o sundry_a other_o 8._o statute_n act_n of_o parliament_n canon_n of_o our_o council_n and_o convocation_n and_o approve_v by_o all_o our_o parliament_n ever_o since_o as_o most_o just_a expedient_a necessary_a yea_o settle_v on_o our_o parish_n church_n by_o 350._o original_a grant_n of_o our_o ancestor_n for_o they_o their_o heir_n and_o assign_v for_o ever_o with_o general_a warranties_n against_o all_o man_n with_o special_a execration_n and_o anathemaes_n denounce_v against_o all_o such_o who_o shall_v detain_v or_o subtract_v they_o from_o god_n and_o the_o church_n to_o who_o they_o consecrate_v they_o for_o ever_o and_o that_o as_o sacred_a tribute_n reserve_v command_v by_o god_n himself_o in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n as_o a_o badge_n of_o his_o universal_a dominion_n over_o they_o and_o their_o possession_n hold_v of_o he_o as_o supreme_a landlord_n as_o the_o decimis_fw-la council_n of_o london_n under_o archbishop_n hubert_n in_o the_o 2d_o year_n of_o king_n john_n with_o another_o council_n under_o archbishop_n replain_v 3_o e._n 3._o the_o council_n under_o archbishop_n stratford_n with_o other_o resolve_v there_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v the_o least_o pretext_n of_o justice_n reason_n prudence_n law_n or_o conscience_n for_o any_o grandets_n in_o present_a power_n by_o force_n or_o fraud_n to_o null_a repeal_v alter_v this_o ancient_a right_n and_o unquestionable_a title_n of_o our_o minister_n to_o they_o now_o and_o set_v every_o man_n loose_a to_o pay_v no_o tithe_n at_o all_o or_o to_o dispose_v of_o they_o how_o and_o to_o who_o they_o will_v at_o their_o pleasure_n to_o destroy_v our_o church_n minister_n parish_n and_o breed_v nothing_o but_o quarrel_n and_o confusion_n in_o every_o place_n and_o parish_n at_o this_o present_a when_o all_o have_v now_o need_v to_o 4.11_o study_v to_o be_v quiet_a and_o to_o do_v their_o own_o business_n and_o not_o to_o disturb_v all_o our_o minister_n and_o other_o right_n without_o any_o lawful_a call_v from_o god_n or_o the_o nation_n which_o unparallelled_a encroachment_n on_o our_o minister_n and_o parish-church_n right_n if_o once_o admit_v countenance_v all_o the_o people_n in_o the_o nation_n by_o better_a right_n and_o reason_n may_v pull_v down_o all_o the_o fence_n and_o enclosure_n of_o field_n forest_n or_o commons_o make_v since_o this_o council_n deny_v subtract_v all_o custom_n imposition_n duty_n rent_n payment_n public_a or_o private_a impose_v on_o or_o reserve_v from_o they_o since_o that_o time_n by_o public_a law_n or_o special_a contract_n and_o pay_v all_o their_o rent_n custom_n and_o tenure-service_n to_o who_o and_o when_o they_o please_v which_o our_o grandy_n late_a army-purchasor_n of_o king_n queen_n prince_n bishop_n dean_n and_o chapter_n land_n with_o other_o opposer_n of_o tithe_n may_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v for_o their_o own_o advantage_n and_o security_n their_o title_n to_o they_o be_v very_o puny_a crazy_a disputable_a in_o comparison_n of_o our_o minister_n to_o their_o tithe_n now_o whereas_o 4._o thomas_n walsingham_n randal_n higden_n a_o monk_n of_o chester_n in_o his_o polichronicon_n and_o henry_n abbot_n of_o leycester_n write_v that_o the_o general_a council_n of_o lion_n in_o france_n under_o pope_n gregory_n the_o ten_o an._n 1274._o decree_v what_o other_o ignorant_o attribute_v to_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n aforesaid_a a_o 1215._o ut_fw-la nulli_fw-la homini_fw-la deinceps_fw-la liceat_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la ut_fw-la antea_fw-la liceat_fw-la assignare_fw-la sed_fw-la matrici_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la decimas_fw-la persolverent_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o imply_v that_o before_o this_o council_n every_o man_n may_v give_v his_o tithe_n from_o the_o mother_n church_n to_o who_o he_o please_v notwithstanding_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n and_o innocent_n decree_n i_o answer_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o canon_n make_v in_o this_o council_n as_o these_o ignorant_a monk_n mistake_v which_o be_v undeniable_a by_o the_o act_n and_o canon_n of_o this_o council_n print_v at_o large_a in_o binius_fw-la surius_n and_o other_o collector_n of_o council_n but_o only_o one_o canon_n against_o clergyman_n alienation_n of_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n and_o another_o against_o the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o church_n revenue_n by_o patron_n in_o time_n of_o their_o vacancy_n which_o have_v no_o affinity_n with_o that_o they_o mention_v which_o if_o true_a then_o that_o which_o can_n and_o other_o object_n that_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n make_v this_o inhibition_n and_o take_v away_o this_o liberty_n of_o dispose_v tithe_n at_o pleasure_n from_o the_o parishioner_n be_v false_a as_o i_o have_v prove_v it_o second_o that_o from_o this_o mistake_n of_o these_o monk_n it_o be_v as_o mr._n 148._o selden_n probable_o conjecture_n that_o william_n thorp_n ignorant_o affirm_v that_o one_o pope_n gregory_n the_o ten_o first_o ordain_v new_a tithe_n first_o to_o be_v give_v to_o priest_n now_o in_o the_o new_a law_n john_n can_n to_o manifest_v his_o great_a ignorance_n both_o in_o history_n and_o chronologie_n in_o his_o second_o voice_n from_o the_o temple_n p._n 13_o 14._o write_v thus_o before_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n which_o be_v under_o innocent_a the_o three_o any_o man_n may_v have_v pay_v his_o tithe_n to_o any_o ecclesiastical_a person_n he_o please_v but_o by_o that_o council_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v to_o the_o parochial_a priest_n which_o i_o have_v prove_v a_o gross_a forgery_n and_o then_o he_o add_v william_n thorp_n say_v that_o pope_n gregory_n the_o ten_o be_v the_o first_o that_o ordain_v tithe_n to_o be_v pay_v to_o priest_n in_o the_o year_n 1211._o fox_n p._n 494._o wherein_o 1._o he_o misrecites_a thorps_n word_n who_o speak_v not_o of_o tithe_n in_o
proof_n that_o tithe_n be_v no_o real_a grievance_n burden_n oppression_n to_o god_n people_n especial_o since_o original_o grant_v and_o command_v by_o god_n himself_o who_o commandment_n be_v not_o grievous_a 1_o john_n 5.3_o and_o who_o heavy_a yoke_n be_v easy_a and_o burden_n light_n matth._n 11.30_o and_o those_o new-saint_n who_o shall_v think_v otherwise_o of_o this_o divine_a commandment_n yoke_n and_o burden_n of_o tithe_n under_o the_o gospel_n give_v the_o gospel_n itself_o and_o christ_n the_o lie_n herein_o for_o the_o second_o branch_n that_o the_o abolish_n of_o tithe_n will_v be_v no_o real_a ease_n gain_n or_o advantage_n to_o farmer_n lessee_n and_o the_o poor_a sort_n of_o people_n liable_a to_o pay_v tithe_n other_o poor_a being_n not_o concern_v in_o the_o controversy_n who_o poverty_n itself_o ex-exempts_a they_o from_o this_o surmise_a grievance_n but_o a_o gain_n and_o benefit_n only_o to_o rich_a landlord_n and_o landed-man_n be_v apparent_a by_o the_o premise_n for_o no_o soon_o shall_v tithe_n be_v abrogate_a but_o every_o landlord_n will_v raise_v the_o full_a annual_a value_n of_o they_o in_o his_o annual_a rent_n or_o fine_n and_o exact_v more_o for_o they_o from_o his_o poor_a tenant_n farmer_n lessee_n than_o they_o may_v have_v compound_v for_o with_o their_o minister_n and_o where_o then_o be_v their_o expect_a gain_n or_o ease_n wherewith_o they_o be_v delude_v by_o impostor_n as_o for_o the_o rich_a landlord_n they_o complain_v not_o of_o tithe_n as_o a_o burden_n and_o need_v no_o exemption_n from_o they_o and_o as_o all_o predial_a tithe_n now_o real_o issue_v out_o of_o their_o inheritance_n charge_v with_o they_o in_o perpetuity_n who_o therefore_o abate_v allow_v the_o full_a value_n of_o they_o to_o their_o farmer_n and_o tenant_n in_o their_o fee_n and_o rent_n by_o way_n of_o defalcation_n they_o be_v in_o truth_n the_o great_a and_o most_o considerable_a tithe-payer_n not_o the_o poor_a farmer_n or_o under_o tenant_n so_o their_o inheritance_n only_o will_v be_v much_o improve_v augment_v by_o tithe_n abolish_n at_o least_o one_o part_n in_o ten_o while_o the_o poor_a minister_n and_o family_n shall_v be_v starve_v and_o the_o tenant_n then_o more_o rack_v by_o the_o landlord_n than_o by_o the_o minister_n now_o and_o this_o be_v the_o godly_a goodly_a ease_n this_o saintlike_a project_n will_v effect_v if_o put_v into_o execution_n by_o which_o none_o will_v be_v real_a gainer_n in_o their_o temporal_a estate_n but_o those_o who_o have_v inheritance_n and_o all_o loser_n in_o their_o spiritual_a estate_n by_o the_o loss_n or_o great_a discouragement_n of_o their_o minister_n hebr._n 13.17_o this_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o some_o greedy_a landlord_n of_o old_a thus_o recite_v condemn_v in_o this_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n under_o pope_n innocent_a the_o 3_o anno_fw-la 1215._o in_o aliquibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o will_v english_a it_o that_o our_o country_n farmer_n may_v the_o better_a understand_v it_o in_o some_o country_n there_o be_v a_o stupid_a or_o mongrel_n sort_n of_o people_n who_o living_n according_a to_o their_o custom_n although_o they_o have_v the_o name_n of_o christian_n i_o doubt_v can_n will_v say_v they_o be_v anabaptist_n and_o his_o godly_a predecessor_n some_o lord_n of_o farm_n or_o land_n let_v they_o out_o to_o these_o man_n to_o manure_v ut_fw-la decimis_fw-la defraudentes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la majores_fw-la inde_fw-la redditus_fw-la assequantur_fw-la that_o by_o defraud_v the_o church_n of_o tithe_n they_o may_v gain_v the_o great_a rent_n from_o their_o tenant_n equivalent_a no_o doubt_n to_o their_o tithe_n where_o then_o be_v the_o tenant_n gain_v by_o any_o hope_a exemption_n from_o tithe_n be_v willing_a therefore_o to_o provide_v remedy_n for_o these_o prejudices_fw-la for_o the_o indemnity_n of_o church_n we_o ordain_v that_o the_o landlord_n themselves_o shall_v commit_v their_o farm_n to_o be_v lease_v to_o and_o till_v by_o such_o person_n and_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o without_o contradiction_n they_o may_v pay_v tithe_n to_o church_n with_o integrity_n or_o their_o entire_a tithe_n without_o any_o deduction_n and_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v need_n let_v they_o be_v thereto_o compel_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n for_o these_o tithe_n be_v necessary_o to_o be_v pay_v which_o be_v due_a by_o divine_a law_n or_o approve_v by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o place_n though_o not_o within_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n be_v the_o council_n meaning_n not_o any_o modus_fw-la decimandi_fw-la of_o aught_o within_o god_n law_n against_o which_o no_o custom_n can_v or_o must_v prescribe_v let_v all_o countryman_n learn_v from_o hence_o what_o they_o will_v get_v by_o abolish_n tithe_n if_o vote_v quite_o down_o nay_o let_v they_o consider_v well_o whether_o the_o real_a design_n now_o on_o foot_n prosecute_v by_o some_o army_n officer_n and_o soldier_n be_v not_o to_o vote_n down_o tithe_n just_a as_o they_o do_v the_o crown_n land_n former_o 4._o repute_v sacred_a and_o incapable_a of_o any_o sale_n because_o the_o common_a stand_a inheritance_n of_o the_o whole_a realm_n to_o defray_v all_o ordinary_a public_a expense_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o war_n to_o case_v they_o of_o all_o subsidy_n and_o tax_n whatsoever_o except_o one_o in_o three_o or_o four_o year_n upon_o extraordinary_a occasion_n grant_v in_o full_a parliament_n for_o their_o safety_n even_o to_o vote_n they_o only_o from_o the_o minister_n and_o get_v they_o into_o their_o own_o hand_n to_o help_v pay_v themselves_o and_o the_o army_n under_o pretext_n to_o ease_v the_o people_n in_o their_o tax_n and_o yet_o continue_v their_o tax_n still_o upon_o they_o in_o the_o same_o extreme_a or_o a_o high_a proportion_n as_o heretofore_o though_o they_o take_v their_o tithe_n to_o boot_v without_o ease_v they_o one_o farthing_n in_o their_o contribution_n as_o in_o case_n of_o the_o king_n prince_n bishop_n dean_n and_o chaptet_n land_n sure_o these_o officer_n and_o soldier_n who_o pretend_v so_o much_o liberty_n and_o ease_n to_o the_o people_n in_o word_n and_o still_o so_o oppress_v they_o in_o deed_n as_o not_o to_o ease_v they_o one_o penny_n in_o their_o former_a unsupportable_a tax_n excise_n which_o their_o ancestor_n never_o know_v nor_o pay_v under_o which_o they_o have_v for_o some_o year_n groan_v though_o all_o ireland_n be_v now_o reduce_v england_n in_o peace_n within_o itself_o and_o scotland_n under_o contribution_n and_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o impose_v such_o illegal_a tax_n now_o without_o any_o parliament_n by_o their_o own_o super-regal_a authority_n transcend_v all_o precedent_n of_o our_o king_n and_o their_o council_n out_o of_o parliament_n can_v never_o be_v presume_v to_o tender_v their_o ease_n and_o gain_n so_o much_o as_o to_o permit_v they_o or_o their_o landlord_n to_o put_v up_o into_o their_o own_o private_a purse_n so_o great_a and_o constant_a a_o annual_a revenue_n as_o their_o tithe_n amount_v to_o unto_o which_o they_o have_v neither_o legal_a right_n nor_o title_n but_o will_v appropriate_v it_o to_o themselves_o as_o they_o have_v do_v churchland_n and_o crown-land_n too_o for_o their_o future_a pay_n or_o past_a arrears_n and_o some_o of_o they_o have_v confess_v so_o much_o and_o which_o then_o think_v you_o will_v prove_v the_o better_a tithe_n lord_n minister_n or_o soldier_n for_o the_o three_o branch_n that_o the_o abolish_n of_o tithe_n will_v be_v a_o loss_n and_o detriment_n to_o all_o other_o except_v landlord_n and_o land_a man_n i_o shall_v thus_o demonstrate_v 1._o it_o will_v be_v so_o to_o all_o our_o minister_n and_o their_o family_n tithe_n be_v their_o principal_a livelihood_n 2_o to_o all_o such_o college_n hospital_n corporation_n school_n all_o or_o part_n of_o who_o revenue_n depend_v on_o appropriate_v tithe_n and_o rectory_n and_o to_o all_o their_o farmer_n and_o family_n 3_o to_o all_o impropriator_n and_o their_o lessee_n which_o be_v very_o many_o there_o be_v by_o 133._o mr._n cambden_n and_o other_o computation_n 9284._o parish_n in_o england_n whereof_o 3845._o of_o the_o best_a value_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v impropriate_v or_o appropriate_v and_o the_o abrogation_n of_o tithe_n without_o give_v competent_a recompense_n to_o all_o impropriator_n as_o well_o body_n politic_n as_o natural_a and_o their_o lessee_n which_o how_o it_o can_v be_v do_v now_o bishop_n dean_n and_o chapter_n land_n devote_v and_o vote_v once_o for_o their_o satisfaction_n be_v sell_v to_o pay_v the_o soldier_n i_o can_v yet_o discern_v will_v ruin_v many_o college_n hospital_n school_n with_o other_o corporation_n and_o thousand_o of_o family_n depend_v on_o they_o 4_o all_o tenant_n and_o farmer_n will_v be_v loser_n by_o it_o in_o their_o estate_n as_o well_o as_o soul_n for_o then_o the_o landlord_n will_v raise_v the_o full_a improve_a value_n 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