Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	pay_v	rent_n	tenant_n	2,576	5	9.7256	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39312	Truth prevailing and detecting error, or, An answer to a book mis-called, A friendly conference between a minister and a parishioner of his, inclining to Quakerism, &c. by Thomas Ellwood.	Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713.	1676 (1676)	Wing E630; ESTC R15648	157,165	374

of_o land_n and_o tenement_n but_o of_o the_o increase_n grow_v and_o arise_v through_o and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o labour_n ca●e_v industry_n an●_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o occupier_n which_o he_o that_o gau●_v 〈◊〉_d tithe_n neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v an●_n 〈…〉_z nor_o wa●_n or_o can_v be_v actual_o 〈…〉_z and_o therefore_o have_v no_o power_n to_o 〈…〉_z at_o the_o case_n be_v no_o whit_n alike_o 〈◊〉_d therefore_o the_o destroy_v of_o tithe_n have_v 〈◊〉_d tendency_n at_o all_o to_o destroy_v hospital_n nor_o be_v the_o tenant_n to_o such_o ho●pital-lands_n thereby_o discharge_v from_o the_o payment_n of_o their_o respective_a rent_n no_o but_o be_v under_o the_o 〈…〉_z be_v before_o both_o as_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d by_o themselves_o and_o so_o be_v a_o free_a and_o voluntary_a 〈◊〉_d of_o their_o own_o and_o also_o as_o the_o whole_a rent_n they_o pay_v be_v not_o the_o f●ll_a profit_n and_o increase_v of_o the_o whole_a land_n they_o hold_v but_o such_o a_o proportion_n only_o as_o the_o land_n itself_o be_v val●e_v or_o rate_v at_o so_o that_o the_o increase_v of_o their_o own_o labour_n and_o industry_n and_o the_o improvement_n of_o their_o own_o stock_n be_v not_o exact_v from_o they_o but_o leave_v to_o they_o to_o defray_v charge_n and_o for_o their_o own_o subsistence_n and_o maintenance_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n it_o be_v fa●_n otherwise_o for_o the_o tithe_n be_v the_o full_a and_o ●mi●e_a profit_n and_o increase_v of_o the_o whole_a ten_o part_n of_o the_o land_n without_o any_o allowance_n for_o charge_n or_o regard_n to_o the_o subsistence_n of_o the_o occupier_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o he_o say_v all_o tenant_n may_v as_o reasonable_o say_v that_o the_o payment_n of_o rent_n to_o their_o respective_a landlord_n be_v a_o national_a burden_n and_o oppression_n as_o that_o tithe_n be_v a_o great_a oppression_n etc._n etc._n page_n 155._o answ._n no_o such_o matter_n for_o first_o the_o tenant_n for_o his_o rent_n have_v of_o his_o landlord_n the_o worth_n of_o his_o rent_n but_o for_o his_o tithe_n he_o receive_v of_o the_o priest_n it_o may_v be_v nothing_o at_o all_o however_o that_o which_o to_o he_o be_v worth_a nothing_o be_v by_o the_o priest_n own_o confession_n page_n 92_o 93._o not_o necessary_a to_o his_o salvation_n upon_o which_o account_n it_o be_v that_o he_o pay_v his_o tithe_n second_o rent_n be_v a_o voluntary_a contract_n and_o the_o maxim_n be_v volenti_fw-la not_o fit_v injuria_fw-la i._n e._n he_o that_o willing_o undertake_v a_o thing_n be_v not_o injure_v but_o tithe_n be_v not_o voluntary_a now_o but_o take_v by_o force_n and_o violence_n and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o if_o every_o english_a man_n dare_v free_o speak_v his_o own_o sense_n nine_o part_n of_o ten_o of_o the_o whole_a nation_n will_v unanimous_o cry_v tithe_n be_v a_o great_a oppression_n but_o the_o main_a question_n he_o say_v be_v whether_o th●y_n that_o purchase_v land_n and_o tenement_n do_v also_o purchase_v the_o tithe_n answ._n they_o p●●chased_v all_o that_o be_v not_o except_v out_o of_o the_o purchase_n but_o tithe_n be_v not_o except_v out_o of_o the_o purchase_n if_o they_o who_o have_v purchase_v have_v no_o right_n to_o the_o ten_o part_n i_o see_v ●t_a how_o they_o can_v claim_v a_o right_n to_o the_o nine_o or_o indeed_o to_o any_o of_o the_o nine_o part_n for_o they_o purchase_v they_o all_o alike_o and_o therefore_o in_o deed_n of_o bargain_n and_o sale_n it_o be_v say_v ●●at_v the_o seller_n do_v grant_v bargain_n sell_v &c_n &c_n all_o tha●_n etc._n etc._n with_o its_o appurtenance_n and_o every_o part_n and_o parcel_n thereof_o the_o ten_o as_o well_o as_o the_o nine_o and_o also_o all_o the_o estate_n right_o title_n interest_n prope●ty_n claim_n and_o demand_v whatsoever_o etc._n etc._n an●_n if_o there_o be_v any_o rent_n or_o service_n reserve_v they_o be_v express_o except_v but_o no_o exception_n of_o tithe_n do_v i_o ever_o yet_o see_v or_o hear_v of_o in_o any_o deed_n of_o purchase_n but_o say_v he_o will_v you_o s●ll_z more_o than_o you_o buy_v no_o say_v 〈◊〉_d for_o i_o buy_v all_o and_o therefore_o if_o i_o sell_v all_o i_o sell_v no_o more_o than_o i_o buy_v beside_o he_o that_o buy_v land_n pay_v so_o much_o money_n for_o the_o land_n only_o as_o matter_n for_o he_o to_o work_v upon_o but_o when_o he_o have_v this_o land_n if_o he_o will_v have_v profit_n and_o increase_v from_o it_o he_o must_v purchase_v that_o after_o another_o manner_n he_o pay_v for_o that_o and_o many_o 〈◊〉_d dear_a enough_o too_o by_o the_o labour_n and_o charge_v he_o bestow_v in_o till_v dress_v and_o manure_v it_o and_o if_o in_o this_o sense_n he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o purchase_v the_o nine_o part_n of_o the_o crop_n or_o increase_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n he_o purchase_v the_o ten_o part_n also_o for_o he_o bestow_v 〈◊〉_d charge_n and_o pain_n on_o all_o alike_o and_o the_o t●●th_v part_n stand_v he_o in_o as_o much_o as_o any_o one_o of_o the_o nine_o but_o he_o say_v though_o the_o tenant_n pay_v tithe_n yet_o they_o be_v no_o inconvenience_n to_o he_o because_o he_o pay_v less_o rent_n in_o consideration_n thereof_o answ._n there_o be_v a_o fallacy_n in_o this_o for_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v that_o the_o tenant_n do_v pay_v less_o rent_n in_o consideration_n of_o tithe_n which_o yet_o be_v questionable_a yet_o the_o abatement_n which_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v in_o rent_n be_v not_o proportionable_a or_o answerable_a to_o the_o value_n of_o the_o tithe_n he_o pay_v i_o demonstrate_v it_o thus_o suppose_v a_o landlord_n le●s_v a_o farm_n for_o ninety_o pound_v a_o year_n which_o if_o it_o be_v tithe_n free_a will_v yield_v a_o hundred_o the_o tenant_n to_o pay_v his_o rent_n defray_v all_o his_o charge_n of_o husbandry_n and_o have_v a_o comfortable_a subsistence_n and_o maintenance_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o family_n must_v according_a to_o the_o computation_n of_o skilful_a husbandman_n by_o his_o care_n industry_n and_o ●abour_n together_o with_o the_o employment_n of_o his_o st●ck_n rai●e_v upon_o his_o farm_n three_o rent_n or_o three_o time_n as_o m●ch_v as_o his_o rent_n come_v to_o which_o will_v make_v two_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o pound_n and_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o two_o hundred_o &_o ●eventy_o ●_z be_v twenty_o seven_o ●_z so_o that_o if_o the_o ●enant_n shall_v have_v ten_o pound_n a_o year_n abate_v in_o his_o rent_n because_o of_o tithe_n and_o he_o pa●es_n seu●n_o and_o twenty_o pound_n a_o year_n for_o tithe_n then_o do_v he_o pay_v seventeen_o ●_z a_o year_n in_o ninety_o more_o than_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v allow_v in_o his_o rent_n beside_o observe_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o landlord_n deal_v and_o the_o priest_n the_o landlord_n do_v not_o take_v or_o desire_v the_o whole_a increase_n and_o profit_n that_o be_v make_v upon_o his_o farm_n he_o know_v it_o will_v be_v unreasonable_a because_o the_o whole_a year_n labour_n and_o stock_n of_o the_o tenant_n be_v employ_v in_o it_o and_o therefore_o see_v he_o find_v only_a land_n and_o the_o tenant_n find_v all_o manner_n of_o workmanship_n stock_n and_o charges_n he_o be_v content_v by_o a_o pretty_a equal_a kind_n of_o partition_n to_o divide_v the_o profit_n between_o they_o so_o that_o he_o take_v no_o more_o for_o the_o rent_n of_o his_o land_n than_o it_o be_v suppose_v the_o tenant_n may_v make_v double_a so_o much_o to_o himself_o for_o the_o improvement_n of_o his_o stock_n for_o his_o charge_n and_o labour_n but_o when_o the_o merciless_a priest_n come_v he_o do_v not_o say_v neighbour_n though_o i_o claim_v the_o ten_o part_n yet_o see_v you_o have_v be_v at_o the_o pain_n and_o charge_n to_o get_v it_o for_o i_o i_o will_v deal_v no_o worse_o with_o you_o then_o your_o landlord_n d●es_v as_o he_o take_v one_o part_n and_o leave_v you_o two_o so_o divide_v the_o tithe_n into_o three_o part_n i_o will_v be_v content_v with_o one_o of_o they_o and_o do_v you_o keep_v the_o other_o two_o for_o the_o pain_n and_o charge_n you_o have_v be_v at_o in_o procure_v it_o no_o no_o who_o ever_o hear_v a_o priest_n say_v so_o but_o like_o the_o sabean_o and_o chaldeans_n he_o fall_v on_o and_o sweep_v all_o away_o together_o he_o take_v the_o full_a ten_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o whole_a farm_n and_o leave_v the_o poor_a farmer_n no_o consideration_n at_o all_o for_o all_o the_o charge_n and_o toil_n he_o have_v bestow_v about_o it_o and_o yet_o he_o will_v wipe_v his_o mouth_n and_o say_v this_o be_v no_o oppression_n no_o grievance_n at_o all_o whenas_o indeed_o there_o be_v none_o great_a in_o the_o nation_n but_o if_o the_o landlord_n shall_v have_v as_o little_a justice_n as_o the_o

there_o have_v be_v a_o property_n in_o the_o office_n yet_o see_v the_o office_n it_o s●lf_o be_v lay_v aside_o and_o the_o pope_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o cast_v off_o sure_o whatsoever_o property_n be_v in_o the_o office_n must_v needs_o be_v go_v along_o with_o it_o but_o to_o manifest_v yet_o further_o the_o emptiness_n of_o this_o plea_n of_o the_o priest_n property_n in_o tithe_n let_v it_o be_v consider_v that_o the_o priest_n after_o all_o his_o boast_v talk_v of_o property_n and_o pr●e●hold_n ●ath_v no_o power_n to_o take_v one_o sheaf_n or_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o husbandman_n corn_n from_o off_o his_o gro●nd_n until_o the_o owner_n have_v sever_v it_o as_o tithe_n from_o the_o remainder_n and_o thereby_o first_o disseize_v himself_o of_o that_o part_n and_o by_o his_o own_o act_n give_v the_o priest_n a_o title_n thereunto_o so_o that_o the_o priest_n title_n lie_v in_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o owner_n nor_o have_v he_o any_o propriety_n there_o unti●_n the_o owner_n by_o set_v it_o out_o for_o he_o have_v make_v he_o one_o only_o the_o law_n suppose_v tithe_n d●e_o to_o god_n and_o holy_a church_n enjoin_v the_o owner_n to_o set_v it_o out_o and_o that_o under_o a_o penalty_n which_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v he_o incur_v the_o penalty_n but_o the_o property_n remain_v entire_a in_o himself_o but_o say_v the_o priest_n i_o tell_v you_o before_o that_o tithe_n and_o other_o church-revenue_n have_v be_v settle_v by_o those_o that_o be_v actual_o seize_v of_o they_o in_o law_n page_n 154._o answ._n i_o tell_v you_o and_o i_o tell_v you_o be_v his_o two_o great_a proof_n and_o he_o speak_v it_o so_o confident_o as_o if_o he_o think_v it_o sufficient_a demonstration_n to_o say_v i_o tell_v you_o the_o best_a on_o it_o be_v we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o believe_v all_o he_o tell_v we_o he_o may_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v tell_v we_o who_o those_o doner_n be_v that_o be_v so_o actual_o seize_v and_o what_o it_o be_v they_o be_v seize_v of_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o other_o church_n revenue_n neither_o do_v he_o express_v nor_o i_o intend_v to_o inquire_v tithe_n be_v the_o present_a subject_n to_o that_o let_v we_o ●●ick_v if_o tithe_n be_v the_o ten_o of_o the_o profit_n or_o increase_v of_o the_o land_n and_o they_o that_o settle_a tithe_n as_o he_o say_v be_v actual_o seize_v of_o they_o in_o law_n then_o sure_o they_o can_v settle_v no_o more_o than_o they_o be_v so_o seize_v of_o and_o they_o can_v be_v actual_o seize_v of_o no_o other_o profit_n or_o increase_v than_o what_o do_v grow_v increase_n or_o renew_v upon_o the_o land_n while_o they_o be_v actual_o seize_v of_o it_o so_o that_o such_o settlement_n how_o valid_a soever_o while_o they_o live_v must_v needs_o expire_v with_o they_o be_v any_o one_o so_o void_a of_o reason_n as_o to_o imagine_v that_o they_o who_o be_v possess_v of_o land_n a_o hundred_o year_n ago_o can_v then_o settle_v and_o dispose_v of_o the_o profit_n and_o increase_n that_o shall_v grow_v and_o ari●e_v upon_o that_o land_n a_o hundred_o year_n hence_o which_o profit_n can_v arise_v bare_o from_o the_o land_n but_o from_o the_o labour_n industry_n and_o stock_n of_o the_o occupier_n be_v ever_o any_o actual_o seize_v of_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o husbandman_n hand_n of_o the_o sweat_n of_o his_o brow_n of_o the_o judgement_n understanding_n and_o sk●ll_n that_o god_n have_v give_v he_o of_o the_o stock_n he_o imploy_v the_o cost_n he_o bestow_v the_o care_n pain_n industry_n and_o diligence_n he_o exercise_v for_o the_o obtain_n of_o a_o crop_n that_o all_o these_o be_v include_v in_o the_o crop_n i_o have_v show_v and_o that_o without_o these_o the_o crop_n come_v not_o he_o therefore_o that_o undertake_v to_o dispose_v of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o crop_n take_v upon_o he_o so_o far_o to_o dispose_v of_o these_o also_o but_o with_o what_o right_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n indeed_o if_o they_o who_o be_v ancient_o seize_v of_o the_o land_n have_v then_o set_v out_o and_o settle_v any_o part_n of_o the_o land_n itself_o it_o have_v be_v something_o to_o the_o purpose_n but_o let_v not_o any_o man_n imagine_v that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o charge_v their_o posterity_n with_o that_o which_o be_v no_o way_n they_o nor_o which_o in_o any_o true_a sense_n or_o construction_n they_o can_v be_v say_v to_o have_v any_o property_n in_o and_o which_o be_v not_o pay_v by_o reason_n of_o that_o which_o be_v derive_v from_o they_o for_o indeed_o if_o the_o case_n be_v right_o state_v tithe_n be_v not_o pay_v of_o land_n nor_o simple_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o land_n but_o of_o the_o profit_n and_o increase_v grow_v and_o arise_v and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o labour_n and_o stock_n employ_v to_o the_o production_n of_o that_o increase_n this_o will_v more_o plain_o appear_v if_o we_o observe_v that_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o edward_n the_o six_o tradesman_n and_o handycrafts-man_n who_o possess_v no_o land_n be_v enjoin_v to_o pay_v the_o ten_o of_o the_o profit_n increase_v or_o gain_n arise_v by_o their_o trade_n or_o labour_n as_o well_o as_o the_o husbandman_n the_o increase_n of_o the_o land_n which_o show_v that_o as_o they_o be_v tythe_v for_o the_o labour_n industry_n and_o stock_n which_o they_o exercise_v in_o their_o trade_n and_o calling_n so_o be_v he_o also_o for_o the_o ●ains_n care_n skill_n and_o stock_n which_o he_o imploy_v in_o his_o call_v of_o husbandry_n if_o therefore_o he_o that_o have_v land_n and_o he_o that_o have_v no_o land_n be_v both_o alike_o bind_v to_o pay_v tithe_n how_o can_v it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o that_o have_v land_n pay_v tithe_n for_o the_o land_n if_o a_o man_n have_v never_o so_o much_o land_n and_o yet_o no_o increase_n no_o tithe_n can_v be_v demand_v if_o he_o have_v no_o land_n at_o all_o and_o yet_o by_o any_o other_o way_n have_v increase_v he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o law_n to_o pay_v tithe_n if_o a_o man_n so_o husband_n his_o land_n that_o the_o increase_v of_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v sever_v from_o it_o as_o for_o instance_n if_o he_o convert_v it_o to_o pasture_n and_o feed_v cattle_n upon_o it_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v accountable_a for_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o grass_n so_o eat_v but_o if_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o be_v demand_v it_o can_v be_v only_o a_o rate_n tithe_n for_o the_o cattle_n there_o feed_v but_o if_o he_o feed_v his_o land_n with_o horse_n very_o little_a if_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o be_v recoverable_a for_o tithe_n and_o if_o he_o plant_v wood_n and_o let_v it_o grow_v for_o timber_n he_o be_v not_o liable_a to_o any_o tithe_n at_o all_o from_o these_o instance_n it_o be_v manifest_a both_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o occupant_a to_o make_v the_o tithe_n much_o little_a or_o nothing_o at_o all_o and_o also_o that_o those_o tithe_n that_o be_v pay_v be_v pay_v not_o pure_o in_o consideration_n of_o the_o land_n itself_o but_o with_o relation_n to_o the_o stock_n &_o personal_n estate_n employ_v upon_o the_o land_n together_o with_o the_o labour_n and_o industry_n of_o he_o that_o occupy_v it_o but_o because_o it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o any_o man_n ancestor_n have_v a_o property_n in_o or_o be_v actual_o seize_v of_o that_o very_a stock_n and_o personal_a estate_n which_o he_o now_o possess_v much_o less_o of_o the_o strength_n health_n ability_n to_o labour_n wisdom_n judgement_n and_o understanding_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v from_o god_n out_o of_o through_o and_o by_o reason_n of_o which_o tithe_n be_v now_o pay_v it_o can_v not_o just_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o man_n ancestor_n so_o to_o settle_v tithe_n or_o oblige_v his_o posterity_n to_o pay_v they_o according_a as_o they_o be_v now_o demand_v and_o receive_v for_o that_o be_v to_o charge_v a_o encumbrance_n upon_o that_o which_o himself_o have_v never_o any_o property_n in_o his_o supposition_n of_o some_o charitable_o dispose_v person_n give_v certain_a land_n and_o tenement_n to_o every_o parish_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v not_o at_o all_o the_o same_o case_n with_o this_o of_o tithe_n although_o he_o say_v page_n 145._o it_o be_v the_o same_o and_o that_o it_o will_v be_v evident_a to_o every_o understanding_n man_n but_o i_o believe_v no_o understanding_n man_n can_v see_v the_o case_n to_o be_v the_o same_o for_o in_o that_o of_o the_o poor_a there_o be_v a_o certain_a setlement_n of_o land_n and_o tenement_n in_o which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v the_o donor_n have_v a_o legal_a property_n or_o of_o which_o he_o be_v actual_o seize_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gift_n but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n here_o be_v no_o gift_n