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say_v give_v alm_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o remain_v but_o he_o say_v not_o give_v the_o ten_o of_o the_o good_n which_o you_o possess_v this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o their_o testimony_n on_o that_o account_n andrew_n willet_n a_o stout_a opposer_n of_o popery_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n james_n call_v the_o law_n of_o tithe_n ceremonial_a acknowledge_v that_o man_n be_v not_o necessary_o bind_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o pay_v tithe_n now_o further_o he_o say_v that_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v a_o wise_a and_o politic_a constitution_n and_o may_v convenient_o be_v retain_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o now_o of_o necessity_n impose_v upon_o christian_n as_o though_o no_o other_o provision_n for_o the_o church_n can_v serve_v but_o that_o willet_n synop_n papismi_fw-la pag._n 314_o 315._o he_o acknowledge_v tithe_n to_o be_v ceremonial_a and_o prove_v they_o end_v with_o the_o legal_a priesthood_n so_o that_o though_o maintenance_n itself_o be_v moral_a yet_o the_o mode_n 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