Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	church_n	king_n	people_n	6,474	5	4.6830	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95364	A briefe treatise concerning the chiefe dispute of this time about tithes. Wherein is shewne, 1. That the tenth or tithes are the clergies right, by the lawes of God, of nature, and of this nation. 2. That no person ought to pay above the tenth part of any rate or charge, imposed upon the whole parish, for his parsonage, tithe and gleabe also. By Bevill Turmiger, Gent.	Turmiger, Bevill.	1653 (1653)	Wing T3263; Thomason E712_13; ESTC R207142	8,447	15

teach_v his_o people_n the_o jew_n and_o christian_n by_o his_o word_n that_o he_o teach_v the_o gentile_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n aug_n quis_fw-la scribit_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la naturalem_fw-la legem_fw-la nisi_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la that_o be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v write_v by_o god_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n by_o the_o pen_n of_o nature_n ground_v itself_o upon_o such_o manifest_a rule_n of_o reason_n that_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n perceive_v they_o to_o be_v just_a and_o know_v they_o ought_v to_o practise_v they_o as_o the_o philosopher_n call_v this_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n so_o the_o logician_n and_o orator_n call_v it_o the_o law_n of_o reason_n the_o civilian_n the_o law_n of_o nation_n and_o divine_n the_o moral_a law_n all_o nation_n say_v lactantius_n agree_v in_o this_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n that_o that_o god_n ought_v to_o be_v serve_v and_o that_o those_o who_o be_v set_v aside_o to_o perform_v that_o particular_a service_n aught_o to_o be_v maintain_v which_o general_o have_v be_v perform_v by_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n the_o first_o tithe_n that_o we_o read_v of_o pay_v by_o the_o gentile_n be_v that_o of_o dyonisius_n common_o call_v bacchus_n after_o his_o conquest_n over_o the_o indian_n magno_fw-la jovi_fw-la 600._o year_n after_o abraham_n pay_v tithe_n to_o melchisedeck_v which_o be_v as_o ancient_a as_o we_o have_v any_o history_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o before_o moses_n his_o settle_v the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o jew_n so_o the_o sicilian_n athenian_n arabian_n aethiopian_n and_o as_o paulus_n diaconus_fw-la say_v all_o the_o gentile_n decimas_fw-la veteres_fw-la diis_fw-la suis_fw-la offerbaut_fw-fr and_o diodorus_n siculus_n who_o live_v with_o julius_n cesar_n say_v it_o be_v the_o constant_a course_n of_o all_o people_n and_o that_o not_o only_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o of_o that_o also_o which_o they_o get_v by_o labour_n and_o hazard_v of_o their_o life_n for_o he_o that_o give_v all_o with_o have_v some_o acknowledgement_n of_o all_o and_o from_o all_o even_o from_o the_o military_a man_n out_o of_o the_o spoil_n they_o get_v by_o war_n so_o abraham_n so_o bacchus_n so_o cyrus_n so_o furius_n camillus_n so_o alexander_n the_o great_a and_o so_o do_v the_o turk_n to_o this_o day_n see_v herodotus_n in_o clio_n fol_z 36._o livi._n lib._n 5._o plin._n lib._n 12._o cap._n 14._o diodorus_n siculus_n etc._n etc._n 3._o concern_v the_o law_n of_o this_o nation_n if_o it_o be_v not_o plain_a and_o manifest_a few_o i_o doubt_v in_o these_o time_n will_v pay_v they_o many_o account_v they_o a_o great_a grievance_n and_o oppression_n daily_o petition_v against_o they_o and_o although_o enough_o be_v say_v already_o to_o satisfy_v any_o honest_a rational_a man_n yet_o to_o show_v how_o unreasonable_a their_o demand_n be_v and_o how_o unjust_a it_o will_v be_v to_o take_v they_o away_o or_o otherways_o employ_v they_o i_o intend_v to_o show_v how_o they_o first_o come_v to_o the_o church_n in_o this_o nation_n and_o how_o by_o law_n to_o be_v establish_v as_o moses_n the_o temporal_a ruler_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n be_v count_v among_o the_o priest_n psal_n 99.6_o so_o the_o law_n of_o this_o land_n account_v the_o king_n personam_fw-la mixtam_fw-la medium_n &_o commune_v quiddam_fw-la inter_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o laicos_fw-la and_o have_v assign_v unto_o he_o a_o politic_a body_n compose_v of_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a subject_n cook_n de_fw-fr jur_fw-la eccles_n and_o as_o he_o be_v gird_v at_o his_o coronation_n with_o a_o sword_n by_o the_o lay-peer_n so_o be_v he_o anoint_v by_o the_o bishop_n with_o oil_n have_v jurisdiction_n several_a over_o all_o as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a as_o head_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n so_o of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o supreme_a bishop_n over_o all_o bishop_n in_o england_n whence_o his_o stile_n be_v vicarius_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la not_o summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la this_o anoint_v with_o oil_n be_v not_o common_a to_o all_o christian_a king_n for_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o time_n of_o 24._o christian_n king_n in_o number_n only_o 4._o of_o they_o beside_o the_o emperor_n be_v anoint_a and_o crown_v namely_o the_o king_n of_o england_n france_n jerusalem_n and_o sicily_n famour_n alfred_n or_o alured_n about_o the_o year_n 860._o be_v anoint_a and_o crown_v at_o rome_n by_o leo_n 4._o since_o which_o his_o successor_n have_v be_v ever_o anoint_a and_o crown_v and_o thereby_o with_o david_n jehoshaphat_n and_o hezekias_n make_v capable_a of_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n so_o also_o the_o king_n of_o france_n from_o clodovius_n so_o also_o the_o king_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o sicily_n the_o right_a of_o which_o two_o kingdom_n now_o reside_v in_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n who_o before_o he_o have_v their_o right_n be_v neither_o anointed_n nor_o crown_v and_o for_o 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his_o sole_a heir_n margaret_n be_v marry_v to_o malcom_n 3._o king_n of_o scotland_n from_o and_o by_o who_o in_o a_o lineal_a descent_n king_n james_n in_o his_o person_n unite_v the_o britain_n saxon_n english_a norman_n french_a and_o scottish_a crown_n in_o one_o though_o now_o possess_v of_o none_o by_o who_o and_o who_o just_a power_n the_o tithe_n come_v first_o to_o be_v legal_o invest_v in_o the_o church_n for_o though_o they_o be_v ever_o due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n and_o pay_v in_o england_n as_o soon_o as_o christianity_n be_v establish_v here_o for_o anne_n 596._o they_o be_v preach_v by_o our_o concersioner_n augustine_n and_o grant_v by_o king_n ethelbert_n leges_fw-la confessoris_fw-la concessae_fw-la à_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la whence_o some_o will_v prove_v the_o antiquity_n of_o parliament_n yet_o he_o be_v king_n of_o kent_n only_o do_v not_o include_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o england_n but_o as_o cook_n in_o litleton_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o sect._n 73._o it_o appear_v by_o the_o law_n that_o the_o first_o king_n of_o england_n have_v all_o the_o land_n in_o demesne_n etc._n etc._n now_o the_o first_o king_n of_o all_o england_n be_v egbert_n who_o reduce_v the_o heptarchy_n into_o his_o sole_a monarchy_n and_o his_o son_n ethelwoolfe_n the_o second_o monarch_n of_o england_n confer_v the_o tithe_n of_o all_o this_o kingdom_n with_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o all_o the_o land_n in_o england_n for_o glebe_n upon_o the_o church_n the_o charter_n itself_o be_v extant_a in_o ingulphus_n math_n of_o westminster_n etc._n etc._n the_o title_n of_o it_o be_v thus_o quomodo_n ethelwolfus_n rex_fw-la dedit_fw-la decimam_fw-la partem_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la and_o conclude_v thus_o qui_fw-la augere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la nostram_fw-la donationem_fw-la augeat_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la dies_fw-la ejus_fw-la prosperos_fw-la siquis_fw-la vero_fw-la mutare_fw-la vel_fw-la minuere_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la noscat_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la tribunal_n christi_fw-la rationem_fw-la redditurum_fw-la reserve_v the_o chief_a manor_n and_o royalty_n to_o himself_o he_o give_v the_o lesser_a barony_n and_o land_n to_o his_o noble_n and_o other_o for_o defence_n of_o the_o kingdom_n reserve_v to_o himself_o and_o his_o successor_n the_o homage_n rent_n and_o service_n due_a from_o they_o with_o the_o ten_o to_o the_o church_n so_o that_o anno_fw-la dom._n 855._o say_v ingulphus_n ethelwolphus_fw-la decimam_fw-la omnis_fw-la possessionis_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la partem_fw-la deo_fw-la immolavit_fw-la this_o be_v confirm_v by_o king_n ethelstone_n an._n 930._o and_o after_o by_o canutus_n the_o son_n of_o sweno_n the_o dane_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v settle_v in_o the_o government_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o this_o we_o read_v in_o our_o best_a most_o ancient_a and_o authentic_a story_n of_o ingulphus_n math_n of_o westminster_n rog_n hoveden_n hen_n huntingdon_n etc._n etc._n enjoin_v the_o true_a payment_n of_o they_o upon_o

therein_o and_o not_o upon_o thing_n titheable_a only_o but_o upon_o untitheable_a also_o as_o rent_n annuity_n money_n good_n timber_n personal_a estate_n gain_v by_o trade_n which_o pay_v no_o tithe_n at_o all_o therefore_o for_o so_o much_o of_o the_o rate_n as_o be_v to_o be_v pay_v for_o they_o the_o parson_n be_v to_o be_v at_o no_o charge_n at_o all_o 2._o if_o we_o consider_v thing_n which_o be_v tithable_a but_o in_o part_n by_o reason_n of_o custom_n as_o 2_o d._n a_o cow_n milk_n worth_a 3_o s._n 1_o d._n for_o a_o garden_n worth_a a_o noble_a ob_fw-la for_o a_o wean_a calf_n or_o colt_n worth_a 2_o s._n wherein_o he_o receive_v not_o the_o ten_o part_n and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o pay_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o these_o thing_n undervalue_v by_o custom_n and_o the_o other_o thing_n rateable_a yet_o not_o titheable_a at_o all_o be_v deduct_v from_o the_o parson_n tax_n and_o add_v to_o the_o parish_n charge_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o if_o the_o parson_n pay_v the_o ten_o of_o the_o rate_n he_o be_v not_o recompense_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o his_o glebe_n land_n taxe-free_a and_o if_o any_o parish_n be_v of_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n i_o believe_v their_o parson_n will_v willing_o pay_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o rate_n for_o his_o tithe_n and_o for_o his_o glebe_n beside_o so_o that_o they_o will_v pay_v he_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o rateable_a commodity_n and_o forbear_v their_o custom_n in_o titheable_a commodity_n for_o all_o man_n know_v that_o if_o the_o rent_n of_o any_o parish_n be_v worth_a 500_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la the_o fruit_n of_o that_o parish_n be_v worth_a at_o least_o 1500_o l._n per_fw-la ann_n whereof_o the_o parsonage_n glebe_n and_o all_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o ten_o part_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la therefore_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o king_n and_o counsel_n in_o doctor_n belcanqueis_fw-la case_n that_o no_o parson_n shall_v be_v rate_v above_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o parish_n for_o tithe_n and_o glebe_n and_o all_o be_v agreeable_a to_o reason_n and_o equity_n i_o conclude_v also_o negative_o for_o the_o first_o proposition_n viz._n that_o no_o former_a parliament_n consist_v of_o king_n lord_n and_o commons_o or_o future_a representative_a as_o i_o conceive_v ever_o have_v or_o can_v have_v just_a power_n to_o take_v away_o the_o tithe_n from_o the_o clergy_n 1._o because_o they_o be_v due_a to_o they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n 2._o because_o they_o be_v they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 3._o because_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n say_v ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la tractari_fw-la debet_fw-la quod_fw-la tangit_fw-la omnes_fw-la the_o clergy_n have_v there_o no_o representation_n nor_o voice_n in_o the_o election_n of_o any_o of_o the_o representative_a in_o it_o it_o can_v in_o law_n or_o reason_n be_v conclude_v by_o it_o last_o because_o the_o take_n away_o of_o the_o clergy_n tithe_n be_v against_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la the_o ground_n of_o the_o statute_n or_o parliamentary_a law_n confirm_v by_o 36._o succeed_a parliament_n whereby_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o to_o enact_v or_o to_o obey_v any_o act_n make_v against_o it_o be_v to_o incur_v the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n by_o this_o great_a charter_n chapter_n 1_o and_o also_o the_o last_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o the_o clergy_n or_o church_n shall_v be_v free_a and_o enjoy_v all_o her_o immunity_n liberty_n and_o right_n inviolable_a and_o also_o ch._n 29._o say_v that_o no_o freeman_n shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o freehold_n but_o by_o lawful_a indictment_n of_o his_o peer_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n which_o law_n of_o the_o land_n make_v every_o parson_n a_o freeholder_n for_o life_n admit_v in_o perpetuum_fw-la hold_v by_o frank_n almoyne_n the_o sure_a tenure_n say_v littleton_n because_o god_n the_o feoffee_n can_v forfeit_v his_o right_n nor_o the_o clergy_n its_o right_n though_o a_o particular_a clergyman_n may_v and_o although_o a_o parliament_n have_v power_n to_o impose_v a_o tax_n of_o four_o penny_n a_o acre_n more_o or_o less_o upon_o every_o freeholders_n land_n for_o the_o general_n or_o common_a good_a yet_o can_v it_o not_o i_o speak_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la for_o id_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la jure_fw-la potest_fw-la take_v a_o acre_n from_o one_o without_o legal_a trial_n and_o give_v it_o to_o another_o nor_o dispossess_v any_o man_n of_o his_o freehold_n without_o a_o crime_n and_o trial_n by_o his_o peer_n therefore_o not_o just_o deprive_v the_o clergy_n of_o their_o freehold_n or_o tithe_n finis_fw-la

a_o brief_a treatise_n concern_v the_o chief_a dispute_n of_o this_o time_n about_o tithe_n wherein_o be_v show_v 1._o that_o the_o ten_o or_o tithe_n be_v the_o clergy_n right_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o this_o nation_n 2._o that_o no_o person_n ought_v to_o pay_v above_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o any_o rate_n or_o charge_n impose_v upon_o the_o whole_a parish_n for_o his_o parsonage_n tithe_n and_o glebe_n also_o by_o bevill_n turmiger_n gent._n mal._n 3.8_o 9_o 10._o will_v a_o man_n rob_v god_n yet_o you_o have_v rob_v i_o but_o you_o say_v wherein_o have_v we_o rob_v thou_o in_o tithe_n and_o offering_n you_o be_v curse_v with_o a_o curse_n for_o you_o have_v rob_v i_o even_o this_o whole_a nation_n bring_v you_o all_o the_o tithe_n into_o the_o storehouse_n that_o there_o may_v be_v meat_n in_o my_o house_n and_o prove_v i_o now_o herewith_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n if_o i_o will_v not_o open_v you_o the_o window_n of_o heaven_n and_o pour_v you_o out_o a_o blessing_n that_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v room_n enough_o to_o receive_v it_o london_n print_v for_o r._n lowndes_n at_o the_o white-lyon_n in_o s._n paul_n churchyard_n 1653._o the_o main_a business_n now_o in_o agitation_n at_o westminster_n be_v concern_v the_o take_n away_o the_o tithe_n from_o the_o clergy_n and_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o every_o man_n discourse_n wherein_o two_o opinion_n be_v most_o eager_o maintain_v the_o first_o and_o most_o violent_a be_v that_o tithe_n ought_v not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o clergy_n the_o second_o be_v that_o tithe_n or_o ten_o ought_v to_o be_v pay_v but_o not_o as_o now_o they_o be_v in_o most_o parish_n which_o chief_o consist_v of_o tillage_n where_o the_o parson_n receive_v a_o six_o part_n in_o stead_n of_o his_o ten_o and_o yet_o many_o time_n pay_v but_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o contribution_n to_o satisfy_v both_o which_o i_o think_v it_o not_o amiss_o to_o publish_v these_o collection_n which_o 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