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the_o heavy_a curse_n of_o anathema_n for_o any_o one_o not_o consecrate_v to_o do_v the_o service_n of_o god_n to_o challenge_v they_o and_o to_o take_v they_o away_o from_o god_n service_n and_o the_o donor_n first_o institution_n whereupon_o not_o only_o the_o divine_n but_o also_o the_o philosopher_n and_o canonist_n have_v conclude_v 75._o 6._o decret_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la juris_fw-la plato_n phileb_n 1_o chron._n 29.14_o plin._n 2._o ep._n l._n 10._o epist_n 74_o 75._o that_o si_fw-mi facta_fw-la aedes_fw-la sit_fw-la licet_fw-la collapsa_fw-la sit_fw-la jam_fw-la religio_fw-la tamen_fw-la ejus_fw-la occupavit_fw-la locum_fw-la if_o a_o house_n be_v once_o dedicate_v to_o god_n though_o afterward_o it_o shall_v fall_v down_o and_o be_v utter_o demolish_v so_o that_o the_o ruin_n of_o it_o can_v scarce_o be_v see_v yet_o the_o soil_n and_o ground_n of_o it_o be_v still_o holy_a and_o religious_a and_o not_o to_o be_v employ_v to_o any_o civil_a or_o profane_a use_n and_o 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determine_v the_o quota_fw-la pars_fw-la how_o much_o as_o he_o do_v the_o ten_o unto_o the_o priest_n but_o indefinite_o some_o part_n of_o our_o good_n for_o subsidy_n impost_n aid_n loan_z or_o call_v it_o by_o what_o name_n you_o will_v and_o rather_o than_o himself_o will_v omit_v this_o duty_n though_o he_o never_o wrought_v any_o other_o miracle_n about_o money_n yet_o herein_o when_o he_o have_v never_o a_o penny_n 317._o barrad_n to_o 2._o l._n 10._o c._n 32._o p._n 317._o he_o will_v create_v money_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o fish_n as_o s._n hierom_n and_o the_o interlin_n gloss_n do_v think_v and_o command_v the_o fish_n to_o pay_v tribute_n both_o for_o himself_o and_o his_o apostle_n therefore_o we_o shall_v render_v unto_o caesar_n what_o be_v caesar_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o greek_n take_v promiscuous_o though_o the_o civilian_n distinguish_v they_o de_fw-fr solo_fw-la &_o fundo_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la mobilibus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr 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saviour_n do_v not_o say_v give_v unto_o caesar_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o word_n which_o s._n paul_n use_v 22.21_o matth._n 22._o rom._n 13._o latimer_n in_o mat._n 22.21_o when_o he_o bid_v we_o to_o pay_v our_o debt_n and_o to_o owe_v nothing_o to_o any_o man_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pay_v to_o every_o man_n that_o which_o you_o owe_v and_o father_n latimer_n say_v if_o we_o deny_v he_o tribute_n custom_n subsidy_n tallage_n tax_n and_o the_o like_a aid_n and_o support_v we_o be_v no_o better_a than_o thief_n and_o steal_v the_o king_n due_n from_o he_o 311._o navar._n apud_fw-la suarez_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la sol_fw-la 300._o fol._n 311._o because_o the_o law_n testify_v tributa_fw-la esse_fw-la maximè_fw-la naturalia_fw-la &_o praeâ—se_v far_o justitiam_fw-la quia_fw-la exiguntur_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la propriis_fw-la and_o suarez_n say_v penditur_fw-la tributum_fw-la ad_fw-la sustentationen_fw-mi principis_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la 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