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carnal_a that_o be_v impotent_a and_o beggarly_a rudiment_n gal._n 4.9_o which_o serve_v for_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o rude_a and_o ignorant_a people_n of_o the_o jew_n they_o do_v teach_v nothing_o but_o serve_v only_o for_o the_o honourable_a maintenance_n of_o they_o that_o teach_v the_o people_n 2._o they_o be_v no_o type_n of_o a_o holy_a thing_n in_o christ_n and_o his_o kingdom_n they_o do_v signify_v nothing_o to_o come_v in_o christ_n or_o in_o his_o kingdom_n 3._o they_o be_v not_o institute_v for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n but_o assign_v to_o it_o for_o a_o time_n 4._o they_o be_v not_o to_o cease_v at_o the_o time_n of_o reformation_n for_o still_o they_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n as_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o ministry_n which_o the_o church_n shall_v not_o do_v if_o it_o be_v a_o ceremony_n that_o shall_v end_v at_o the_o come_n of_o christ._n here_o be_v no_o institution_n or_o assignation_n of_o tithe_n but_o a_o declaration_n of_o 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and_o be_v in_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o minister_n improper_o to_o speak_v the_o assignation_n of_o tithe_n be_v ceremonial_a that_o be_v appertain_v to_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n but_o proper_o to_o speak_v there_o be_v nothing_o ceremonial_a in_o the_o pay_n of_o tithe_n for_o in_o it_o there_o be_v no_o carnal_a type_n of_o a_o holy_a thing_n neither_o in_o the_o leviticall_a nor_o evangelicall_n ministry_n there_o be_v no_o proof_n in_o all_o the_o new_a testament_n for_o any_o other_o ordinary_a maintenance_n of_o the_o ministry_n 5._o therefore_o tithe_n remain_v still_o the_o ordinary_a maintenance_n he_o that_o preach_v the_o gospel_n must_v live_v on_o the_o gospel_n somewhat_o more_o spare_o than_o the_o priest_n do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n they_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o will_v say_v so_o if_o they_o have_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o people_n good_n shall_v we_o have_v less_o gal._n 6.6_o let_v he_o that_o be_v teach_v 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same_o kind_n the_o great_a moral_a thing_n be_v in_o mercy_n and_o judgement_n and_o the_o least_o moral_a thing_n in_o pay_v the_o least_o tithe_n luk._n 18.12_o tithe_n be_v moral_a as_o fast_v be_v the_o cause_n remain_v the_o thing_n must_v still_o remain_v but_o the_o cause_n of_o give_v tithe_n remain_v still_o 7._o ergo_fw-la 1._o it_o be_v a_o acknowledgement_n that_o they_o have_v all_o from_o god_n and_o aught_o all_o to_o he_o levi._n 27.30_o so_o must_v we_o do_v still_o 2._o that_o thereby_o they_o may_v learn_v to_o fear_n god_n who_o otherwise_o may_v bring_v sterility_n and_o other_o plague_n on_o the_o land_n deut._n 14.23_o so_o we_o must_v do_v still_o nazianz._n impute_v the_o hail_n to_o this_o de_fw-fr calamitate_fw-la per_fw-la grandinem_fw-la 3._o that_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n have_v no_o other_o maintenance_n may_v have_v this_o to_o sustain_v they_o in_o their_o office_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n can_v be_v husbandman_n clothier_n they_o can_v wait_v on_o table_n but_o must_v give_v themselves_o to_o the_o word_n and_o prayer_n therefore_o it_o be_v meet_v they_o shall_v have_v the_o same_o maintenance_n still_o 2._o quest._n who_o they_o be_v that_o must_v pay_v tithe_n all_o high_a and_o low_a rich_a and_o poor_a husbandman_n and_o clothier_n because_o the_o payment_n of_o thithe_n belong_v to_o justitiam_fw-la commutativam_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la consideratur_fw-la conditio_fw-la personae_fw-la sed_fw-la qualitas_fw-la rei_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la 2._o the_o poor_a have_v benefit_n by_o the_o ministry_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rich_a the_o clothy_a have_v as_o great_a benefit_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n as_o the_o husbandman_n have_v therefore_o why_o shall_v not_o he_o give_v as_o large_o to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o preacher_n as_o a_o other_o in_o law_n they_o may_v have_v a_o shift_n but_o in_o equity_n and_o conscience_n they_o have_v none_o let_v he_o that_o be_v teach_v in_o the_o word_n but_o the_o clothy_a be_v teach_v in_o the_o word_n therefore_o he_o that_o teach_v he_o shall_v have_v as_o deep_o a_o part_n in_o his_o good_n as_o in_o the_o good_n of_o a_o other_o man_n shall_v the_o poor_a farmer_n pay_v all_o to_o the_o minister_n and_o the_o rich_a clothy_a nothing_o shall_v he_o that_o sit_v in_o the_o low_a end_n of_o the_o church_n pay_v and_o he_o that_o sit_v in_o the_o upper_a end_n not_o 3._o quest._n whereof_o we_o must_v pay_v tithe_n some_o thing_n be_v due_a to_o the_o minister_n ex_fw-la justitia_fw-la some_o ex_fw-la dono_fw-la as_o house_n and_o gleebe_n land_n 1._o god_n have_v give_v we_o all_o and_o shall_v it_o grieve_v we_o to_o give_v he_o for_o his_o minister_n the_o ten_o part_n 2._o give_v to_o caesar_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v caesar_n
and_o to_o god_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v go_n i._n caesari_n tributa_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la jerome_n and_o augustine_n 3._o the_o minister_n give_v we_o the_o rain_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o shall_v we_o think_v much_o to_o give_v they_o the_o hay_n of_o tithe_n faenum_fw-la decimarum_fw-la 4._o the_o pharisee_n pay_v tithe_n and_o our_o righteousness_n must_v exceed_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n aug._n in_o psalm_n 146._o est_fw-fr de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o divino_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la solvant_fw-la laici_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la senten_n &_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la solvitur_fw-la sit_fw-la pars_fw-la decima_fw-la de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la cap._n 25._o pag._n 137._o decimae_fw-la etiam_fw-la quoad_fw-la determinationem_fw-la quantitatis_fw-la sententia_fw-la debentur_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la humana_fw-la lege_fw-la aut_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la statui_fw-la potest_fw-la alia_fw-la quantitas_fw-la hanc_fw-la opinionem_fw-la inquit_fw-la bellar._n damnant_fw-la ferè_fw-la omnes_fw-la theologi_fw-la hanc_fw-la refellit_fw-la bellar._n 1._o a_o commandment_n to_o pay_v the_o ten_o be_v no_o where_o impose_v upon_o christian_n in_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o new_a be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o old_a he_o prove_v because_o the_o commandment_n of_o pay_v the_o ten_o part_n be_v neither_o moral_a nor_o proper_o ceremonial_a but_o judicial_a that_o it_o be_v not_o moral_a he_o show_v 1._o all_o moral_a commandment_n do_v ever_o bind_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n but_o the_o commandment_n to_o pay_v the_o ten_o part_n be_v not_o till_o moses_n time_n therefore_o not_o moral_a 2._o every_o moral_a commandment_n be_v agreeable_a to_o reason_n but_o reason_n do_v not_o will_n that_o the_o priest_n shall_v have_v the_o ten_o part_n but_o so_o much_o as_o be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o sustentation_n of_o he_o 3._o jacob_n vow_v if_o god_n will_v bless_v he_o in_o his_o journey_n he_o will_v give_v he_o the_o ten_o of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v but_o if_o he_o have_v be_v bind_v to_o it_o absolute_o he_o have_v do_v wicked_o to_o vow_v it_o upon_o such_o a_o condition_n 4._o if_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n be_v a_o moral_a precept_n then_o that_o which_o be_v annex_v to_o it_o be_v likewise_o moral_a that_o they_o which_o receive_v tithe_n shall_v have_v no_o other_o patrimony_n then_o minister_n must_v enjoy_v no_o temporal_a thing_n pag._n 141._o resp._n 1._o to_o the_o first_o the_o assignation_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n begin_v in_o moses_n time_n but_o the_o institution_n of_o it_o be_v before_o 2._o in_o reason_n that_o be_v the_o most_o equal_a and_o sufficient_a 3._o be_v full_o answer_v before_o 4._o that_o be_v not_o annex_v to_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o tithe_n but_o to_o the_o assignation_n of_o they_o to_o the_o levite_n 2._o the_o levite_n have_v city_n and_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o land_n round_o about_o those_o city_n appoint_v to_o they_o beside_o their_o tenthes_o so_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n may_v have_v temporal_a land_n beside_o their_o tithe_n vide_fw-la leu._n 25.2_o and_o 3._o that_o the_o pay_v of_o the_o ten_o part_n be_v not_o proper_o ceremonial_a he_o prove_v because_o it_o be_v not_o ordain_v immediate_o for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o for_o the_o constitution_n of_o equity_n among_o man_n and_o for_o that_o cause_n judicial_a rather_o than_o ceremonial_a the_o equity_n be_v this_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o proportion_n between_o the_o good_n of_o the_o levite_n and_o other_o the_o whole_a family_n of_o israel_n be_v divide_v into_o twelve_o tribe_n or_o rather_o thirteen_o tribe_n for_o joseph_n make_v two_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n whereupon_o in_o equity_n the_o levite_n shall_v have_v have_v but_o the_o thirteen_o part_n yet_o because_o 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