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some_o think_v they_o be_v or_o of_o his_o own_o good_n i_o think_v the_o opinion_n and_o reason_n of_o the_o most_o judicious_a interpreter_n be_v here_o to_o caluin_n be_v follow_v that_o abraham_n pay_v tithe_n not_o of_o the_o spoil_n but_o of_o his_o own_o good_n because_o abraham_n will_v not_o practice_v his_o liberality_n of_o other_o man_n good_n but_o of_o his_o own_o and_o in_o the_o text_n it_o be_v say_v that_o abraham_n have_v lift_v up_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o most_o high_a god_n possessor_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n that_o he_o will_v not_o take_v so_o much_o as_o a_o thread_n or_o a_o shoe_n latchet_n of_o that_o which_o be_v take_v which_o he_o yield_v to_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n provide_v only_o to_o aner_n escol_n and_o mamre_v their_o portion_n it_o be_v then_o more_o than_o probable_a that_o he_o pay_v no_o tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n see_v he_o will_v not_o account_v any_o part_n thereof_o his_o own_o eight_o if_o abraham_n pay_v tithe_n to_o melchisedech_n 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for_o abraham_n dwell_v at_o hebron_n over_o against_o sodom_n and_o metchisedech_n at_o salem_n which_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o josephus_n be_v jerusalem_n both_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n not_o far_o a_o sunder_a nine_o whereas_o against_o this_o it_o may_v be_v object_v out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n heb._n 7._o 4._o that_o abraham_n give_v to_o melchisedech_n tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n for_o answer_v we_o must_v call_v that_o translation_n in_o some_o question_n which_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spoil_n some_o learned_a man_n of_o late_o translate_v it_o so_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o understand_v in_o former_a time_n jerom._n translate_v it_o the_o praeciput_n if_o it_o may_v be_v plain_o show_v that_o the_o word_n in_o the_o use_n of_o good_a author_n be_v take_v for_o spoil_n than_o we_o may_v make_v less_o question_n here_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o may_v doubt_v it_o be_v common_o take_v of_o the_o autor_n of_o the_o greek_a tongue_n for_o primitiae_fw-la and_o sometime_o pro_fw-la primitijs_fw-la manubiarum_fw-la but_o simple_o for_o spoil_n not_o that_o we_o know_v the_o seriac_a translation_n take_v the_o word_n in_o his_o usual_a sense_n have_v thus_o to_o who_o the_o patriarch_n abraham_n give_v tithe_n and_o first_o fruit_n isidorus_n say_v abraham_n decimas_fw-la substantiae_fw-la post_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la dedit_fw-la melchisedech_n sicut_fw-la sucerdotibus_fw-la benedicentibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la populus_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la decimas_fw-la dabat_fw-la lyra_n say_v abraham_n dedit_fw-la decimas_fw-la ipsi_fw-la melchisedech_n cui_fw-la debebantur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la ten_o admit_v last_o of_o all_o that_o abraham_n give_v tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n which_o thing_n we_o can_v
yield_v without_o better_a proof_n than_o we_o have_v yet_o see_v this_o be_v so_o far_o from_o cross_v the_o right_a of_o tithe_n that_o rather_o it_o confirm_v all_o more_o full_o for_o if_o abraham_n give_v tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n much_o more_o than_o of_o his_o own_o good_n the_o whole_a course_n of_o the_o apostle_n his_o speech_n prove_v no_o less_o for_o how_o can_v any_o man_n conceit_n be_v satisfy_v with_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n only_o consider_v the_o apostle_n speak_v so_o much_o of_o abraham_n his_o pay_a tithe_n insist_v so_o long_o in_o it_o draw_v a_o argument_n of_o such_o weight_n from_o it_o he_o who_o kindred_n be_v not_o count_v among_o they_o receive_v tithe_n of_o abraham_n ver_fw-la 6._o here_o man_n that_o die_v receive_v tithe_n but_o there_o he_o receive_v they_o of_o who_o &c._n &c._n ver_fw-la 8._o levy_v also_o which_o receive_v tithe_n pay_v tithe_n in_o abraham_n ver_fw-la 9_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o tithe_n give_v by_o abraham_n to_o melchisedech_n but_o of_o those_o spoil_n only_o why_o be_v this_o compare_v with_o liviticall_a tithe_n which_o be_v pay_v yearly_o will_v the_o apostle_n use_v this_o manner_n of_o speech_n of_o one_o only_a action_n unless_o it_o show_v the_o common_a use_n and_o practice_v how_o tithe_n be_v then_o pay_v to_o the_o priest_n as_o by_o common_a use_n and_o practice_v they_o be_v afterward_o pay_v to_o the_o lenites_n by_o this_o than_o it_o appear_v out_o of_o the_o story_n of_o melchisedech_n that_o tithe_n be_v and_o be_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o christ_n always_o aswell_o after_o as_o before_o the_o law_n let_v we_o consider_v the_o next_o testimony_n we_o find_v in_o story_n before_o the_o law_n the_o next_o be_v gen._n 28._o where_o jacob_n vow_v to_o pay_v tithe_n of_o all_o that_o god_n will_v give_v he_o the_o word_n be_v these_o then_o jacob_n vow_v a_o vow_n say_v if_o god_n will_v keep_v 20._o i_o in_o this_o journey_n which_o i_o go_v and_o will_v give_v i_o bread_n to_o 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but_o abulensis_n himself_o perceive_v that_o this_o proposition_n be_v not_o true_a general_o frame_v a_o objection_n against_o himself_o that_o by_o remove_v the_o objection_n be_v may_v the_o better_o settle_v that_o which_o he_o take_v to_o be_v the_o truth_n his_o objection_n be_v that_o a_o man_n may_v vow_v that_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n as_o not_o to_o commit_v adultery_n which_o objection_n he_o answer_v thus_o a_o man_n may_v not_o vow_v such_o thing_n with_o condition_n but_o absolute_o now_o say_v he_o jacob_n vow_v tithe_n with_o condition_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n beauties_n word_n be_v much_o more_o peremptory_a impium_fw-la 25._o fuisset_fw-la vovere_fw-la decimas_fw-la si_fw-la absoluté_fw-fr fuisset_fw-la obligatus_fw-la eas_fw-la soluere_fw-la these_o word_n indeed_o be_v examine_v by_o the_o popish_a doctrine_n of_o vow_n may_v stand_v as_o a_o glo_n fit_a enough_o for_o 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he_o praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-la soluendis_fw-la decimis_fw-la qua_fw-la parte_fw-la divinum_fw-la &_o naturale_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ulla_fw-la lege_fw-la humana_fw-la 25._o vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la contraria_fw-la aboleri_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la habere_fw-la ius_fw-la petendi_fw-la decimas_fw-la etiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la soluantur_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la theologi_fw-la &_o canonistae_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la if_o this_o be_v so_o certain_a than_o it_o be_v also_o certain_a that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o the_o pope_n dispensation_n to_o the_o contrary_a all_o papist_n will_v assent_v to_o our_o conclusion_n by_o this_o grant_n of_o beauty_n we_o have_v get_v somewhat_o that_o all_o the_o schoolman_n and_o canonist_n that_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o papist_n hold_v that_o the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n be_v divine_a and_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o 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the_o church_n finis_fw-la numb_a 13._o 33._o 2._o king_n 22._o 20._o spelunca_n latronum_fw-la jos._n 10._o 23._o 1._o king_n 14._o exod._n 1._o 9_o 10._o 1._o sam._n 5._o 1._o sam_n 24._o 5._o 2._o sam._n 10._o 4._o psal._n 50._o psal._n 50._o 1._o lib._n 2._o doct_n fid_fw-we art_n 3._o cap._n 64._o 2_o tom._n 1._o contr_n 5_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o 3._o the_o first_o opinion_n refute_v 1._o cor._n â—_o luke_n 10._o 7._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 8._o the_o second_o opinion_n refute_v gen._n 4._o 3._o 4_o 5_o gen._n 14._o 18._o verse_n 7._o verse_n 8._o john_n caluin_n gen._n 28._o 20._o 21._o 22._o to._n 1._o con._n 5._o lib._n 1._o ca._n 25._o herodot_n clio._n plutarc_n camil._n plut._n lucullo_n lib._n saturn_n 3._o cap_n 42._o biblith_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o hist._n nat_n lib_n 12._o cap._n 14._o &_o 19_o levit._n 27._o 30._o num._n 18._o 21._o whether_o tithe_n be_v ceremonial_a 1._o 2._o q._n 81._o art_n â—_o ad_fw-la 1._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr indulg_n cap._n â—â—_o gal._n 5._o 3._o heb._n 9_o 24._o tithe_n not_o judicials_n 3._o part_n q._n 51._o 3._o 2._o 2._o q._n 87._o art_n 3._o hom._n 11._o in_o num_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 146._o apol._n cap._n 39_o hist._n oct._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o defence_n pâ—â—â—_n par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 25._o cun_v 12._o q._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matriabus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la in_o dictione_n singularum_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la spiscoporum_fw-la lib_fw-la de_fw-la scriptor_n eccles_n orig._n hom_o 11._o in_o num._n ibid._n cyprian_a ep_n 66._o in_o honore_fw-la sportulantium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la dionisij_fw-la &_o cause_n 13._o q._n 1._o caus._n 3._o q._n caus._n 16._o q._n plures_fw-la ibid._n eccle._n ibid._n qnicuâ—_n ibid._n statuit_n ibid._n q._n 7._o caus._n 16._o q._n 1._o defence_n pac_fw-la part_n 2_o cap._n 14._o or_o as_o the_o gloss_n seem_v to_o read_v the_o dotation_n caus._n 16._o q._n 7._o ibid._n council_n tolet._n 4._o can_n 32._o hom_o 18_o iâ—_n act._n hom._n 44._o in_o mat._n ad_fw-la nepotia_n de_fw-fr vitacler_n in_o malach._n 3._o 8._o 1._o tim._n 5._o in_o serm_n quadrage_n lib._n 50._o homoliarum_fw-la homel_n 48._o caus._n 16._o q._n 2._o council_n matif_n 2._o can_n 6._o caus._n 16._o q._n 1._o hom._n 16._o in_o euang_n hom_o 9_o de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la cap._n 87._o caus._n 16._o q._n 10._o 1._o chron_n 30._o catus_n test_n veril_n tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 15._o abulens_n in_o mat._n cap._n 23._o qu._n 136._o 2._o tim._n 2._o 4._o apud_fw-la francis_fw-la astesanum_fw-la iten_v hostiensen_n de_fw-fr clericâ—_fw-la lib._n 1._o ca._n 25._o to._n 1_o con_v 5._o lib._n 1._o c._n 25._o in_o mat._n 23_o q._n 148._o
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expound_v that_o say_n mat._n 23._o these_o thing_n you_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v and_o not_o to_o have_v leave_v the_o other_o undo_v to_o be_v a_o precept_n no_o less_o for_o the_o use_n of_o christion_n than_o jew_n out_o of_o which_o testimony_n we_o see_v plain_o what_o origen_n who_o hierom_n account_v the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o father_n esteem_v of_o tithe_n of_o diverse_a thing_n so_o express_o affirm_v by_o he_o we_o may_v especial_o observe_v two_o first_o that_o origen_n who_o by_o hieroms_n account_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 188._o have_v receive_v from_o his_o elder_n no_o other_o knowledge_n of_o this_o question_n than_o this_o that_o tithe_n be_v due_a among_o christian_n secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la aswell_o as_o among_o jew_n second_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o first_o hear_v any_o thing_n speak_v of_o this_o question_n in_o the_o church_n we_o find_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o account_v ceremonial_a or_o 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word_n in_o use_n in_o that_o age_n presbyteri_fw-la have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o secular_a affair_n but_o as_o the_o levite_n have_v no_o other_o business_n but_o to_o attend_v on_o the_o altar_n so_o the_o lord_n have_v provide_v for_o minister_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v draw_v by_o worldly_a occasion_n from_o their_o holy_a business_n but_o may_v live_v of_o that_o honourable_a stipend_n with_o their_o brother_n fratrum_fw-la as_o they_o who_o receive_v tithe_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n tanquam_fw-la decimas_fw-la ex_fw-la fructu_fw-la accipientes_fw-la ab_fw-la altari_fw-la &_o sacrificijs_fw-la non_fw-la recedant_fw-la sed_fw-la die_fw-la ac_fw-la nocte_fw-la celestibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la ac_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la seruiant_fw-la where_o he_o say_v the_o minister_n live_v in_o honore_fw-la sportulantium_fw-la fratrum_fw-la it_o show_v that_o ancient_a use_n whereof_o we_o speak_v before_o that_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n whether_o 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year_n 266._o that_o be_v some_o 1._o eight_o year_n after_o cyprian_n martyrdom_n or_o origen_n death_n for_o they_o two_o die_v almost_o within_o one_o year_n by_o this_o time_n parish_n begin_v to_o be_v divide_v and_o tithe_n orderly_o assign_v to_o several_a church_n here_o the_o question_n may_v be_v move_v when_o begin_v tithe_n to_o be_v distinct_o assign_v to_o their_o several_a church_n this_o question_n we_o move_v for_o our_o minister_n at_o the_o common_a law_n who_o follow_v a_o common_a error_n and_o take_v up_o some_o rumour_n without_o scan_v hold_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o assign_v to_o any_o certain_a church_n before_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n and_o that_o in_o the_o former_a time_n before_o that_o council_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o pay_v tithe_n to_o what_o church_n he_o will_v so_o he_o pay_v it_o be_v no_o matter_n to_o who_o but_o this_o be_v a_o tale_n not_o only_o without_o all_o ground_n of_o story_n but_o against_o the_o testimony_n of_o ancient_n for_o present_o upon_o the_o division_n of_o parish_n it_o be_v assign_v to_o what_o several_a church_n tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v gratian_n bring_v a_o testimony_n out_o of_o dionysius_n himself_o to_o prove_v this_o ecclesias_fw-la singulas_fw-la q._n &c_n &c_n that_o be_v we_o have_v assign_v several_a church_n for_o several_a minister_n and_o divide_v to_o each_o their_o parish_n and_o churchyard_n &_o appoint_v that_o every_o one_o shall_v have_v their_o proper_a right_n so_o that_o none_o may_v intrude_v upon_o the_o parish_n or_o right_n of_o another_o the_o same_o be_v also_o confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o leo_n the_o four_o who_o say_v de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v concern_v tithe_n not_o we_o only_o but_o also_o those_o aunceaunt_n that_o have_v be_v before_o we_o have_v think_v good_a that_o the_o people_n shall_v pay_v they_o to_o baptismal_a church_n by_o a_o baptismal_a church_n be_v mean_v such_o a_o church_n where_o all_o who_o dwell_v within_o the_o circuit_n of_o that_o parish_n ought_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o it_o be_v distinguish_v by_o this_o name_n from_o chapel_n for_o albeit_o diverse_a chapel_n be_v found_v within_o the_o same_o circuit_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o ancient_a order_n that_o baptism_n may_v not_o be_v celebrate_v in_o those_o chapel_n but_o only_o in_o the_o chief_a church_n in_o that_o circuit_n this_o be_v confirm_v out_o of_o a_o council_n of_o toledo_n plures_fw-la baptismales_fw-la plures_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o una_fw-la terminatione_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la cum_fw-la capellis_fw-la suis._n the_o counsel_n call_v cabilonense_n about_o the_o year_n 650._o have_v thus_o ecclesiae_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la constitutae_fw-la eccle._n nec_fw-la decimis_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la possessione_n priventur_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la novis_fw-la oratorijs_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la and_o in_o case_n a_o man_n shall_v build_v a_o church_n or_o chapel_n within_o his_o own_o liberty_n yet_o he_o may_v not_o pay_v tithe_n to_o it_o but_o the_o tithe_n must_v go_v to_o the_o ancient_a church_n as_o in_o former_a time_n for_o so_o say_v a_o council_n of_o worm_n about_o the_o time_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a quicunque_fw-la qnicuâ—_n voluerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v if_o any_o man_n will_v build_v a_o new_a church_n within_o his_o own_o liberty_n he_o may_v so_o he_o have_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o bishop_n in_o who_o diocese_n it_o be_v but_o then_o the_o bishop_n must_v provide_v that_o the_o ancient_a church_n lose_v not_o their_o right_a and_o tithe_n by_o these_o new_a but_o the_o tithe_n be_v always_o to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o ancient_a church_n anastasius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n ann._n 398._o have_v two_o testimony_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n statuimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v we_o appoint_v statuit_n that_o if_o any_o shall_v withhold_v the_o tithe_n and_o offering_n which_o the_o people_n be_v to_o pay_v or_o shall_v give_v they_o from_o the_o baptismal_a church_n without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o of_o he_o who_o duty_n it_o be_v to_o look_v thereto_o and_o will_v not_o be_v rule_v by_o their_o counsel_n he_o be_v accurse_v and_o debar_v from_o the_o communion_n now_o if_o hence_o any_o shall_v surmise_v that_o he_o may_v by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o the_o bishop_n do_v this_o because_o he_o be_v command_v without_o his_o knowledge_n not_o to_o do_v it_o that_o be_v answer_v council_n wormac_n that_o the_o bishop_n himself_o may_v not_o give_v that_o licence_n to_o pay_v tithe_n from_o baptismal_a church_n and_o in_o a_o other_o place_n it_o be_v say_v that_o if_o the_o bishop_n shall_v do_v so_o he_o shall_v turn_v the_o house_n of_o god_n into_o a_o den_n of_o 7._o thief_n and_o shall_v therefore_o be_v excommunicate_a without_o hope_n of_o return_n again_o anastasius_n say_v quidam_fw-la laici_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o proprijs_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o beneficijs_fw-la svas_fw-la habent_fw-la basilicas_fw-la contempta_fw-la 1._o episcopi_fw-la dispositione_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ubi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o praedicationem_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la christi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la svas_fw-la daunt_v sed_fw-la proprijs_fw-la basilicis_fw-la vel_fw-la alijs_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la sue_v tribuunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la canonibus_fw-la constat_fw-la esse_fw-la contrarium_fw-la the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n can._n 16._o witness_v that_o the_o country_n parish_n church_n be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o several_a bishop_n and_o if_o a_o question_n rise_v to_o which_o bishop_n the_o parish_n belong_v 30._o year_n prescription_n be_v require_v to_o prove_v the_o right_n if_o any_o city_n shall_v be_v afterward_o renew_a by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n than_o the_o ordination_n of_o parish_n shall_v follow_v the_o new_a ordination_n of_o that_o city_n thus_o be_v parish_n church_n under_o the_o government_n of_o bishop_n and_o tithe_n assign_v to_o
plentiful_a blessing_n upon_o the_o rest_n he_o witness_v also_o the_o same_o use_n of_o pay_v tithe_n in_o his_o time_n by_o reprove_v the_o abuse_n of_o bishop_n and_o minister_n when_o they_o seem_v more_o careful_a to_o receive_v tithe_n then_o to_o procure_v the_o good_a of_o the_o people_n of_o which_o sort_n many_o be_v in_o his_o time_n and_o many_o more_o be_v in_o our_o day_n si_fw-la populus_fw-la decimas_fw-la non_fw-la obtulerit_fw-la murmurant_fw-la omnes_fw-la at_o si_fw-la peccantem_fw-la populum_fw-la viderint_fw-la nemo_fw-la murmurat_fw-la contra_fw-la choose_fw-la mat._n hierom_n speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n say_v thus_o if_o i_o then_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o lord_n inheritance_n take_v not_o my_o part_n among_o my_o brethren_n but_o as_o a_o levite_n vitacler_n and_o priest_n live_v of_o tithe_n have_v meat_n and_o raiment_n heerewithall_o i_o be_o content_v again_o he_o say_v quod_fw-la de_fw-la decimis_fw-la diximus_fw-la quae_fw-la olim_fw-la dabantur_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o 8._o levitis_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la quoque_fw-la populis_fw-la intelligito_fw-la in_o which_o place_n he_o say_v far_a ecclesiae_fw-la populis_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la dare_v decimas_fw-la for_o proof_n he_o allege_v s._n paul_n the_o elder_n that_o govern_v well_o be_v worthy_a of_o double_a honour_n especial_o they_o who_o labour_v 5._o most_o in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n expound_v honour_n maintenance_n and_o understand_v that_o maintenance_n tithe_n out_o of_o which_o testimony_n of_o hierom_n who_o be_v by_o erasmus_n judge_v the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o latin_a father_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v first_o that_o the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n be_v take_v to_o be_v part_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o no_o less_o force_n among_o christian_n then_o among_o jew_n such_o stranger_n be_v the_o learned_a father_n in_o these_o late_a device_n which_o now_o be_v find_v out_o that_o tithe_n shall_v be_v ceremonial_a or_o judicial_a for_o albeit_o these_o term_n decimae_fw-la debentur_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la be_v not_o in_o use_n in_o those_o ancient_a time_n yet_o the_o father_n express_o deliver_v that_o which_o be_v aeqivalent_a that_o christian_n be_v bind_v to_o the_o law_n of_o tithe_n aswell_o as_o jew_n be_v that_o the_o precept_n for_o pay_v tithe_n be_v now_o to_o be_v understand_v in_o the_o church_n secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la second_o we_o observe_v that_o the_o reason_n use_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o the_o apostle_n do_v true_o in_o the_o father_n judgement_n conclude_v for_o tithe_n and_o not_o for_o the_o pretend_a competency_n which_o thing_n be_v utter_o unknown_a to_o the_o father_n ambrose_n faith_n quicunque_fw-la recognoverit_fw-la in_o se_fw-la quod_fw-la quadrage_n sideliter_fw-la non_fw-la dederit_fw-la decimas_fw-la modo_fw-la emendet_fw-la quod_fw-la minus_fw-la fecit_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la fideliter_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la peius_fw-la nec_fw-la minus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la afferat_fw-la de_fw-la grano_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la vino_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la arborum_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la pecudibus_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la horto_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o augustins_n time_n it_o seem_v the_o people_n at_o least_o in_o africa_n be_v very_o negligent_a in_o pay_v tithe_n and_o therefore_o he_o exhort_v they_o very_o earnest_o to_o that_o duty_n maiores_fw-la nostri_fw-la ideo_fw-la copy_n 48._o omnibus_fw-la abundabant_fw-la quia_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la dabant_fw-la &_o caensari_fw-la censum_fw-la reddebant_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la discessit_fw-la devotio_fw-la dei_fw-la accessit_fw-la indictio_fw-la fisci_fw-la noluimus_fw-la partiri_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la totum_fw-la tolletur_fw-la in_o which_o place_n he_o witness_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n long_o before_o his_o time_n to_o pay_v tithe_n second_o that_o this_o thing_n please_v god_n so_o much_o that_o he_o bless_v they_o who_o use_v it_o so_o that_o therefore_o they_o have_v abundance_n and_o that_o man_n now_o in_o his_o time_n want_v because_o they_o be_v not_o faithful_a in_o this_o service_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o preach_v upon_o the_o 146._o psal._n upon_o these_o word_n he_o make_v the_o grass_n to_o grow_v upon_o the_o mountain_n he_o compare_v the_o husband_n man_n to_o the_o mountain_n that_o receive_v rain_n and_o bring_v forth_o grass_n he_o compare_v preach_v to_o the_o rain_n and_o tithe_n to_o grass_n ecce_fw-la mons_fw-la es_fw-la accipe_fw-la plwian_a &_o da_fw-la faenum_fw-la and_o therefore_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v exime_fw-la partem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la reddituum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la decimas_fw-la vis_fw-la decimas_fw-la exime_fw-la quanquam_fw-la parum_fw-la sit_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la quia_fw-la pharisaei_n decimas_fw-la dabant_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la ait_fw-la dominus_fw-la nisi_fw-la abundaverit_fw-la iusticia_fw-la vestra_fw-la plusquam_fw-la scribarum_fw-la &_o pharisaeorum_fw-la non_fw-la intrabitis_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la debet_fw-la abundare_fw-la iusticia_fw-la tua_fw-la decimas_fw-la that_fw-mi tu_fw-la autem_fw-la vix_fw-la centessimam_fw-la das_fw-la where_o s._n augustin_n expound_v the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o origen_n and_o other_o father_n do_v as_o no_o less_o belong_v yea_o much_o more_o to_o christian_n then_o to_o jew_n he_o speak_v not_o doubt_v as_o some_o understand_v his_o word_n but_o because_o the_o people_n of_o his_o country_n be_v so_o far_o from_o perform_v this_o duty_n if_o there_o be_v any_o doubt_n in_o his_o word_n it_o be_v only_o in_o this_o whether_o the_o ten_o part_n be_v not_o too_o little_a for_o so_o do_v his_o word_n imply_v decimas_fw-la vis_fw-la decimas_fw-la exime_fw-la 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praestare_fw-la ut_fw-la nullo_fw-la habere_fw-la impediti_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la possent_fw-la vacare_fw-la ministerijs_fw-la quas_fw-la leges_fw-la christianorum_fw-la congeric_n longis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la custodivit_fw-la intemeratas_fw-la vnde_fw-la statuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la mos_fw-la antiquus_fw-la reparetur_fw-la ut_fw-la decimas_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la omnis_fw-la populus_fw-la inferat_fw-la this_o council_n be_v hold_v about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 580._o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n of_o this_o council_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v they_o witness_v that_o the_o ordinance_n of_o tithe_n be_v very_o ancient_a in_o the_o church_n before_o they_o and_o as_o ancient_a so_o universal_o receive_v among_o christian_n they_o witness_v likewise_o that_o the_o right_a thereof_o be_v from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n before_o this_o council_n almost_o a_o hundred_o year_n be_v hold_v the_o first_o council_n of_o orleans_n which_o affirm_v the_o same_o after_o this_o the_o 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