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peace-offering_a at_o the_o altar_n together_o with_o the_o skin_n of_o every_o burnt-offering_a levit_fw-la 2.3_o 10._o chap._n 7.6_o to_o 11._o and_o 28_o to_o 38._o exod_n 29.26_o 27_o 28._o chap._n 9.21_o numb_a 6.19_o 20._o and_o from_o they_o that_o offer_v a_o sacrifice_n whether_o it_o be_v ox_n or_o sheep_n this_o be_v the_o priest_n due_a likewise_o from_o the_o people_n they_o be_v to_o give_v unto_o the_o priest_n the_o shoulder_n and_o the_o two_o cheek_n and_o the_o maw_n by_o god_n special_a appointment_n deut_n 18.3_o ezech_v 44.29_o 30._o which_o fee_n eli_n the_o high_a priest_n son_n exceed_v and_o exact_v more_o than_o be_v due_a by_o violence_n it_o exceed_o provoke_v god_n make_v man_n to_o abhor_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o prove_v the_o ruin_n of_o eli_n and_o his_o family_n 1_o sam_n 2.12_o to_o the_o end_n these_o due_n and_o fee_n of_o the_o priest_n serve_v only_o at_o the_o altar_n
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chronogra_fw-la p._n 137_o 189_o 263._o record_n sundry_a example_n of_o this_o kind_n both_o among_o pagan_n and_o christian_n to_o deter_v other_o from_o this_o dangerous_a destructive_a sin_n which_o if_o they_o neglect_v &_o scorn_n i_o shall_v then_o desire_v they_o to_o remember_v that_o say_n of_o euripedes_n a_o heathen_a poet_n in_o his_o troadibus_fw-la that_o he_o shall_v receive_v the_o like_a exemplary_a punishment_n homo_fw-la quisquis_fw-la urbes_fw-la vastat_fw-la &_o this_o manibus_fw-la sedes_fw-la sacratas_fw-la templaque_fw-la haud_fw-la recte_fw-la sapit_fw-la nam_fw-la similis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la pestis_fw-la excidii_fw-la manet_fw-la 7_o it_o be_v the_o resolution_n of_o 121._o seneca_n the_o philosopher_n quisquis_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la deorum_fw-la est_fw-la sustulerit_fw-la &_o consumpsit_fw-la atquâ—_n in_o usum_fw-la suum_fw-la vertit_fw-la sacrilegus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o all_o sacrilegium_fw-la canonist_n casuist_n schoolman_n divine_v whatsoever_o accord_n that_o it_o be_v sacrilege_n for_o any_o person_n or_o power_n whatsoever_o to_o invade_v or_o take_v away_o any_o thing_n which_o our_o ancestor_n or_o any_o other_o have_v solemn_o vow_v dedicate_v for_o the_o necessary_a maintenance_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n and_o minister_n under_o what_o specious_a pretext_n soever_o it_o be_v do_v therefore_o to_o take_v away_o or_o abolish_v our_o minister_n tithe_n glebe_n rectory_n and_o other_o due_n confer_v on_o they_o by_o our_o pious_a ancestor_n and_o make_v spoil_n havoc_n of_o the_o church_n edifice_n erect_v by_o they_o for_o god_n public_a worship_n must_v questionless_a be_v sacrilege_n as_o god_n himself_o express_o define_v mal._n 3.8_o 9_o with_o all_o commentator_n thereon_o old_a and_o new_a and_o gratian_n caus_n 16._o qu._n 1._o this_o the_o famous_a emperor_n soldier_n charles_n the_o great_a and_o ludovicus_n surname_v the_o godly_a and_o most_o christian_n joint_o resolve_v capit._n caroli_n &_o ludovici_n l._n 6._o cap._n 285_o 295_o 296_o 115_o 305._o &_o l._n 7._o c._n 104._o where_o they_o thus_o conclude_v scimus_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la sacratas_fw-la scimus_fw-la eas_fw-la esse_fw-la vota_fw-la fidelium_fw-la &_o pretia_fw-mi peccatorum_fw-la quapropter_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la eas_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la quibus_fw-la a_o fidelibus_fw-la collatae_fw-la deoque_fw-la sacratae_fw-la sunt_fw-la aufert_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la committit_fw-la caecus_n enim_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la ista_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la amico_fw-la quippiam_fw-la rapere_fw-la furtum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vero_fw-la fraudari_fw-la vel_fw-la abstrahi_fw-la indubitanter_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la est_fw-la omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la facientes_fw-la resque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dirimentes_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sacerdotesque_fw-la contra_fw-la divinas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la vexantes_fw-la sacrilegi_fw-la vocantur_fw-la atque_fw-la indubitanter_fw-la infame_v sacrilegique_a habendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o penalty_n have_v be_v inflict_v upon_o such_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o this_o sin_n by_o christian_a prince_n in_o foreign_a part_n i_o shall_v brief_o inform_v this_o sacrilegious_a age_n 257_o theodoricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n in_o his_o edict_n c._n 125._o enact_v that_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v violent_o take_v any_o thing_n from_o church_n he_o shall_v lose_v his_o head_n and_o alaricus_n the_o gothish_a king_n though_o a_o arrian_n when_o he_o take_v rome_n by_o force_n of_o arm_n and_o his_o soldier_n have_v take_v the_o sacred_a vessel_n out_o of_o st._n peter_n church_n there_o and_o bring_v they_o to_o he_o command_v they_o to_o carry_v they_o back_o again_o to_o the_o church_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n which_o take_v they_o thence_o ut_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la quae_fw-la depraedationis_fw-la ambitu_fw-la admiserat_fw-la scelus_fw-la 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jacob_n for_o ever_o etc._n etc._n luke_n 1.32_o 33._o ezech_v 27.22_o 24._o jer_n 23.4_o 5._o c._n 33.14_o 15_o 16._o even_o as_o all_o the_o regenerate_v son_n of_o god_n be_v by_o their_o right_n of_o sonship_n and_o new-birth_n in_o like_a sort_n entitle_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n whence_o they_o be_v style_v heir_n and_o inheritor_n of_o the_o kingdom_n jam_fw-la 2.5_o gal_n 3.27_o rome_n 8.17_o titus_n 3.17_o heb_n 1.14_o chap_n 6.17_o 1_o pet_n 3.7_o mat_n 25.34_o and_o this_o kingdom_n the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o saint_n col_n 1.12_o ephes_n 1.11_o 14_o 18._o 1_o pet_n 1.4_o act_n 20.32_o a_o unanswerable_a argument_n that_o heirship_n and_o birthright_n be_v the_o best_a sure_a just_a honourable_a lawfull_a title_n of_o all_o other_o to_o crown_n kingdom_n and_o possession_n on_o earth_n be_v the_o very_a title_n of_o christ_n himself_o to_o his_o everlasting_a kingship_n kingdom_n and_o of_o the_o saint_n in_o and_o by_o christ_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o 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mountain_n and_o house_n at_o jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n under_o david_n their_o king_n in_o a_o evangelical_n sense_n without_o any_o judaisme_n or_o deny_v of_o christ_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n they_o may_v undoubted_o in_o the_o selfsame_a sense_n and_o right_o receive_v all_o glebe_n tithe_n oblation_n and_o other_o due_n from_o christian_n and_o convert_v jew_n under_o the_o gospel_n which_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n do_v at_o jerusalem_n under_o king_n david_n and_o his_o successor_n see_v they_o succeed_v they_o in_o their_o office_n in_o a_o evangelical_n sense_n according_a to_o these_o prophecy_n which_o as_o strong_o confirm_v the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o priestly_a function_n and_o their_o tithe_n as_o their_o evangelical_n priesthood_n 7._o although_o christ_n his_o apostle_n and_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n while_o the_o church_n be_v in_o the_o 15._o wilderness_n under_o grievous_a bloody_a antichristian_a king_n 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