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teach_v we_o to_o do_v and_o this_o the_o law_n of_o god_n require_v also_o at_o our_o hand_n but_o what_o the_o set_a portion_n of_o our_o good_n shall_v be_v that_o thus_o we_o ought_v to_o render_v back_o unto_o god_n i_o can_v say_v the_o law_n of_o other_o nature_n have_v determine_v that_o but_o the_o wisdom_n of_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n the_o practice_n of_o all_o age_n the_o example_n of_o the_o patriarch_n 20._o abraham_n and_o 22._o jacob_n the_o 10._o approbation_n and_o commandment_n of_o almighty_a god_n himself_o and_o the_o constant_a counsel_n resolution_n of_o his_o church_n universal_o have_v teach_v &_o prescribe_v we_o to_o render_v unto_o he_o the_o ten_o part_n and_o that_o this_o ten_o part_n or_o tithe_n be_v thus_o assign_v unto_o he_o leave_v now_o to_o be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o other_o nine_o part_n which_o be_v give_v we_o for_o our_o worldly_a necessity_n and_o become_v as_o a_o thing_n dedicate_v &_o appropriate_v unto_o god_n 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claim_n unto_o they_o against_o those_o that_o many_o hundred_o year_n after_o disseise_v he_o of_o they_o he_o complain_v malachy_n 3._o 8._o that_o they_o that_o withhold_v their_o tyth_n from_o the_o levite_n spoil_v he_o himself_o but_o have_v handle_v this_o argument_n more_o large_o in_o a_o great_a work_n i_o will_v hear_v close_o it_o up_o with_o oppose_v against_o these_o kind_n of_o adversary_n not_o only_o the_o reverend_a authority_n of_o of_o those_o ancient_a and_o most_o honourable_a pillar_n of_o the_o church_n ss_z quadrage_v ambrose_n alias_o augustine_n 3_o hierome_n and_o gen._n chysostome_n who_o though_o they_o run_v violent_o with_o saint_n paul_n against_o such_o ceremony_n as_o they_o conceive_v to_o to_o be_v leviticall_a yet_o when_o they_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o tithe_n admit_v maintain_v and_o command_v the_o use_n thereof_o but_o also_o the_o resolution_n of_o many_o ancient_a 10._o counsel_n and_o a_o multitude_n of_o other_o etc._n father_n &_o 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god_n in_o the_o land_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o 1._o verse_n of_o the_o 84._o psal._n the_o dwelling_n of_o god_n be_v express_o speak_v of_o his_o tabernacle_n and_o holy_a habitation_n not_o of_o his_o temporal_a yet_o do_v i_o not_o deny_v but_o as_o i_o say_v secunda_fw-la intention_n the_o word_n sanctuarium_fw-la or_o house_n of_o god_n in_o the_o 83._o psalm_n be_v true_o carry_v to_o all_o judea_n and_o the_o people_n of_o god_n howbeit_o hierome_n note_v express_o no_o such_o matter_n upon_o it_o neither_o can_v augustine_n find_v it_o in_o the_o literal_a or_o historical_a sense_n of_o the_o text_n and_o therefore_o he_o deduce_v it_o to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n by_o way_n of_o tropology_n use_v the_o metaphor_n of_o saint_n paul_n 1._o cor._n 3._o sanctuarium_fw-la say_v he_o templum_fw-la dei_fw-la sanctum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la estis_fw-la vos_fw-la and_o lyra_n according_o sanctuarium_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la say_v he_o jerusalem_n in_o qua_fw-la erat_fw-la 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his_o danger_n see_v then_o what_o i_o have_v to_o defend_v myself_o withal_o both_o of_o ancient_a &_o late_a father_n &_o doctor_n rsâ—_o of_o the_o church_n the_o first_o application_n as_o i_o take_v it_o that_o ever_o be_v make_v of_o this_o psalm_n be_v only_o to_o the_o purpose_n i_o allege_v it_o by_o â—ucius_fw-la a_o devout_a bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o bloody_a age_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n about_o 225._o year_n after_o christ_n of_o who_o to_o let_v pass_v cyprian_a bale_n 3._o a_o man_n of_o our_o own_o 1â—_n give_v this_o testimony_n that_o he_o be_v a_o faithful_a servant_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o enrich_v his_o church_n with_o healthful_a doctrine_n and_o afterward_o be_v purify_v in_o the_o lamb_n blood_n he_o pierce_v the_o heavenly_a paradise_n be_v put_v to_o death_n at_o valentinian_o commandment_n anno_fw-la 255._o this_o lucius_n as_o i_o note_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o my_o book_n 60._o pag._n 39_o in_o a_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o the_o 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