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the_o lord_n bishop_n andrew_n bring_v in_o cyprian_a clemens_n alexandrinus_n origen_n augustin_n chrysostome_n hierome_n etc._n etc._n pronounce_v the_o detainer_n of_o tithe_n to_o be_v invader_n of_o other_o man_n good_n how_o neither_o less_o nor_o worse_o must_v be_v pay_v how_o the_o offender_n in_o this_o sort_n have_v no_o due_a fear_n of_o god_n not_o true_a sense_n of_o repentance_n yea_o to_o be_v void_a of_o all_o thankful_a memory_n of_o the_o divine_a liberality_n and_o bounty_n to_o ward_n they_o how_o such_o wretch_n seem_v wickede_a than_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n who_o dare_v meddle_v with_o nothing_o for_o their_o proper_a use_n before_o they_o have_v first_o of_o all_o separate_a the_o tenthes_o fear_v else_o a_o curse_n to_o fall_v upon_o they_o for_o defraud_v the_o lord_n he_o also_o produce_v some_o orthodox_n counsel_n which_o strict_o decree_v decimarum_fw-la pensiones_fw-la et_fw-la paraeciarum_fw-la divisiones_fw-la the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n and_o 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and_o maintain_v themselves_o and_o their_o family_n to_o keep_v hospitality_n to_o relieve_v the_o poor_a solutio_fw-la decimarum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la quatenus_fw-la inde_fw-la sustentantur_fw-la say_v gerson_n they_o hold_v they_o divine_o precept_v in_o these_o respect_n yea_o the_o doctor_n and_o student_n acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o reason_n that_o every_o one_o be_v bind_v to_o honour_n god_n of_o his_o proper_a substance_n by_o give_v a_o meet_a portion_n of_o his_o temporal_a good_n unto_o the_o minister_n to_o he_o of_o thing_n spiritual_a that_o treatise_n further_o affirm_v how_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n why_o the_o people_n of_o the_o new_a law_n ought_v to_o pay_v less_o to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o new_a law_n than_o the_o people_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n give_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o the_o people_n of_o the_o new_a law_n be_v bind_v to_o great_a 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