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The anatomie of Ananias: or, Gods censure against sacriledge With a breife scholie vpon Psalm. 83. concerning the same subiect. By Roger Gostvvyke Batchelour of Diuinitie, and minister of Sampford Courtnie in the countie of Deuonsh.
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Gostwick, Roger, b. 1567 or 8.
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the_o great_a coat_n to_o the_o great_a boy_n not_o because_o he_o have_v right_a unto_o it_o but_o because_o it_o fit_v he_o better_o and_o the_o lesser_a coat_n to_o the_o lesser_a boy_n the_o prince_n therein_o offend_v in_o distributive_a justice_n a_o point_n of_o ethic_n only_o but_o be_v zenophon_n now_o alive_a to_o judge_v of_o this_o fact_n he_o will_v i_o fear_v i_o hang_v up_o they_o that_o shall_v commit_v such_o solecism_n against_o ethic_n politic_n logic_n and_o divinity_n bishop_n do_v not_o preach_v therefore_o baron_n must_v have_v their_o bishopric_n why_o do_v baron_n preach_v church_n man_n do_v no_o good_a therefore_o churl_n must_v have_v the_o tithe_n why_o do_v church_n robber_n so_o much_o good_a blush_v impiety_n do_v he_o care_n for_o preach_v that_o pluck_v down_o the_o church_n or_o he_o mind_n goodness_n that_o be_v enemy_n to_o godliness_n what_o be_v this_o but_o to_o strain_v at_o a_o gnat_n and_o swallow_v a_o camel_n to_o devour_v the_o church_n and_o cough_v at_o the_o chair_n although_o i_o rest_v assure_v it_o be_v not_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n preach_v that_o you_o look_v after_o but_o the_o fat_a of_o the_o earth_n the_o pottage_n and_o portion_n of_o esau_n moses_n give_v a_o dispensation_n to_o quinquagenarians_n to_o cease_v from_o the_o ordinary_a service_n 2._o of_o the_o temple_n to_o commence_v to_o place_n of_o regiment_n and_o will_v you_o tie_v the_o grey_a hair_n of_o age_n and_o reverence_n to_o a_o everlasting_a apprenticeship_n of_o study_n and_o speech_n like_o your_o mill-horse_n at_o home_n to_o his_o wont_a task_n shall_v your_o servitor_n and_o horse_n of_o service_n and_o the_o very_a mill-horse_n which_o i_o name_v have_v immunity_n and_o cessation_n of_o year_n and_o labour_n and_o must_v your_o spiritual_a pastor_n and_o father_n your_o priest_n and_o prophet_n run_v round_o in_o a_o everlasting_a circle_n damn_v to_o this_o destiny_n by_o your_o inequal_a doom_n and_o climb_v up_o into_o the_o pulpit_n till_o he_o can_v no_o long_o come_v down_o but_o tumble_v down_o with_o age_n and_o feebleness_n to_o be_v the_o miserable_a laugh_a stock_n of_o the_o profane_a fry_n nay_o be_v there_o not_o more_o and_o more_o honourable_a and_o no_o less_o necessary_a service_n for_o old_a man_n then_o be_v of_o young_a oh_o teach_v not_o thy_o son_n thy_o servant_n so_o evil_a a_o lesson_n to_o curse_v thou_o in_o thy_o age_n the_o young_a infant_n in_o the_o chimney_n corner_n be_v often_o make_v the_o rod_n of_o god_n wrath_n to_o revenge_v the_o unreverend_a carriage_n of_o a_o wicked_a cham_n to_o a_o age_a noah_n but_o bishop_n do_v preach_v witness_v the_o most_o commendable_a and_o indefatigable_a pain_n of_o many_o of_o those_o prelate_n that_o be_v most_o eminent_a in_o the_o land_n who_o neither_o this_o my_o answer_n can_v honour_v nor_o your_o imputation_n slander_n i_o say_v no_o more_o non_fw-la tali_fw-la auxilio_fw-la nec_fw-la defensoribus_fw-la istis_fw-la tempus_fw-la eget_fw-la the_o rest_n do_v no_o good_a you_o say_v they_o keep_v no_o house_n be_v all_o goodness_n in_o housekeep_v then_o much_o of_o the_o nobiltie_a and_o gentry_n of_o this_o land_n do_v very_o little_a good_a yet_o churchman_n keep_v house_n not_o for_o you_o perhaps_o that_o will_v live_v at_o free_a cost_n yet_o for_o their_o poor_a neighbour_n howbeit_o perchance_o neither_o all_o nor_o for_o all_o nor_o always_o for_o quis_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la sufficiens_fw-la but_o those_o that_o do_v not_o what_o they_o may_v aetatem_fw-la habent_fw-la i_o leave_v to_o their_o own_o apology_n wherefore_o this_o eavill_n of_o our_o unworthines_n i_o hold_v but_o the_o idle_a evaporation_n of_o godless_a brain_n that_o hold_v other_o man_n especial_o our_o call_n worthy_a of_o nothing_o themselves_o worthy_a of_o all_o but_o they_o be_v not_o our_o judge_n neither_o be_v it_o reasonable_a that_o our_o enemy_n shall_v be_v both_o our_o accuser_n and_o witness_n and_o judge_n and_o excutioner_n also_o god_n do_v never_o licence_v any_o layman_n so_o far_o when_o 10._o the_o priest_n be_v at_o the_o very_o worst_a dumb_a dog_n idol_n 16._o shepherd_n drowsy_a watchman_n blind_a guide_n to_o withhold_v their_o due_n and_o good_a king_n have_v ordain_v that_o no_o man_n under_o colour_n omit_v by_o the_o minister_n 8._o shall_v detain_v his_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o do_v the_o old_a canon_n nonnulli_fw-la vitam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la quasi_fw-la abominabilem_fw-la constan_n detestantes_fw-la decimas_fw-la subtrahere_fw-la non_fw-la verentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o as_o thou_o shall_v answer_v for_o thy_o fraud_n so_o shall_v they_o for_o their_o fault_n to_o conclude_v their_o unworthines_n be_v questionable_a but_o this_o be_v out_o of_o question_n that_o many_o worthy_a man_n be_v unworthilie_o wrong_v while_o envy_n and_o avarice_n sit_v as_o judge_n of_o their_o worth_n tithe_n 3._o an_o other_o objection_n be_v the_o muchnes_n or_o measure_n of_o such_o demean_n the_o land_n too_o great_a the_o tithe_n too_o large_a and_o all_o that_o fall_v beside_o their_o mouth_n too_o much_o but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n their_o apish_a vanity_n epicure_n like_o superfluity_n fuliginous_a foolery_n sacrilegious_a robbery_n fimbrian-like_a injury_n tarquinian_a like_a surquedry_n esavish_a profanity_n and_o julianish_a apostasy_n be_v not_o too_o much_o but_o to_o the_o point_n which_o aim_v at_o some_o reason_n but_o line_v with_o much_o malice_n some_o of_o the_o pope_n clawback_n to_o daub_v up_o the_o fault_n of_o those_o holy_a father_n as_o i_o have_v show_v elsewhere_o maintain_v that_o tithe_n be_v ground_v upon_o all_o the_o 3._o law_n of_o moses_n moral_a for_o the_o equity_n ceremonial_a for_o the_o affinity_n judicial_a for_o the_o policy_n because_o the_o jew_n be_v 10._o tribe_n whereunto_o 2._o other_o be_v add_v to_o make_v amends_o for_o some_o man_n bad_a payment_n all_o untrue_a but_o if_o the_o priest_n be_v then_o 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the_o first_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o sceptre_n turn_v christian_n euseb_n all_o tithe_n be_v instant_o restore_v all_o land_n and_o donation_n that_o under_o the_o persecution_n have_v be_v take_v away_o all_o image_n treasure_n and_o furniture_n of_o heathen_a temple_n yearly_a sum_n amount_v to_o a_o great_a quantity_n out_o of_o the_o exchequer_n itself_o all_o the_o good_n of_o such_o as_o die_v intestate_a all_o new_a erection_n of_o well_o dispose_v people_n and_o to_o knit_v up_o all_o in_o one_o word_n the_o same_o to_o be_v hereditary_a as_o under_o moses_n and_o thus_o stand_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n till_o antichrist_n confound_v thing_n sacred_a and_o profane_a and_o cymmeriall_a darkness_n dispossess_v the_o world_n as_o of_o illumination_n so_o of_o true_a devotion_n only_o some_o small_a good_a meaning_n do_v sometime_o undo_v themselves_o to_o endow_v the_o church_n wherein_o it_o become_v so_o superlative_o prodigal_a that_o it_o 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omniscient_a in_o espy_v omnipotent_a in_o consume_v