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the_o gospel_n may_v be_v instruct_v not_o to_o entangle_v themselves_o with_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o world_n to_o much_o in_o which_o sense_n the_o apostle_n give_v that_o instruction_n to_o timothy_n no_o man_n that_o war_v do_v entangle_v himself_o with_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o life_n because_o he_o will_v please_v he_o that_o have_v cozen_v he_o 4._o to_o be_v a_o soldier_n and_o yet_o the_o general_a right_n of_o tithe_n may_v belong_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o all_o this_o but_o admit_v the_o conclusion_n we_o say_v it_o conclude_v only_o of_o the_o leviticall_a assignation_n not_o of_o the_o general_a ordinance_n another_o objection_n be_v the_o levite_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v not_o dedicate_v to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n therefore_o the_o ten_o be_v not_o determinable_a by_o nature_n we_o answer_v the_o dedication_n of_o the_o levite_n to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v ceremonial_a
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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not_o the_o force_n of_o the_o truth_n will_v compel_v every_o man_n to_o confess_v that_o the_o thing_n which_o must_v of_o right_n always_o be_v demand_v in_o the_o church_n be_v natural_a and_o divine_a now_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o right_a to_o demand_v any_o other_o kind_n of_o maintenance_n than_o tithe_n abulensis_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v much_o more_o curious_a than_o bellarmine_n move_v this_o question_n quo_fw-la nam_fw-la jure_fw-la debetur_fw-la 148._o decima_fw-la after_o much_o disputation_n his_o resolute_a answer_n be_v debetur_fw-la jure_fw-la canonico_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la debitur_fw-la jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la nec_fw-la divino_fw-la nec_fw-la civili_fw-la quum_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la imponat_fw-la onera_fw-la pro_fw-la ministris_fw-la dei_fw-la neque_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la aliqua_fw-la lex_fw-la civilis_fw-la quae_fw-la obliget_fw-la omnes_fw-la christianos_n quum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la unus_fw-la princeps_fw-la secularis_fw-la omnium_fw-la sicut_fw-la est_fw-la unus_fw-la princeps_fw-la ecclesiasticus_fw-la in_o which_o word_n we_o observe_v the_o absurdity_n whereinto_o great_a wit_n must_v needs_o fall_v when_o once_o they_o resolve_v to_o have_v the_o truth_n as_o saint_n james_n say_v in_o respect_n of_o person_n for_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v what_o they_o will_v hold_v if_o the_o pope_n authority_n to_o the_o contrary_a do_v not_o set_v a_o bias_n upon_o their_o wit_n and_o word_n first_o he_o say_v tithe_n be_v due_a only_a jure_fw-la canonica_n but_o what_o then_o must_v be_v say_v of_o those_o time_n before_o this_o ius_fw-la canonicum_fw-la be_v invent_v tithe_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n to_o be_v due_a when_o there_o be_v no_o canon_n law_n in_o the_o world_n and_o be_v more_o sincere_o hold_v by_o the_o church_n before_o then_o after_o the_o canon_n law_n come_v in_o hold_v by_o the_o father_n from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o no_o other_o second_o he_o grant_v that_o tithe_n be_v not_o due_a jure_fw-la civili_fw-la and_o give_v reason_n why_o they_o can_v stand_v by_o that_o law_n which_o be_v well_o to_o be_v mark_v because_o say_v he_o tithe_n be_v the_o minister_n right_a through_o all_o christendom_n now_o neither_o do_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n impose_v those_o right_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o one_o civil_a prince_n that_o rule_v over_o all_o christendom_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o neither_o may_v be_v impose_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n if_o this_o reason_n be_v good_a then_o be_v it_o certain_a that_o tithe_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o judicials_n for_o nothing_o be_v judicial_a but_o that_o which_o may_v be_v impose_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n this_o be_v a_o evident_a truth_n which_o none_o deny_v that_o know_v what_o be_v judicials_n whereby_o it_o be_v no_o less_o evident_a that_o abulensis_n do_v utter_o overthrow_v all_o that_o devise_n at_o once_o which_o the_o schoolman_n so_o busy_o build_v up_o three_o we_o reason_n from_o his_o enumeration_n of_o law_n thus_o tithe_n be_v due_a by_o some_o law_n either_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n or_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o prince_n constitution_n or_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n but_o abulensis_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o side_n grant_v that_o they_o be_v not_o due_a by_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o prince_n constitution_n and_o we_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v not_o due_a by_o the_o canon_n law_n because_o they_o be_v more_o due_o more_o orderly_a and_o sincere_o pay_v and_o hold_v before_o the_o canon_n law_n be_v invent_v then_o ever_o they_o be_v since_o therefore_o it_o must_v follow_v that_o they_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n as_o this_o stand_v against_o the_o papist_n so_o it_o stand_v no_o less_o strong_a against_o such_o as_o hold_v tithe_n prince_n constitution_n because_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o tithe_n be_v hold_v as_o orderly_o and_o due_o in_o the_o church_n before_o they_o be_v confirm_v by_o prince_n constitution_n as_o afterward_o prince_n indeed_o may_v confirm_v or_o forbid_v the_o use_n but_o they_o can_v make_v or_o take_v away_o the_o right_n wherefore_o see_v all_o that_o stand_v against_o we_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o that_o we_o have_v prove_v that_o the_o maintenance_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v nothing_o but_o alm_n that_o tithe_n be_v establish_v in_o the_o church_n as_o the_o ancient_a ordinance_n of_o god_n that_o this_o ordinance_n be_v not_o judicial_a because_o it_o be_v holy_a and_o of_o thing_n separate_v from_o common_a use_n nor_o ceremonial_a because_o it_o be_v not_o ordain_v to_o remain_v only_o until_o the_o time_n of_o reformation_n but_o remain_v after_o that_o time_n see_v these_o thing_n stand_v thus_o we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o tithe_n be_v now_o due_a to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n as_o they_o have_v be_v always_o account_v in_o the_o best_a age_n of_o 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
declare_v yet_o that_o it_o be_v ordain_v of_o god_n it_o appear_v aswell_o by_o that_o which_o we_o have_v say_v because_o that_o right_a which_o from_o the_o beginning_n god_n have_v in_o every_o man_n good_n be_v declare_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o patriarch_n to_o be_v tithe_n as_o also_o because_o levit._n 27_o it_o be_v say_v tithe_n be_v the_o lord_n holy_a to_o the_o lord_n which_o word_n be_v not_o leviticall_a or_o ceremonial_a as_o hereafter_o shall_v appear_v but_o declare_v that_o tithe_n be_v the_o lord_n always_o and_o that_o the_o lord_n even_o from_o the_o beginning_n have_v thus_o declare_v what_o part_n he_o have_v in_o every_o man_n good_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n and_o reason_n the_o patriarch_n pay_v tithe_n before_o the_o law_n three_o we_o note_v that_o ordinary_o the_o priesthood_n before_o the_o law_n give_v be_v annex_v to_o the_o elder_a of_o the_o house_n the_o first_o bear_v as_o here_o to_o melchisedech_n which_o be_v think_v to_o be_v sem_fw-mi the_o elder_a son_n of_o noah_n as_o lyra_n note_v and_o the_o year_n agree_v for_o sem_fw-mi be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a beget_v arphaxad_a two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o live_v after_o that_o 500_o year_n gen._n 11._o 11._o the_o end_n of_o which_o 500_o year_n fall_v in_o the_o 50._o year_n of_o isaac_n his_o age_n ten_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o jacob_n and_o esau._n the_o lord_n afterward_o take_v the_o levite_n to_o his_o service_n in_o place_n of_o the_o first_o bear_v num._n 8._o 16._o this_o ordinary_a course_n be_v sometime_o break_v and_o the_o birth_n right_o go_v from_o the_o elder_a to_o another_o yet_o thus_o much_o be_v always_o without_o change_n the_o priesthood_n do_v follow_v the_o birth_n right_a and_o tithe_n the_o priesthood_n four_o levy_n pay_v tithe_n in_o abraham_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o to_o pay_v tithe_n be_v not_o a_o ceremony_n for_o if_o it_o be_v than_o shall_v not_o levy_v be_v note_v heat_n for_o pay_v tithe_n that_o thing_n can_v be_v a_o leviticall_a ceremony_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o leviticall_a ordinance_n but_o that_o levy_n shall_v pay_v tithe_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o levitical_a ordinance_n which_o ordain_v that_o tithe_n shall_v be_v pay_v to_o levy_v now_o because_o it_o be_v against_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n that_o levy_n shall_v pay_v tithe_n therefore_o when_o levy_n pay_v tithe_n he_o pay_v they_o not_o as_o a_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n five_o we_o observe_v that_o before_o the_o law_n tithe_n be_v pay_v to_o christ_n so_o say_v the_o apostle_n heb._n 7._o 8._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 it_o be_v witness_v that_o he_o live_v in_o which_o word_n the_o apostle_n prove_v that_o in_o melchisedech_n christ_n receive_v tithe_n now_o if_o tithe_n be_v pay_v to_o christ_n before_o the_o law_n what_o reason_n may_v be_v bring_v why_o they_o shall_v not_o likewise_o be_v pay_v unto_o christ_n 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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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