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and_o in_o stead_n of_o pay_v they_o the_o ten_o of_o their_o own_o land_n and_o spoil_n of_o war_n endeavour_v to_o spoil_v they_o of_o those_o tithe_n which_o all_o other_o owe_v or_o pay_v they_o of_o who_o hemingius_n thus_o complain_v in_o his_o commentary_n on_o gal._n 6.6_o p._n 375._o quid_fw-la dicemus_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la ministros_fw-la evangelii_n necessario_fw-la victu_fw-la spoliant_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la immoderatis_fw-la eractionibus_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la eos_fw-la interficiunt_fw-la ut_fw-la multi_fw-la honesti_fw-la mariti_fw-la cum_fw-la si_fw-la be_v uxoribus_fw-la et_fw-la liberis_fw-la cogantur_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la mendicare_fw-la horam_n sane_fw-la factum_fw-la nihil_fw-la differre_fw-la arbitror_fw-la a_o sacrilegio_fw-la &_o latrocinio_fw-la cujus_fw-la poenas_fw-la olim_fw-la cluent_a architecti_fw-la et_fw-la fabri_fw-la huius_fw-la mali_fw-la to_o these_o scripture_n precedent_n of_o heathen_a warrior_n i_o 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