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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15.16_o rom._n 15.16_o and_o the_o gospel_n have_v also_o the_o own_o inferior_a officer_n who_o may_v better_a answer_n to_o the_o inferior_n of_o the_o law_n then_o all_o of_o church-calling_a must_v live_v by_o the_o church-kitchin_n away_o then_o with_o those_o laic_a bishop_n parson_n prior_n §_o vi_o patron_n etc._n etc._n such_o patroni_fw-la be_v latrones_fw-la patro-latrons_a patro-latrons_a but_o if_o the_o church-inheritance_n must_v go_v by_o the_o presentation_n of_o laic_n then_o let_v lordship_n go_v by_o the_o presentation_n of_o levite_n so_o shall_v we_o have_v on_o both_o side_n a_o perfect_a hurlyburly-government_n till_o each_o have_v his_o due_n tithe_n be_v the_o church_n inheritance_n flow_v from_o god_n then_o in_o general_a no_o man_n can_v present_v they_o and_o in_o particular_a hezekias_n as_o
his_o maintenance_n so_o though_o tithing_n have_v be_v out_o here_o it_o have_v come_v in_o therefore_o see_v it_o be_v in_o and_o in_o the_o proof_n of_o time_n only_o it_o in_o i_o pray_v put_v it_o not_o out_o in_o chap._n viii_o §._o i._o once_o melchisedec_n get_v tithe_n and_o this_o once_o be_v obligatorie_n of_o the_o posterity_n object_n it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o obligatorie_n in_o these_o same_o person_n to_o do_v the_o like_a how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v obligatory_a of_o the_o posterity_n abraham_n be_v not_o oblige_v here_o to_o pay_v any_o more_o tithe_n at_o any_o time_n after_o why_o then_o his_o posterity_n to_o pay_v ever_o and_o yearly_o answ_n because_o as_o be_v there_o say_v melchisedec_n and_o abraham_n be_v type_n here_o of_o thing_n ever_o to_o be_v perform_v under_o the_o gospel_n special_o and_o thing_n daily_o to_o be_v do_v have_v in_o their_o type_n but_o one_o representation_n and_o yet_o that_o once_o be_v ever_o in_o their_o verity_n so_o we_o 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be_v indeed_o three_o sort_n of_o jewish_a law_n but_o that_o three_o meddle_v not_o with_o the_o priesthood_n and_o see_v both_o the_o moral_a and_o ceremonial_a take_v hold_v of_o tithe_n i_o therefore_o just_o divide_v tithe_n between_o they_o and_o if_o the_o judicial_a law_n have_v also_o have_v a_o three_o and_o civil_a tithing_n yet_o the_o very_a title_n of_o my_o book_n ty_v i_o only_o to_o a_o sacred_a subject_n which_o no_o civil_a tything_n can_v be_v as_o for_o prince_n if_o tithe_n be_v moral_a who_o dare_v abrogate_v they_o and_o if_o ceremonial_a who_o dare_v imitate_v they_o ergo_fw-la prince_n worthy_o be_v imitator_n ex_fw-la necessitate_v not_o arbitrio_fw-la of_o god_n ordinance_n ibidem_fw-la §._o vi_o object_n now_o these_o who_o you_o call_v patro-latrons_a that_o be_v laye-patron_n if_o they_o intromet_n not_o with_o tithe_n but_o present_a man_n to_o trial_n why_o shall_v you_o so_o account_v of_o they_o it_o seem_v themselves_o have_v give_v the_o tithe_n reserve_v the_o power_n of_o presentation_n why_o shall_v the_o condition_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o benefit_n answ_n remember_v i_o do_v not_o undertake_v to_o dispute_v this_o question_n from_o humane_a practice_n but_o from_o divine_a precept_n and_o so_o i_o still_o say_v god_n and_o not_o they_o give_v we_o tithe_n for_o maintenance_n of_o his_o ministry_n and_o so_o their_o patronage_n be_v of_o the_o by_o i_o pray_v you_o give_v any_o example_n or_o law_n for_o this_o in_o scripture_n if_o you_o but_o imitate_v scripture_n yet_o keep_v the_o general_a course_n of_o scripture_n in_o dispose_v the_o mean_n for_o god_n ministry_n god_n before_o the_o law_n have_v first_o a_o extraordinary_a ministry_n for_o his_o own_o special_a worship_n in_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o family_n again_o before_o the_o law_n they_o be_v present_o orderly_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o melchisedec_n he_o be_v god_n priest_n he_o take_v god_n portion_n tithe_n three_o under_o the_o law_n god_n also_o reserve_v the_o call_v resume_v the_o same_o maintenance_n and_o present_v himself_o the_o person_n levi_n all_o which_o be_v establish_v the_o person_n only_o bring_v on_o the_o call_v and_o the_o call_v the_o maintenance_n here_o god_n be_v in_o all_o both_o pattern_n and_o patron_n but_o now_o the_o case_n be_v alter_v for_o the_o lay-lord_n patron_n must_v have_v a_o hand_n both_o in_o his_o call_v &_o maintenance_n in_o his_o call_v because_o howsoever_o he_o have_v before_o this_o a_o general_a investiture_n as_o apt_a at_o least_o to_o preach_v yet_o this_o lord_n have_v power_n to_o design_n he_o pastor_n of_o such_o a_o peculiar_a flock_n and_o parish_n unless_o the_o clergy_n pronounce_v he_o uncapable_a of_o the_o ministry_n whole_o yet_o who_o know_v not_o but_o many_o reason_n may_v debar_v a_o minister_n some_o parish_n though_o not_o from_o all_o all_o gift_n not_o fit_v all_o place_n in_o maintenance_n he_o give_v he_o the_o ten_o of_o tenthes_o as_o 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be_v he_o not_o expl_a ca_fw-mi e_z for_o such_o a_o type_n in_o vers_fw-la 9_o where_o levi_n be_v bring_v in_o from_o abraham_n loin_n do_v not_o the_o promise_v in_o abraham_n make_v all_o nation_n his_o son_n therefore_o it_o be_v no_o further_o extend_v than_o paul_n intend_v paul_n call_v neither_o melchisedec_n nor_o abraham_n by_o name_n of_o type_n yet_o he_o prove_v both_o to_o imbr_v and_o bind_v other_o person_n after_o come_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o thing_n by_o they_o then_o represent_v ergo_fw-la re_fw-mi apse_n tip_n ibidem_fw-la §._o viii_o thing_n pay_v tithe_n tithe_n be_v either_o praediale_n or_o personales_fw-la object_n where_o be_v these_o find_v answ_n they_o be_v as_o vocabula_fw-la artis_fw-la now_o common_a to_o all_o writer_n but_o their_o foundation_n be_v from_o
and_o comprehend_v not_o herb_n under_o that_o name_n they_o deliver_v indeed_o that_o by_o tradition_n from_o their_o father_n all_o thing_n grow_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o fit_a for_o man_n meat_n be_v titheable_a etc._n etc._n but_o it_o seem_v say_v selden_n well_o that_o for_o this_o payment_n of_o herb_n the_o pharisee_n be_v of_o the_o true_a side_n from_o luke_n and_o matthew_n allow_v by_o christ_n here_o now_o be_v prove_v our_o historia_fw-la fallax_fw-la by_o m._n seldens_n own_o consent_n therefore_o out_o of_o m._n seldens_n just_a observation_n here_o against_o talmud_n will_v i_o ask_v leave_n to_o affirm_v that_o the_o proof_n from_o talmud_n in_o other_o point_n of_o tithing_n allege_v by_o he_o or_o scaliger_n be_v not_o to_o go_v for_o sure_a ground_n see_v himself_o have_v find_v they_o so_o erroneus_fw-la in_o this_o and_o that_o it_o be_v no_o sure_a course_n of_o argue_v the_o true_a intent_n of_o precept_n by_o the_o sinistrous_a extent_n of_o practice_n 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gignit_fw-la nummus_fw-la nummum_fw-la soluet_fw-la as_o selden_n have_v well_o observe_v in_o the_o state_n of_o venice_n where_o no_o prediall_a tithe_n be_v and_o therefore_o 3._o selicha_n 7._o §._o 3._o pag._n 164._o chap._n 7._o §._o 3._o personal_a due_n now_o come_v we_o to_o m._n seldens_n history_n of_o the_o opinion_n touch_v the_o right_n of_o tithe_n the_o three_o article_n of_o his_o title_n handle_v in_o his_o seven_o chapter_n §_o 3_o etc._n etc._n and_o concern_v most_o our_o purpose_n the_o chief_a question_n say_v selden_n among_o the_o divine_n come_v to_o this_o whether_o by_o god_n immediate_a moral_a law_n the_o evangelicall_a priesthood_n have_v a_o right_n to_o tithe_n as_o to_o their_o inheritance_n in_o equal_a degree_n as_o the_o lay_v man_n have_v to_o his_o nine_o if_o ever_o tithe_n be_v due_a by_o god_n immediate_a moral_a law_n they_o must_v be_v ever_o so_o this_o be_v sure_a then_o our_o recourse_n must_v still_o be_v in_o examine_v by_o what_o law_n tithe_n be_v at_o first_o due_a all_o priesthood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v ever_o tithe_n before_o law_n by_o practice_n tradition_n instinct_n of_o god_n spirit_n under_o law_n by_o write_a law_n agreeable_a to_o the_o former_a practice_n whether_o both_o those_o be_v moral_a judicial_a or_o ceremonial_a we_o shall_v hear_v anon_o and_o so_o what_o ever_o prerogative_n those_o law_n give_v the_o priesthood_n above_o the_o laity_n the_o same_o still_o remain_v the_o ten_o be_v ever_o first_o to_o be_v pay_v else_o the_o nine_o part_n be_v not_o the_o layman_n ibid._n ibid._n or_o if_o say_v selden_n they_o have_v tithe_n only_o as_o by_o humane_a positive_a law_n and_o so_o give_v they_o for_o their_o spiritual_a labour_n that_o be_v in_o brief_a whether_o by_o original_a distributive_a justice_n or_o by_o commutative_a they_o be_v payable_a how_o kingdom_n be_v by_o their_o own_o law_n positive_a seetle_v in_o tithe_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o how_o they_o shall_v be_v another_o thing_n and_o their_o so_o great_a difference_n among_o themselves_o argue_v infallible_o that_o they_o have_v vary_v from_o the_o true_a foundation_n as_o to_o justice_n distributive_a and_o commutative_a they_o hold_v alike_o also_o from_o the_o beginning_n even_o in_o levi_n under_o the_o law_n all_o have_v the_o ten_o for_o their_o spiritual_a labour_n distribute_v unto_o they_o and_o so_o have_v the_o gospel_n now_o as_o for_o that_o title_n humane_a positive_a law_n we_o must_v have_v a_o good_a ground_n to_o prove_v how_o divine_a positive_a law_n which_o only_o dote_v tithe_n to_o levi_n do_v resign_v they_o under_o the_o power_n of_o humane_a positive_a law_n for_o the_o gospel_n here_o be_v strange_a odds_o ibid._n ibid._n but_o the_o first_o opinion_n be_v say_v selden_n that_o the_o ten_o consider_v quoad_fw-la quotam_fw-la partem_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v due_a only_a by_o law_n positive_a and_o ecclesiastical_a but_o quoad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la svam_fw-la or_o cleri_fw-la sustentationem_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v due_a by_o the_o divine_a moral_a law_n and_o to_o the_o purpose_n of_o this_o distinction_n they_o interpret_v the_o leviticall_a commandment_n of_o tithe_n quoad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la and_o quoad_fw-la quotam_fw-la the_o quota_fw-la be_v but_o a_o judicial_a or_o as_o some_o will_v a_o ceremonial_a law_n &c_n &c_n and_o what_o a_o strange_a distinguo_fw-la be_v this_o to_o divide_v the_o ten_o and_o quota_fw-la as_o if_o both_o be_v not_o one_o the_o strong_a mathematical_a imaginary_a abstraction_n can_v separate_v they_o maintenance_n indeed_o general_o and_o so_o be_v their_o meaning_n may_v be_v free_a of_o a_o quota_fw-la but_o a_o ten_o can_v but_o who_o teach_v they_o that_o maintenance_n be_v moral_a divine_a and_o the_o quota_fw-la but_o positive_a and_o ecclesiastical_a find_v they_o any_o such_o trick_n in_o the_o two_o testament_n what_o positive_a law_n give_v tithe_n to_o melchisedec_n finem_fw-la m._n seld_o ib._n pag._n 157._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la because_o forsooth_o the_o maintenance_n say_v they_o of_o the_o ministry_n in_o general_n be_v moral_a or_o natural_a there_o be_v according_a to_o consideration_n of_o it_o see_v far_o the_o very_a character_n of_o it_o write_v in_o the_o table_n of_o man_n heart_n that_o be_v that_o spiritual_a labourer_n be_v to_o be_v reward_v with_o temporal_a bounty_n as_o every_o labourer_n be_v worthy_a of_o his_o hire_n but_o quoad_fw-la quotum_fw-la it_o be_v but_o a_o judicial_a or_o ceremonial_a law_n etc._n etc._n here_o have_v we_o three_o law_n to_o ponder_v and_o to_o couch_n our_o tithe_n under_o some_o one_o of_o they_o tithe_n to_o be_v ceremonial_a be_v but_o a_o ceremony_n and_o as_o soon_o do_v as_o speak_v no_o man_n ever_o dare_v offer_v a_o proof_n for_o it_o to_o be_v judicial_a they_o can_v first_n because_o that_o practice_n of_o abraham_n and_o vow_v of_o jacob_n can_v never_o be_v bring_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o jewish_a judicial_a law_n no_o i_o say_v further_o within_o no_o law_n mere_o or_o only_o jewish_a consider_v it_o well_o yea_o tithe_n legal_o enact_v as_o i_o do_v think_v can_v be_v proper_o judicial_a for_o their_o judicial_a law_n proper_o so_o call_v and_o without_o mixture_n do_v concern_v chief_o their_o civil_a commonwealth_n and_o so_o all_o the_o tribe_n alike_o but_o the_o law_n of_o tithe_n go_v in_o favour_n of_o only_a levi_n a_o law_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o priesthood_n before_o and_o then_o to_o to_o all_o priesthood_n melchisedechicall_a and_o aaronicall_a evangelicall_a and_o legal_a now_o how_o can_v either_o melchisedec_n or_o aaron_n come_v under_o the_o judicial_a law_n it_o be_v more_o than_o i_o have_v yet_o observe_v if_o the_o judicial_a law_n give_v any_o order_n for_o the_o priesthood_n yea_o the_o change_n of_o the_o priesthood_n make_v a_o change_n of_o the_o law_n heb._n 7.12_o melchisedec_n