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A40115 An answer to Dr. Burgess his book, entituled A case concerning of buying bishop lands which he spread before the Parliament, wherein he goes about to justifie that tythes is the ministers of the gospels maintenance. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1659 (1659) Wing F1743; ESTC R30466 28,881 40

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in the beginning the word of life that you might have fellowship with the Father and the Son and with us And who are in this are out of ninths and tenths both in which all figures ends types and shadowes ends and by which word all inventions of men are thrown down And so taking away tythes is but robbing as they call it the Popes Church the false Church which set them up but not according to the Law of God which was not according to the Law of God nor Gospel and have not given them according to the Law of God had they done it there had not been a begger in Christendome for the Law made that provision but the Gospel is above the Law which redeemes people out of the ninths opens the heart of people So they are pitiful poor and silly that are talking of the tenths in this the day of the Gospel the Lambs power and his marriage and the comming up of the true Church out of the Wildernesse judging the false Church and great whore which is got up since the dayes of the Apostles which hath fulfilled Christs words and Christs words must be fulfilled as in Mat. 24. who saith every tree that bears not fruit must be hewen down and cast into the fire which scripture is fulfilling to destroy the false Prophets and yet save the creature who wrestleth with the power of darknesse and spiritual wickednesses and not with flesh and blood such have spiritual weapons but they that ravened from the spirit of God lost the spiritual weapons and so got Caines which hath guarded the great whore which has killed the Saints with Caines weapons Cain killed Abel and built a City and so who ever comes into this great City where nin●●● and tenths and inwardly raveners are false Prophets great whore the false Church old Mass-houses they must look to have their flesh and blood wrestled against where the dragons flag and the whores golden cup is holden forth Now look over whole Christendom you may see what hath got up since the dayes of the Apostles and what a fenced City here hath been and how it is fenced and how the blood of the Martyrs hath been drunk in it which keeps the Commands of God and the Testimony of Jesus which hath the Spiritual weapons and how many this great Whore hath put to death by her weapons this false church the Lord open your understandings that you may see to the dayes of the Apostles who said that the ages should come that God would shew forth the exceeding Riches that was among them as you may read in the Ephesians the second chapter And these ages are come so here is a distinction betwixt the Ministers of the Spirit and the ministers of the great Whore which ravened inwardly from the Spirit of God which hath had the sheeps cloathing which beast and great Whore hath been in the Dragons power killing and murthering which City hath been filled with violence and blood But the power of God over all this is gone over all this is felt to the dayes of the Apostles what state they were in and what state hath been since with that we see to the beginning with the Word of God which was in the beginning Doctor page the seventh Thou sayest thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Ox that treadeath out the Corn. Answer We say so where he gets out Corn not to muzzle his mouth but let not the Ox eat where he doth not tread out the Corn let him not transgress all this is nothing to Tithes for we do not read that the children of Israel the Priests was to take Tithes of any but of the children of Israel not of the Gentiles we do not read that Christ set up a Law or the Apostles that they should take the Tenths of the Gentiles but man being drove from God into the earth A Virgin shall bare a Child which by interpretation is Immanuel God with us and I will give him for a light to the Gentiles and for a new Covenant to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah and many of the prisoners have shewed themselves forth man drove from God man brought to God again Doctor Let him that is taught in the Word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things Gal. the sixth chapter Answ We say yes let him that is taught do it but he doth not say he that is not taught Therefore this condemns all the Priests since the dayes of the Apostles who would have from them they do not teach contrary to the Rule of Scripture and Doctrine of the Apostles and cast into Prison those they do not teach these serve not the Lord Jesus Christ but their own bellies and teach for filthy lucre which they ought not who would have all good things communicated to them from them they do not teach So he that is taught in the Word communicates to him that teacheth in all good things Mark this just Rule He that is taught he that teacheth so every one maintain his own Minister that will have one And be not deceived God is not mocked for that which you sow that you shall reap sow to the flesh you shall reap corruption sow to the Spirit life Eternal and they that are inwardly ravened cannot sow to the Spirit but sows to the flesh Therefore you may look in whole Christendom what a Field of corruption there is to be Reaped and what unreasonable Ministers there is that will bring this Scripture and say That he that is taught in the Word let him Communicate to him that teacheth in all good things when they never taught him hath not taught him in the Word yet will have good things Communicated to him whether these be not unreasonable wolves in sheeps cloathing who will take treble Tithes of him and hale him before Courts if it be a hundred or two hundred miles and then cast him into Prison and then bring people the Scriptures for a Cloak and denying the light within which they should fee withal So such are transgressors of the Doctrine of the Apostles which takes of them which they have not taught in the Word neither do they preach the Word which was in the beginning which ends the Priests that had the Tenths and wresteth the Scriptures and this is nothing to Tenths and no where Tithes is Commanded in the New Testament but onely as Christ said ye ought to do it before he was offered up but when he was Sacrificed up it was finished and the Priesthood that took them the Law and Command they Triumphed over them And Ananias and Saphirah makes nothing for Tithes and Christ being hungry they fed him c. And Christ sent forth his Disciples without Bag But what did Judas Bag signifie That Steward that Betrayer Are not all such as invented Tithes and so greedy after the Bag of the substance of Judas that will cast into Prison and betray the innocent in