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A91192	A Gospel plea (interwoven with a rational and legal) for the lawfulnes & continuance of the ancient setled maintenance and tenthes of the ministers of the Gospel: proving, that there is a just, competent, comfortable maintenance due to all lawfull painfull preachers and ministers of the Gospel, by divine right, institution, and expresse texts and precepts of the Gospel: that glebes and tithes are such a maintenance, & due to ministers by divine right, law and Gospel: that if subtracted or detained, they may lawfully be inforced by coercive laws and penalties: that tithes are no reall burden nor grievance to the people; the abolishing them, no ease or benefit to farmers, husband-men, or poor people, but a prejudice and losse. That the present opposition against tithes, proceeds not from any reall grounds of conscience, but base covetousnesse, carnall policy, &c. and a Jesuiticall and Anabaptisticall designe, to subvert and ruin our ministers, Church, religion. With a satisfactory answer to all cavils and materiall objections to the contrary. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1653 (1653)	Wing P3971; Thomason E713_12; ESTC R203238; ESTC R26600	128,273	175

First paid by Souldiers out of the very spoyles of Battle taken in the very first Warre we read of to the very first Priest of God we find recorded in the Scripture and therefore admired that Officers and Souldiers in this age should so degenerate as to be the very ringleaders and chief oppugners of them drawing up some brief Notes of this subject out of Scripture to help passe the time in defence of Tithes relating more particularly to Souldiers to silence satisfie and reclaime them from this Sacrilegious designe which having since enlarged with Arguments and Answers to their Objections drawn from their own Military pro●essions for the better satisfaction and conviction of all Sword-men and others I hope neither Officers nor Souldiers nor any others truly fearing God if they confider Lecit 19. 17. Mat. 18. 15 16 17. Prov. 19. 25. 10. 17. 12. 1. 13. 18. 15. 10 31 32. 17. 10. 25. 12. Psal 141. 5. 1 Sam. 25. 32 33. 1 Tim. 5. 20. Luke 3. 14. will or can be justly Offended with me no more for writing truth then speaking it to their faces as I did upon all occasions whiles among them not to defame but to informe and reforme them for their own and the publick good in what I conceive not warrantable by but repugnant to Gods word and their duties as Souldiers or Christians and to those known fundamentall Lawes Liberties of the Nation they were purposely raysed commissioned waged and engaged by Protestations Covenants and their own voluntary printed Declarations to protect and not subvert and that they will not repute it a capitall crime in me not to prove a flatterer or dissembler or not to act or write wittingly against my Science and Conscience when our Ministers Maintenance Calling Religion Gods glory Lawes Liberties all we have or hope for are in danger of such a sad sodain and destructive Convulsion and concussion if not Subversion as I long since by Authority of Parliament discovered in Romes Master-piece well worth perusall now when so many known Jesuits under a new Provinciall which Hugh Peters himself reported as I have been credibly informed are now even in London it selfe acting as busily and sitting there in Councell as duely as when the reclaimed Author of that discovery purposely sent from Rome for the purposes therein discovered was resident amongst them O that these professed Enemies of our Church Religion Nation and those Janizaries of Rome may not sow their Tares of error and seeds of ruine and desolation amongst us whiles almost our who●e Nation for ought I can discerne if not those who call themselves Watch-men are in a dead sleep or Lethargy and heaving at our most faithfull Ministers maintenance and Callings too in stead of enquiring after discovering these Arch-traytors and executing the good Lawes and Oathes against them to prevent those treafonable practises destructive designes miseries and that ruine to our Religion Government Governors Lawes Parliaments Church and Common-wealth which the wise Protestant vigilant Parliaments of 13 Eliz. c. 1. 23 Eliz. c. 1. 27 Eliz. c. 2. ●5 Eliz. c. 2. 1 Jac. c. 4. 3 Jac. 1 2 4 5. 7 Jac. c. 6. and some hundreds of Declarations and p●in ed Ordinances R●monst ances of the Lords and Commons the last Parliament with the good new Lawes and Oath they provided against those Romish Vipers quite buried in Oblivion have publ●shed to allarme all drowsie stupid carelesse people all lovers of God their Religion or Country against them even at this very season when they and their confederates are wittingly or ignorantly over-turning overturning overturning whatever is not yet totally subverted am●ng us and carrying on these their designes If these my impotent undertakings with a sincere affection only to Gods glory and the reall weal and preservation of our Religion Ministry Lawes Native Country and all Protestant Churches now indangered by their mutuall discords and Jesuite Emissaries to foment their intestine differences may so farre open the eyes of all Degrees in our Nation really fearing God so to know in this their day the things which belong unto their peace and settlement and to move them effectually to pursue them before they be hid from their eyes I have all the reward I do expect and shall blesse God for the good successe If any shall be offended with me or it and requite me only with envy hatred persecution and new Oppression Bonds close Imprisonments for well-doing and endevouring any more publick good for our Church Religion Country I shall commit my cause to God who judgeth righteously who hath so often brought forth my righteousnesse as the Light and my judgement as the Noon-day to the shame and confusion of my causelesse enemies and shall carry this comfortable cordiall unto my brest to any Prison Pillory Gibbet Grave that the malice or power of poor vapouring Mortals who know not how soon their violent dealing may or will come down upon their own pates as well as on other potent adversaries shall be able to hurry me to and ascend triumphantly which is to heaven it selfe that I have discharged that duty which God Conscience Providence and the publick danger of our Ministry and Religion and my sacred Oathes and Covenants have engaged me unto And if I perish for it I perish and in perishing shall by Gods assistanced part with this Swan-like Saint-like Song of that eminent Prisoner of Jesus Christ who was in Prisons more frequent in P●rils Afflictions and Persecutions often as I have been for the faithfull discharging of his duty I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith henceforth is laid up for me a crown of righteoufnesse which God the righteous judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but to all them also which suffer for his truth and love his appearing which is the unshaken constant faith hope and expectation of thine and our Churches Countries unmercenary faithfull Friend and Servant William Prynne A GOSPELL PLEA FOR THE Lawsulnesse and Continuance of the Antient setled Maintenance and Tithes of the Ministers of the GOSPELL THE antient necessary competent maintenance of our Ministers of the Gospell setled on them by the Piety and Bounty of our religious Christian Kings and Ancestors almost from the very first preaching and embracing of the G●spell in this Iland and constantly enjoyed ever since without any publick opposition being in these times of a long expected glorious resormation and reall propagation of the Gospell more audeciously oppugned more impiously decryed declaimed petitioned publickly against and more sacrilegiously invaded detained substracted then in the very worst or profanest of former ages and that not only by professed enemies of the Ministers and Ministery of the Gospell but by such who pretend themselves their friends and the most precious Saints who not yet satisfyed with the late sales of all

A GOSPEL PLEA Interwoven with a RATIONAL and LEGAL FOR THE LAWFULNES CONTINUANCE of the Ancient Setled MAINTENANCE and TENTHES Of the Ministers of the Gospel PROVING That there is a Just Competent Comfortable Maintenance due to all Lawfull painfull Preachers and Ministers of the Gospel by Divine Right Institution and expresse Texts and Precepts of the Gospel That Glebes and Tithes are such a Maintenance due to Ministers by Divine Right Law and Gospel That if substracted or detained they may lawfully be inforced by Coercive Laws and Penalties That Tithes are no reall Burden nor grievance to the people The abolishing them no ease or benefit to Farmers Husband-men or poor people but a Prejudice and Losse That the present opposition against Tithes proceeds not from any reall grounds of Conscience but base Covetousnesse Carnall policy c. and a Jesuiticall and Anabaptisticall designe to subvert and ruin our Ministers Church Religion With a Satisfactory Answer to all Cavils and Materiall Objections to the contrary By WILLIAM PRYNNE Of Swainswick Esq Mal. 3. 8 9. Will a man rob God Yet ye have robbed me But ye say Wherein have we robbed thee In Tithes and Offerings Ye are cursed with a curse for ye have robbed me even this whole Nation Mat. 22. 21. Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesars and unto God the things that are his AUG Serm. 219. Si tu illam Decimam non dederis dabis impio Militi quod non vis dar Deo Sacerdoti Hoc tollit Fiscus quod non accepit Christus London Printed by E. Cotes for Michael Sparke and are to be sold at the Blue Bible in Green Arbor 1653. Christi servus etiam in summa Captivitate Liber Anno 1653. Aetatis 49. All flesh is Grass the best men vanity This but a shadow here before thine eye Of him whose wondrous changes clearly show That GOD not men swayes all things here below The Places and Times of his First Imprisonments under his professed Enemies the PRELATES 1. THe Tower of London to which he was committed for his Histriomastix Februa 1. 1632. It being Licensed II. The Fleet when his first sentence for his Histriomastix was executed May 7. 1634. III. The Tower of London to which he was committed from the Fleet June 1. 1639. IV. Carnarvan Castle in Northwales to which by his second Sentence he was sent close Prisoner from the Tower August 5. 1637. V. Mount Orguel Castle in the Isle of Jersy where he was close imprisoned when removed from Carnarvan Januar. 17. 1637. Whence he was sent for and enlarged by the Parliament Novemb. 19. 1640. The Places and Times of his Second Imprisonments under false Brethren and pretended Friends I. HEll in Westminster by the Army Officers for speaking his conscience and discharging his duty in Parliament Decemb. 6. 1648. II. The Swan in the Strand by the same Officers for the same cause Decemb. 7. 1648. III. The Kings-head in the Strand by the same Power for the same cause Janua 2. 1648. IV. Dunster Castle in Summersetshire where he was close Prisoner by a Whitehall Warrant under Mr. ●●adshaw's hand expressing no particular cause July 1. 1650. V. Taunton Castle and the Lambe Taverne in Taunton when removed from Taunton by no particular warrant Janua 12. 1651. VI. Pendennis Castle in Cornewall where he remained close Prisoner by a Whitehall Warrant under Mr. Bradshaw's hand mentioning no cause but Tauntons unfitnesse to restrain him in July 2. 1651. 2 COR. 11. 23. to 28. In Labours more aboundant in PRISONS MORE FREQVENT in Deaths oft in Journying often in Perils of waters in Perils of Robbers in Perils by mine own Countrymen in Perils in the City in Perils in the Sea in Perils among false Brethren In wearinesse and painfulnesse in watchings often in cold and nakednesse Loe here the shade but not Heroick minde And Publick soul of him who most unkinde Vnjust Restraints Bonds Pressures hath sustain'd From foes and friends because he still maintain'd Religion Truth Lawes Freedome Justice Right His Countries common good with his whole might In all ill Times and ne're would once combine With Lawlesse Grandees these to undermine 2 TIM 3. 10 11 12. But thou hast fully known my Doctrine manner of Life Purpose Faith Long-suffering Charity Patience Persecutions Afflictions which came unto me at Antioch at Iconium at Lystra what Persecutions I endured But out of them all the Lord delivered me yea and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer Persecution London Printed for M. S. 1653. To my most High Mighty Great Dreadfull Omnipotent Omnipresent Omniscient Righteous True Faithfull All-gracious All-sufficient Everliving Everlasting Immutable Covenant-keeping LORD GOD the God of my Life Health Strength Mercy Preservation Consolation Supportation Salvation Deliverance Praise O God THE SAVIOUR of Israel of England too anciently styled Regnum Dei Gods Kingdome Thou art God alone and there is none else Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee In thee alone I live move and have my being Thou art the strength of my heart and my portion for ever My whole Spirit Soul Body Parts Endowments Naturall Spirituall are only of thee through thee O sanctifie them wholly for and only to thee to whom alone I desire intirely and eternally to devote them as due to none but thee and that by right of Creation Redemption Resignation Preservation and that extraordinary Tribute of gratitude I stand most deeply engaged to render to thy most gracious Majesty for those many and manifold WONDERS of Preservation Supportation Concomitation Protection Consolation Absolution Vindication and Restauration thou hast of thy free Grace most miraculously extended to me the meanest and unworthyest of all thy servants in under from all my former and late injurious illegall Sufferings Oppressions Imprisonments inhumane close Restraints Exiles in TEN SEVERALL PRISONS CASTLES some of them at remotest distance from all Acquaintance Kindred Friends and thy publick Ordinances under some Rude Barbarous armed Gardians and Men of bloud of purpose to destroy me where thou was present with me as with Daniel in the Lyons den Paul in the Lyons mouth the three Children in the midst of the fiery Furnance Jonah in the whales belly to secure comfort and supply me for about ELEVEN YEARS SPACE through the malice and cruelty of mercilesse men yet blessed be thy holy name for no other cause or crime thy poor servants conscience is guilty of his last close Imprisonments in three severall Castles being without the least Examination Hearing Accusation Charge of any particular offence against him or yet declared to him but only his sincere cordiall desire to discharge his bounden duty to glorifie thee in his generation by opposing the dangerous wrath-provoking Errors and corruptions of the age in which he liveth by contending earnestly for the faith which was once delivered unto