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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
plentiful_a blessing_n upon_o the_o rest_n he_o witness_v also_o the_o same_o use_n of_o pay_v tithe_n in_o his_o time_n by_o reprove_v the_o abuse_n of_o bishop_n and_o minister_n when_o they_o seem_v more_o careful_a to_o receive_v tithe_n then_o to_o procure_v the_o good_a of_o the_o people_n of_o which_o sort_n many_o be_v in_o his_o time_n and_o many_o more_o be_v in_o our_o day_n si_fw-la populus_fw-la decimas_fw-la non_fw-la obtulerit_fw-la murmurant_fw-la omnes_fw-la at_o si_fw-la peccantem_fw-la populum_fw-la viderint_fw-la nemo_fw-la murmurat_fw-la contra_fw-la choose_fw-la mat._n hierom_n speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n say_v thus_o if_o i_o then_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o lord_n inheritance_n take_v not_o my_o part_n among_o my_o brethren_n but_o as_o a_o levite_n vitacler_n and_o priest_n live_v of_o tithe_n have_v meat_n and_o raiment_n heerewithall_o i_o be_o content_v again_o he_o say_v quod_fw-la de_fw-la decimis_fw-la diximus_fw-la quae_fw-la olim_fw-la dabantur_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o 8._o levitis_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la quoque_fw-la populis_fw-la intelligito_fw-la in_o which_o place_n he_o say_v far_a ecclesiae_fw-la populis_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la est_fw-la dare_v decimas_fw-la for_o proof_n he_o allege_v s._n paul_n the_o elder_n that_o govern_v well_o be_v worthy_a of_o double_a honour_n especial_o they_o who_o labour_v 5._o most_o in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n expound_v honour_n maintenance_n and_o understand_v that_o maintenance_n tithe_n out_o of_o which_o testimony_n of_o hierom_n who_o be_v by_o erasmus_n judge_v the_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o latin_a father_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v first_o that_o the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n be_v take_v to_o be_v part_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o no_o less_o force_n among_o christian_n then_o among_o jew_n such_o stranger_n be_v the_o learned_a father_n in_o these_o late_a device_n which_o 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est_fw-la fideliter_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la peius_fw-la nec_fw-la minus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la afferat_fw-la de_fw-la grano_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la vino_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la arborum_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la pecudibus_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la horto_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o augustins_n time_n it_o seem_v the_o people_n at_o least_o in_o africa_n be_v very_o negligent_a in_o pay_v tithe_n and_o therefore_o he_o exhort_v they_o very_o earnest_o to_o that_o duty_n maiores_fw-la nostri_fw-la ideo_fw-la copy_n 48._o omnibus_fw-la abundabant_fw-la quia_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la dabant_fw-la &_o caensari_fw-la censum_fw-la reddebant_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la discessit_fw-la devotio_fw-la dei_fw-la accessit_fw-la indictio_fw-la fisci_fw-la noluimus_fw-la partiri_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la totum_fw-la tolletur_fw-la in_o which_o place_n he_o witness_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n 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pharisaei_n decimas_fw-la dabant_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la ait_fw-la dominus_fw-la nisi_fw-la abundaverit_fw-la iusticia_fw-la vestra_fw-la plusquam_fw-la scribarum_fw-la &_o pharisaeorum_fw-la non_fw-la intrabitis_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la debet_fw-la abundare_fw-la iusticia_fw-la tua_fw-la decimas_fw-la that_fw-mi tu_fw-la autem_fw-la vix_fw-la centessimam_fw-la das_fw-la where_o s._n augustin_n expound_v the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o origen_n and_o other_o father_n do_v as_o no_o less_o belong_v yea_o much_o more_o to_o christian_n then_o to_o jew_n he_o speak_v not_o doubt_v as_o some_o understand_v his_o word_n but_o because_o the_o people_n of_o his_o country_n be_v so_o far_o from_o perform_v this_o duty_n if_o there_o be_v any_o doubt_n in_o his_o word_n it_o be_v only_o in_o this_o whether_o the_o ten_o part_n be_v not_o too_o little_a for_o so_o do_v his_o word_n imply_v decimas_fw-la vis_fw-la decimas_fw-la exime_fw-la quanquam_fw-la paris_n sit_fw-la and_o he_o who_o thou_o must_v exceed_v in_o righteousness_n pay_v tithe_n whereby_o he_o imply_v that_o thou_o must_v pay_v more_o for_o he_o do_v not_o leave_v it_o at_o the_o people_n liberty_n to_o pay_v tithe_n or_o not_o to_o pay_v as_o some_o take_v it_o but_o show_v they_o that_o be_v so_o far_o from_o this_o duty_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o pay_v tithe_n and_o yet_o do_v more_o than_o that_o leo_fw-la the_o first_o live_v in_o s._n augustins_n time_n but_o young_a gratian_n cit_v his_o word_n thus_o nullus_fw-la decimas_fw-la ad_fw-la alterum_fw-la pertinentes_fw-la accipiat_fw-la not_o long_o after_o this_o the_o council_n call_v marisconense_v 2._o be_v hold_v 2._o wherein_o it_o be_v thus_o decree_v leges_fw-la divinae_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o ministris_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pro_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la portione_fw-la omni_fw-la populi_fw-la praeceperunt_fw-la 6._o decimas_fw-la fructuum_fw-la svorum_fw-la sacris_fw-la locis_fw-la 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 same_o truth_n be_v likewise_o confirm_v by_o diverse_a counsel_n council_n caebilonens_fw-la 2._o cap._n 19_o council_n melens_n cap._n 2._o council_n valent._n cap._n 10._o council_n foreiuliens_n cap._n ult._n council_n mogunt_fw-la cap._n 17._o council_n rothomag_n which_o be_v thus_o cite_v by_o gratian_n omnes_fw-la decimae_fw-la terrae_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la frugibus_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la pomis_fw-la arborum_fw-la domini_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la sanctificantur_fw-la one_o boves_fw-la &_o 1._o caprae_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la virga_fw-la pastoris_fw-la transeunt_fw-la quioquid_fw-la decimae_fw-la evenor_n it_z sanctificabitur_fw-la domino_fw-la the_o father_n of_o this_o council_n show_v that_o they_o understand_v the_o precept_n of_o tithe_n levit_n 27._o literal_o no_o otherwise_o to_o be_v understand_v for_o jew_n than_o christian_n council_n triburiens_fw-la cap._n 13._o and_o 14._o say_v thus_o quid_fw-la si_fw-la dicerit_fw-la dominiss_n nempe_fw-la meus_fw-la es_fw-la o_o homo_fw-la mea_fw-la est_fw-la terra_fw-la quam_fw-la colis_fw-la mea_fw-la semina_fw-la qâ—â—_n spargis_n mea_fw-la animalia_fw-la quae_fw-la fatigas_fw-la meus_fw-la est_fw-la solis_fw-la ardour_n &_o quum_fw-la omne_fw-la mea_fw-la sint_fw-la tu_fw-la qui_fw-la manus_fw-la accomodas_fw-la solum_fw-la decimam_fw-la merebaris_fw-la sed_fw-la seruo_fw-la tibi_fw-la novem_fw-la da_fw-la mihi_fw-la decimam_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la dederis_fw-la decimam_fw-la auferam_fw-la novem_fw-la si_fw-la dederis_fw-la mihi_fw-la decimam_fw-la multiplicabo_fw-la novem_fw-la si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la querat_fw-la aliquis_fw-la cur_n
tithe_n stand_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n let_v it_o be_v examine_v in_o the_o next_o place_n how_o tithe_n stand_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n in_o this_o time_n we_o find_v no_o express_a mention_n that_o tithe_n be_v pay_v nor_o any_o express_a proof_n that_o they_o be_v not_o but_o there_o be_v great_a probability_n that_o they_o be_v not_o first_o because_o we_o find_v no_o express_a testimony_n for_o they_o second_o because_o that_o use_n of_o pay_v tithe_n as_o the_o church_n then_o stand_v be_v so_o incommodious_a and_o cumbersome_a that_o it_o can_v not_o well_o be_v practise_v and_o therefore_o as_o circumcision_n be_v lay_v aside_o for_o a_o time_n whilst_o israel_n travail_v through_o the_o wilderness_n not_o because_o the_o people_n of_o right_n ought_v not_o then_o also_o to_o have_v use_v it_o but_o because_o it_o be_v so_o incommodious_a for_o that_o estate_n and_o time_n of_o the_o church_n that_o it_o can_v not_o without_o 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