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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77158	Tithes re-mounted and advanced by the VVord of God, for the ministers of the Gospell. Proving, that tithes are due to the ministers of the Gospell, as to the priests and Levites under the law. In answer to a late scandalous and seditious pamphlet intituled, The ordinance of tithes dismounted. Dedicated to the right honourable the Lord Mayor. / By Martin Bovvne. Imprimatur. John Dovvname.	Bowne, Martin.	1646 (1646)	Wing B3889; Thomason E341_3; ESTC R200895	11,819	21

speak in the person of the Messia● to come so O Lord thou hast opened mine ears to hear my heart to understand what manner of worship thou hast in thine eternall Counsell appointed the Messias at his coming shall be performed in these words burnt offerings and sin ●fferings hast thou not required and so forwards in the 7 8 9 and 10 verses so that the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ he set forth his Fathers will what manner of Worship he would have Iohn 4.23 24 25. so here we see what Worship and Service be requireth as namely spirituall Worship and spirituall Service In the 5. Book of Moses there is mention made of many sorts of Offerings especially in the three middle Bookes and above all offerings the burnt offerings are most spoken of as in the 28. Chapter of the Book of Numbers the Lord doth most of all presse those offerings made by fire now what have we to learn by this that our offerings must be spirituall That is our prayers must burne with zeale with ferventnesse and pure affection we must be zealous in prayer and praising God Iames 5.16 Psa 119.7 in uprightnesse of heart our love must bee zealous and fervent to set forth the glorie of God in Jesus Christ zealous of a true justifying lively saving and working faith apprehensively Rom. 3.24 Jam. 2.17 18 21 22 23. to be zealous of repentance to be zealous of obedience to be short that wee be zealous of everie good worke and duty Tit. 2.14 Thus you see what spirituall burnt offerings are and they that have received the Spirit of God in any good measure can and will be zealous and those that have received the spirit of illumination and understanding of Gods Word may and can prove that Ministers of the Gospell ought to have Tithes for their maintenance though it bee in Cities and Townes there it may arise in moneyes But here may very well arise a question how Tithes are to be raised in Cities and Townes not wronging the Parishoners on the one side nor the Pastour and Minister on the other side must the Parishioners pay the tenth penny of their labours I answer No neither are labouring men that live onely by their meer labour to pay Tithes in the Countrey they do not therfore not in the Cities or Towns but if those labouring men or women have a garden or a cow or any thing more then their labour they are to pay the tenth part of it in those Cities and Towns but how must Tithes be paid I answer thus T●● Merchants or Shop-keepers buy in their ware to their shops and then he himselfe or his servant or servants are to attend all the day to sell their ward either by grosse or retaile and then when the night is done that hee hath shut up his shop hee looks in his Cash-box to see what money hee hath taken for that former day and what hee hath sold and what that he sold did cost him then he layes out the moneys it cost him and his charge for his labour and attendance in sale of it to those hee doth employ and layes out of the money for that and then that part that is left is cleare gain● The tenth penny must arise and be paid out of this cleare gaines to the Pastour and Minister of that Congregation and by this meanes those that do in right pay their Tithes shall voyd the curse that is threatened against defrauders of Tithes But there is enough spoken of this before only this All they that shall refuse paying their Tythes to their Pastor or Minister are Church-robbers I do understand there be some that have petitioned the Parliament that Tithes may not be paid unto the Ministers of the Gospell because as they say it is Jewish and Popish O horrible impietie That men should be so gracelesse as to derogate from the word of God and also to abuse the power and authoritie of the King and the most Honourable and Supreame Court of Parliament making it a Bawd to their sinister designes If those Petitioners had petitioned for a licence to rob upon the Road-way their sin had not been so great But you will say this were a grosse sin the Parliament would never have granted such a wicked Petition I answer No and I hope they will not grant this except they meane to procure another curse upon the Land Malach. 3.9 But their vigilancie is better than so for they labour to bring blessings upon the Kingdome and not cursings But such as keep the maintenance of Gods worship and service to themselves do draw on a curse upon their heads as is said before And this is the beloved sin the private sin and the hypocriticall sin that Church-robbers both in themselves and in their posteritie are plagued for And thus wee may see the perverse natures of these cruell proud covetous wretches that make no care or conscience how they get the riches of this world so they have it As for to covet the Tithes is the Lords portion Levit. 27.32 It is his Ministers portion 1 Cor. 9. vers 8 9 13 14. Hebr. 7. vers 6 7 8 9 10. And therefore those private men that do retaine Tithes to their owne private use in possession and do not deliver them to their Pastour and Minister that have the charge of their souls they do procure the curse of God upon themselves Malac. 3.8.9 as is before spoken Howsoeuer the Adversaries of the maintenance of the Ministers of the Gospell will not approve of it by Tithes yet those that do receive the earnest of Gods sanctifying spirit 2 Cor. 5.5 they will with modestie read the holy Scriptures with understanding and moderately to judge the truth of it when as indeed those that are possessed with a proud scoffing and scomfull spirit they will never have done with their scoffing jeering and cavilling FINIS