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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77137	A defence and justification of ministers maintence by tythes. And of infant-baptism, humane learning, and the sword of the magistrate; which some Anabaptists falsely call four sandy pillars, and popish foundations of our ministry and churches. In which tythes are proved to be due by divine right to the ministers of the gospel. All common objections answered, and divers cases of conscience humbly proposed: with a light to clear them. / In a reply to a paper sent by some Anabaptists to Immanuel Bourne, late pastor of the church in Asheover in the county of Derby: now preacher to the congregation at Waltham in the county of Leicester. With a short answer to Anthony Peirson's great case of tythes, &c.	Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672.	1659 (1659)	Wing B3851; Thomason E1907_1	92,679	184

English Nation You do own it but with a limitation I say nothing to your limitation I am sure for what I know you have no reason but to own the present Powers and to submit and obey the Magistrates and all other in Authority when they upon complaint do command the payment of Tythes to Ministers according to Law as in all other lawful commands and as Magistrates have a lawful power to compel so the Ministers of Christ may lawfully appeal to them for Justice and Right and although I would not have any of my Brethren to be contentious for trifles or small matters yet it is their duty to defend and not to lose the just Rights of the Church for succeeding ages especially in these dayes when Sacriledge is by so many accounted no sin as if God had no special right now to any thing in the world and so men could not rob God of any part of the Creature which is his either by Reservation or Consecration for maintenance of his worship and service but if this were so why doth St. Paul writing to his converted christian Jews at Rome such as were called to be Saints Rom. 1.7 demand the question and reason the case with them Rom. 2.22 Thou that abhorrest Idols dost thou commit sacriledg sacriledg sure then might be found to be a sin committed amongst Christians for such were these to whom St. Paul writ it is some question what kind of sacriledg the Apostle means but the Greek word used by the Apostle Rom. 2.22 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sacrilegium committo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Proprie ●st Templa Despolione Gerh. in Loc. M. Leigh upon the Romans Calvinus in Rom. Hac ratione Ovidius metamorpho 3. Sacrilegum appellat lycurgum ob contemptu Bachi sacra in fastes sacrilegos manus quae numen veneris violarant signifieth to despoil and ●ob Temples or to despoil holy things things consecrated to Divine worship or maintenance thereof as if St. Paul had held as good a false Religion as a spoiling Religion and although Sacriledg is not worse yet it is as bad as Idolatry as that learned man Mr. Leigh well observes upon the place And godly learned judicious Mr. Calvin in his Commentaries The Apostle saith he understandingly opposeth Sacriledg to Idolatry as a thing of the same kind certainly both a like odious to God for Sacriledg is a prophanation of the Divine Majesty or of a worship and service or any thing that belongeth thereunto And this saith Mr. Calvin was not unknown to the Ethnick Poets who called those sacrilegious who contemned the holy things of their Heathen Gods and what can it be but sacriledg or a robbing of God when men violate and take away that which is Gods reserved by him for the maintenance of his worship and service for the taking away of that which belongs to God for the maintenance of his worship certainly is a sin which the Magistrate may take notice of as well as other especially when as it is a setled maintenance by the Laws of the Land as well as by the law of God and certainly the Ministers of Christ may lawfully appeal to the christi●n Magistrates for Justice as well as the blessed Apostle Paul did appeal to Caesar a Heathen Emperour against his unjust adversaries as you may read Acts 25.10 11. I stand at Caesars Judgement-seat where I ought to be judged to the Jews I have done no wrong I appeal unto Caesar I might shew you at large how good Kings and Magistrates have comforted and encouraged the Prophets of God The Levites they taught the people the good-knowledg of God before Christ witness good King Hezekiah the 2 Chron. 30.22 He spake comfortably to the Levites and commanded the people to give the portion to the Priest and Levites that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord 2 Chron. 31.4 and good J●hoshaphat before him honoured the Levites as you may see 2 Chron. 20. And Nehemiah that good Magistrate contended with the Nobles in Judah for prophaning the Sabbath and whe● he perceived that the portion of the Levites had not been given them he contended with the Rulers and then brought all Judah the Tythes of the Corn and the New-wine and the Oyl unto the Treasury that the Levites might be supplied and they might be dist●ibuted to them according to their right as is recorded Nehemiah 13.10 11 12. And we hope that as God hath formerly so God will bless and honour this present Parliament to be a defence to all the godly faithful Ministers in the Nation though too many desire they may be their destruction What need I tell you of Constantine the Great that first christian Emperour what great respect he had to the Ministers of Christ Eusebius in vi●a Constantini witness Euseb●us in the life of Constantine or of those many christian Princes also who endowed and according to conscience duty as they believed gave and setled Tythes for the maintenance of the Ministers of Christ I have given a Catalogue of many before I might vindicate at full and justifie the authority of Parliaments christian Kings and Magistrates for punishing of offenders and their coercive power to compel refractory men to do their duties according to the just and good Laws of God and men established but I refer you and the Reader to that learned VVork of that learned and laborious man William Prynne of Lincolns-Inn Esq Entituled The Sword of the Magistrate supported That 's a Book not answered nor answerable so as to deprive the good Magistrates of their just Power given them by God and the laws of the Nation over which the Lord in his wise Providence hath placed them and thus I have done with your last ground of separation which you are pleased to call A Sandy Pillar and Popish Foundation that is the Sword of the Magistrate Rom. 13.1 2 3 c. but it is Gods Ordinance and that which you ought to obey even for conscience sake as we proved before And we must tell you that we do not make the Sword of the Magistrate the Fundamental of livelyhood as you imagine though we do bless the Lord that our good Mag●strates are not against us but for us yet we live by Faith and we hope the Lord will strengthen our Faith to depend upon him Hab. 2.4 Mat. 28.20 Heb. 13.5 who hath promised to be with us to the end of the world never to fail us nor forsake us nor do we fear starving amongst those we call christians when Tythes and all we had were plundered and lost we found by experience the goodness of God in opening christian hearts to communicate to our necessities and doubt not but if the Lord should suffer us to be brought to the like straights again Rom. 8.28 2 Tim. 4.18 yet we know all shall work together for our good God is the same God still and will provide for us here what he