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it_o be_v record_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o religious_a king_n of_o judah_n that_o they_o destroy_v all_o such_o thing_n as_o in_o their_o day_n provoke_v the_o lord_n for_o so_o have_v the_o lord_n command_v to_o all_o israel_n when_o they_o shall_v enter_v canaan_n not_o only_o to_o drive_v out_o the_o native_n for_o their_o idolatry_n but_o to_o destroy_v all_o their_o picture_n and_o all_o their_o melt_a image_n and_o quite_o pluck_v down_o all_o their_o high_a place_n 52._o hence_o it_o be_v that_o hezekiah_n remove_v the_o high_a place_n and_o break_v the_o image_n and_o cut_v down_o the_o grove_n and_o break_v in_o piece_n also_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n it_o self_n that_o moses_n have_v make_v when_o he_o find_v that_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n do_v burn_v incense_n unto_o it_o 4._o he_o not_o only_o destroy_v the_o invention_n of_o man_n in_o reference_n to_o idol_n but_o even_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n himself_o when_o abuse_v by_o man_n to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n and_o how_o zealous_a josiab_n be_v also_o in_o prosecute_a the_o same_o work_n may_v be_v see_v at_o large_a in_o 2_o king_n 23._o from_o the_o four_o verse_n to_o the_o 21._o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v note_v as_o a_o great_a blot_n even_o to_o those_o king_n who_o have_v do_v much_o for_o god_n that_o the_o high_a place_n be_v not_o remove_v this_o be_v lay_v to_o the_o charge_n of_o asa_n 14._o jehishaphat_n 43._o and_o amaziah_n 4._o which_o be_v worth_a their_o notice_n who_o labour_v so_o much_o to_o hold_v up_o the_o late_a king_n against_o the_o aliening_n of_o church-land_n but_o never_o endeavour_v to_o divert_v he_o from_o but_o rather_o infuse_v into_o he_o strong_a conceit_n of_o the_o great_a usefulness_n and_o holiness_n of_o many_o humane_a invention_n and_o superstition_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o to_o put_v he_o above_o all_o that_o have_v go_v before_o he_o since_o queen_n mary_n upon_o the_o compel_a of_o all_o other_o to_o practice_v the_o same_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o great_a duty_n in_o he_o whereas_o david_n a_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n hate_v all_o those_o that_o hold_v of_o superstitious_a vanties_n 6._o and_o after_o die_v in_o peace_n but_o these_o make_v formality_n and_o superstitious_a ceremony_n take_v from_o popery_n the_o all_o of_o their_o devotion_n and_o take_v their_o lesson_n out_o of_o adam_n de_fw-fr contzen_n the_o jesuit_n 18._o for_o retroduce_v the_o very_a body_n of_o popery_n notwithstanding_o the_o law_n against_o it_o ruin_v themselves_o and_o the_o king_n chap._n ii_o the_o land_n of_o bishop_n and_o other_o cathedral_n man_n as_o such_o be_v never_o own_v or_o accept_v as_o holy_a to_o the_o lord_n nor_o be_v either_o he_o or_o they_o by_o divine_a right_n the_o chief_a and_o indeed_o only_a argument_n by_o which_o many_o endeavour_n to_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v sacrilege_n 25._o to_o sell_v or_o purchase_v cathedral_n land_n be_v this_o that_o those_o land_n be_v 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have_v be_v commit_v by_o aliening_n or_o apply_v some_o of_o those_o glebe_n to_o private_a use_n the_o pope_n be_v first_o in_o this_o sin_n and_o lead_v the_o way_n for_o they_o first_o appropriate_v 3845_o of_o the_o fat_a and_o large_a benefice_n in_o england_n 31._o either_o to_o their_o italian_a harpy_n or_o other_o their_o creature_n of_o who_o nothing_o can_v be_v sure_a but_o that_o they_o will_v feed_v themselves_o and_o starve_v the_o people_n soul_n afterward_o they_o give_v they_o to_o those_o augaean_a stable_n of_o templar_n and_o monk_n in_o the_o height_n of_o popery_n who_o never_o take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n but_o to_o pamper_v their_o own_o belly_n like_o epicure_n and_o to_o maintain_v the_o pomp_n and_o state_n of_o atheist_n under_o the_o name_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o church_n and_o since_o the_o time_n that_o bishop_n dean_n and_o chapter_n etc._n etc._n be_v possess_v of_o such_o appropriation_n they_o grow_v worse_a than_o their_o 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to_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o may_v be_v call_v sacred_a or_o holy_a to_o the_o lord_n and_o may_v not_o be_v afterward_o alien_v or_o redeem_v be_v that_o in_o levit._n 27._o 10._o if_o a_o man_n shall_v sanctify_v unto_o the_o lord_n a_o part_n of_o a_o field_n etc._n etc._n which_o sanctify_v be_v say_v some_o a_o voluntary_a act_n not_o command_v yet_o allow_v and_o accept_v of_o god_n else_o he_o will_v never_o have_v put_v the_o case_n so_o often_o nor_o have_v give_v so_o many_o direction_n in_o it_o as_o there_o he_o do_v therefore_o they_o conclude_v voluntary_a offering_n or_o gift_n of_o land_n to_o the_o church_n without_o command_n or_o warrant_v from_o god_n make_v they_o to_o be_v sacred_a and_o holy_a to_o the_o lord_n and_o give_v he_o a_o propriety_n in_o they_o not_o to_o be_v revoke_v or_o alien_v to_o understand_v this_o aright_o take_v notice_n that_o divers_a distinction_n be_v make_v in_o that_o chapter_n all_o which_o must_v be_v heed_v 1._o the_o lord_n distinguish_v of_o field_n say_v to_o be_v consecrate_v to_o he_o for_o the_o field_n be_v either_o field_n of_o a_o man_n possession_n vers_fw-la 16._o that_o be_v his_o inheritance_n which_o he_o may_v retain_v for_o ever_o or_o field_n which_o he_o have_v buy_v which_o be_v not_o of_o his_o hereditary_a possession_n vers_fw-la 22._o the_o first_o he_o may_v sanctify_v of_o by_o vow_n give_v unto_o god_n yet_o so_o that_o he_o have_v his_o liberty_n to_o redeem_v it_o according_a to_o the_o value_n not_o of_o the_o land_n itself_o but_o of_o the_o seed_n and_o profit_n add_v a_o five_o part_n to_o it_o which_o do_v he_o may_v as_o safe_o take_v it_o back_o and_o use_v it_o as_o if_o he_o have_v never_o consecrate_v it_o but._n if_o he_o do_v not_o before_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n redeem_v it_o but_o let_v it_o go_v out_o in_o the_o jubilee_n that_o be_v let_v it_o lie_v unredeemed_a till_o that_o year_n come_v about_o he_o may_v neither_o then_o nor_o at_o all_o redeem_v it_o that_o field_n be_v to_o be_v holy_a to_o the_o lord_n as_o a_o field_n devote_v the_o possession_n that_o be_v the_o inheritance_n thereof_o shall_v be_v the_o priest_n vers_n 21._o so_o be_v it_o also_o in_o case_n it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o he_o that_o have_v sanctify_v it_o to_o the_o lord_n instead_o of_o redeem_v will_v underhand_o sell_v it_o to_o another_o man_n that_o sale_n be_v void_a and_o at_o the_o next_o jubilee_n the_o inheritance_n thereof_o be_v vest_v in_o the_o priest_n vers_n 20_o 21._o 2._o the_o lord_n distinguish_v between_o redeem_v and_o buy_v or_o sell_v redeem_v be_v the_o act_n of_o he_o that_o vow_v the_o field_n of_o his_o own_o possession_n buy_v be_v the_o purchase_n of_o the_o field_n of_o another_o for_o year_n not_o for_o ever_o because_o all_o land_n buy_v be_v to_o return_v to_o the_o first_o owner_n at_o the_o jubilee_n vers_fw-la 23_o 24._o so_o also_o be_v the_o sell_v of_o land_n which_o can_v not_o be_v for_o 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