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right_n and_o once_o nominate_v what_o it_o be_v claim_v and_o call_v it_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o ten_o as_o levit._n 27._o 30._o numb_a 18._o 20._o saying_n the_o ten_o be_v i_o 2._o from_o the_o time_n of_o nature_n if_o we_o come_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n all_o do_v know_v that_o from_o moses_n till_o christ_n the_o ten_o of_o all_o thing_n be_v account_v god_n part_n &_o that_o the_o lord_n make_v challenge_v thereunto_o as_o to_o his_o own_o proper_a right_n and_o peculiar_a portion_n the_o ten_o of_o the_o land_n be_v i_o all_o tithe_n be_v holy_a unto_o the_o lord_n and_o i_o have_v give_v the_o tithe_n unto_o levi_n and_o his_o seed_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v their_o inheritance_n and_o that_o malac._n 3._o 10._o he_o do_v charge_v the_o people_n that_o in_o withhold_v their_o tithe_n and_o offering_n they_o have_v rob_v he_o etc._n etc._n in_o these_o speech_n and_o their_o like_a we_o must_v note_v two_o thing_n first_o 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