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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81121	Lawles tythe-robbers discovered: who make tythe-revenue a mock-mayntenance, being encouraged thereunto by the defect of law and justice about ministers maintenance; and by the cavills and pretended objections against it. Which defect of law and justice is herein fully discovered, together with the frauds and wrongs occasioned by that defect, that they may be prevented by better laws, and more impartiall justice, now in Parliament-time, wherein remedies have always been most speedy and certain. Herein the many cavills and pretended objections made against tythes, and all setled maintenance of ministers are recited and confuted. Herein also, some motives to the higher powers for speedy relief of ministers, by better laws. Together with some humble proposals of means for the rooting out and preventing of those frauds and wrongs. Imprimature, Edm. Calamy.	Culmer, Richard, d. 1662.	1651 (1651)	Wing C7480; Thomason E829_18	47,813	43

LAWLES TYTHE-ROBBERS Discovered Who make Tythe-Revenue a Mock-Mayntenance Being encouraged thereunto by the Defect of Law and Justice about Ministers maintenance and by the Cavills and pretended Objections against it WHICH Defect of Law and Justice is herein fully discovered together with the Frauds and Wrongs occasioned by that Defect that they may be prevented by better Laws and more impartiall Justice now in Parliament-time wherein Remedies have always been most speedy and certain HEREIN The many Cavills and pretended Objections made against Tythes and all setled maintenance of Ministers are recited and confuted Herein also Some Motives to the Higher Powers for speedy relief of Ministers by better Laws Together with Some humble Proposals of means for the rooting out and preventing of those Frauds and Wrongs Seeke judgement relieve the oppressed Esa 1.17 Be not deceived God is not mocked Gal. 6.7 Ex malis moribus bonae nascuntur Leges Imprimatur Edm. Calamy LONDON Printed for Thomas Newbery in Cornhil neer the Royall Exchange 1655. To the Right HONOVRABLE The High Court of Parliament of the Commonwealth of ENGLAND c. Honourable Sirs ALthough the many strong endeavours which have of late been used to take away or unsettle by law the publique maintenance of the setled Ministry of this Nation have hitherto proved abortive yet woful experience tells us that for want of better Lawes for the true payment thereof that maintenance is de facto very much impeached all the Nation over both in City and Countrey to the utter undoing of many Ministers their Wives and Families whose cries are gone up to Heaven of which cries this is but an Eccho For remedy of which crying grievance and oppression the putting of all former Lawes and Ordinances for Tithes in force will not prove a plaister large enough without better Lawes as is herein cleerly demonstrated Two things I conceive will be alledged against the ensuing Discovery The one is that it teacheth men to defraud in Tything But the truth is Tythe-payers as experience shewes in all places are not now to learn any of those fraudulent practices which are grown an Hereditary disease in many Families being propagated from the unrighteous Father to the Son The other Objection against such Tracts as these is That they are but the voice of Covetousness But such cavillers are wilfully ignorant For this cause touching Ministers maintenance is not cause of any private Interest but a cause which God himself by his Prophets and Apostles hath asserted and been zealo●● in as Scrip●●●●●he● And the Primitive Fathers 〈…〉 of the Church have cried out against such 〈…〉 Ministers maintenance which maintenance hath not onely been asserted by Ministers who may seem to seek themselves this Interest of Religion being mixed with their own Interest But hath been learnedly and zealously asserted by those which have been no Ministers nor Preachers yet men of Renown for godly wisdome in all Ages who against their own private Interest have as their Books declare asserted and pleaded in this cause The Catalogue of their writings I need not rehearse nor tell you how many Worthies have freely given up their estates in Impropriations to advance and increase the liberal and certain maintenance of Ministers by Tythes And for further satisfaction to such as shall say that imputation upon this Discovery I hope they are convinced that Robbed People cannot be justly aspersed with Covetousnesse because they raise a Hue and Cry after Theeves and cry out for Law and Justice against them and give evidence against them to the Magistrate describing their villanies in every Circumstance which is the chief aime of the following Discourse which I humbly present to your Honours wise and favourable Construction And craving pardon for my boldnesse in all submission I remain Your daily Oratour at the Throne of Grace Richard Culmer Lawless Tythe-Robbers discovered c. CHAP. I. THat good Laws have been occasioned by evil manners and that evil manners call for good Laws to suppress and prevent them is an experimental and undeniable truth that the evil manners the unjust fraudulent oppressive practices of Tythe-payers are now more then ever audacious and the violence of their oppressive carriage grown to that height and excesse that it can no longer be endured is known and felt by thousands which wickednes former Law-makers were unacquainted with whose Laws are now out-plodded It is then high-time to detect and set out their wickednesse to the Magistrate that it may be speedily suppressed by good Laws to this end and purpose tends the ensuing Discovery of the Lawless Tythe-robber The only fundamental Law for the true payment of Tythes is as followeth in the Statute of 2 Ed. 6.13 Every of the Kings Subjects shall from hence-forth truly and justly without fraud or guile divide set out yield and pay all manner of their prediall Tythes in their proper kinde as they arise and happen in such manner and form as hath been of right yielded and paid within fourty years next before the making of this Act or of right or custome ought to have been paid and that no person shall from hence-forth take or carry away any such or like Tythes which have been yielded and paid within the said fourty years or of right ought to have been paid in the place or places tytheable of the same before he hath justly divided and set forth for tythe thereof the tenth part of the same or otherwise agreed for the same tythes under the pain of forfeiture of treble value of the tythes so taken or carried away And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid that at all times whatsoever as often as the said prediall tythes shall be due at the tything time of the same it to be lawfull for every party to whom any of the said tythes ought to be paid or his deputy or servant to view and see their said tythes to be justly and truly set forth and severed from the nine parts and the same quietly to take and carry away Now I shall make it appear that notwithstanding this Law or any other Act or Ordinance founded thereupon The deceitful Tythe-payer hath found out frauds and evasions to make void the true intent of this L●w and without peri● or damage to chea● the Tythe-receiver For the plain di●covery of thes● frauds I shall reduce them to three s●rts First the craft used before the tythe is set out to keep the Tythe-receiver from seeing his tythes set out that the Tythe-payer may defraud and ●●eal a● he list in the tythe-receivers absence Secondly the crafts they use at the time of Tything Thirdly the frauds they vse after the Tythes are set out First the frauds which unjust Tyth-payers use before any tythe is set out to keep the Tythe-receiver from seeing his tythes justly set out The substance of the recited Law is That the Tythe-payer must set out his tythes truly and justly and that he shall suffer the Tythe-receiver to see his tythe set