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as_o suetonius_n in_o his_o life_n cap._n 7._o report_v sportulas_fw-la publicas_fw-la sustulit_fw-la revocata_fw-la coenarum_fw-la rectarum_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la which_o martial_a also_o remember_v in_o a_o epigram_n to_o domitian_n l._n 8._o grandia_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la quanto_fw-la major_a a_o dedisti_fw-la promissa_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la sportula_fw-la recta_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la sportula_fw-la nuptialis_fw-la signify_v the_o wedding_n feast_n or_o provision_n coelius_n rhodiginus_fw-la antiq._n lect_n l._n 28._o c._n 24._o apud_fw-la apuleium_n sportulas_fw-la legimus_fw-la nuptiales_fw-la quip_n inquit_fw-la ita_fw-la placuerat_fw-la insuburbana_fw-la villa_n potius_fw-la ut_fw-la conjungeremur_fw-la ne_fw-la cives_fw-la denuò_fw-la ad_fw-la sportulam_fw-la convolarent_fw-la sportula_fw-la convivalis_fw-la be_v describe_v also_o by_o coelius_n lib._n 27._o cap._n 24._o eranon_fw-la inquit_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la pluribus_fw-la differtum_fw-la occumbentibus_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ferat_fw-la sibi_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la quod_fw-la edat_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicebatur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la sportula_fw-la sportula_fw-la opipara_fw-la i_o may_v term_v that_o which_o be_v mention_v by_o tully_n in_o his_o epistle_n famil_n lib._n 9_o ep._n 20._o dediscendae_fw-la tibi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sportellae_fw-la &_o artologani_fw-la where_o some_o interpret_v sportellae_fw-la for_o those_o meat_n quae_fw-la secundis_fw-la mensis_fw-la numerantur_fw-la dish_n of_o the_o second_o course_n and_o great_a dainty_n so_o that_o sportula_fw-la presbyteria_fw-la be_v no_o base_a thing_n but_o a_o honourable_a congiary_n or_o portion_n of_o victual_n distribute_v to_o the_o clergy_n whether_o by_o the_o basket_n as_o the_o word_n signify_v or_o in_o vase_n nitido_fw-la as_o pius_n appoint_v it_o and_o thus_o much_o do_v the_o very_a place_n allege_v out_o of_o cyprian_a entreat_n where_o he_o say_v sportulis_fw-la idem_fw-la cum_fw-la presbyter_n be_v honorentur_fw-la what_o this_o sportula_fw-la contain_v i_o can_v declare_v but_o alexand_n ab_fw-la alexand._n genial_a dier_z lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o speak_v of_o the_o roman_a sportula_fw-la publica_fw-la say_v in_o qua_fw-la frequens_fw-la obsonium_fw-la panis_fw-la oleum_fw-la &_o porcina_fw-la caro_fw-la dari_fw-la solita_fw-la est_fw-la absque_fw-la vino_fw-la and_o domitius_n in_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o first_o satyr_n of_o juvenal_n much_o more_o full_o ex_fw-la sportula_fw-la omne_fw-la sibi_fw-la coemebant_fw-la que_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la victum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la cultum_fw-la pertinerent_fw-la so_o that_o sportula_fw-la presbyteria_fw-la seem_v to_o be_v then_o a_o cornu_fw-la copia_fw-la that_o minister_v unto_o the_o clergy_n all_o thing_n they_o have_v need_n of_o as_o well_o for_o clothing_n and_o other_o necessary_n as_o for_o sustenance_n for_o no_o doubt_n the_o people_n of_o god_n do_v at_o this_o time_n not_o only_o according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o apostle_n make_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n partaker_n of_o all_o their_o good_n but_o as_o abraham_n do_v also_o to_o melchisedek_n present_a unto_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a top_n and_o chief_a part_n thereof_o follow_v abraham_n in_o offer_v the_o fat_a and_o abhor_v to_o give_v the_o carrion_a thing_n unto_o god_n like_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o cain_n and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v no_o disgrace_n to_o the_o honourable_a minister_n of_o the_o church_n to_o live_v thus_o ex_fw-la sportula_fw-la let_v i_o note_v by_o the_o way_n that_o the_o king_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o world_n be_v likewise_o say_v to_o live_v ex_fw-la sportula_fw-la for_o their_o exchequer_n or_o treasury_n have_v thereupon_o the_o name_n of_o fiscus_n which_o word_n as_o appear_v by_o ascanius_n be_v all_o one_o with_o sportula_fw-la fisci_fw-la fiscinae_fw-la fiscellae_fw-la say_v he_o sportea_fw-la sunt_fw-la 307._o utensilia_fw-la ad_fw-la majoris_fw-la summae_fw-la pecunias_fw-la capiendas_fw-la unde_fw-la quia_fw-la major_a summa_fw-la est_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la publicae_fw-la quam_fw-la privatae_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la fiscus_fw-la pro_fw-la pecunia_fw-la publica_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la confiscare_fw-la dicatur_fw-la a_o little_a before_o he_o say_v sportae_fw-la sportulae_fw-la sportellae_fw-la munerum_fw-la sunt_fw-la receptacula_fw-la and_o let_v i_o also_o remember_v that_o in_o the_o eastern_a empire_n the_o master_n of_o the_o storehouse_n and_o wardrobe_n as_o well_o palatine_n as_o ecclesiastical_a be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o canistro_fw-la suidas_n vel_fw-la sportula_fw-la touch_v land_n though_o the_o church_n at_o this_o time_n have_v little_a yet_o be_v they_o not_o altogether_o without_o any_o as_o appear_v partly_o by_o that_o which_o eusebius_n report_v of_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la that_o under_o aurelian_a the_o emperor_n i._n e._n about_o the_o year_n 274._o he_o wrongful_o invade_v a_o house_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n but_o more_o ample_o by_o the_o edict_n of_o licinius_n and_o constantine_n where_o it_o 5._o be_v express_o command_v that_o all_o land_n and_o place_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o christian_n as_o well_o for_o their_o public_a use_n as_o in_o their_o private_a possession_n that_o have_v be_v take_v from_o they_o in_o the_o persecution_n of_o dioclesian_n shall_v be_v restore_v to_o they_o platina_n say_v that_o vrbane_n bishop_n of_o rome_n anno_fw-la 227._o first_o institute_v that_o the_o church_n may_v receive_v land_n and_o possession_n offer_v by_o the_o faithful_a and_o then_o show_v to_o what_o end_n she_o may_v enjoy_v they_o namely_o that_o the_o revenue_n thereof_o shall_v be_v distribute_v by_o portion_n to_o every_o man_n and_o that_o no_o man_n shall_v have_v they_o to_o his_o particular_a benefit_n vrbane_n himself_o in_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n attribute_v unto_o he_o affirm_v this_o usage_n to_o be_v more_o ancient_a say_v also_o that_o the_o bishop_n within_o their_o diocese_n and_o other_o faithful_a person_n appoint_v by_o they_o both_o do_v and_o ought_v to_o distribute_v these_o revenue_n in_o manner_n before_o mention_v add_v further_o that_o they_o be_v call_v the_o oblation_n of_o the_o faithful_a for_o that_o they_o be_v offer_v unto_o god_n and_o that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v otherwise_o employ_v then_o to_o ecclesiastical_a use_n the_o relief_n of_o christian_a brethren_n live_v together_o in_o common_a and_o of_o the_o poor_a people_n for_o that_o they_o be_v the_o vow_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o price_n of_o sin_n the_o patrimony_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o deliver_v over_o unto_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o work_n many_o account_v this_o epistle_n apocryphal_a i_o will_v therefore_o strengthen_v it_o with_o the_o opinion_n of_o origen_n a_o father_n of_o 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data_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la in_o cap._n 1._o evang._n joh._n tract_n 7._o to._n 10._o serm._n 15._o de_fw-fr verb._n domini_fw-la in_o evang._n mal._n ser._n 15._o tom._n 10_o numb_a 18._o 27._o tom._n 10._o fol._n 15._o 2_o chro._n 31._o 10._o lib._n 4._o lib._n 14._o pharsal_a 5._o in_o agamemnon_n cic._n in_o verrem_fw-la satis_fw-la amplum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la librum_fw-la conficiendum_fw-la praebet_fw-la argumentum_fw-la phil._n the_o 10._o praecep_n quia_fw-la omne_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la vivit_fw-la sive_fw-la terra_fw-la sive_fw-la â—lumina_fw-la sive_fw-la semina_fw-la vel_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la â—unt_fw-la aut_fw-la super_fw-la coelos_fw-la de_fw-fr reâ—tiâ—ud_fw-fr cath._n conver_v traâ—t_fw-la tom._n 4._o antiq._n jud._n l._n 4._o ca._n 3._o de_fw-fr rectitud_n cath._n convers._n tom._n 9_o sustulerunt_fw-la dominum_fw-la at_o non_fw-la servum_fw-la gen._n 14._o 20._o heb._n 7._o v._o 30._o nehem._n 10._o 37._o deut._n 16._o 16._o the_o ten_o of_o bullock_n and_o sheep_n and_o all_o that_o go_v under_o the_o rod_n command_v leu._n 32._o herodot_n clio._n lib._n 1._o f._n 36._o livy_n li._n 5._o pliny_n l._n 12._o c._n 24_o melpont_n l._n 4._o f._n 267._o thalia_n l._n 3._o f._n 1â—0_o note_n in_o ranis_fw-la decimas_fw-la nupeius_fw-la extortas_fw-la per_fw-la papas_n caal_n test_n ter_z primo_fw-la impositas_fw-la in_o council_n per_fw-la pelagium_fw-la papam_fw-la anno_fw-la 588._o damas._n pâ—_n patrim_n adiit_fw-la an._n 367._o hoc_fw-la confirm_v con._n hispalens_n tom._n 2._o et_fw-la approbat_fw-la pâ—r_v gualther_n &_o hospinian_n de_fw-fr origin_n honorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ca._n 3._o p._n 123._o de_fw-fr nat_n deo_fw-la l._n 2._o quis_fw-la scribit_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la naturalem_fw-la â—egem_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la aug._n desâ—rm_n domini_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr l._n 2._o instit._fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 3._o calv._n iâ—st_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o it_o seem_v 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xenia_fw-la &_o multam_fw-la abundantiam_fw-la rerum_fw-la optimarum_fw-la simul_fw-la exhibuit_fw-la &_o super_fw-la epulaâ—_n eum_fw-la collaudare_fw-la coepit_fw-la &_o benedicere_fw-la deum_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la subdiderat_fw-la inimicos_fw-la jos._n antiquit._n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o no_o fisâ—_n as_o though_o the_o curse_n extend_v not_o to_o the_o sea_n liv._o â—_o â—_o non_fw-la ideo_fw-la nobis_fw-la proponi_fw-la exempla_fw-la justorum_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n justificemur_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la imitantes_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la justificatore_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la
cost_v 80l._o beside_o legacy_n to_o several_a minister_n the_o particular_n be_v more_o full_o recite_v in_o the_o survey_v to_o which_o i_o refer_v pag._n 761._o ms_n ellen_n goulston_n relict_n of_o theodore_n goulston_n dr_n of_o physic_n a_o very_a learned_a man_n be_v possess_v of_o the_o impropriate_a parsonage_n of_o bardwell_n in_o suffolk_n do_v first_o procure_v from_o the_o king_n leave_v to_o annexe_v the_o same_o to_o the_o vicarage_n and_o to_o make_v it_o presentative_a and_o have_v former_o the_o donation_n of_o the_o vicarage_n she_o give_v they_o both_o thus_o annex_v free_o to_o st_n john_n college_n in_o oxon_n express_v many_o godly_a reason_n in_o a_o pious_a letter_n of_o her_o grant_n to_o advance_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n to_o her_o power_n and_o give_v the_o world_n some_o testimony_n that_o she_o have_v not_o be_v a_o fruitless_a observer_n of_o those_o who_o teach_v she_o that_o knowledge_n without_o its_o fruit_n and_o that_o love_n of_o christ_n 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ten_o which_o former_o it_o have_v and_o have_v also_o to_o this_o day_n among_o the_o papist_n who_o do_v not_o take_v away_o from_o the_o church_n but_o be_v ready_a to_o restore_v as_o they_o have_v do_v in_o many_o country_n content_n of_o the_o several_a treatise_n and_o chapter_n the_o large_a book_n of_o tithe_n contain_v these_o particular_n follow_v the_o introduction_n to_o it_o cap._n 1._o what_o thing_n be_v due_a unto_o god_n first_o a_o portion_n of_o our_o time_n pag._n 1_o cap._n 2_o the_o second_o sort_n of_o tribute_n that_o we_o be_v to_o render_v unto_o god_n that_o be_v a_o portion_n of_o our_o land_n pag._n 2_o cap._n 3_o that_o the_o portion_n of_o land_n assign_v to_o god_n must_v be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o habitation_n of_o the_o minister_n pag._n 3_o cap._n 4_o that_o christ_n release_v not_o the_o portion_n due_a to_o god_n out_o of_o our_o land_n pag._n 6_o cap._n 5_o what_o part_n in_o reason_n and_o by_o direction_n of_o nature_n may_v seem_v fit_a 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god_n pag._n 8_o cap._n 6_o concern_v the_o revenue_n and_o maintenance_n of_o the_o church_n in_o her_o infancy_n first_o in_o christ_n time_n then_o in_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n alexandria_n rome_n and_o africa_n pag._n 11_o cap._n 7_o that_o the_o service_n of_o the_o levite_n be_v clean_o alter_v from_o the_o first_o institution_n yet_o they_o enjoy_v their_o tithe_n pag._n 33_o §_o 1._o of_o templar_n levites_n §_o 2._o of_o provincial_n levites_n cap._n 8_o the_o great_a account_n make_v of_o priest_n in_o the_o old_a law_n and_o before_o pag._n 42_o cap._n 9_o when_o our_o saviour_n command_v the_o disciple_n shall_v take_v nothing_o with_o they_o but_o live_v of_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o faithful_a this_o bind_v not_o the_o disciple_n perpetual_o pag._n 44_o cap._n 10_o that_o many_o thing_n in_o the_o beginning_n both_o of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n be_v admit_v and_o omit_v for_o the_o present_a or_o reform_v afterward_o pag._n 46_o cap._n 11_o that_o upon_o the_o reason_n allege_v and_o other_o here_o ensue_v the_o use_n of_o tithing_n be_v omit_v in_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o these_o reason_n be_v draw_v ab_fw-la expediente_a the_o other_o à _fw-fr necessitate_v pag._n 51_o cap._n 12_o that_o minister_n must_v have_v plenty_n pag._n 55_o cap._n 13_o not_o to_o give_v less_o than_o the_o ten_o pag._n 57_o cap._n 14_o the_o etymology_n and_o definition_n of_o tithe_n and_o why_o a_o ten_o part_n rather_o then_o any_o other_o be_v due_a pag._n 67_o cap._n 15_o who_o shall_v pay_v tithe_n pag._n 76_o cap._n 16_o out_o of_o what_o thing_n tithe_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v pag._n 79_o cap._n 17_o that_o thing_n offer_v unto_o god_n be_v holy_a pag._n 62_o cap._n 18_o tithe_n must_v not_o be_v contemn_v because_o they_o be_v use_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n pag._n 64_o cap._n 19_o that_o the_o tradition_n of_o ancient_a father_n and_o counsel_n be_v not_o light_o to_o be_v regard_v pag._n 86_o cap._n 20_o ancient_a canon_n of_o counsel_n for_o payment_n of_o tithe_n pag._n 88_o cap._n 21_o in_o what_o right_a tithe_n be_v due_a and_o first_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n pag._n 93_o cap._n 22_o how_o far_o forth_o they_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n pag._n 94_o cap._n 23_o tithe_n in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n first_o consider_v in_o paradise_n pag._n 97_o cap._n 24_o the_o time_n of_o nature_n after_o the_o fall_n pag._n 100_o cap._n 25_o that_o they_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n pag._n 104_o cap._n 26_o that_o they_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n pag._n 113_o cap._n 27_o that_o they_o be_v due_a by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n pag._n 129_o cap._n 28_o tithe_n be_v not_o mere_o leviticall_a how_o it_o be_v and_o how_o not_o and_o wherein_o judaical_a pag._n 139_o §_o 1._o a_o objection_n touch_v sacrifice_n first-fruit_n and_o circumcision_n §_o 2._o touch_v the_o sabbath_n day_n easter_n and_o pentecost_n cap._n 29_o how_o appropriation_n begin_v pag._n 151_o §_o 1._o that_o after_o the_o appropriation_n the_o parsonage_n still_o continue_v spiritual_a pag._n 157_o §_o 2._o that_o no_o man_n proper_o be_v capable_a of_o a_o appropriation_n but_o spiritual_a man_n pag._n 159_o §_o 3._o what_o be_v grant_v to_o the_o king_n pag._n 161_o §_o 4._o whether_o tithe_n and_o appropriation_n belong_v to_o the_o monastery_n or_o not_o pag._n 163_o §_o 5._o in_o what_o sort_n they_o be_v grant_v to_o the_o king_n pag._n 164_o §_o 6._o that_o the_o king_n may_v not_o take_v they_o pag._n 165_o §_o 7._o of_o the_o statute_n of_o dissolution_n that_o take_v away_o impropriation_n from_o the_o church_n pag._n 167_o §_o 8._o that_o the_o king_n may_v better_o hold_v impropriation_n then_o his_o lay_v subject_n pag._n 169_o a_o apology_n of_o the_o treatise_n de_fw-fr non_fw-la temerandis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la a_o epistle_n to_o m._n rich_a carew_n concern_v tithe_n a_o treatise_n of_o impropriation_n by_o sir_n francis_n bigot_n knight_n of_o yorkshire_n a_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n prefix_v to_o the_o second_o edition_n of_o the_o first_o treatise_n print_v at_o edinburgh_n errata_fw-la &_o addenda_fw-la in_o the_o introduction_n pa._n 1._o owe_v r._n only_o pag._n 17._o quinto_fw-la r._n quinque_fw-la p._n 18._o city_n r._n citizen_n p._n 20._o abraham_n r._n abel_n p._n 67._o tâ—â—tum_fw-la r._n totum_fw-la p._n 68_o quaestorum_fw-la r._n quaesitorum_fw-la p._n 75._o caeduus_fw-la r._n arduus_fw-la p._n 78._o guest_n r._n gift_n p._n 82._o n._n f._n r._n ut_fw-la ff_n p._n 115._o peret_fw-la r._n peâ—et_o p._n 117._o therumatus_fw-la r._n therumahs_n p._n 166._o even_o christian_n r._n emne_a christian_a some_o place_n and_o quotation_n be_v defective_a in_o the_o original_n and_o can_v not_o easy_o be_v supply_v which_o the_o reader_n may_v please_v to_o excuse_v till_o further_a search_n can_v be_v make_v in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o benefactor_n and_o restorer_n of_o impropriation_n 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