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to_o the_o lessor_n and_o farmer_n of_o tithe_n to_o the_o incumbent_n and_o people_n and_o that_o the_o move_n of_o such_o novelty_n may_v occasion_v great_a trouble_n and_o commotion_n within_o the_o realm_n and_o will_v not_o then_o the_o abolish_n of_o all_o tithe_n in_o every_o parish_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o patron_n minister_n yea_o and_o people_n too_o as_o i_o shall_v prove_v anon_o the_o scandal_n of_o most_o godly_a man_n undo_v of_o thousand_o of_o family_n and_o confound_v all_o parish_n and_o order_n in_o they_o now_o much_o more_o do_v it_o in_o these_o dangerous_a general_o discontent_a time_n instead_o of_o settle_v unity_n amity_n peace_n and_o propagate_a the_o gospel_n as_o some_o pretend_v let_v those_o who_o it_o most_o concern_v consider_v it_o at_o their_o leisure_n lest_o they_o repent_v too_o late_o the_o next_o print_v statute_n for_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 20._o which_o in_o the_o preface_n give_v this_o true_a character_n of_o and_o fixeth_z this_o brand_n of_o infamy_n upon_o tithe_n detainer_n forasmuch_o as_o many_o evil_n dispose_v person_n such_o be_v they_o just_o brand_v for_o by_o this_o act_n of_o parliament_n have_v attempt_v to_o withhold_v their_o ten_o as_o well_o predial_a as_o personal_a and_o have_v also_o contemn_v and_o disobey_v the_o decree_n of_o ecclesiastical_a court_n of_o this_o realm_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o it_o enact_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o justice_n shall_v imprison_v such_o till_o they_o pay_v their_o tithe_n after_o which_o follow_v a_o special_a statute_n for_o payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o london_n 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 21._o confirm_v enlarge_v by_o a_o statute_n and_o decree_n too_o 37_o h._n 8_o c._n 7._o thus_o prefaced_a as_o if_o purposely_o pen_v for_o these_o time_n whereas_o divers_a and_o many_o person_n inhabit_v in_o sundry_a county_n and_o place_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o other_o the_o king_n dominion_n not_o regard_v their_o duty_n to_o almighty_a god_n or_o to_o the_o king_n our_o sovereign_a lord_n but_o in_o some_o year_n past_o more_o contemptuous_o and_o common_o presume_v to_o infringe_v the_o good_a and_o wholesome_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o gracious_a commandment_n of_o our_o say_a sovereign_a lord_n than_o in_o time_n past_a have_v be_v see_v or_o know_v have_v not_o let_v to_o subtract_v and_o withdraw_v the_o lawful_a and_o accustom_a tithe_n of_o corn_n hay_o pasturage_n and_o other_o sort_n of_o tithe_n and_o oblation_n common_o due_a etc._n etc._n after_o which_o it_o provide_v a_o remedy_n by_o coercive_a mean_n against_o the_o detainer_n refuser_n of_o minister_n tithe_n the_o last_o and_o full_a statute_n for_o payment_n of_o tithe_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o set_v one_o predial_a tithe_n true_o just_o and_o without_o fraud_n or_o guile_n as_o have_v of_o right_n be_v yield_v and_o pay_v make_v not_o by_o papist_n but_o our_o most_o religious_a first_o protestant_a parliament_n and_o king_n upon_o the_o begin_n of_o reformation_n and_o when_o popery_n be_v eject_v be_v 2_o e._n 6._o c._n 13._o entitle_v a_o act_n for_o the_o true_a payment_n of_o tithe_n under_o pain_n of_o forfeit_v the_o treble_a value_n etc._n etc._n recoverable_a by_o a_o action_n of_o debt_n etc._n etc._n at_o the_o common_a law_n what_o judgement_n have_v be_v give_v upon_o these_o statute_n in_o our_o king_n court_n from_o time_n to_o time_n you_o may_v read_v in_o brook_n fitzherbert_n and_o the_o year-book_n in_o ash_n table_n title_n dime_n and_o in_o sir_n edward_n cook_n 2_o institutes_n p._n 639_o to_o 662._o to_o these_o i_o may_v subjoin_v the_o late_a ordinance_n of_o the_o last_o parliament_n of_o 17_o caroli_n concern_v tithe_n and_o augmentation_n of_o minister_n live_n like_a to_o end_v not_o only_o in_o the_o diminution_n but_o total_a annihilation_n and_o substraction_n both_o of_o their_o augmentation_n ancient_a glebe_n tithe_n due_n the_o constitution_n of_o our_o clergy_n in_o their_o convocation_n under_o our_o king_n record_v in_o lindwood_n john_n de_fw-fr aton_n willielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr burgo_n and_o other_o prescribe_v the_o due_a payment_n of_o tithe_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n as_o likewise_o the_o resolution_n of_o our_o judge_n concern_v the_o right_n of_o tithe_n and_o case_n that_o no_o layman_n by_o our_o law_n can_v prescribe_v to_o be_v exemple_v from_o payment_n of_o tithe_n or_o lay_v any_o original_a claim_n unto_o they_o with_o the_o law_n of_o foreign_a kingdom_n as_o well_o civil_a as_o ecclesiastical_a for_o the_o due_a payment_n of_o tithe_n whereof_o you_o may_v find_v store_n in_o fredericus_fw-la lindebrogus_n codex_fw-la legum_n antiquarum_fw-la p._n 674_o 675_o 703_o etc._n etc._n capitularia_fw-la caroli_n magni_fw-la &_o ludovici_n in_o brochellus_n decret_n ecclesiae_fw-la gallicanae_n l._n 6._o tit_n 8._o de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la in_fw-la binius_fw-la surius_n and_o other_o in_o their_o collection_n of_o council_n but_o for_o brevity_n sake_n i_o shall_v cite_v only_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o emperor_n frederick_n for_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o sicilia_n which_o be_v short_a and_o very_o pertinent_a 703._o constitutionum_fw-la sicularum_fw-la l._n 1._o tit_n 7._o lex_fw-la 1._o which_o run_v thus_o quamò_fw-la caeteris_fw-la terrae_fw-la principibus_fw-la munifica_fw-la dextra_fw-la salvatoris_fw-la in_o temporalibus_fw-la nos_fw-la praefecit_fw-la tantò_fw-la saltem_fw-la juris_fw-la naturalis_fw-la instinctu_fw-la ad_fw-la antedicta_fw-la strictius_fw-la obligamur_fw-la cum_fw-la etiam_fw-la veritate_fw-la dicente_fw-la cui_fw-la amplius_fw-la creditur_fw-la amplius_fw-la exigatur_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nostrae_fw-la mentis_fw-la intrinseca_fw-la meditatione_n solicita_fw-la revolventes_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la etiam_fw-la attendentes_fw-la ☜_o quod_fw-la divino_fw-la decimarum_fw-la quarum_fw-la debitum_fw-la ex_fw-la utriusque_fw-la testamenti_fw-la tabulis_fw-la confirmatur_fw-la let_v all_o tith-oppugners_a observe_v it_o tanâ—i_o in_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la petidatior_fw-la redditur_fw-la quanâ—ò_fw-la decimalis_fw-la obligatio_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la hominum_fw-la a_fw-la damno_fw-la reputatur_fw-la officialibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la universis_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la praesentis_fw-la legis_fw-la auctoritato_n mandamus_fw-la ut_fw-la decimas_fw-la integras_fw-la prout_fw-la regis_fw-la gulielmi_n tempore_fw-la praedecessoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la officialibus_fw-la &_o bavilis_fw-la exolutae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la locorum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la exolvere_fw-la absque_fw-la omni_fw-la difficultate_fw-la procurent_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la favente_fw-la domino_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_o praeeminenti_fw-la culmine_fw-la constituti_fw-la quantum_fw-la sine_fw-la injuria_fw-la regalium_fw-la possumus_fw-la tollerare_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la jura_n &_o praesertim_fw-la earum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la consistunt_fw-la quas_fw-la sub_fw-la protectione_n nostra_fw-la accepimus_fw-la et_fw-la habemus_fw-la in_o nullo_n diminuere_fw-la volumus_fw-la sed_fw-la augere_fw-la subjectis_fw-la etiam_fw-la nostris_fw-la indicimus_fw-la ut_fw-la decimas_fw-la quas_fw-la de_fw-la bladis_fw-la et_fw-la donis_fw-la suis_fw-la antecessores_fw-la eorum_fw-la praedicti_fw-la regis_fw-la gulielni_fw-la tempore_fw-la praestituerunt_fw-la vener_n abilibus_fw-la locis_fw-la quibus_fw-la decimae_fw-la istae_fw-la debentur_fw-la cum_fw-la integritate_fw-la persolvant_fw-la to_o which_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v that_o 19â—_n stephen_n king_n of_o hungaria_n under_o who_o that_o kingdom_n be_v first_o total_o convert_v to_o the_o christian_a faith_n as_o he_o build_v and_o endow_v many_o magnificent_a church_n for_o god_n worship_n at_o his_o own_o cost_n so_o he_o enact_v this_o good_a law_n for_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n that_o he_o who_o refuse_v to_o pay_v his_o tithe_n shall_v forfeit_v the_o 9_o part_n to_o the_o minister_n and_o he_o who_o shall_v steal_v the_o tithe_n shall_v be_v repute_v a_o thief_n si_fw-mi cui_fw-la deus_fw-la decem_fw-la dederit_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la decimam_fw-la deo_fw-la det_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la decimam_fw-la svam_fw-la abscondit_fw-la novem_n solvat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la decimationem_fw-la episcopo_fw-la separatam_fw-la furatus_fw-la suerit_fw-la dijudicetur_fw-la ut_fw-la fur_n ac_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la compositio_fw-la tota_fw-la pertineat_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la and._n c._n 1._o de_fw-fr statu_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la &_o veneratione_n domus_fw-la dei_fw-la he_o enact_v this_o good_a law_n against_o the_o invasion_n and_o alienation_n of_o the_o church_n possession_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1000_o quisquis_fw-la fastu_fw-la superbiae_fw-la elatus_fw-la domum_fw-la dei_fw-la ducit_fw-la contemptibilem_fw-la &_o possessiones_fw-la deo_fw-la consecratas_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la sub_fw-la regius_fw-la immunitatis_fw-la defension_n constitutas_fw-la inhoneste_a tractarit_fw-mi vel_fw-la infringere_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la quasi_fw-la invasor_n et_fw-la violator_n domus_fw-la dei_fw-la excommunicetur_fw-la decet_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la indignationem_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dom._n regis_fw-la sentiat_fw-la cujus_fw-la benevolentiae_fw-la contemptor_n &_o constitutionis_fw-la praevaricator_n existit_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la tamen_fw-la rex_fw-la suae_fw-la concessionis_fw-la immunitatem_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ditioni_fw-la suae_fw-la subjectis_fw-la illaesam_fw-la conservari_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la
who_o flourish_v but_o 200._o year_n after_o christ_n modicum_fw-la uâ—â—squisque_fw-la stipem_fw-la menstrua_fw-la die_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la volit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la modo_fw-la possit_fw-la apponit_fw-la nam_fw-la nemo_fw-la compellitur_fw-la there_o be_v no_o need_n when_o they_o be_v so_o free_a of_o their_o own_o accord_n sed_fw-la sponte_fw-la conâ—ert_fw-la haec_fw-la quasi_fw-la deposita_fw-la pietatis_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o though_o their_o monthly_a stipend_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o great_a poverty_n be_v thus_o term_v small_a comparative_o to_o what_o they_o be_v before_o the_o persecution_n yet_o indeed_o they_o be_v very_o large_a consider_v in_o themselves_o as_o by_o the_o same_o author_n follow_v word_n in_o this_o apology_n c._n 42._o appear_v plus_fw-fr nostra_fw-la misericordia_fw-la insumit_v vicatim_fw-la quam_fw-la vestra_fw-la religio_fw-la templatim_fw-la they_o bestow_v more_o in_o a_o liberal_a free_a way_n of_o christian_a charity_n in_o every_o village_n towards_o their_o minister_n and_o poor_a than_o the_o wealthy_a pagan_a roman_n do_v in_o their_o temple_n and_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o paganism_n in_o the_o 9th_o general_a persecution_n of_o the_o christian_n about_o 273_o year_n after_o christ_n or_o before_o the_o 9â—_n governor_n of_o rome_n tell_v saint_n laurence_n the_o martyr_n archdeacon_n to_o pope_n xistus_fw-la the_o 2d_o and_o treasurer_n of_o the_o christian_n oblation_n for_o the_o minister_n maintenance_n and_o poors_z relief_n that_o the_o common_a report_n than_o be_v how_o the_o christian_n do_v frequent_o cell_n their_o land_n and_o disinherit_v their_o child_n like_o those_o in_o the_o act_n to_o enrich_v the_o minister_n and_o relieve_v the_o poor_a bring_v thousand_o of_o sestertii_fw-la at_o a_o time_n to_o st._n laurence_n out_o of_o the_o sale_n of_o their_o land_n so_o as_o their_o treasury_n be_v so_o great_a that_o he_o think_v to_o seize_v on_o it_o for_o a_o prey_n which_o their_o bountiful_a liberality_n 2._o prudentius_n thus_o poetical_o express_v offer_v fundis_fw-la venditis_fw-la sistertiorum_n millia_fw-la addicta_fw-la avorum_fw-la praedia_fw-la faedis_fw-la sub_fw-la auctionibus_fw-la successor_n exhaere_n gemit_fw-la sanctis_fw-la egens_fw-la parentibus_fw-la et_fw-la summa_fw-la pietasli_fw-la creditur_fw-la nudare_fw-la dulces_fw-la beros_fw-la what_o need_v then_o any_o law_n to_o compel_v the_o christian_n to_o pay_v tithe_n or_o minister_n due_n when_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o persecution_n they_o be_v so_o bountiful_a to_o they_o and_o the_o poor_a as_o thus_o voluntary_o to_o contribute_v their_o whole_a estate_n for_o their_o support_n who_o precedent_n if_o the_o caviller_n against_o our_o present_a penal_a law_n ordinance_n for_o tithe_n will_v imitate_v no_o minister_n nor_o other_o voluntary_a tith-payer_n will_v oppose_v their_o repeal_n and_o though_o in_o these_o primitive_a time_n of_o persecution_n the_o christian_n be_v spoil_v of_o their_o land_n and_o possession_n can_v not_o pay_v tithe_n in_o kind_n in_o most_o place_n but_o be_v necessitate_v to_o such_o voluntary_a contribution_n as_o these_o yet_o without_o all_o peradventure_o they_o hold_v the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n to_o minister_n in_o kind_n a_o divine_a moral_a duty_n and_o in_o some_o place_n and_o at_o some_o time_n when_o and_o where_o they_o can_v do_v voluntary_o pay_v tithe_n as_o a_o duty_n for_o their_o maintenance_n without_o any_o coercive_a law_n or_o canon_n upon_o the_o bare_a demand_n or_o exhortation_n of_o their_o minister_n by_o virtue_n of_o god_n own_o divine_a law_n as_o be_v undeniable_a by_o irenaeus_n l._n 4._o c._n 34._o who_o record_n that_o the_o christian_n in_o his_o time_n be_v but_o 180._o year_n after_o christ_n do_v not_o give_v less_o to_o their_o minister_n than_o the_o jew_n do_v to_o their_o priest_n by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n who_o receive_v the_o consecrate_a tithe_n of_o their_o people_n but_o more_o design_v omne_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la all_o they_o have_v to_o the_o lord_n use_v hilariter_fw-la ac_fw-la liberaliter_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la minâ—ra_fw-la give_v cheerful_o and_o free_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o less_o than_o tithe_n as_o have_v great_a hope_n than_o they_o and_o further_o confirm_v by_o origen_n homil._n 11_o in_o numeros_fw-la saint_n cyprian_a lib._n 1._o epist_n 9_o de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o word_n of_o saint_n augustine_n hom._n 48._o majores_fw-la nostri_fw-la ideo_fw-la copiis_fw-la abundabant_fw-la quia_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la dabant_fw-la and_o the_o second_o council_n of_o mascin_n an._n 586._o can._n 5._o leges_fw-la divinae_fw-la consulentes_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ac_fw-la ministris_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pro_fw-la haereditaria_fw-la portione_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la praeâ—eperunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la fructuum_fw-la suorum_fw-la 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