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that_o give_v thou_o power_n to_o get_v riches_n deut._n 8.18_o and_o so_o some_o follow_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o place_n translate_v it_o communicate_v to_o thy_o teacher_n in_o all_o thy_o good_n although_o it_o be_v literal_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o all_o good_a thing_n neither_o three_o do_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n former_o mention_v but_o speak_v as_o much_o for_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o he_o do_v well_o approve_v of_o those_o small_a tithe_n of_o mint_n annise_v and_o rue_n thereby_o 12._o thereby_o mr._n rob._n revenue_n of_o the_o gospel_n c._n 12._o intimate_v that_o whereas_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n do_v order_n and_o bring_v forth_o as_o well_o the_o least_o branch_n of_o little_a herb_n as_o the_o whole_a valley_n of_o corn_n and_o whole_a herd_n of_o cattle_n so_o it_o be_v good_a reason_n that_o the_o lord_n be_v pay_v his_o tribute_n or_o ten_o out_o of_o those_o small_a and_o tender_a crop_n as_o well_o as_o out_o of_o those_o 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such_o as_o they_o can_v be_v in_o the_o first_o sound_n of_o a_o church_n the_o planter_n and_o waterer_n be_v send_v from_o place_n to_o place_n and_o thing_n not_o settle_v till_o a_o long_a while_n after_o as_o anon_o shall_v be_v further_o show_v here_o therefore_o be_v no_o ordinance_n for_o a_o continue_a maintenance_n their_o take_n of_o benevolence_n prove_v no_o such_o thing_n no_o more_o than_o their_o go_n from_o place_n to_o place_n prove_v that_o a_o church_n shall_v be_v always_o unsettle_a and_o therefore_o his_o ordinance_n be_v of_o old_a &_o so_o this_o even_n so_o can_v plead_v for_o nothing_o else_o to_o be_v ordinary_o receive_v than_o tithe_n and_o offering_n for_o even_o so_o have_v the_o lord_n ordain_v and_o why_o even_o so_o or_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n but_o because_o god_n part_n be_v certain_o annex_v to_o god_n worship_n the_o rate_n or_o measure_v whereof_o beside_o offering_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o ten_o of_o all_o that_o wherewith_o the_o lord_n year_n by_o year_n bless_v his_o people_n this_o be_v that_o main_a and_o principal_a tithe_n 18.1_o deut._n 18.1_o which_o in_o deuteronomy_n be_v call_v the_o tithe_n of_o inheritance_n as_o afterward_o more_o full_o shall_v be_v show_v bullinger_n in_o the_o ten_o sermon_n of_o his_o five_o decade_n speak_v not_o so_o much_o of_o tithe_n as_o of_o stipend_n to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n yet_o when_o he_o come_v to_o this_o of_o saint_n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o so_o have_v the_o lord_n ordain_v he_o than_o conclude_v thus_o but_o i_o judge_v say_v he_o this_o especial_o to_o be_v observe_v which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o plain_a word_n viz._n that_o the_o lord_n institute_v his_o ordinance_n concern_v the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o minister_n unto_o the_o imitati_fw-la 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o of_o the_o jewish_a people_n hereof_o we_o gather_v that_o we_o miss_v not_o much_o the_o work_n if_o in_o this_o and_o 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