Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	apostle_n	gospel_n	word_n	3,444	5	4.1556	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94380	Tyth-gatherers, no gospel officers. Or, Certaine briefe observations concerning the institution and paying of tythes, whereby it appears that men were never compelled to the payment of them in the Old Testament, nor did ever practice it in the New: that the Gospel contributions were all voluntary accounted as a free gift, not a debt; the apostles themselves, not only choosing to labour with their owne hands, but requiring all their successours to doe the like, that they might not bee chargeable to any of their disciples. Together with some quotations out of Mr. Selden, a Member of the House of Commons, his History of Tythes, for the writing whereof he was much troubled by the Episcopall tythmongers of those times, from whom the Presbyterian church-publicans of these days, have learnt to persecute with far greater violence, all such as doe but speak against their Gospel-taxations, ...	Selden, John, 1584-1654. Historie of tithes.	1646 (1646)	Wing T1307B; Thomason E319_2; ESTC R200552	24,975	30

the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n christian_n reader_n this_o little_a pamphlet_n will_v not_o have_v need_v a_o preparatory_a epistle_n be_v there_o not_o among_o we_o a_o very_a great_a generation_n who_o be_v party_n in_o the_o point_n i_o speak_v of_o i_o shall_v therefore_o crave_v leave_n to_o propound_v unto_o they_o before_o they_o read_v it_o whether_o the_o clergy-belly_n of_o these_o time_n can_v be_v any_o whit_n better_a christian_n than_o demetrius_n the_o silver-smith_n with_o his_o craftsman_n act_n 19_o 19.20_o etc._n etc._n whilst_o they_o cry_v out_o great_a be_v the_o god_n of_o tithe_n sacred_a be_v the_o duty_n of_o tithe_n of_o tithe_n we_o fill_v and_o swill_v hold_v belly_n hold_v be_v it_o not_o for_o tithe_n learning_n will_v be_v neglect_v the_o ministry_n despise_v and_o we_o must_v take_v pain_n like_o other_o silly_a people_n of_o the_o laity_n let_v we_o rather_o cram_v the_o prison_n full_a as_o we_o do_v our_o gut_n with_o tithe_n pig_n of_o all_o such_o as_o sacrilegious_o refuse_v to_o pay_v we_o tithe_n let_v i_o likewise_o entreat_v they_o to_o consider_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o tyth-spirit_n the_o spirit_n of_o covetousness_n which_o cause_v the_o master_n of_o the_o damsel_n out_o of_o who_o paul_n cast_v the_o evil_a spirit_n act._n 16.16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o etc._n etc._n not_o only_o to_o hang_v back_o from_o receive_v the_o gospel_n but_o even_o to_o persecute_v the_o apostle_n for_o cut_v off_o that_o devilish_a gain_n which_o the_o evil_a spirit_n have_v wont_a to_o bring_v they_o let_v they_o interrogate_v their_o own_o conscience_n whether_o they_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v scripture_n or_o good_a doctrine_n that_o a_o gift_n blind_v the_o wise_a and_o pervert_v the_o word_n of_o the_o righteous_a ex._n 23.8_o deut._n 16.19_o that_o it_o destroy_v the_o heart_n ecclesiaste_v 20.29_o corrupt_v their_o very_a understanding_n in_o such_o manner_n that_o they_o even_o persuade_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o the_o right_n when_o they_o be_v never_o more_o in_o the_o wrong_n let_v such_o i_o say_v who_o always_o have_v and_o still_o have_v the_o faculty_n of_o their_o soul_n imprint_v with_o this_o gift_n or_o rather_o theft_n of_o tithe_n consider_v and_o suspect_v themselves_o to_o be_v no_o competent_a judge_n how_o much_o this_o gospel-tithing_n savour_v of_o judaisme_n antichristianisme_n and_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o subject_n prop●e●y_v be_v thus_o prepare_v i_o shall_v desire_v they_o with_o i_o to_o observe_v that_o the_o levite_n be_v exclude_v from_o possess_v any_o inheritance_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n unless_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v they_o his_o own_o portion_n and_o inheritance_n the_o tithe_n deut._n 18_o 1.2_o they_o must_v have_v starve_v and_o yet_o we_o find_v not_o that_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o any_o compulsive_a power_n for_o levy_v and_o bring_v in_o this_o contribution_n of_o tithe_n but_o under_o the_o gospel_n where_o the_o whole_a land_n be_v open_a and_o free_a to_o all_o alike_o to_o clergy_n as_o well_o as_o to_o laity_n to_o purchase_v and_o keep_v possession_n of_o where_o the_o apostle_n practice_n be_v to_o labour_v with_o their_o own_o hand_n 1_o thess_n 2.9_o and_o paul_n express_a command_n to_o all_o in_o general_a that_o if_o any_o will_v not_o work_v he_o shall_v not_o eat_v 2_o thess_n 3.10_o for_o a_o supposititious_a illegitimate_a tribe_n of_o levi_n who_o be_v not_o above_o the_o five_o hundred_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n there_o be_v upon_o calculation_n think_v to_o be_v not_o above_o one_o clergyman_n to_o every_o 500_o man_n and_o woman_n to_o lay_v claim_n to_o and_o by_o violence_n possess_v themselves_o of_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o increase_n free_a of_o all_o charge_n which_o in_o valuation_n be_v better_a than_o if_o the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n be_v divide_v among_o they_o for_o gleab-land_n whereof_o most_o of_o they_o have_v some_o small_a pittance_n beside_o their_o tithe_n be_v the_o great_a cheat_n and_o robbery_n which_o be_v ever_o practise_v i_o say_v yet_o more_o brief_o that_o if_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o 500_o part_n the_o clergy_n as_o i_o say_v before_o be_v but_o as_o one_o to_o 500_o by_o computation_n beside_o the_o free_a denization_n which_o they_o enjoy_v in_o common_a withal_o other_o people_n run_v away_o with_o about_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o five_o share_n i_o mean_v with_o about_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o five_o time_n as_o much_o as_o any_o of_o their_o fellow_n oh_o prodigy_n of_o covetousness_n but_o i_o must_v decipher_v it_o more_o clear_o suppose_v there_o be_v 500_o man_n and_o woman_n in_o a_o country_n parish_n and_o all_o the_o land_n in_o that_o parish_n to_o be_v worth_a 2000_o l._n by_o the_o year_n the_o minister_n who_o be_v but_o one_o of_o the_o aforesaid_a 500_o pretend_v 200_o l._n for_o his_o tithe_n of_o the_o abovesaid_a 2000_o l._n clear_a of_o all_o charge_n which_o say_v charge_n on_o all_o arable_a ground_n one_o with_o another_o for_o manure_v seed-corne_n and_o reap_v etc._n etc._n or_o of_o stocking_n pasture_n ground_n together_o with_o the_o hazard_n of_o a_o small_a crop_n or_o death_n of_o cattle_n be_v so_o great_a as_o that_o the_o landlord_n to_o be_v free_a of_o pay_v tithe_n the_o ten_o sheaf_n clear_a of_o charge_n have_v better_o give_v the_o five_o acre_n of_o all_o their_o land_n for_o gleab-land_n unto_o the_o minister_n thus_o than_o their_o tithe_n of_o 2000_o l._n amount_v in_o valuation_n unto_o the_o five_o part_n of_o 2000_o l._n which_o be_v 400_o l._n &_o this_o 400_o l._n for_o the_o minister_n be_v take_v out_o of_o 2000_o l._n which_o be_v the_o whole_a revenue_n of_o the_o parish_n land_n there_o remain_v 1600_o l._n to_o be_v divide_v among_o 499._o man_n and_o woman_n who_o be_v the_o parishioner_n which_o be_v not_o full_a 3_o l._n 4_o s._n 1_o d._n ½_n a_o pecce_fw-la whereas_o the_o minister_n devour_v 400_o l._n which_o be_v more_o than_o any_o 124._o of_o his_o parishioner_n enjoy_v upon_o such_o a_o calculation_n suppose_v they_o to_o be_v all_o poor_a or_o all_o rich_a alike_o and_o yet_o the_o unsatiablenesse_n of_o these_o clergy-belly_n be_v not_o here_o with_o content_n but_o they_o lie_v claim_v to_o tithe_n on_o house_n rend_v and_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o whatsoever_o any_o person_n of_o any_o profession_n do_v any_o way_n lawful_o advance_v to_o be_v due_a unto_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n both_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n unless_o some_o special_a custom_n composition_n or_o privilege_n of_o the_o place_n allow_v by_o law_n exempt_v he_o they_o be_v the_o very_a word_n of_o that_o episcopal_a presbyterial_a ambodexterous_a tythe-champion_n for_o tithe_n be_v a_o common_a motto_n to_o both_o party_n dr._n burgess_n a_o eminent_a member_n of_o this_o present_a assembly_n in_o a_o discourse_n of_o his_o entitle_v a_o new_a discovery_n of_o personal_a tithe_n or_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o man_n clear_a gain_n etc._n etc._n p._n 1._o as_o i_o find_v it_o observe_v in_o john_n the_o baptist_n chap._n 2_o about_o christ_n order_n and_o the_o disciple_n practice_n corcern_v the_o minister_n maintenance_n etc._n etc._n but_o why_o trow_v do_v not_o the_o dr._n with_o his_o brethren_n in_o covetousness_n as_o well_o claim_v tithe_n of_o child_n as_o of_o fruit_n and_o personal_a gain_n whereof_o we_o find_v not_o the_o least_o mention_n in_o either_o of_o the_o testament_n sure_o they_o will_v not_o continue_v so_o indulgent_a they_o will_v not_o bate_v we_o our_o child_n can_v they_o but_o get_v it_o once_o enact_v that_o it_o may_v be_v lawful_a for_o they_o to_o sell_v tithe_n child_n in_o the_o market_n as_o well_o as_o tithe_v pig_n and_o to_o deal_v clear_o the_o leviticall_a law_n from_o whence_o they_o seek_v to_o colour_v tithe_n subject_v every_o first_o bear_v whether_o it_o be_v of_o man_n or_o beast_n unto_o this_o tax_n of_o tithe_n it_o fall_v unto_o the_o priest_n share_n leu._n 13.2_o c._n 22.29_o numb_a 18.15_o the_o leviticall_a priest_n be_v to_o have_v the_o first_o bear_v of_o child_n unless_o they_o be_v redeem_v and_o our_o english_a priest_n can_v they_o but_o get_v a_o ordinance_n of_o lord_n and_o commons_o for_o it_o as_o well_o as_o tithe_n i_o shall_v not_o trust_v their_o courtesy_n tell_v i_o good_a reader_n who_o ever_o thou_o be_v do_v thou_o ever_o think_v these_o fair_a pretend_v clergyman_n every_o one_o whereof_o have_v devour_v above_o 124._o of_o his_o brethren_n by_o divine_a right_n as_o they_o allege_v their_o tithe_n patent_n which_o they_o say_v god_n grant_v they_o shall_v be_v yet_o thus_o canine-like_a hungry_a this_o crave_v as_o of_o their_o own_o mere_a fantasy_n &_o invention_n to_o lay_v title_n

melchisedeck_v in_o his_o relation_n of_o receive_v tithe_n before_o abraham_n pay_v tithe_n instance_n only_o in_o his_o pay_v he_o tithe_n of_o the_o spoil_n but_o have_v abraham_n pay_v tithe_n of_o all_o thing_n he_o possess_v the_o apostle_n argument_n may_v have_v thereby_o be_v so_o much_o more_o improve_v if_o he_o have_v urge_v it_o but_o this_o pay_a tithe_n unto_o melchisedeck_v be_v supereminent_o typical_a as_o melchisedeck_v be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n heb._n 8.4.5_o and_o in_o that_o respect_n only_o paul_n say_v that_o melchisedeck_v receive_v tithe_n of_o abraham_n bless_v he_o that_o have_v the_o promise_n and_o without_o contradiction_n the_o less_o be_v bless_v of_o the_o great_a heb._n 7.6.7_o for_o even_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n be_v say_v to_o pay_v tithe_n unto_o melchisedeck_v in_o the_o loin_n of_o abraham_n heb._n 7.9.10_o and_o the_o levite_n can_v not_o be_v proper_o say_v in_o the_o same_o time_n and_o respect_n both_o to_o pay_v tithe_n in_o abraham_n and_o yet_o receive_v tithe_n in_o melchisedeck_v so_o that_o this_o be_v no_o scripture_n for_o their_o purpose_n the_o very_a tribe_n of_o levi_n pay_v tithe_n unto_o melchisedeck_v and_o therefore_o neither_o they_o nor_o a_o supposition_n offspring_n of_o they_o much_o less_o pretend_v with_o any_o other_o than_o a_o brazen-face_n and_o countenance_n to_o derive_v a_o just_a grant_n and_o title_n from_o melchisedeck_v for_o receive_v tithe_n but_o beside_o these_o word_n of_o paul_n to_o the_o heb._n 7.5_o the_o levite_n who_o receive_v the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n have_v commandment_n for_o receive_v tithe_n according_a to_o the_o law_n d_o you_o plain_o teach_v we_o that_o the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n the_o ten_o of_o all_o increase_n as_o our_o self-seeking_n clergy_n will_v have_v it_o understand_v begin_v not_o till_o the_o law_n be_v give_v and_o that_o the_o levite_n have_v the_o priesthood_n entail_v upon_o their_o tribe_n and_o consequent_o that_o till_o then_o there_o be_v no_o commandment_n for_o pay_v they_o nor_o any_o body_n warrant_v to_o receive_v they_o gen._n 28.20_o 21_o 22._o we_o find_v that_o jacob_n when_o he_o go_v to_o laban_n at_o padan-aram_n to_o take_v a_o wife_n be_v on_o the_o way_n of_o luz_n so_o call_v ancient_o but_o by_o he_o name_v bethel_n v._o 19_o in_o the_o morning_n after_o his_o vision_n he_o make_v a_o vow_n unto_o god_n say_v if_o god_n will_v be_v with●●e_n and_o keep_v use_v in_o this_o way_n that_o i_o go_v and_o will_v give_v i_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o raiment_n to_o put_v o●●_n so_o that_o i_o come_v again_o to_o my_o father_n house_n in_o peace_n then_o of_o all_o that_o thou_o shall_v give_v i_o i_o will_v sure_o give_v the_o ten_o unto_o thou_o upon_o this_o occasion_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o 1._o to_o remember_v that_o all_o vow_n ought_v to_o be_v voluntary_a such_o be_v this_o promise_v of_o jacob_n and_o abraham_n pay_v tithe_n unto_o melchisedeck_v neither_o of_o they_o be_v command_v nor_o so_o much_o as_o usual_o practise_v from_o abraham_n his_o first_o pay_v to_o this_o time_n of_o jacob●_n vow_v they_o for_o i●_n jacob_n have_v be_v oblige_v or_o but_o accustom_v to_o pay_v tithe_n from_o the_o time_n that_o abraham_n first_o pay_v they_o unto_o melchisedeck_v this_o present_a vow_v of_o his_o will_v have_v be_v different_a from_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o vow_n which_o be_v of_o some_o new_a thing_n not_o customary_o much_o less_o obligatory_o perform_v before_o nay_o it_o may_v have_v seem_v a_o kind_n of_o deride_v god_n almighty_a in_o pretend_v to_o do_v some_o extraordinary_a service_n prefix_v thereunto_o the_o sacred_a preamble_n and_o title_n of_o a_o vow_n but_o in_o the_o upshot_n not_o so_o much_o as_o promise_v more_o than_o be_v both_o due_a and_o ordinary_o discha_n ge_v before_o then_o second_o these_o tithe_n jacob_n vow_v not_o to_o begin_v to_o pay_v they_o till_o he_o return_v unto_o his_o father_n house_n in_o peace_n which_o we_o know_v be_v many_o year_n after_o and_o be_v a_o certain_a argument_n that_o till_o than_o he_o make_v no_o reckon_n of_o pay_v a_o continual_a fix_a tithe_n or_o ten_o part_n of_o what_o god_n give_v he_o at_o least_o we_o see_v no_o example_n of_o it_o levit._fw-la 27.30_o 32_o it_o be_v say_v all_o the_o tithe_n of_o the_o land_n both_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n be_v the_o lord_n it_o be_v holy_a to_o the_o lord_n and_o every_o tithe_n of_o bullock_n and_o of_o sheep_n and_o of_o all_o that_o gooth_n under_o the_o red_a the_o ten_o of_o all_o shall_v be_v holy_a unto_o the_o lord_n and_o v._o 34._o it_o be_v say_v these_o be_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o moses_n unto_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o mount_n sinai_n so_o that_o before_o that_o time_n there_o be_v no_o commmandment_n for_o pay_v of_o 〈◊〉_d these_o tithe_n be_v thus_o set_v apart_o by_o the_o lord_n be_v in_o numb_a 18_o 21.24_o appropriate_v unto_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n but_o neither_o to_o be_v enjoy_v by_o the_o le_fw-fr vite_v nor_o pay_v by_o the_o israelite_n until_o they_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o appear_v in_o that_o the_o lord_n say_v i_o have_v give_v it_o they_o therefore_o shall_v they_o possess_v no_o inheritance_n among_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n v._o 24._o that_o be_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o be_v likewise_o impose_v upon_o aaron_n v._o 20._o for_o before_o that_o time_n both_o aaron_n and_o the_o other_o family_n of_o the_o levite_n have_v their_o proper_a inheritance_n and_o possession_n as_o have_v the_o other_o tribe_n deut._n 18.8_o here_o than_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o by_o god_n ordinance_n there_o be_v no_o tithe_n of_o any_o thing_n due_a save_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n and_o of_o four_o footed_a beast_n leu._n 27.30.32_o both_o fish_n and_o foul_a be_v free_a much_o less_o do_v we_o find_v here_o any_o tithe_n any_o excise_n put_v upon_o man_n labour_n that_o be_v likely_o think_v a_o duty_n to_o be_v exact_v and_o collect_v rather_o by_o publican_n then_o by_o a_o consecrate_a tribe_n of_o levi_n concern_v who_o the_o lord_n say_v that_o from_o what_o time_n their_o tithe_n grow_v due_a it_o shall_v be_v a_o law_n for_o ever_o throughout_o their_o generation_n that_o among_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n they_o possess_v no_o inheritance_n num._n 18.23_o which_o i_o much_o wonder_v how_o such_o as_o claim_v tithe_n at_o this_o day_n do_v yet_o dispense_v withal_o i_o mean_v how_o these_o pretend_a clergyman_n shall_v both_o receive_v tithe_n and_o yet_o enjoy_v all_o manner_n of_o inheritance_n and_o possession_n in_o common_a with_o the_o laity_n then_o as_o we_o find_v in_o numb_a 18.29_o the_o levite_n be_v cut_v of_o their_o tithe_n to_o pay_v the_o one_o ten_o for_o a_o offering_n unto_o aaron_n and_o his_o family_n who_o be_v also_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n gen._n 4.14_o and_o for_o this_o respect_n as_o also_o in_o that_o the_o lord_n give_v he_o the_o offering_n of_o all_o hallow_a thing_n whether_o meat-offering_n sin-offering_n or_o trespass-offering_n v._o 8_o 9_o he_o be_v also_o to_o have_v no_o inheritance_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n the_o lord_n promise_v he_o to_o be_v his_o part_n among_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n v._o 20._o now_o unless_o this_o pretend_a tribe_n of_o levi_n can_v find_v out_o one_o beside_o the_o pope_n who_o like_o aaron_n have_v as_o good_a a_o title_n to_o the_o heave-offering_a as_o they_o themselves_o have_v unto_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o i_o think_v they_o shall_v be_v jealous_a of_o their_o own_o title_n and_o let_v it_o fall_v to_o ground_n for_o shame_n if_o not_o for_o modesty_n beside_o the_o tithe_n of_o all_o increase_n the_o jew_n be_v with_o their_o household_n to_o eat_v another_o ten_o thereof_o at_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n deut._n 14.23_o but_o if_o the_o way_n be_v far_o so_o that_o they_o can_v not_o carry_v the_o tithe_n ●hither_o convenient_o than_o they_o may_v sell_v it_o at_o their_o home_n and_o carry_v the_o money_n unto_o jerusalem_n buy_v what_o their_o heart_n desire_v and_o there_o eat_v it_o before_o the_o lord_n rejoice_v with_o their_o household_n v._o 24_o 25_o 26._o this_o tithe_n some_o conceive_v to_o be_v due_a of_o feast_v two_o year_n in_o three_o though_o the_o text_n may_v well_o be_v understand_v of_o every_o year_n v._o 23._o for_o all_o that_o i_o can_v find_v to_o the_o contrary_n but_o i_o wonder_v whether_o they_o be_v thus_o to_o spend_v a_o whole_a tithe_n in_o feast_v as_o the_o text_n seem_v to_o insinuate_v v._o 23.26_o and_o the_o jew_n even_o to_o this_o day_n spend_v

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