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id: A83456
author: England and Wales. Parliament.
date: 1659.0
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title:
  Monday June 27th 1659. Resolved, that this Parliament doth declare, that, for the encouragement of a Godly, preaching, learned ministry throughout the nation, the payment of tithes shall continue as now they are ...

summary:
  This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83456 of text R211221 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E2261). Title from caption and first words of text.


id: A61967
author: Gutheridge, William, d. 1706.
date: 1689.0
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title:
  The suffering case of William Gutheridge, of Banwell in Sommersetshire, truly stated, and committed to the tender consideration of all true English men

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id: A93354
author: Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.
title: Concerning tithes [by] Humphrey Smith.
date: 1659.0
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summary:
  Concerning tithes [by] Humphrey Smith. Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663. Concerning tithes [by] Humphrey Smith.


id: A40237
author: Fox, George, 1624-1691.
title: Queries concerning tythes to the priests and bishops
date: 1663.0
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words: 1556
sentence: 57
flesch: 66
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summary:
  Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). I. WAs not Tythes to be paid to the Levites which had no Lot amongst the rest of the Tribes ? And was not the decayed Widows , and Fatherless , and Strangers , which had no Lot , to have part with the Levites in their Lot ? and so eat , and drink , and praise the Lord together , the Tythes being the Lords . II.


id: A93551
author: England and Wales. Parliament.
date: 1697.0
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words: 1614
sentence: 68
flesch: 65
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title:
  Something relating to the bill for small tithes: humbly presented to the consideration of the Parliament, in behalf of the people called Quakers,.

summary:
  Something relating to the bill for small tithes: humbly presented to the consideration of the Parliament, in behalf of the people called Quakers,. 1697 Approx. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2627:23) Something relating to the bill for small tithes: humbly presented to the consideration of the Parliament, in behalf of the people called Quakers,. England and Wales.


id: A79262
author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
title: The Kings Majesties most gracious letter and declaration to the bishops, deans and prebends &c.
date: 1660.0
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words: 1817
sentence: 61
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id: A80231
author: Carew, George, Esq.
date: 1660.0
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words: 3190
sentence: 95
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title:
  Severall grounds, reasons, arguments, and propositions, offered to the Kings most excellent Majesty, for the improvement of his revenue in the first-fruits, and tenths annexed to the petition of James, Earl of North-hampton, Leicester, viscount Hereford, Sir William Farmer, Baronet, George Carew, Esq; and the rest of the petitioners for a patent of the first-fruits and tenths, for the term of one and thirty years, at the yearly rent of threescore thousand pounds.

summary:
  KIngs , and Queens of England , gave most of the Lands , Tenements and Hereditaments belonging to these Ecclestastical Dignities and Promotions , and have also Erected divers Foundations , Colledges , and Houses of Learning , and given Large Inheritances , and Endowments thereunto , whereby most of the Clergy have their Educations , and are made fit for these Dignities , and other Ministerial Offices in the Church , without any great Charge to their Families , or Relations , therefore good Reason the first-Fruits and Tenths of all their Dignities and Benefices , should be paid to the King , whom they hold of , as Patron Paramount , and as Supream Head of the Church , and Defender of the Faith of England . Severall grounds, reasons, arguments, and propositions, offered to the Kings most excellent Majesty, for the improvement of his revenue in the first-fruits, and tenths annexed to the petition of James, Earl of North-hampton, Leicester, viscount Hereford, Sir William Farmer, Baronet, George Carew, Esq; and the rest of the petitioners for a patent of the first-fruits and tenths, for the term of one and thirty years, at the yearly rent of threescore thousand pounds.


id: A91078
author: H. P.
date: 1659.0
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words: 4088
sentence: 134
flesch: 62
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title:
  Tumulus decimarum: or, The history of tythes; from their nativity, to this present day of their expected ruine and downfal, 1659. By H.P.

summary:
  If these Spiritual Rents or Tythes must continue , should they not I pray you be paid , according to their Primitive Institution , and to the end for which they were first commanded , that is for the use of strangers , Fatherless and Widows , and to the Officers , over Cathedrals , Churches , and Chappels , which are the Koathites , Goershonites , and Mararites of our days ; and not to any Priest or Parson at all , who are onely to receive a Super-Tenth from them . Koathites , These were appointed over the Tabernacle , to attend it , and the Utensils thereof ; and these men onely received Tythes from the People .


id: A79888
author: Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.
date: 1659.0
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words: 4337
sentence: 167
flesch: 70
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title:
  A caution against sacriledge: or Sundry queries concerning tithes. Wherein is held forth the propriety, and title that ministers have to them, the mischiefs which would ensue if tithes were brought into a common treasury, and ministers reduced to stipends. The danger of gratifying the petitioners against tithes, and all imposed maintenance. And something of the spirit and end of their actings. Collected, and composed by the one that hath no propriety in tithes, and humbly tendred to this present Parliament.

summary:
  A caution against sacriledge: or Sundry queries concerning tithes. Wherein is held forth the propriety, and title that ministers have to them, the mischiefs which would ensue if tithes were brought into a common treasury, and ministers reduced to stipends.


id: A56570
author: Patchet, Francis, d. 1677.
date: 1678.0
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words: 5035
sentence: 146
flesch: 64
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title:
  Living words through a dying man being a melodious song of the mercies and judgments of the Lord, sung by a disciple of Christ on his dying bed, when the pangs of death were upon his outward man. With an arrow shot against Babylon, being a direct prophecy of the downfal of her merchants, the hirelings and false prophets. With sweet exhortations and prophecies also of the spreading of the glorious truth of God, until it shall have covered the face of the whole earth. By one who dyed a prisoner for the testimony of Jesus, Francis Patchet.

summary:
  And he often repeated it over , — Oh the Appearance of Truth , the Glory of England ; And concerning the House of God , The House of God ( said he ) is a House of Holiness , a House of Purity , a House built without Hands , of living Stones , precious and chosen , that need no Hammer , nor fitting with Tool . And I ( being a frequent Visiter of him for divers dayes before his Death , yea , many times in a Day , and in that Night also ; when Pangs of Death took hold onf his outward man , under which he lay with much Patience , even as a Lamb with out complaint , and as one not alrighted or disturbed at the appearance of Death ) can give a further and ciearer Testimony of his Faithfulness to the pure Truth of God , which he spake and declared of , some few hours before his departure , being very weak , insomuch that according to outward appearance his sudden departure was much expected ; and all about him did conclude , that his Breath was almost gone ; but after he had lain still a little while , being a little after the 12. hour of the night , at which time he began to speak & continued speaking till about the 3. hour , in Praising and magnifying the name of the Lord ; but his Voice at first was so weak ; that we could not clearly hear what he said , only we understood that he pray'd & said O Lord God of mercy , preserve thy People , & immediately his speech was strengthned , & he spake with an audible voice ; so that he was heard over all the Chamber where he lay , and he began to sing forth of the mercy & goodness of the Lord , and said , O Lord God Everlasting praises everlasting , Glory and Honour for ever be given to thy Name ; thou hast made way for thy Redeemed as in ancient dayes , when thou madest the Sea dry land for thy People Israel to go through ; Oh Glory and Honour for ever be unto thy Name , who art Unchangeable in all thy wayes ; thou madest man in thy own Image , in thy Likeness madest thou him ; but he lost it through Disobedience :


id: A29120
author: Bradley, Thomas, 1597-1670.
title: A præsent for Cæsar of 100,000 l. in hand and 50,000 l. a year / by Thomas Bradley ...
date: 1658.0
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summary:
  This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A29120 of text R32858 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B4135). And besides these a full Convocation of the Clergy sitting , and unanimously assenting to it , Thirdly , And this Act so considerable , that three of the greatest Officers in the land , The Lord Chancellor , the Lord chief Baron , and the Master of the Rolls , are thereby required to make Inquiry from time to time , by all the ways and means they can in their discretiō devise , to find out the true values of them , that so the first-fruits and tenths may be paid in accordingly .


id: A39297
author: Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713.
title: An account of tythes in general
date: 1700.0
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words: 5328
sentence: 177
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summary:
  That Conclusion could not have been drawn , from the paying of Tythes to a wrong Ministry , or for a wrong Use only , though such Payment be evil : Nor could any thing justify that Inference , but the Consideration that Tythes , depending on the Ceremonial Law of Moses , which must of Necessity and in Course fall , and cease when Christ suffered ; the paying of Tythes , carries in it a Supposal , that that Law is not yet ceased , but is still in Force : And consequently that Christ , whose Death must needs have ended it , is not yet come , nor has yet suffered in his Flesh for Mankind . 4. As Tythes were set up here on the Authority of the Levitic Law , and in Imitation of the Iewish Practice , consonant to that Law :


id: A19043
author: Cockburn, William, Sir, d. 1628.
title: Respublica de decimis. Written by Sir VVilliam Cockburne of Langtoun Knight
date: 1627.0
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words: 5510
sentence: 182
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summary:
  But this I hope is by Pandora sufficiently cooled ; since men are now in greater danger to bee esteemed eaters vp thereof , than to bee eaten vp with the zeale of Gods house . As for men to bee changed into stones is easie and common at the sight of a Gorgons head .


id: A40035
author: Foster, T.
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sentence: 130
flesch: 55
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title:
  A winding-sheet for England's ministry which hath a name to live, but is dead sent to John Owen, called Dr. in that ministry, and late vice-chancellor of Oxford, and is in answer to his printed paper concerning tythes : or, an examination of those scriptures by which he seems to prove, that the publike maintenance for preachers of the Gospel by way of tythes, is a gospel-maintenance, but upon examination thereof by the scriptures, he is found to be a subverter of them, and, that tythes is no lawful maintenance for gospel-ministers.

summary:
  1. I shall first speak to the Question propounded , and in answer thereunto , do positively affirm , and say contrarily , That the present way of maintenance for Ministers by Tithes , is not onely a great oppression , and intollerable in a Christian Common-wealth , or amongst men professing Christ Jesus to be their King , Priest , and Prophet , but also Antichristian , and contrary to the maintenance and practice of Gospel-ministers : And that not to remove such an oppression , were little less , in plain English , then direct robbery , or to uphold wickedness by a Law , God having appointed no such maintenance for Gospel-preachers , but is a maintenance , as you may read , set up by Pope Gregory the tenth , in the year 1211. and not by Christ , nor was it ever practised by the Apostles or Disciples of Christ in the primitive times : And Cook in the third part of his Institutes also testifies , that Tenths and First-fruits are but a late Innovation , and claimed by the Pope as Successor to the Jewish High-priest : and Doctor Seamor , one of your own Divines confessed before the Committee of Parliament , in the year 1653. 9 14. which saith , they that preach the Gospel , should live of the Gospel , hath been largely spoken to already ; and therefore I shall conclude , and tell thee , that thou hast proved nothing by Scripture , that tythes is a Gospel-maintenance , or that the dispensers thereof are to be afforded tythes by way of maintenance for preaching the Gospel .


id: A79893
author: Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.
date: 1653.0
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words: 4118
sentence: 159
flesch: 71
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title:
  An item against sacriledge: or, Sundry queries concerning tithes. Wherein is held forth, the propriety and title that ministers have to them. The mischiefs which would ensue if tithes were brought into a common treasury, and ministers reduced to stipends. The danger of gratifying the petitioners against tithes, and all imposed maintenance. Collected and composed by one that hath no propriety in tithes.

summary:
  If contentious suits have been betwixt Ministers and People about Tithes , hath it not for the most part arisen from the peoples covetousnesse , pretending c●stoms , prescriptions , or compositions , to defraud the Ministers of their due ? 12. Were not Patrons at the first made choice of to defend the Ministers right against the fraud and injustice of the people ? And may not the wisdome of the Parliament finde out the same , or some such like course , whereby the Minister shall neither be ingaged in contentions with his people , nor troubled with avocations from his study thereby ? 13. An item against sacriledge: or, Sundry queries concerning tithes.


id: A65892
author: Bewick, John, d. 1671. An answer to a Quakers seventeen heads of quaeries.
date: 1660.0
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sentence: 133
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title:
  The true ministers living of the Gospel, distinguished from the false ministers living upon tithes and forced maintenance. With a word of reproof (preceding the distinction) to the ministers of the nation, whose kingdom is already shaken and divided against itself. And the iniquity and antichristianism of that ministry which is upheld by forced maintenance, briefly discovered according to the scriptures of the Old and New Testament. In a brief reply to a book stiled, An answer to a Quakers seventeen heads of quaeries, by John Bewick, who calls himself a minister of the Gospel, and rector of the parish church of Stanhop in Weredale in the county of Durham.

summary:
  VVHither are you now run for a refuge and defence for your Tithes and set maintenance ? doth all your old grounds fail you that formerly you have pleaded ? are you driven out of Scriptures of Christ and his Apostles , out of all the Law of God there , and out of Law of Nations and Countreys , and would you now fly to Melchisedek for help ? what is there no scripture command that will own you in your yearly stipends , and are you afraid of mens Laws failing you , and are you now fled from all your former pleas , and think you to find help from Melchisedek ? did you not formerly plead Divine Right , and told us by Scriptures you would prove it , and then being driven out of all commands or examples in Scriptures , then you pleaded the custome of the Countrey , and National Law , and by that in Olivers time you took mens goods , and cast them into prison , and made havock and spoil abundantly , and then many of you would not plead scripture at all , but by custome and humane Law you would have it ? and dare you no longer depend upon that , and dare you now think Melchisedek will stand you in stead , or own you in your work and trading , any more then the Prophets and Apostles ? what are ye of the Order of Melchisedek now , who but a while ago must needs plead the order of Levi ; and then when that order and your manners will not stand together , then you pleaded the order of the Nations ; and now thou S. B. in thy book would make people believe that you are after the order of Melchisedek , and that Tithes was yours before they were given to Levi , and that he had them but for a time by a special command , till you came , and then you were to come up after the order of Melchisedek , and so you must now enjoy them for ever , &c. But now you must be tried in the light whether you be of that order or no , as well as you have been tryed with the order of Levi ; And if you be found of his order , then we will grant you to have right to his maintenance , ( if you will be but content with it ) for we must needs think it meet , that Children should inherit the right of their Father ; so if you be Melchisedeks children , you will do his works , which was to relieve the weary Souldier with his own bread and wine ; so you may expect his reward , if they be free to give it you , as Abram was of his spoiles ; For we never read that it was the order of Melchisedeck to ravine about after outward things , nor sued people for hire , nor spoiled their estates , nor cast them into prison , nor any way sought after gifts or rewards , nor do we read that he ever required or received any yearly tythes of any people or Parish , either ●●eaves , beasts , swine , fowls or the like , which was to relieve their families , from any creature , but as he was the Priest of the most high God , not called nor made of men , so he was maintained by him , and not by men , and he was like to him that called him , a bountiful man , ready to give , ready to blesse , and to relieve others in their way , as appears in what he did to Abram and his Army in the way , he met them with bread and wine , and gave them freely , and asked them nothing again , and so he received freely tythes of Abrams spoiles , but never can any of you prove that he had the tythes of Abrams Estate , stock , or tillage , nor ever demanded or sued , or took by force any part of any mans goods upon any pretence whatsoever . But on the contrary , when we see a sort of men who never heard Gods voice , running and enquiring who can get the greatest yearly stipend , Tythes , or augmentation , and tearing peoples bodies and estates if they get it not , according to the havock that hath been made by the Priests of this Nation in these late yeares , this was never the order of Melchisedeck , Christ , or his Apostles , nor the order of Aaron neither , who had a law for Tythes , but the order of Eli's sons , who was sons of Belial , who knew not the Lord , And therefore sent their servants to take it by force , as now hath been done , to the spoiling of many families .


id: A30871
author: Barber, Edward, d. 1674?
date: 1651.0
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words: 8787
sentence: 253
flesch: 63
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title:
  The storming and totall routing of tythes wherein is shewed the unlawfullnesse of claiming them by the now pretended tribe of Levy, and both takers and payers therein denying Christ to be come in the flesh / by Edward Barber.

summary:
  But as our Josuah to carry us into the good Land of a thorough Reformation , the which to do that God would give you self-denying spirits , and to be a means to the Parliament to chuse out according to Jethrows advice , and provide out of all the people able men , such as fear God , men of truth , hating covetousnesse , and place such over them &c. Exod. 2. Their ordination being false and not according to the rule of the Gospel ; But against the Rule , Government and Authority of Christ the Son of God , his Crown & dignity , who is therein the onely King and Law-giver , whom they say is their Master , yet do they as the Heathen Tyrants of old , who clothed men in Beasts skins , that so they might be the more eagerly devoured : so these make the true worshippers of God in Christ as odious as they can by slanders and revilings under the name of Hereticks and Schismaticks &c.


id: A25401
author: Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
date: 1647.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 8771
sentence: 445
flesch: 79
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title:
  Of the right of tithes a divinity determination in the publike divinity schools of the University of Cambridg / by ... Lancelot Andrews ... ; translated for the benefit of the public.

summary:
  What we said concerning Tithes , which anciently were paid to the Priests and Levites ; understand that the same ought to be done by the people living in the Church under the Gospel , to whom it is commanded , not onely to pay Tithe , but also to sell all and follow the Lord . Which if we will not do , let us at least imitate the Jews in this , to give part of all , and give that which is due unto the Priests . Which whosoever shall not do , is s●fficiently convicted to de●raud and suppl●nt God , and is cursed with sc●rcity and want of all things . Whosoever shall dispose of the Tithes without the consent of the Bishop , let him be Anathem● .


id: A29113
author: Bradley, Thomas, 1597-1670.
date: 1661.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 6556
sentence: 116
flesch: 39
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title:
  Appello [sic] Cæsarem, or, An appeal to Cæsar in vindication of a little book printed some years since the time of our troubles and intituled A præsent for Cæsar / both done by Tho. Bradley.

summary:
  The condition of this present Obligation is such that if the Rectory of A. in the county of B. shall be hereafter proved to be of more yearly value then 20l. as it now stands rated in the Kings book , then if T. B. incumbent there shall within one month after Certificate of due proof thereof had , and made , and given in unto him , ) answer his Majesty accordingly , then this present Obligation to be void and of none effect , or else to stand , and remain in full force and vertue . Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.


id: A25410
author: Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
date: 1646.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 10033
sentence: 526
flesch: 83
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title:
  Sacrilege a snare. A sermon preached, ad clerum, in the Vniversity of Cambridg, / by the R. Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrews: late L. Bishop of Winchester. VVhen he proceeded Doctor in Divinity. Translated for the benefit of the publike.

summary:
  P , Hag. 1,4 St. Mark 14. 4. 1 What things are called Holy . We must often and vehemently call upon men to remember the Threasury of GOD : Wee must labour to bring them to that passe Solomon brought his , to esteeme it a part of Religion , not to touch any thing set apart for Religion ; to fast , rather then make their meales upon Holy Things : to give themselves for choaked , and strangled , if they should , even unwittingly , swallow down that which is Holy : This if accomplished , I shall hope for dayes as good as SOLOMONS .


id: A44785
author: Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.
date: 1659.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 11396
sentence: 266
flesch: 59
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title:
  Darknesse and ignorance Expelled by the light shining forth, and the appearance of the day. In answer to a book called, Innocents no saints. Published by one Edward Dodd, wherein he hath laboured to prove tythes lawfull, and tithing priests and hirelings to be the ministers of the word, and the masse-house the church; and calls idolatry civility, and heathenish complements courtesie, and hath perverted many Scriptures. His deceit laid open, his vindication made void, and his arguments confounded, and Truth laid open in all these particulars, for the sake of the upright in heart, who rejoyces in Truths prosperity. By one of the lambs followers, who makes warre against the heart of the dragon, and against the rear of the beast. F.H.

summary:
  And who was in the transgression on the Reader may easily judge by that which is fore-mentioned , and yet the Priest , and you of his Congregation would make people believe that you did not persecute ; the Priest did give order to pull down the Speaker , the Constable and Church-warden they acted , and secured your own Neighbours as prisoners , your own Congregation swearing against them the breach of peace , and getting them shut up into prison , and sentence given against them , and yet thou wouldst have this called equall proceedings ; but to that of God in all consciences , I leave to be Judge in this things . And thou concludes , Though they be glorified in heaven , yet are not equall with God .


id: A17509
author: Clark, William, Bachelor of the civil law, attributed name.
date: 1633.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 12172
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flesch: 79
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title:
  Decimarum et oblationum tabula. = A tithing table Or Table of tithes and oblations, according to the Kings ecclesiasticall lawes and ordinances established in the Church of England: now newly reduced into a booke. Contayning as well the very letter of the law vnder which these rights be seuerally comprised, together with such questions of tything, and their resolutions by the lawes canon, ciuill, and approued doctors opinions of the same, as be ordinarily moued, and which doe often proue to controuersies heerein: as also a briefe and summarie declaration of composition, transaction, custome, prescription, priuilege; and how they preuaile in tything. Compiled by W.C. Bach. of the Civill Lavv.

summary:
  Decima De Molendinis , i. Of Mils , forced by wind , water , &c. Decima De Vivarijs , i. Of Parkes , Warrens , pooles , ponds , &c. Decima De Bestijs guarenarum , i. Of wild beasts vnder custody &c. Apples , pears , Wardens , &c. the question is of their tythable time : it is answeswered , Statim fructibus collectis , i.


id: A86306
author: Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.
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words: 13244
sentence: 323
flesch: 57
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title:
  The undeceiving of the people in the point of tithes: wherein is shewed, I. That never any clergy in the Church of God hath been, or is maintained with lesse charge to the subject, then the established clergy of the Church of England. II. That there is no subject in the realme of England, who giveth any thing of his own, towards the maintenance of his parish-minister, but his Easter-offering. III. That the change of tithes into stipends, will bring greater trouble to the clergy, then is yet considered; and far lesse profit to the countrey, then is now pretended. / By Ph. Treleinie Gent.

summary:
  For whereas the whole controversie turneth on these three hinges : first , that the maintenance allowed the Clergy is too great for their calling , especially considering the small number of them : secondly , that it is made up out of the tenth part of each mans estate ; and thirdly , that the changing of this way by the payment of Tithes into that of Stipends , would be more gratefull to the Countrey , and more ease to the Clergy : I shall accordingly reduce this small discourse unto these three heads . Or if we will suppose with one of my pamphlets , and let it be supposed this once for our better proceeding , that he who officiates in a parish where tithes are paid in kind without any substractions , hath the fift part of every landed mans estate , that is to say , four pounds in every 20 l. per annum : the Purchaser or Tenant , be he which he will , may positively build on this in his better thoughts , that if four pounds in twenty were not paid to the Minister , the Tenant must pay to his Landlord , and the Purchaser must buy it at the same rates , as he did the rest of the land .


id: A41852
author: Graye, Isaac.
date: 1657.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 14602
sentence: 156
flesch: 5
cache: cache/A41852.xml
txt: txt/A41852.txt
title:
  One out-cry more against tythes unto the chief ruler of the nation of Engand [sic] and all that are with him of God permitted to be in present authority, whether Parliament, Councel or Army; by whatsoever name or title known or called: but in a more especial manner, to such of them as are yet remaining faithfnl [sic] unto the former declared for, and never to be forgotten cause of King Jesus, who are such as have not departed, through sinning against the light of a good conscience, ... And yer notwithstanding, you that are in present power know these things, do even as he did, suffer the saints in your name, and by your power daylie to be imprisoned, and otherwayes afflicted; and that you may not be ignorant thereof, I have been moved to make the same known unto you by way of declaration, which is grounded upon the Holy Scriptures; wherein is contained the manner of our sufferings, and by whom: ... Written the beginning of the second month, 1657. by Isaac Grayes, prisoner for the cause of Christ in the Wood-street Compter, London, ...

summary:
  All those many National-Engagements , Declarations , Remonstrances , Protestations , Vows , Oaths and Covenants , with solemn Appeals , which unto him were in the dayes of greatest distress made for obtaining deliverance from Sions destroying bloody Enemies , to the end Christs Kingdom might be advanced , and Satans Kingdom of Tyranny defaced , and the Government of the Lord God of Israel , by his holy , just , and good Laws , Ordinances , Statutes , and righteous Judgements be established in the room of the Popes destroying Power , which upholdeth wicked devouring men as yet to tyranize over the dear Saints and Servants of God for their consciences , as much as ever they did in the Kings time , who in his Days regarded not what tyranny by his Power , and in his Name was done against the Members of Christ , as did appear by his suffering of them to be so inhumanely used as they were , both by imprisonments , banishments , and setting of them gagged in Pillories , burning of them with hot Irons , and cutting off their ears from their heads , besides whipping and stocking , with many more bloody cruelties ; all which cruelties being by the King suffered and connived at , was the only cause why the wrath of God with his revengeful Judgements came upon him , his posterity , and the three Nations of England , Scotland , and Ireland , &c. And yet notwithstanding , you that are in present Power know these things , do even as he did , suffer the Saints in your Name , and by your power daylie to be imprisoned , and otherwayes afflicted ; and that you may not be ignorant thereof , I have been moved to make the same known unto you by way of declaration , which is grounded upon the Holy Scriptures ; wherein is contained the manner of our sufferings , and by whom : Together , with serious Advertisements concerning the abuse of Power , and the abominations of Priesthood , the wickedness of Lawyers , with them combining for to destroy the Just from off the earth . 7. By their fruits ye shall know them ; and was there ever such fruits of robbing and spoiling peoples Goods , and imprisoning of the Saints and faithful servants of the Lord God of Israel since the world began , as by priests in our age , who sirname themselves Messengers of God , and yet wrong and violence , robbing and spoiling is the fruits they bring forth , by which they are also known to be none of the Ministers of Christ , nor Messengers of God , but have made themselves fully manifest to be of the remainder of that cursed generation and stock of hypocrites , which were devourers of Widows Houses , as daylie doth appear which cannot be denyed , for there never was greater devourers then they are since the world began , who for a pretence make long prayers to accomplish their mischievous designs ; and was there ever the like praying and preaching in any age as hath been in this our age or last dayes of finishing iniquity ; under which pretence of theirs , the innocent who are departed from evil are become the prey of the devourer ; but for their reward saith Christ , They shall receive to themselves the greater damnation ; read Matt. 23. 14 , &c. And saith the Apostle Peter in his second Epistle , chap.


id: A45325
author: Hall, Ralph.
date: 1656.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 17081
sentence: 416
flesch: 59
cache: cache/A45325.xml
txt: txt/A45325.txt
title:
  Qvakers principles quaking, or, Pretended light proved darkness, and perfections found to be greatest imperfections in an answer to a written paper, subscribed with the name of Thomas Holme, and scattered through the country about Liverpool and Lancashire / modestly propounded by Ralph Hall ...

summary:
  some sparkl●ngs of light which escaped the sad blast of mans fearful ●all ) the which dictateth several directions to duty to men , and some towards God discovereth some things as false , and evill , other things as true , and good to be embraced , and pursued ; if this be the light they call men to follow and obey , what have they that Turks , Jews , and Pagans do not enjoy ? I pray observe what a strange expression the Holy Ghost makes use of here ; an Angel of God , an Arch-Angel , the best of Created Creatures , disputing with the Devil , worse than the worst of men , yet durst not , I say , durst not bring against him a rayling accusation ; but it is too apparent , that men below the Angels of Heaven dare bring rayling accusations against those that are farre enough above Devils , For God made man a little lower than the Angels , Psal. 8.5 , 6.


id: A67457
author: Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.
date: 1641.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 17123
sentence: 656
flesch: 74
cache: cache/A67457.xml
txt: txt/A67457.txt
title:
  An abstract of a treatise concerning the payment of tythes and oblations in London shewing the antiquitie of those payments according to the rents of houses : that they were payed by positive constitutions, according to the true value of the houses, ever since the yeare 1230 and by antient costome long before : till the quantitie, not the name or nature was altred in time of Henry 8 from 3.s. 6.d. in the pound, to 2. s. 9. d. in the pound as it is now : the liberall maintenance of the clergie of London in former times : the award and Proclamation 25. Henry 8 confirmed by Act of Parliament 27, Hen. 8 : the matters now controverted about double leases, annuall fines, &c. and concerning the jurisdiction ecclesiasticall for tythes of London : a generall survey of the value of the London benefices both as they are now, and also what they might arise unto if tythes were truly payed according to the value of houses : the moderate demands of the clergie, with other matters pertinent to this subject.

summary:
  And over this , his Highnesse straightly chargeth and comm●nds , That all and every other his subjects , in all other parts of this his Realme , shall pay and content to the Parsons , Vicars , and other the Ministers of the Church , and having cure , such Tythes , aswell praediall ; as personall offerings , and other duties , which by the lawdab●e customes of the Realme , they heretofore have been obliged , accustomed , and bound to pay , without detaining any p●rt thereof , and without further denial , contradiction , molestation , or trouble in that behalfe ; upon paine that every person offending this his gratious Proclamation , is to have imprisonment , and to m●ke Fine at his gratious pleasure , and over , that the off●●dors shall runne into his Highnesse disp●ea●u●e , ●nd indignation : And his Majestie also ch●rges and commands , aswell all and singular Archbishops , Bishops , and all others having Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction ; as all a●d singular Majors , Sheriffes , Bayliffes , Aldermen , and all other his Ministers true Leigemen and Subjects , aswell of this city of London , as else-where within this Realme , that they and every of them , put their effectuall endeavours for the due execution of this his Proclamation from time to time , as to them shall appertaine , upon the paines above rehearsed . Whereupon the said Counsellors of our said Sover●ine Lord by great advice , and delib●ration , by one accord , and assent among other t●●n●s have ordained and decreed , That every the Kings said Subjects , Citizens and I●h●bit●n●s of his said City , should from the time of their award and Decree , pay for their Tythes 16 d. ob . for every 10 s. of the House ●ent , ●nd for every 20 s. 2 s. 9 d. and so accounting and ascending alwayes by ten shillings , should pay for every ten shillings , after the rate of 16 d. ob . and not above : And yet neverthelesse , the Kings Highnesse is informed , that divers , and sundry persons which inhabit within his said City , not onely refuse to pay the said Tythes according as is limitted by the said Counsellors ; but also that many of the said Citizens , and of other the Kings Subjects , inhabiting in sundry parts of this Realme , grudged , and murmured , to pay their Tithe Offerings , and o●her lawfull duties to the Parsons , Vicars , and others having cure of their soules , like as heretofore by the lawdable Customes of this Realme they have done and beene , accustomed to doe and obs●inately , and wilfully withdraw and detaine their said Duties against Justice , Equitie , Reason , and good Conscience , to the great perill of their soules .


id: A27405
author: Benson, Gervase, d. 1679.
date: 1656.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 14194
sentence: 455
flesch: 72
cache: cache/A27405.xml
txt: txt/A27405.txt
title:
  The cry of the oppressed from under their oppressions, ascending up to Him, who will rebuke the oppressor and devourer, and deliver the innocent some of the sufferings of the people of God, called Quakers, concerning tythes and oaths, &c. : by the branches which are a new springing forth of the remainder of the bitter root of Episcopacy, which yet remaineth unplucked up in the rigid presbytery ...

summary:
  Widow Slee and Richard Slee , For Tyth of the value of eleven shillings two pence , had taken away two Chaldrons , four pewter dishes , two pans , and a sack worth twenty eight shillings . For the value of eleven shillings six pence pretended to be due unto Leonard Esh , an Impropriator called , had Goods taken from him worth six pounds , which they 〈◊〉 to five pound , and restored nothing to the owner again .


id: A50892
author: Milton, John, 1608-1674.
date: 1659.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 17582
sentence: 407
flesch: 50
cache: cache/A50892.xml
txt: txt/A50892.txt
title:
  Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove hirelings out of the church wherein is also discourc'd of tithes, church-fees, church-revenues, and whether any maintenance of ministers can be settl'd by law / the author J.M.

summary:
  Seeing then by all this which hath bin shewn that the law of tithes is partly ceremonial , as the work was for which they were given , partly judicial , not of common , but of particular right to the tribe of Levi , nor to them alone , but to the owner also and his houshold , at the time of thir offering , and every three year to the stranger , the fatherles , and the widdow , thir appointed sharers , and that they were a tribe of priests and deacons improperly compar'd to the constitution of our ministery , and the tithes given by that people to those deacons only , it follows that our ministers at this day , being neither priests nor Levites , nor fitly answering to either of them , can have no just title or pretence to tithes , by any consequence drawn from the law of Moses . 7 ; receiving tithes from them all not as a maintenance , which Melchisedec needed not , but as a signe of homage and subjection to thir king and priest : wheras ministers bear not the person of Christ in his priesthood or kingship , bless not as he blesses , are not by their blessing greater then Abraham , and all the faithful with themselves included in him , cannot both give and take tithes in Abram , cannot claim to themselves that signe of our allegiance due only to our eternal king and priest , cannot therefor derive tithes from Melchisedec .


id: A44843
author: Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662.
date: 1658.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 20403
sentence: 615
flesch: 70
cache: cache/A44843.xml
txt: txt/A44843.txt
title:
  The record of sufferings for tythes in England the sufferers are, The seed of God, or, The assembly of his first-born, or, The first fruits unto God in England, in this age, who are called to be faithful, and have been found faithful, therefore have we suffered willingly the spoiling of our goods, for to us the truth is more precious then our estates, lives, or outward liberties, and thererfore hath the Lord accounted us first worthy to suffer for his name sake, and to be as lights in this deceitful generation : those which our suffering is a testimony against, is that priesthood which is light and treacherous, which in all ages the Lord raised up faithful witnesses against : ... : and in these dayes we may say, that they are worse then any troop of robbers, or any that preached for hire that ever went before them, as will appear in this book following, by their devouring vvidovvs houses spoiling mens goods, and destroying mens persons / given forth from those whom the Lord regards, who do tremble at his word, for which cause we are in scorn called Quakers ...

summary:
  Robert Asplan for the like pretended dues to the same priest , to the value of eleven shillings six pence , had taken from him one Cow worth thirty shillings . at the Exchequer , where he appeared , and there was nothing charged against him , although he waited several dayes . From Iohn Dundo of Hollowtrow in the same County , for seventeen shillings ten pence demanded for tythes , was taken from him one pound seventeen shillings ten pence , by Order of Iohn Hippesley and Richard Ioanes , two of those in Commission to do justice in the same County .


id: A18051
author: Carter, John, diacon.
date: 1640.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 18654
sentence: 856
flesch: 73
cache: cache/A18051.xml
txt: txt/A18051.txt
title:
  Vindiciæ decimarum. Of tithes, a plea for the ius divinum. Drawne from the text, by Iohn Carter diacon

summary:
  But now as for Christ : c {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Consider how great this man is ; who is a Priest , d {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} : for ever after the order of Melchizedec : and in respect of this , his eternity is infer'd over the Legall , of his Priesthood the praeeminentie : for this order of Melchizedec , as it was afore that of Aarons , so it is after ; when the e Mosaicall in such sort it entred in , that in no wise it should abolish that of Melchizedec ; sed ad r●borandum potius & illustrius readendum : but rather to be its Strength ; and in a greater lustre to set it forth : for this it came in that in publishing its owne unprofitablenesse to the Excellency of that under which we are , it might give a grace ; f and so , no need for us now in point of Tithe to looke at Levi ; no need to urge a duty from a Law that 's dying ; when from the Law first in force , the latter Law did no way derogate ; Aarons claime touching these did no way prejudice Melchizedecs right . Abrahams all , which for the quantity was the tenth ; that too for the quality of all , it was the most principall . II. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ; the tenth of all than any of the other nine parts , was m●ch were choyce : for this terme {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , a the Apostle useth to extend it to all ordinary tithes of encrease ; b and unto that eternall duty of paying tithes it will fetch in the best and principall of mens possessions .


id: A71056
author: Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641.
date: 1646.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 19812
sentence: 594
flesch: 57
cache: cache/A71056.xml
txt: txt/A71056.txt
title:
  An apology of the treatise De non temerandis ecclesiis against a treatie by an unknowne authour, written against it in some particulars / by Sir Henry Spelman Knight ; also his epistle to Richard Carew Esquire, of Anthony in Cornwall concerning tithes.

summary:
  so that the Iewish high Priesthood being expired , the papall Lordship abolished , the Tithes paid under those titles , may be called Iewish and Popish , but not that which is assigned for the maintenance of Ministers , because they are yet to doe service to their Master , and so to receive the maintenance of his allowance for his work ; which fellow-servants cannot take upon them to take away without presumption ; their door-neighbour will not allow them a power to appoint the wages of their servants , much lesse may they usurp upon the right of God , and his Ministers , to alienate tithes from the support of his service and worship , for that is rather Popish , as hath before been observed . Which being true and clear , ( as touching the pedegree of such Tithes from the high Priesthood of Aaron to the Independent Prelacy of the Pope , and from him to the King , as by claim from the title , Head of the Church , translated from the Miter to the Crown ) it will not I conceive be thought congruous to the Christian Reformation ( the thorow Reformation professed by our worthy and religious Rulers ) that such Monuments of Superstition or Popery should be removed , which were unprofitable , and that onely retained ( as a silver shrine to Diana ) which brings gain to the King or State , and puts the charge upon the Ministers of the Gospel ; who thereby ( I may say it confidently for some whom I know ) are brought to this perplexed Dilemma , either to pay them with reluctancy , ( as no lesse contrary to their consciences then to their commodities ) or to deny or withhold them with suspition , or imputation of avarice , or disobedience to lawfull Authority . Lippis & tonsoribus notum ; adducor tamen ut asseram , quod sciolus quidam libellum nostrum De non temerandis Ecclesijs , pro Marte suo impetens , graviter mihi imponit , {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} ecclesijs dixisse hac significatione .


id: A45468
author: Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
date: 1657.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 22895
sentence: 423
flesch: 42
cache: cache/A45468.xml
txt: txt/A45468.txt
title:
  Some profitable directions both for priest & people in two sermons preached before these evil times : the one to the clergy, the other to the citizens of London / by H. Hammond.

summary:
  have we not power , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , to carry about a beleeving or a sister woman , or matron ( for so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a brother , is every where a beleever , and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sister is but the varying the gender , or sex ) as many others did , to maintain and defray the charge of their journey , that so they might 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , v. 6. forbear working , and yet eat and drink , v. 4. not starve themselves by preaching the Gospel . but you will easily forgive me the sparing this pains , in this place ; Let it suffice that we find in that chapter , that at those holy meetings there was alwaies a table furnish'd out of the bounty of communicants , for a common feast unto all the faithful ; the rich might have leave to bring more than his poorer brother , but not to take place by that bounty , not to pretend any propriety to what he had brought , which is the meaning of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 every man his own supper , and the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , taking precedence of others in eating , the rich to eat all , and the poor none , one to be hungry , and the other drunken , the fault which he there found with the Corinthians ; Nor did the custome of liberality , annex'd to the Sacrament in those dayes , expire or vanish with the Apostles ; The practice rather increased , than abated among their successors ; Witness that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or oblation , first of all the fruits of the season , as an offering of first-fruits ; afterwards onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , of bread and wine mingled with water , which the brethren or faithful , i.e. in the antient style , the Communicants are said to bring , and present at the altar or table of the Lord , for the furnishing of the table with part , and refreshing the poor with what was left .


id: A17985
author: Carleton, George, 1559-1628.
date: 1606.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 28643
sentence: 934
flesch: 64
cache: cache/A17985.xml
txt: txt/A17985.txt
title:
  Tithes examined and proued to bee due to the clergie by a diuine right VVhereby the contentious and prophane atheists, as also the dissembling hypocrites of this age, may learne to honour the ministers and not to defraude them, and to rob the Church. The contents heereof is set downe in the page next following. Written by George Carleton Batchelour in Diuinitie.

summary:
  THus far haue wee followed the story of Tithes from the beginning , though not so exactly as might be wished , yet so as serueth sufficiently to shew how the right of tithes haue stood : that they were alwaies due to the teachers of the Church , before the law , vnder the law , and in the time of grace . First , he saith , tithes are due onely iure Canonica , but what then must bee said of those times beefore this ius Canonicum was inuented ? Tithes were proued by the auncient Fathers to bee due , when there was no Canon law in the world , and were more sincerely held by the Church before , then after the Canon law came in , held by the Fathers from the law of God , and no other .


id: A44793
author: Guy, Edward, 17th cent.
date: 1665.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 33006
sentence: 655
flesch: 50
cache: cache/A44793.xml
txt: txt/A44793.txt
title:
  The great case of the tythes and forced maitenance [sic] once more revived the true state thereof enquired into, before the law, under the law, among the Jews : likewise under the Gospel, the true ministers of Christ, their allowance shown : likewise in the corruption of time since Christ, how tythes have been introduced, wherein antiquity is searched, and the judgment of the fathers of the church in several ages produced, besides the Scripture it self examined : in all which is clearly proved, tythes and forced maintenance, are no Gospel maintenance : the Scriptures answered, divers arguments confuted, and objections answered, which are brought by the ministry of this late age : also the institution and division of parishes and their rise, all which are published for the benefit of all, who desire that Gospel order might be established again in all the churches of Christ / F.H.

summary:
  O all ye Magistrates and Potentates of the earth arise , and ●●and upon your own legs , and shake your selves and these things 〈◊〉 off you , and trouble not your selves with that which is too p●●derous and weighty for you to bear , which you are never able to made thorow , keep peace in your own dominions , and exec●te justice and judgement among all people without having respect to this or that particular judgement , for that 's the way and the only way to preserve the Nation and people in peace and qui●●nesse , and let Christs Kingdome alone , and his Church alone to him that is the head thereof , who gave his life for it , and hath a case of it , and let Christians alone as Christians , and as C●●ists subjects , to be governed by Christ , who is the King , Law●…r , and Judge of his people , who only hath right to rule in the hearts and Consciences of the sons of men , who doth teach , hath taught , and yet will teach his people , as is witnessed by the Prophet Isaiah . As concerning Laws and Canons for Tythes among the Sax●… , it is reported , that in the year 786 , in the time of Pope Adrian , when his power began to grow great , he sent two Legates with Letters into England , for R●formation , as it was call'd ; first to Off●-King of Merceland , and Alfewold King of Northumberland , who cell'd a Councel in the North , and Offis and Kenulph call'd a Coucel for the South , wherein they o●dained , That a tenth of the fruit of the earth should be paypayed as it was written in the Law of Moses ; and when this Councel had thus concluded by Alswold , the Legates and Embassadors took all the Decrees and Canons of the Councel and carryed to Offa , and he and his Bishops and Abbots did subscribe it with a Cross to it ; likewise Selden makes mention .


id: A91192
author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
date: 1653.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 66960
sentence: 2553
flesch: 67
cache: cache/A91192.xml
txt: txt/A91192.txt
title:
  A Gospel plea (interwoven with a rational and legal) for the lawfulnes & continuance of the ancient setled maintenance and tenthes of the ministers of the Gospel: proving, that there is a just, competent, comfortable maintenance due to all lawfull painfull preachers and ministers of the Gospel, by divine right, institution, and expresse texts and precepts of the Gospel: that glebes and tithes are such a maintenance, & due to ministers by divine right, law and Gospel: that if subtracted or detained, they may lawfully be inforced by coercive laws and penalties: that tithes are no reall burden nor grievance to the people; the abolishing them, no ease or benefit to farmers, husband-men, or poor people, but a prejudice and losse. That the present opposition against tithes, proceeds not from any reall grounds of conscience, but base covetousnesse, carnall policy, &c. and a Jesuiticall and Anabaptisticall designe, to subvert and ruin our ministers, Church, religion. With a satisfactory answer to all cavils and materiall objections to the contrary. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;

summary:
  After which this pretended Conquerer e in the f●urth year of his reigne by the Councell of his Barons , through all the Counties of England caused 12. men of the most Noble , wise and skilfullest in the Law , to be sunm●ned out of every Shire , that he might learn th●ir Lawes and Customes from them ; and gave them this Oath , That proceeding in a right path , without deel●ning to the right hand or the left , to the best of their power , they should make known to him the Customes and Sanctions of their Lawes , pretermitting nothing , adding nothing , and altering n●thing in them by prevarication : which they accordingly performing ; a●d King William intending to alter the Law only in one particul●● according to the Lawes of Norway , from wh●nce he and his N●●●●ans desee●ded ; all the Barons and Grand English Enquest w●o presented him their Lawes on Oath being much grieved at it , unanimosly besought him , that he would permit them to enjoy their pr●pe● Lawes and ancient Customes under which their Fathers lived , and themselves had been borne and educated , because they deened it very hard for them to receive unknown Lawes , and to judge of those things they knew not , importunately beseeching him for the sou● of King Edward ( WHO HAD GRANTED TO HIM THE CROWNE and KINGDOME AFTER HIS DEATH , and whose Lawes they were ) that he would not compell them to persevere under the Lawes of any Forainers , but their owne Country Lawes alone . Thou hast rescued me from more then 4. Quaternions of Souldiers , who most strictly garded me day and night , as they did thyimprisoned Apostle x Peter , ( and more narrowly then any formerly under the Prelats greatest Tyranny ) and delivered him out of the hand of Herod , and from all the expectation of the People of the Je●s ; the Jesuits and Popish Priests , who marched freely abroad , not only preaching , but printing and dispersing no lesse then y 19. grosse Popish Books in defence of their Religion , and condemning ours for Heresie , whiles I ( their chief oppugner ) was shut up so close in three remote Castles , that I could neither write against , nor discover their Plots against our Church , State , Religion , nor yet send Letters to mine Imprisoners to demand my liberty , unless I would first give Copies of them to my Gardians , and then trust them to send them when and by whom they pleased , nor have admission to thy publick Ordinances for above two years space .


id: A70871
author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
date: 1659.0
extension: .xml
mime: application/xml
words: 72913
sentence: 2365
flesch: 58
cache: cache/A70871.xml
txt: txt/A70871.txt
title:
  The remainder, or second part of a Gospel plea (interwoven with a rational and legal) for the lawfulness & continuance of the antient setled maintenance and tithes of the ministers of the Gospel wherein the divine right of our ministers tithes is further asserted ... / by William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq. ...

summary:
  FOR THE LAWFULNESS & CONTINUANCE Of the Antient Setled MAINTENANCE and TITHES Of the Ministers of the Gospel : WHEREIN The DIVINE RIGHT OF OUR MINISTERS TITHES is further asserted : The Magistrates Inforcement of the DUE PAYMENT OF THEM BY COERCIVE PENAL LAWS , when substracted or detained , vindicated : That they are no REAL BURDEN , or GRIEVANCE to the People ; the abolishing them no Ease , Benefit to Farmers , Tenants or Poor-People ; but a Prejudice rather ; and a gain to None but Rich Land-Lords , cleared : That the present Opposition against them , proceeds not from any true Grounds of Conscience , or Real Inconveniences in Tithes themselves , but only from base Covetousness , carnal Policy , want of Christian Love , Charity to , and professed Enmity against the Ministers of the Gospel ; Yea , from a JESUITICAL and ANABAPTISTICAL DESIGN to subvert , ruine our Church , Ministry , Religion ; and bring a Perpetual Infamie on our Nation , and the Reformed Religion here professed . That Abraham then gave him TITHES OF ALL , as perceiving under that visible form an invisible Deity and everlasting Priesthood to subsist , to whom Tithes ( originally ) are only due & eternally due ; because he is and continues for ever an everlasting Priest . That our Saviours own words , John. 8. 58. Abraham rejoyced to see my day , and he saw it , ( as well with the eyes of his body , by this special apparition of Christ then meeting and blessing him , as a Priest of the most high God , at that time , as with the eye of his faith ) and was glad : do warrant this their opinion , That Melchisedec was no other than Jesus Christ himself : which they sortify with 7. strong , unanswerable Arguments in the opinions of many ; from whence ( if granted ) it will inevitably follow ; That TITHES are more truly and properly Evangelical , than Ceremonial or Judaical , because thus originally given and paid to Christ himself , ( the h everlasting Head , King , High Priest of the Church ) by Abraham i the Common Head and Father of all the Faithfull ( as well Gentiles as Jewes ) out of the prevision of his Incarnation , in reference to his Everlasting Priesthood , as an honorary Portion , Tribute , Salary , k of right belonging and annexed to his Priesthood : Hebr. 7. 1. to 15. Gen. 14. 18 , 19 , 20. which Priestly office was l principally to be executed , compleated upon Earth , and in Heaven , by Christs subsequent Incarnation , Passion , Sacrifice of himself upon the Crosse , Resurrection , Ascension into Heaven , and perpetual Intercession at Gods right hand for all his elect , both as God and Man ; especially in relation to the Gentiles , m not generally called , converted to the faith , till after his Incarnation and Ascension .


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sid: 598
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type: ORG
entity:
  bonorum quoque communione & humanitate cum primis esse consentaneam , & ut ex dignitate sunt omnes aequales


