De non temerandis ecclesiis A tract of the rights and respect due vnto churches. Written to a gentleman, who hauing an appropriate parsonage, imploied the church to prophane vses, and left the parishioners vncertainely prouided of diuine seruice, in a parish neere there adioyning. By Sr. Henry Spelman knight.
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             De non temerandis ecclesiis A tract of the rights and respect due vnto churches. Written to a gentleman, who hauing an appropriate parsonage, imploied the church to prophane vses, and left the parishioners vncertainely prouided of diuine seruice, in a parish neere there adioyning. By Sr. Henry Spelman knight.
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           De
           non
           temerandis
           Ecclesiis
           .
           A
           TRACT
           OF
           THE
           RIGHTS
           AND
           RESPECT
           DVE
           VNto
           Churches
           .
           Written
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           hauing
           an
           Appropriate
           Parsonage
           ,
           imploied
           the
           Church
           to
           prophane
           vses
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           Parishioners
           vncertainely
           prouided
           of
           diuine
           seruice
           ,
           in
           a
           parish
           neere
           there
           adioyning
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Edition
           enlarged
           with
           an
           Appendix
           .
        
         
           By
           Sr.
           HENRY
           SPELMAN
           Knight
           .
        
         
           
             AT
             LONDON
          
           Imprinted
           by
           IOHN
           BEALE
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             William
             Welby
          
           .
           1616.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           DEO
           &
           ECCLESIAE
           .
        
         
           
             ACT.
             28.
             24.
             
          
           
             Some
             were
             perswaded
             with
             the
             things
             that
             were
             spoken
             ,
             and
             some
             beleeued
             not
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Printer
           to
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           THis
           small
           Tract
           ,
           now
           aboue
           two
           yeeres
           past
           ,
           was
           by
           mee
           printed
           for
           that
           worthy
           Knight
           the
           Authour
           thereof
           ,
           with
           no
           intent
           to
           haue
           it
           published
           :
           and
           being
           hitherto
           by
           me
           suppressed
           from
           reprinting
           here
           at
           home
           ;
           I
           find
           it
           to
           bee
           of
           late
           time
           printed
           in
           Scotland
           (
           contrary
           both
           to
           the
           Authours
           and
           my
           expectation
           )
           and
           Dedicated
           by
           another
           man
           to
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Cleargy
           there
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           more
           publike
           ,
           being
           of
           it selfe
           priuate
           ,
           then
           was
           first
           intended
           :
           which
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           had
           the
           Author
           knowen
           ,
           or
           once
           misdoubted
           the
           sequell
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             De
             non
             temerandis
             Ecclesiis
          
           ,
           hee
           would
           haue
           studied
           another
           Title
           ,
           
             De
             non
             temerandis
             Scriptis
             alienis
          
           :
           that
           his
           writings
           might
           
           not
           be
           impropriated
           ,
           when
           Benefices
           are
           made
           proper
           .
           Wherefore
           finding
           many
           st●ps
           in
           〈◊〉
           from
           his
           copie
           ,
           I
           haue
           (
           as
           well
           in
           the
           right
           of
           the
           Authour
           as
           of
           my selfe
           to
           whom
           the
           right
           of
           the
           sole
           Printing
           belonged
           )
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           reprinted
           .
           And
           though
           at
           th●
           time
           of
           the
           putting
           it
           to
           the
           Presse
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           con●erre
           with
           the
           Author
           ,
           he
           being
           then
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           yet
           hath
           it
           pleased
           him
           since
           his
           comming
           home
           ,
           to
           adde
           something
           more
           vnto
           it
           ,
           as
           his
           leasure
           would
           permit
           him
           ;
           which
           I
           haue
           annexed
           to
           the
           end
           therof
           .
           And
           thus
           haue
           I
           attempted
           to
           make
           a
           priuate
           worke
           publike
           ,
           lest
           the
           faults
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           should
           vniustly
           he
           cast
           vpon
           him
           ,
           that
           deserued
           so
           well
           in
           so
           rare
           an
           Argument
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           AL
           the
           vessels
           of
           the
           Kings
           house
           ,
           are
           not
           gold
           ,
           or
           ,
           siluer
           ,
           or
           for
           vses
           of
           Honour
           .
           Some
           be
           common
           stuffe
           ,
           &
           for
           meane
           seruices
           :
           yet
           profitable
           .
           Of
           the
           first
           sort
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           Tract
           is
           not
           .
           Whether
           of
           the
           other
           or
           no
           ;
           I
           leaue
           that
           to
           thy
           iudgemēt
           .
           To
           deale
           plainly
           ;
           my selfe
           haue
           no
           great
           opinion
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           finding
           mine
           owne
           imperfections
           and
           writing
           it
           only
           vpon
           a
           priuat
           occasion
           
           to
           a
           priuat
           friend
           ,
           without
           curious
           obseruation
           of
           matter
           or
           method
           .
           But
           hauing
           also
           written
           a
           greater
           worke
           (
           much
           of
           the
           same
           Argument
           )
           and
           intending
           to
           publish
           ,
           or
           suppresse
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           see
           cause
           :
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           vnfit
           (
           vpon
           some
           encouragement
           )
           to
           send
           this
           forth
           (
           like
           a
           Pinnesse
           or
           
             Post
             of
             Aduice
          
           )
           to
           make
           a
           discovery
           of
           the
           Coast
           ,
           before
           I
           aduenture
           my
           greater
           Ship.
           If
           I
           receiue
           good
           aduertisement
           ,
           I
           shal
           grow
           the
           bolder
           .
           Howsoeuer
           ,
           take
           this
           I
           pray
           thee
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           :
           and
           let
           my
           zeale
           to
           the
           cause
           ,
           excuse
           mee
           in
           medling
           with
           matters
           beyond
           my
           strength
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Letter
           ,
           shewing
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           worshipful
           his
           most
           louing
           vnckle
           ,
           FR
           :
           SA
           .
           &c.
           
        
         
           MY
           good
           Vncle
           ,
           the
           speeches
           that
           past
           casually
           betweene
           vs
           at
           our
           last
           parting
           ,
           haue
           runne
           often
           since
           in
           my
           minde
           ;
           and
           so
           (
           perhaps
           )
           haue
           they
           done
           in
           yours
           .
           You
           complained
           (
           as
           God
           would
           haue
           it
           )
           that
           you
           were
           much
           crost
           in
           the
           building
           you
           were
           
           in
           hand
           with
           ,
           vpon
           a
           peece
           of
           gleabe
           of
           your
           
             Appropriate
             Parsonage
          
           at
           Congham
           .
           I
           answered
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           God
           was
           not
           pleased
           with
           it
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           it
           tended
           to
           the
           defrauding
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           adding
           (
           amongst
           some
           other
           words
           )
           that
           I
           held
           it
           vtterly
           vnlawfull
           to
           keepe
           
             Appropriate
             Parsonages
             from
             the
             Church
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           But
           our
           talke
           proceeding
           ,
           I
           perceiued
           that
           as
           God
           had
           alwaies
           his
           portion
           in
           your
           hart
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           ,
           though
           it
           concerned
           your
           profit
           ,
           you
           seemed
           tractable
           .
           
           It
           much
           reioyced
           mee
           ,
           and
           therefore
           apprehending
           the
           occasion
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           bold
           to
           adde
           a
           continuance
           to
           that
           happy
           motion
           :
           (
           so
           I
           trust
           ,
           both
           you
           and
           I
           ,
           shall
           haue
           cause
           to
           terme
           it
           )
           and
           besides
           ,
           to
           giue
           you
           some
           tribute
           of
           the
           loue
           and
           duty
           I
           long
           haue
           ought
           you
           .
           Therefore
           (
           good
           vncle
           )
           as
           your
           heart
           hath
           happily
           conceiued
           these
           blessed
           sparks
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           name
           and
           blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           cherish
           and
           enflame
           them
           .
           No
           doubt
           they
           are
           kindled
           from
           heauen
           ,
           like
           the
           fire
           of
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           are
           sent
           vnto
           you
           
           from
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           bee
           a
           light
           to
           you
           in
           your
           old
           daies
           (
           when
           your
           bodily
           eies
           faile
           you
           )
           to
           guide
           your
           feete
           into
           the
           way
           of
           peace
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           way
           &
           place
           from
           whence
           they
           came
           .
           So
           alwaies
           I
           pray
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             Westmin
             .
             
               Aug.
               17.
               1613.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             louing
             and
             faithfull
             Nephew
             ,
             HENRY
             SPELMAN
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           1
           ●
           .
           line
           5.
           read
           ,
           all
           his
           goods
           .
           p.
           60.
           1.
           r.
           concurre
           .
           p.
           124
           l.
           11.
           r.
           Therefore
           he
           that
           inlarged
           the
           
             Termes
             of
             the
             Law
          
           (
           first
           set
           forth
           by
           
             Iohn
             Rassall
          
           )
           also
           .
           p
           ▪
           145.
           l.
           14.
           r.
           supple
           .
           p.
           178
           ,
           ●
           .
           8.
           1.
           
           〈…〉
           p.
           175.
           l.
           21.
           r.
           Kings
           Edition
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           De
           non
           temerandis
           ECCLESIIS
           .
        
         
           OF
           THE
           Rights
           and
           respect
           due
           vnto
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           IN
           SOmuch
           as
           the
           rights
           &
           Duties
           that
           belong
           to
           our
           Churches
           are
           in
           effect
           contained
           vnder
           the
           name
           
           of
           a
           Rectory
           or
           Parsonage
           :
           I
           wil
           first
           define
           ,
           what
           I
           conceiue
           a
           Rectory
           or
           Parsonage
           to
           be
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           vsuall
           forme
           and
           manner
           thereof
           .
        
         
           A
           Rectory
           or
           Parsonage
           ,
           
           is
           a
           a
           
             Spirituall
             liuing
          
           ,
           composed
           of
           
             Land
             ,
             Tythe
          
           ,
           and
           other
           b
           Oblations
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           c
           separate
           or
           dedicate
           to
           God
           in
           any
           Congregation
           ,
           
           for
           the
           d
           seruice
           of
           his
           Church
           there
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Gouernour
           or
           Minister
           thereof
           ,
           to
           whose
           charge
           the
           same
           is
           committed
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           definitiō
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           the
           ordinary
           liuing
           or
           reuenew
           of
           a
           Parsonage
           ,
           is
           of
           3
           sorts
           :
           the
           one
           in
           Land
           ,
           cōmonly
           called
           the
           Glebe
           :
           another
           in
           Tithe
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           set
           and
           regular
           part
           of
           our
           goods
           rendered
           to
           God.
           the
           third
           ,
           in
           other
           offrings
           and
           oblations
           bestowed
           vpon
           God
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           either
           in
           such
           arbitrable
           proportion
           as
           their
           owne
           deuotion
           moueth
           them
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           lawes
           or
           customes
           of
           particular
           places
           doe
           require
           them
           .
        
         
           2
           Though
           I
           inuert
           order
           a
           little
           ,
           
           I
           will
           first
           speake
           of
           Tithes
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           Gods
           ancient
           demain
           ,
           and
           the
           nobler
           part
           of
           this
           his
           inheritance
           ,
           founded
           primar●ly
           ,
           vpon
           the
           Lawe
           of
           nature
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           other
           bee
           also
           after
           their
           manner
           .
           )
           For
           the
           
             Lawe
             of
             
             Nature
          
           teacheth
           vs
           that
           God
           is
           to
           bee
           honoured
           :
           and
           that
           the
           honour
           due
           vnto
           him
           ,
           cannot
           bee
           performed
           without
           Ministers
           ,
           nor
           the
           Ministers
           attende
           their
           function
           without
           maintenance
           .
           And
           therefore
           seeing
           God
           is
           the
           supreame
           Lord
           and
           possessor
           of
           all
           ,
           
           and
           giueth
           all
           things
           vnto
           vs
           that
           we
           are
           maintained
           with
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           duty
           ,
           both
           in
           point
           of
           Iustice
           and
           Gratuity
           ,
           to
           render
           something
           backe
           againe
           vnto
           him
           ,
           as
           acknowledging
           
           this
           his
           supremacie
           and
           bounty
           ;
           as
           honouring
           him
           for
           his
           goodnesse
           ;
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           the
           worship
           ,
           loue
           ,
           and
           seruice
           we
           owe
           him
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           as
           a
           meanes
           whereby
           these
           duties
           and
           seruices
           may
           be
           performed
           to
           him
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           verie
           
             Lawe
             of
             Nature
          
           teacheth
           vs
           to
           doe
           :
           and
           this
           the
           
             Lawe
             of
             GOD
          
           requireth
           also
           at
           our
           hands
           :
           but
           what
           the
           set
           portion
           of
           our
           goods
           should
           bee
           ,
           that
           thus
           wee
           ought
           to
           render
           backe
           
           vnto
           God
           ,
           I
           cannot
           say
           the
           Lawe
           of
           a
           Nature
           hath
           determined
           that
           .
           But
           the
           wisdome
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           practise
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Patriarches
           b
           ABRAHAM
           and
           c
           IACOB
           ,
           the
           d
           approbation
           and
           commandement
           of
           Almighty
           GOD
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           constant
           e
           resolution
           of
           his
           CHVRCH
           vniuersally
           ,
           hath
           taught
           &
           prescribed
           vs
           to
           render
           
           vnto
           him
           the
           
             Tenth
             part
          
           :
           and
           that
           this
           Tenth
           part
           or
           Tithe
           ,
           being
           thus
           assigned
           vnto
           him
           ,
           leaueth
           now
           to
           be
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           other
           
             nine
             parts
          
           (
           which
           are
           giuen
           vs
           for
           our
           worldly
           necessities
           )
           and
           becommeth
           as
           a
           thing
           dedicate
           &
           appropriate
           vnto
           God.
           For
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Leuit.
             27.
             30.
             
             All
             the
             tythe
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             the
             trees
             ,
             is
             the
             Lords
             :
          
           yea
           more
           then
           so
           ,
           
             It
             is
             holy
             vnto
             the
             Lord.
          
           And
           againe
           (
           verse
           32.
           )
           
             Euerie
             
             Tithe
             of
             Bullocke
             ,
             and
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             that
             goeth
             vnder
             the
             rodde
             ,
             the
             tenth
             shall
             bee
             holy
             vnto
             the
             Lord.
          
           He
           saith
           ,
           
             holy
             vnto
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           not
           that
           they
           were
           like
           the
           sanctified
           things
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           which
           none
           might
           touch
           but
           the
           
             Annointed
             Priests
          
           )
           but
           
             Holy
             and
             seperate
          
           from
           the
           vse
           and
           iniurie
           of
           secular
           persons
           ,
           and
           to
           bee
           disposed
           onely
           ,
           to
           and
           for
           the
           peculiar
           seruice
           and
           peculiar
           Seruants
           of
           GOD.
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           28.
           verse
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             to
             be
             seperate
             
             from
             the
             common
             vse
             ,
          
           because
           it
           is
           separate
           ,
           and
           set
           apart
           vnto
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           3
           But
           some
           happily
           will
           say
           ,
           
           that
           this
           vse
           of
           Tithing
           rises
           out
           of
           the
           Leuiticall
           Lawe
           ,
           and
           so
           ended
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           receiued
           and
           practised
           by
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           a
           Iacob
           diuers
           hundred
           yeeres
           before
           it
           came
           to
           the
           Leuites
           .
           For
           it
           is
           said
           that
           Abraham
           gaue
           tithe
           to
           
             Melchisedeck
             ,
             Gen.
          
           14.
           20.
           
           And
           that
           Leuy
           himselfe
           paid
           tythe
           also
           in
           the
           
           loines
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Heb.
             7.
             9.
             
             Melchisedecke
          
           was
           the
           image
           of
           CHRST
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           ;
           Abraham
           of
           the
           congregation
           of
           the
           Faithful
           .
           Therfore
           though
           Leuy
           receiued
           tithes
           afterward
           ,
           by
           a
           particular
           grant
           from
           GOD
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           :
           yet
           now
           hee
           paide
           them
           generally
           with
           the
           congregation
           ,
           in
           the
           loines
           of
           Abram
           vnto
           the
           Priesthood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           heere
           personated
           by
           Melchisedeck
           :
           which
           being
           perpetual
           ,
           &
           an
           image
           of
           this
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           may
           
           well
           note
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           this
           dutie
           of
           Tythe
           ,
           ought
           also
           to
           bee
           perpetuall
           .
           And
           therfore
           b
           Chrysostome
           saith
           :
           that
           
             Abraham
             heerein
             was
             OVR
             tutor
          
           :
           not
           the
           tutor
           of
           the
           Iewes
           .
           And
           in
           somuch
           as
           Abraham
           paid
           it
           not
           to
           a
           Priest
           that
           offered
           a
           
             Leuiticall
             Sacrifice
          
           of
           Bullocks
           and
           Goates
           :
           but
           to
           him
           that
           gaue
           the
           Elements
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           c
           bread
           and
           
           wine
           :
           it
           may
           also
           well
           intimate
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           to
           what
           kinde
           of
           Priest
           we
           are
           to
           pay
           our
           tithes
           :
           namely
           ,
           to
           him
           that
           ministreth
           vnto
           vs
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           bread
           and
           wine
           ,
           which
           are
           onely
           those
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           
             Leuiricall
             Priests
          
           .
           So
           that
           our
           tythe
           paide
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           cannot
           bee
           said
           Leuiticall
           :
           as
           also
           for
           that
           the
           
             Leuitical
             tythes
          
           ,
           were
           onely
           of
           things
           d
           renewing
           and
           increasing
           :
           whereas
           Abraham
           and
           Iacob
           paid
           them
           of
           all
           :
           as
           if
           
           they
           had
           followed
           the
           cōmandement
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ;
             Let
             him
             that
             is
             taught
             in
             the
             Word
             ,
             make
             him
             that
             hath
             taught
             him
             part
             taker
             of
          
           c
           
             AL.
             Gal
             ▪
          
           6.
           6.
           
        
         
           God
           also
           requireth
           this
           dutie
           of
           tythe
           by
           his
           owne
           mouth
           ,
           as
           of
           olde
           belonging
           vnto
           him
           ,
           before
           the
           Leuites
           were
           called
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           the
           Tabernacle
           :
           and
           before
           they
           were
           named
           in
           Scripture
           .
           For
           they
           are
           not
           named
           till
           Exodus
           .
           38.
           21.
           
           And
           it
           is
           said
           in
           
             Exodus
             22.
             29.
             
             Thine
             
             bundance
             of
             thy
             liquor
             shalt
             thou
             not
             keepe
             backe
             :
          
           meaning
           Tithes
           and
           
             first
             fruits
          
           ,
           and
           therfore
           Ierome
           doubteth
           not
           so
           to
           translate
           it
           ;
           
             Thy
             Tithes
          
           and
           
             first
             Fruits
             shalt
             thou
             not
             keepe
             backe
             .
          
           And
           in
           this
           manner
           of
           speech
           ,
           the
           word
           
             Keepe
             backe
          
           ,
           sheweth
           that
           it
           was
           a
           thing
           formerlie
           due
           vnto
           GOD
           :
           for
           wee
           cannot
           say
           ,
           that
           any
           thing
           is
           
             kept
             backe
          
           ,
           or
           with-holden
           that
           was
           not
           due
           before
           .
           Therefore
           wee
           finde
           
             no
             originall
          
           commondement
           
           of
           giuing
           tithe
           vnto
           GOD
           :
           but
           vpon
           the
           first
           mentioning
           of
           them
           in
           Leuiticus
           ,
           they
           are
           positiuely
           declared
           to
           bee
           His
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           His
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           ancient
           demaine
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           there
           said
           ,
           
             Cap.
             27.
             30.
             
             All
             the
             tithe
             of
             the
             Land
             is
             the
             Lords
             .
          
           And
           Moses
           commandeth
           not
           the
           people
           a
           new
           thing
           :
           but
           declareth
           the
           Right
           that
           of
           olde
           belonged
           to
           GOD
           :
           namely
           ,
           that
           
             All
             the
             tithes
             of
             the
             land
             was
             his
             .
          
        
         
           Other
           phrases
           of
           Scripture
           
           doe
           confirme
           this
           ;
           for
           afterward
           when
           tithes
           came
           to
           be
           assigned
           to
           the
           Leuites
           :
           God
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           
             The
             children
             of
             Israel
             shal
             giue
             their
             tithes
             to
             the
             Leuites
             ▪
          
           but
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Behold
             I
             haue
             giuen
             them
             to
             the
             Leuites
             .
          
           
           And
           continuing
           this
           his
           claime
           vnto
           them
           ,
           against
           those
           that
           many
           hundred
           yeeres
           after
           disseised
           him
           of
           them
           :
           hee
           complaineth
           ,
           
             Malachy
             .
             3.
             8.
             
             That
             they
             that
             withheld
             their
             tyths
             from
             the
             Leuites
             ,
             spoiled
             him
             himselfe
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           hauing
           handled
           this
           argument
           more
           largely
           in
           a
           greater
           worke
           :
           I
           will
           heare
           close
           it
           vp
           with
           opposing
           against
           these
           kindes
           of
           Aduersaries
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           reuerend
           authority
           of
           of
           those
           ancient
           and
           most
           honourable
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           SS
           .
           a
           Ambrose
           ,
           b
           Augustine
           ,
           c
           Hierome
           ,
           and
           d
           Chysostome
           ,
           (
           who
           though
           they
           runne
           violently
           with
           Saint
           Paul
           ,
           against
           such
           ceremonies
           ,
           as
           they
           conceiued
           to
           
           to
           be
           Leuiticall
           ;
           yet
           when
           they
           come
           to
           speake
           of
           Tithes
           ,
           admit
           ,
           maintaine
           ,
           and
           command
           the
           vse
           thereof
           :
           )
           But
           also
           the
           resolution
           of
           many
           ancient
           e
           Counsels
           and
           a
           multitude
           of
           other
           f
           Fathers
           &
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           their
           seu●rall
           ages
           :
           all
           of
           them
           concurring
           in
           opinion
           ,
           that
           Tithes
           belong
           iustly
           vnto
           GOD
           ;
           and
           many
           
           of
           them
           commanding
           all
           men
           euen
           vpon
           perill
           of
           their
           soules
           not
           to
           withholde
           them
           :
           which
           Argument
           S.
           Augustin
           himselfe
           pathetically
           maintaineth
           ,
           
           in
           a
           particular
           Sermon
           of
           his
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           And
           though
           it
           be
           a
           great
           question
           among
           the
           learned
           ,
           whether
           they
           bee
           du●
           
             in
             queta
             parte
             ,
             iure
             diuino
          
           (
           which
           requireth
           a
           larger
           discourse
           )
           yet
           I
           neuer
           read
           of
           many
           that
           impugned
           them
           absolutely
           .
           
           Lieutardus
           ,
           who
           liued
           about
           1000
           
           yeeres
           after
           Christ
           ,
           taught
           the
           payment
           of
           them
           to
           bee
           superfluous
           and
           idle
           ,
           and
           then
           growing
           desperate
           ,
           drowned
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           to
           giue
           vs
           a
           badge
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           4
           Touching
           oblations
           and
           offrings
           .
           
           The
           Fathers
           vnder
           a
           this
           name
           accounted
           all
           things
           ,
           that
           were
           giuē
           or
           dedicated
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           God.
           And
           in
           the
           first
           ages
           of
           Christiā
           religiō
           (
           after
           the
           great
           persecutions
           )
           the
           Church
           by
           this
           meanes
           began
           so
           to
           abound
           in
           riches
           ,
           
           that
           the
           good
           Emperours
           b
           themselues
           ,
           were
           constrained
           to
           make
           laws
           (
           not
           vnlike
           our
           statutes
           of
           Mortemaine
           )
           to
           restrain
           the
           excesse
           thereof
           :
           for
           feare
           of
           impouerishing
           their
           temporall
           estate
           In
           those
           daies
           ,
           many
           Churches
           had
           Treasuries
           for
           keeping
           these
           oblations
           (
           as
           the
           Storehouses
           at
           Hierusalem
           ,
           appointed
           by
           c
           Hezechias
           ,
           for
           the
           Temple
           )
           but
           the
           succeeding
           Ages
           ,
           contracted
           them
           into
           Chests
           :
           and
           in
           these
           later
           times
           ,
           
           the
           Parsons
           pocket
           may
           well
           enough
           containe
           them
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           neede
           .
           therefore
           ,
           to
           spend
           many
           words
           in
           a
           small
           matter
           :
           for
           all
           the
           Oblations
           now
           in
           vse
           ,
           are
           in
           effect
           the
           two-peny
           Easter
           Offrings
           ,
           and
           a
           fewe
           other
           such
           like
           :
           which
           because
           the
           owners
           of
           
             Appropriate
             Parsonages
          
           shall
           not
           ignorantly
           conuert
           vnto
           their
           owne
           benefit
           :
           I
           will
           shewe
           them
           why
           they
           were
           paied
           ,
           and
           why
           they
           haue
           them
           .
        
         
           Saint
           Paul
           ordained
           in
           
           the
           churches
           of
           Galatia
           &
           Corinth
           ,
           that
           euery
           one
           vpō
           the
           Lords
           day
           should
           yeeld
           somewhat
           to
           God
           for
           the
           
             Saints
             .
             1
             ,
             Cor.
             16.
             
             ●
             ▪
          
        
         
           ●
           But
           this
           (
           being
           once
           a
           weeek
           )
           came
           too
           thick
           &
           too
           often
           about
           .
           Therfore
           in
           d
           Tertullians
           time
           the
           vse
           was
           to
           doe
           it
           monthly
           ,
           and
           (
           at
           last
           )
           at
           pleasure
           .
           But
           it
           was
           euer
           the
           ancient
           vse
           of
           the
           Primitiue
           Church
           (
           as
           appeareth
           by
           e
           Justin
           &
           Cyprian
           )
           that
           al●
           that
           come
           to
           the
           holy
           Communion
           ,
           did
           according
           to
           
           their
           abilities
           ,
           offer
           something
           of
           their
           substance
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           charitable
           vses
           and
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Ministers
           .
           Therefore
           f
           Cyprian
           sharply
           taxeth
           a
           rich
           Matron
           ,
           that
           receiued
           the
           Communion
           ,
           and
           offered
           nothing
           .
           
             Locuples
             &
             diues
             &
             dominicum
             celebrare
             te
             credis
             ,
             quae
          
           g
           
             Corban
             omnino
             non
             respicis
             &c.
             
             What
             ?
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             art
             thou
             able
             and
             rich
             ?
             and
             dost
             thou
             thinke
             that
             thou
             celebratest
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             which
             bringest
             nothing
             to
             the
             Treasurie
             ?
          
           
           So
           (
           Irenaeus
           saith
           )
           h
           
             That
             it
             was
             the
             vse
             of
             the
             Church
             through
             the
             world
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             receiued
             from
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             to
             offer
             something
             of
             the
             blessings
             that
             they
             liued
             by
             ,
             as
             the
             first
             fruits
             thereof
             ,
             to
             him
             that
             gaue
             these
             things
             vnto
             them
             .
          
           Which
           i
           Zanchius
           vnderstandeth
           to
           bee
           meant
           of
           offrings
           at
           the
           
             Communion
             :
             giuen
             to
             holy
             vses
             ,
             and
             for
             reliefe
             of
             the
             poore
             of
             the
             Church
             :
          
           commending
           it
           for
           an
           excellent
           custome
           ,
           and
           complaining
           that
           it
           is
           
           now
           discontinued
           .
           But
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           and
           in
           imitation
           hereof
           ,
           are
           our
           Easter
           and
           Communion
           offrings
           (
           as
           also
           those
           ,
           at
           ,
           &
           for
           Christnings
           ,
           Burials
           ,
           &c.
           which
           I
           will
           not
           now
           speake
           further
           of
           )
           at
           this
           day
           made
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           Proprietaries
           consider
           with
           what
           conscience
           they
           can
           swallow
           and
           digest
           them
           .
        
         
           5
           Touching
           the
           land
           ,
           
           glebe
           ,
           and
           howses
           ,
           belonging
           to
           Parsonages
           (
           which
           I
           would
           haue
           called
           
             Gods
             fixt
             inheritance
          
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           
           see
           it
           is
           moueable
           :
           )
           I
           cannot
           say
           that
           they
           are
           Gods
           
             ancient
             demaines
          
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           forme
           that
           tithes
           are
           ,
           and
           as
           our
           Clergie
           enioieth
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           warrant
           and
           ground
           thereof
           ,
           riseth
           out
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           not
           onely
           gaue
           vs
           a
           president
           thereof
           ,
           whē
           hee
           appointed
           Cities
           for
           the
           Leuites
           to
           dwel
           in
           ,
           with
           a
           conuenient
           circuit
           of
           fields
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           Cattell
           ,
           
             Num.
             35.
             2
             ,
             &c.
          
           but
           commanded
           also
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           
           (
           and
           in
           them
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           world
           :
           )
           that
           in
           diuision
           of
           their
           land
           ,
           they
           should
           offer
           an
           oblation
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           an
           holy
           portion
           of
           the
           Land
           for
           the
           Priest
           to
           dwell
           on
           ,
           and
           to
           build
           the
           house
           of
           GOD
           vpon
           :
           
             Ezeck
             45.
             1
             ,
             &
          
           4.
           
           So
           that
           the
           houses
           and
           lands
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           haue
           dedicated
           to
           God
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           for
           the
           Churches
           and
           Ministers
           of
           this
           time
           :
           are
           now
           also
           his
           right
           and
           
             iust
             inheritance
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           which
           the
           
           Israelites
           assigned
           for
           the
           
             house
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           Leuites
           of
           that
           time
           ▪
           and
           commeth
           vpon
           the
           same
           reason
           and
           in
           lieu
           thereof
           .
           But
           because
           it
           is
           vncertain
           when
           and
           how
           they
           were
           brought
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           will
           say
           something
           touching
           that
           point
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Apostles
           the
           vse
           was
           (
           as
           appeareth
           Acts
           2.
           45.
           
           &
           
             Acts
             4.
             34
             ,
             &
          
           35.
           )
           to
           sell
           their
           lands
           ,
           
           and
           bring
           the
           money
           only
           ,
           to
           the
           Apostles
           .
           For
           the
           Church
           being
           then
           
           in
           persecution
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostles
           not
           to
           remaine
           in
           any
           particular
           place
           ,
           but
           to
           wander
           all
           ouer
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           preaching
           the
           Gospell
           :
           they
           could
           not
           possesse
           immoueable
           inheritances
           :
           and
           therefore
           receiued
           onely
           the
           money
           they
           were
           sold
           for
           ,
           distributing
           it
           as
           occasion
           serued
           .
           But
           after
           when
           the
           church
           obtained
           a
           little
           rest
           ,
           &
           began
           to
           be
           settled
           :
           a
           it
           
           found
           much
           casualty
           in
           pecuniary
           contributions
           ,
           and
           chused
           therefore
           rather
           to
           retaine
           the
           Lands
           themselues
           ,
           giuen
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Gods
           Priests
           and
           Ministers
           :
           then
           (
           by
           suffering
           the
           same
           to
           be
           sold
           )
           to
           furnish
           the
           time
           present
           with
           abundance
           ,
           and
           leaue
           the
           future
           time
           to
           hazard
           and
           vncertainety
           .
           Heereupon
           the
           Fathers
           in
           the
           b
           Primitiue
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           before
           Constantine
           (
           as
           appeareth
           by
           his
           owne
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           by
           
           c
           Origen
           d
           Eusebius
           ,
           and
           the
           Epistles
           of
           e
           Pius
           ,
           and
           f
           Vrban
           )
           as
           after
           :
           began
           to
           accept
           &
           retaine
           the
           lands
           thus
           giuen
           ,
           and
           to
           leaue
           them
           ouer
           to
           their
           successors
           for
           a
           perpetual
           Dowry
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           this
           vpon
           experiēce
           was
           found
           to
           be
           so
           godly
           and
           worthy
           a
           course
           ,
           that
           it
           not
           onely
           receiued
           the
           applause
           of
           all
           succeeding
           ages
           :
           But
           commendeth
           for
           euer
           vnto
           vs
           their
           temperance
           ,
           in
           desiring
           no
           more
           then
           for
           
           present
           necessity
           ,
           their
           zeal
           in
           prouiding
           for
           posterity
           ,
           and
           their
           great
           wisdome
           ,
           (
           or
           rather
           ,
           Propheticall
           spirit
           )
           which
           fore-sawe
           so
           long
           before
           hand
           that
           ,
           deuotion
           though
           it
           were
           〈◊〉
           at
           one
           time
           hot
           &
           feruent
           ,
           yet
           ,
           at
           another
           it
           might
           be
           cold
           enough
           :
           and
           therefore
           when
           time
           serued
           ,
           they
           would
           by
           this
           meanes
           prouide
           that
           the
           Church
           for
           euer
           ,
           should
           haue
           of
           her
           own
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           her selfe
           wi●hall
           .
           Vpon
           this
           ensued
           many
           godly
           prouisiōs
           for
           
           endowment
           of
           Churches
           ,
           and
           for
           annexing
           their
           liuings
           so
           vnto
           them
           ,
           as
           neither
           the
           variety
           of
           time
           ,
           nor
           the
           impiety
           of
           man
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           should
           euer
           haue
           diuorced
           them
           ;
           as
           appeareth
           by
           a
           multitude
           of
           ancient
           Councels
           ,
           Canons
           ,
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           decrees
           of
           the
           g
           Church
           ,
           h
           Emperours
           ,
           
           and
           i
           Princes
           ,
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           Therefore
           whilest
           the
           world
           burned
           so
           with
           that
           sacred
           fire
           of
           deuotion
           ,
           towards
           the
           aduancement
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           :
           that
           euery
           man
           desired
           to
           sanctifie
           his
           hand
           ,
           in
           the
           building
           of
           Churches
           ,
           lest
           such
           holy
           monuments
           for
           want
           of
           due
           maintenance
           ,
           should
           (
           in
           proces
           of
           time
           )
           becom
           ,
           either
           contēptible
           ,
           or
           vnprofitable
           .
           It
           was
           at
           length
           ordained
           ,
           in
           k
           
             Aurel.
             
             Concil
             .
             4.
             
             (
             An.
             545.
             )
             cap.
          
           33.
           
           And
           l
           
             Concil
             .
             Valentin
             .
             (
             An.
             855.
             )
             cap.
          
           9.
           
           That
           ,
           
             whosoeuer
             builded
             a
             Church
             ,
             should
             assigne
             vnto
             it
             a
          
           *
           
             Plough-land
             ,
             furnished
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Parson
             thereof
             .
          
           By
           vertue
           of
           these
           Councels
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           were
           the
           Founders
           of
           Churches
           in
           France
           first
           compelled
           to
           assure
           Liuings
           to
           those
           Churches
           .
           And
           it
           was
           also
           prouided
           by
           the
           third
           Councel
           of
           m
           Tolledo
           in
           Spaine
           ,
           that
           no
           Bishop
           might
           consecrate
           any
           Church
           ,
           till
           sufficient
           
           maintenance
           (
           which
           n
           Chrysostome
           calleth
           the
           
             Dowry
             of
             the
             Bride
          
           )
           were
           assigned
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           these
           were
           forraigne
           ,
           and
           
             Prouinciall
             Councels
          
           ,
           not
           Generall
           :
           they
           bound
           not
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           by
           doctrin
           and
           example
           .
           Therefore
           it
           was
           heere
           decreed
           afterward
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           in
           a
           o
           Synod
           at
           London
           vnder
           
             Anselme
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             Anno
             Domini
          
           1105.
           
           H.
           1.
           3.
           
           And
           though
           the
           Lawes
           of
           our
           Church
           began
           
           then
           first
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           I
           yet
           can
           finde
           )
           to
           constrain
           our
           Country-men
           to
           giue
           Endowments
           to
           the
           Churches
           that
           they
           builded
           ;
           yet
           we
           were
           taught
           before
           (
           by
           the
           Custome
           and
           Example
           of
           our
           precedent
           Auncestors
           ,
           as
           well
           ,
           as
           by
           our
           dutie
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           
             word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ▪
           as
           appeareth
           by
           many
           Presidents
           ,
           whereof
           I
           will
           onely
           alleadge
           one
           ,
           (
           but
           aboue
           others
           ,
           that
           most
           famous
           )
           of
           *
           ETHELWULPHVS
           
             King
             of
             West-Saxony
          
           ,
           who
           (
           in
           
           the
           yeere
           of
           our
           Lord
           855
           )
           as
           p
           
             Ingulphus
             Saxo
          
           ,
           and
           q
           
             Simeon
             Dumelmens
          
           .
           report
           ,
           by
           the
           aduice
           and
           agreement
           of
           all
           his
           Bishops
           and
           
             Nobility
             :
             Gaue
          
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           tithe
           of
           the
           goods
           ,
           but
           the
           r
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           Land
           through
           his
           Kingdome
           for
           euer
           ,
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Churches
           ,
           free
           from
           all
           secular
           seruices
           ,
           taxations
           ,
           and
           impositions
           whatsoeuer
           .
           In
           which
           kind
           of
           religious
           magnificence
           ,
           as
           our
           succeeding
           Kings
           haue
           also
           abounded
           :
           so
           haue
           they
           
           from
           s
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           Parliament
           Lawes
           ,
           as
           by
           their
           Royall
           Charters
           ,
           confirmed
           these
           and
           other
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           with
           many
           solemne
           t
           vows
           and
           impreceations
           against
           all
           that
           should
           euer
           attempt
           to
           violate
           the
           same
           .
           Therefore
           if
           these
           things
           had
           not
           bin
           primarily
           due
           vnto
           God
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           now
           His
           ,
           and
           seperate
           from
           vs
           ,
           by
           the
           voluntary
           gift
           and
           dedication
           of
           our
           ancient
           Kings
           and
           Predecessours
           :
           
           as
           was
           the
           u
           tribute
           of
           a
           third
           part
           of
           a
           shekell
           ,
           which
           Nehemiah
           and
           the
           Iews
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           free
           bountie
           ,
           couenanted
           yeerely
           to
           giue
           vnto
           God
           
             for
             the
             seruice
             of
             his
             house
             .
          
           For
           ,
           as
           Saint
           Peter
           x
           saith
           to
           
             Ananias
             :
             Whilest
             these
             things
             remained
             ,
             they
             appertained
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             and
             were
             in
             our
             owne
             power
             ▪
          
           but
           now
           ,
           when
           wee
           haue
           not
           onely
           vowed
           them
           ,
           but
           deliuered
           them
           ouer
           into
           the
           hands
           and
           possession
           of
           Almighty
           God
           (
           and
           that
           ,
           not
           for
           superstitious
           and
           
           idle
           orders
           ,
           but
           meerly
           for
           the
           maintenāce
           of
           his
           publike
           diuine
           worship
           ,
           &
           the
           Ministers
           thereof
           (
           they
           are
           not
           now
           arbitrable
           ,
           nor
           to
           be
           reuoked
           by
           vs
           ,
           to
           the
           detriment
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           6
           Churches
           being
           erected
           and
           endowed
           :
           
           they
           and
           their
           liuings
           ,
           were
           (
           as
           I
           say
           )
           dedicated
           vnto
           God.
           First
           ,
           by
           the
           solemne
           vowe
           and
           oblation
           of
           the
           Founders
           :
           then
           by
           the
           solemne
           act
           of
           the
           Bishoppe
           ,
           who
           to
           seperate
           these
           things
           from
           secular
           &
           prophane
           
           imployments
           ,
           not
           onely
           ratified
           the
           vow
           and
           oblation
           of
           the
           Patron
           or
           Founders
           :
           but
           consecrated
           also
           the
           Church
           it self
           :
           vsing
           therein
           great
           deuotion
           ,
           many
           blessings
           ,
           praiers
           ,
           works
           of
           charity
           ,
           and
           some
           Ceremony
           ,
           for
           sanctifying
           the
           same
           to
           diuine
           vses
           .
           Therefore
           also
           haue
           the
           ancient
           a
           Councels
           added
           many
           fearefull
           curses
           against
           all
           such
           as
           should
           either
           violate
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           Rights
           thereof
           .
        
         
         
           This
           consecration
           ,
           Master
           a
           Perkins
           calleth
           a
           Dedication
           ,
           but
           confesseth
           it
           to
           haue
           beene
           in
           vse
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           about
           the
           yeere
           of
           Christ
           300.
           (
           which
           is
           within
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Primitiue
           Church
           )
           onely
           he
           admitteth
           not
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           then
           performed
           with
           Ceremony
           and
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ;
           which
           heere
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           vppon
           ,
           nor
           to
           shew
           the
           greater
           antiquity
           thereof
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           thinke
           it
           may
           well
           bee
           prooued
           .
           )
           
           For
           Athanasius
           being
           in
           
           those
           daies
           accused
           by
           the
           Arians
           ,
           of
           ministring
           the
           Communion
           in
           a
           Church
           not
           consecrated
           ,
           excused
           himselfe
           to
           haue
           done
           it
           vpon
           necessity
           .
           And
           a
           Theodoret
           reporteth
           ,
           that
           Constantine
           (
           then
           likewise
           )
           cōmanded
           ,
           
             all
             those
             that
             were
             at
             the
             Councel
             of
             Fyrus
             ,
             should
             come
             to
          
           *
           
             Aelia
             :
             and
             that
             others
             should
             be
             assembled
             from
             all
             parts
             ,
             for
          
           *
           
             Consecration
             of
             the
             Churches
             ,
             builded
             by
             him
             .
          
           Which
           sheweth
           it
           to
           be
           so
           notorious
           and
           generall
           an
           vse
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           
           and
           to
           haue
           such
           vniuersal
           approbation
           ;
           as
           it
           could
           not
           ,
           but
           haue
           a
           roote
           also
           from
           elder
           ages
           ,
           though
           there
           cannot
           be
           many
           presidents
           found
           thereof
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Christians
           being
           then
           in
           persecution
           ,
           might
           hardly
           build
           ,
           or
           dedicate
           any
           Churches
           ,
           but
           were
           constrained
           to
           vse
           priuat
           houses
           ,
           and
           solitary
           places
           for
           their
           assemblies
           .
           Yet
           ,
           euen
           those
           houses
           ,
           hadde
           (
           as
           it
           seemeth
           )
           some
           consecration
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           most
           commonly
           called
           
           *
           
             aedes
             sacrae
          
           ,
           Holy
           houses
           ,
           &
           haue
           left
           that
           name
           ,
           (
           to
           this
           day
           )
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           for
           our
           Churches
           ,
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           their
           sanctification
           ,
           whereof
           I
           shal
           speake
           more
           anon
           .
           
           *
           Eusebius
           also
           saith
           :
           that
           
             insomuch
             as
             the
             Holy
             houses
             and
             Temples
             of
             that
             time
             ,
             were
             thus
             Dedicated
             and
          
           Consecrated
           
             vnto
             God
             ,
             the
             vniuersall
          
           Lord
           
             of
             all
             :
             therefore
             they
             receiued
             his
             name
             ,
             &
             were
             called
             in
             Greek
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           (
           in
           Lattin
           ,
           
             Dominica
             )
             the
          
           Lords
           houses
           :
           
             Which
             name
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             was
             not
             imporsed
             .
             
             vpon
             them
             by
             man
             :
             but
             by
             himselfe
             onely
             ,
             that
             is
             Lord
             of
             all
             .
          
           Of
           this
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           commeth
           the
           Saxon
           word
           Cyric
           or
           Kyrk
           :
           and
           (
           by
           adding
           a
           double
           aspiration
           to
           it
           )
           our
           vsuall
           word
           Chyrch
           or
           Church
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           to
           put
           vs
           euer
           in
           mind
           ,
           whose
           these
           Houses
           are
           :
           namely
           ,
           
             the
             Lords
             houses
          
           :
           like
           that
           ,
           which
           IACOB
           dedicating
           vnto
           GOD
           ,
           called
           (
           Bethel
           :
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           
           
             the
             house
             of
             God.
          
           
        
         
           But
           both
           Church
           and
           Church-liuings
           were
           thus
           
           solemnely
           deliuered
           into
           Gods
           possession
           ;
           and
           therefore
           all
           ages
           ,
           Councels
           and
           Fathers
           (
           that
           euer
           I
           yet
           haue
           met
           with
           )
           account
           them
           holy
           and
           inuiolable
           things
           .
           And
           hereupon
           they
           are
           termed
           ,
           
           
             Patrimonium
             Christi
             ,
             Dos
             Ecclesiae
             ,
             Dos
             sponsae
             Christi
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sacrata
             possessio
          
           ,
           or
           
             Praedium
             sanctum
          
           .
           For
           ,
           
             Euery
             thing
             that
             a
             man
             doth
             separate
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             from
             the
             common
             vse
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             man
             ,
             or
             beast
             ,
             or
             
               Land
               of
               his
               Inheritance
            
             ,
             it
             is
             Holy
             to
             
             the
             Lord
             :
             Leuit.
          
           27.
           28.
           
           And
           in
           what
           sort
           I
           vnderstand
           the
           word
           Holy
           ,
           I
           haue
           before
           declared
           .
        
         
           7
           As
           then
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           
           primarily
           taught
           all
           Nations
           in
           the
           world
           to
           giue
           these
           things
           vnto
           God
           ▪
           so
           the
           very
           same
           Law
           ,
           also
           taught
           them
           that
           it
           was
           sacriledge
           and
           impiety
           to
           pull
           them
           backe
           againe
           :
           yea
           ,
           the
           very
           heathē
           ,
           counted
           the
           things
           thus
           seuered
           vnto
           their
           gods
           :
           to
           be
           
             Sancta
             &
             inuiolanda
          
           .
           And
           Saint
           Augustine
           expoundeth
           ,
           
             Sanctum
             
             illud
             esse
             ,
             quod
             violare
             nefas
             est
             .
          
           It
           is
           execrable
           wickednes
           ,
           to
           violate
           that
           that
           is
           holy
           .
           
           Pharo
           would
           not
           abridge
           the
           Priests
           of
           thei●
           diet
           ,
           or
           land
           :
           no
           not
           in
           the
           great
           famin
           .
           The
           very
           Barbarous
           Nations
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           euen
           by
           the
           instinct
           of
           nature
           ,
           abhorred
           this
           impietie
           
             Diodorus
             Siculus
          
           noteth
           of
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           
           that
           though
           they
           were
           a
           people
           ,
           aboue
           all
           others
           most
           couetous
           of
           gold
           :
           yet
           hauing
           aboundance
           thereof
           ,
           scattered
           in
           all
           
           parts
           of
           their
           Temples
           ,
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           their
           gods
           :
           none
           was
           found
           so
           wicked
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           meddle
           with
           any
           of
           it
           .
           I
           could
           alledge
           a
           multitude
           of
           Heathen
           stories
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           But
           I
           will
           not
           weaue
           the
           wollen
           yearne
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           into
           the
           fine
           linnen
           garments
           of
           the
           Christians
           ;
           I
           meane
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           mingle
           profane
           arguments
           ,
           in
           a
           discourse
           of
           Christian
           piety
           For
           the
           sheep
           that
           are
           of
           the
           fold
           of
           Christ
           ,
           are
           tied
           
           onely
           
             to
             heare
             his
             voice
          
           ,
           and
           to
           follow
           that
           ,
           
           which
           if
           they
           doe
           not
           ,
           they
           are
           thereby
           knowne
           to
           bee
           Goats
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           his
           fold
           .
        
         
           8
           The
           cause
           why
           I
           touched
           vppon
           this
           one
           heathen
           Example
           ,
           
           is
           to
           aggrauate
           the
           manifold
           sins
           of
           vs
           Christians
           ,
           in
           this
           point
           .
           For
           if
           they
           that
           knew
           not
           God
           ,
           were
           so
           zealous
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           their
           Idols
           :
           how
           much
           more
           is
           it
           to
           our
           condemnation
           ,
           if
           wee
           that
           know
           him
           ,
           doe
           lesse
           regard
           him
           ?
           If
           it
           goe
           hard
           
           with
           Tyrus
           and
           Sydon
           in
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           that
           sinned
           ignorantly
           ;
           how
           much
           harder
           will
           it
           bee
           with
           Corasin
           and
           Bethsaida
           that
           sin
           presumptuously
           :
           Especially
           with
           Capernaum
           that
           despiseth
           her
           Lord
           God
           and
           Master
           ,
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           him
           .
           selfe
           ?
           What
           is
           to
           despise
           him
           ;
           if
           to
           robbe
           him
           of
           his
           honor
           ,
           be
           not
           despise
           him
           ?
           Or
           what
           is
           to
           rob
           him
           of
           honour
           ,
           if
           to
           take
           from
           him
           the
           things
           giuen
           him
           for
           maintenance
           thereof
           ,
           bee
           not
           to
           rob
           him
           ?
           Therefore
           
           when
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           withheld
           their
           tithes
           &
           offerings
           from
           the
           Leuites
           ,
           hee
           crieth
           out
           in
           Malachy
           3.
           8.
           
           That
           
             himselfe
             was
             robbed
             and
             spoiled
          
           :
           and
           was
           so
           highly
           offended
           therewith
           ,
           that
           hee
           cursed
           the
           whole
           Nation
           for
           it
           .
           And
           to
           make
           this
           sin
           appeare
           the
           more
           monstrous
           ,
           he
           conuinceth
           the
           offenders
           therein
           :
           not
           onely
           to
           bee
           violaters
           of
           his
           Legall
           ordinances
           ,
           but
           euen
           of
           the
           very
           lawe
           of
           Nature
           ,
           written
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           euery
           man.
           For
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
           
             Will
             any
             man
             spoile
             his
             gods
             ?
          
           As
           if
           hee
           should
           say
           :
           Can
           such
           a
           man
           bee
           found
           as
           will
           ,
           or
           dares
           commit
           that
           sinne
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           euen
           by
           the
           instinct
           of
           nature
           ,
           account
           to
           bee
           so
           horrible
           and
           impious
           ?
           
             To
             spoile
             his
             gods
             :
             what
             his
             owne
             gods
             ?
          
           Some
           were
           found
           ,
           that
           now
           and
           then
           aduentured
           to
           spoile
           the
           gods
           of
           other
           Nations
           (
           yet
           not
           without
           punishment
           )
           but
           fewe
           or
           none
           that
           I
           reade
           of
           (
           till
           these
           latter
           daies
           )
           that
           
           spoiled
           their
           owne
           gods
           ,
           in
           apparent
           and
           ouert
           manner
           ,
           as
           the
           Lawyers
           terme
           it
           .
           I
           count
           it
           not
           ouert
           and
           apparant
           ,
           when
           we
           doe
           as
           Ananias
           and
           Saphira
           did
           :
           pinch
           &
           detract
           from
           God
           ,
           somewhat
           of
           that
           we
           vowed
           to
           giue
           :
           Nor
           ,
           when
           we
           doe
           as
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           heere
           did
           ;
           withhold
           that
           which
           wee
           ought
           to
           pay
           out
           of
           our
           own
           goods
           (
           yet
           both
           these
           were
           heinous
           sinners
           ,
           and
           dreadfully
           punished
           .
           )
           But
           I
           call
           it
           ouert
           &
           apparant
           ,
           when
           
           we
           throw
           our selues
           into
           a
           more
           dangerous
           sinne
           ,
           by
           inuading
           openly
           the
           deuotions
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           and
           taking
           that
           from
           God
           and
           from
           his
           Church
           ,
           
           (
           as
           Athalia
           did
           )
           which
           wee
           neuer
           gaue
           vnto
           it
           ,
           euen
           the
           lands
           and
           liuings
           thereof
           :
           yea
           ,
           the
           Churches
           themselues
           .
        
         
           8
           Doubtlesse
           we
           haue
           much
           to
           feare
           in
           this
           point
           :
           
           For
           as
           it
           is
           a
           transcendent
           sinne
           ;
           so
           Dauid
           labouring
           to
           match
           it
           with
           a
           transcendent
           punishment
           ,
           bestoweth
           a
           whole
           Psalme
           ,
           (
           viz.
           
           the
           *
           83.
           )
           in
           inueying
           particularly
           against
           these
           kind
           of
           sinners
           ▪
           such
           (
           expresly
           )
           as
           
             would
             take
             to
             themselues
             the
             houses
             of
             God
             in
             possession
          
           ;
           for
           that
           onely
           is
           the
           very
           center
           of
           the
           Psalme
           ,
           and
           therein
           do
           all
           the
           lines
           and
           proiections
           of
           the
           Prophets
           inuectiues
           ,
           incurre
           .
           First
           hee
           maketh
           a
           flat
           opposition
           between
           God
           and
           them
           :
           and
           therefore
           calleth
           them
           his
           enemies
           .
           Then
           he
           describeth
           the
           nature
           of
           these
           kinde
           of
           enemies
           :
           namely
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           murmuring
           
           enemies
           ,
           as
           grudging
           ,
           and
           enuying
           at
           the
           prosperity
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           Malicious
           enemies
           :
           as
           hating
           ,
           or
           hurting
           the
           seruice
           of
           God.
           Proud
           enemies
           ,
           as
           
             lifting
             vp
             their
             heads
             against
             God
             :
             ver
             .
             2.
             
             Craftie
          
           enemies
           ;
           as
           imagining
           how
           to
           beguile
           the
           Church
           .
           Conspiring
           enemies
           ;
           as
           taking
           Counsell
           together
           against
           Gods
           
             secret
             ones
          
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           calleth
           them
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           Gods
           seruants
           &
           Ministers
           :
           ver
           .
           3.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           Confederate
           enemies
           :
           as
           cōbining
           them
           
           selues
           one
           by
           example
           of
           another
           ,
           to
           perseuere
           in
           their
           course
           of
           wronging
           and
           violating
           the
           Church
           :
           vers
           .
           5.
           
           Yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           those
           against
           whom
           the
           Prophet
           thus
           enueigheth
           ,
           did
           not
           that
           they
           desired
           ▪
           They
           discouered
           their
           malitious
           purpose
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Let
             vs
             take
             to
             our selues
             the
             houses
             of
             God
             in
             possession
             .
          
           But
           they
           onely
           said
           it
           ,
           they
           did
           it
           not
           .
           Their
           will
           was
           good
           ,
           but
           their
           power
           failed
           .
           Our
           will
           and
           power
           haue
           both
           preuailed
           :
           
           for
           wee
           haue
           got
           the
           
             houses
             of
             God
             into
             our
             possession
             :
          
           His
           Churches
           ,
           his
           lands
           ,
           his
           offerings
           ,
           his
           holy
           rights
           .
           We
           haue
           gotten
           them
           ,
           and
           led
           them
           away
           captiue
           ,
           bound
           in
           cheines
           of
           yron
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           so
           conueied
           and
           assured
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           by
           Deed
           ,
           by
           Fine
           ,
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           neuer
           should
           returne
           again
           vnto
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           heare
           what
           Dauid
           saith
           to
           those
           of
           his
           time
           .
           Mark
           how
           he
           praieth
           for
           them
           .
           Marke
           what
           strange
           and
           exquisite
           punishments
           
           he
           designeth
           to
           them
           :
           and
           that
           in
           as
           many
           seuerall
           all
           sorts
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           seuerall
           branches
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           sinne
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           hee
           praieth
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           deale
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           hee
           did
           with
           the
           
             Madianites
             :
             vers
          
           .
           9.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           Geaeon
           by
           Trumpets
           and
           Lampes
           ,
           strooke
           such
           a
           terrour
           in
           the
           night
           time
           ,
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Madianites
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           army
           fell
           into
           confusion
           ,
           drew
           their
           swords
           one
           vpon
           another
           ,
           were
           discomfited
           
           and
           120
           thousand
           of
           them
           slaine
           .
           So
           that
           God
           by
           his
           trumpets
           ,
           the
           Preachers
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           by
           his
           Lamps
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           would
           confound
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           the
           enemies
           and
           spoilers
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           that
           sleepe
           in
           the
           night
           of
           their
           sinne
           :
           And
           that
           hee
           would
           make
           them
           like
           Oreb
           ,
           and
           
             Zeb
             ,
             like
             Zeba
             and
             Salmana
             :
             verse
          
           11.
           
           All
           which
           were
           strangely
           ouerthrowne
           ,
           died
           violent
           deaths
           ,
           and
           beeing
           glorious
           Princes
           
           of
           their
           nations
           ,
           became
           like
           the
           filthy
           &
           lothsome
           
             Dung
             of
             the
             earth
             :
             vers
             .
          
           10.
           
           And
           
             Iudges
             ●
             .
             25.
             and
          
           8.
           21.
           
        
         
           But
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           stay
           here
           ?
           no
           ,
           he
           goeth
           on
           with
           them
           :
           
             O
             my
             God
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             make
             them
             like
             a
             wheele
             .
             vers
             .
          
           13.
           that
           is
           ,
           wauering
           and
           vnstable
           in
           their
           actions
           :
           so
           as
           they
           may
           neuer
           bring
           their
           purposes
           to
           an
           end
           .
           Yea
           ,
           make
           them
           abiect
           and
           contemptible
           ;
           
             like
             the
             chaffe
             that
             the
             wind
             scattereth
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             :
             vers
             .
          
           13.
           
           Well
           ,
           is
           hee
           
           now
           satisfied
           ?
           no.
           All
           this
           doth
           but
           whet
           his
           spirits
           to
           sharper
           imprecations
           .
           He
           now
           desireth
           that
           the
           very
           floudgates
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           may
           be
           broken
           open
           vpon
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           tempest
           of
           his
           indignation
           may
           rage
           at
           full
           against
           them
           :
           now
           he
           crieth
           out
           to
           God
           to
           consume
           them
           without
           mercy
           ,
           yea
           and
           that
           in
           two
           terrible
           manners
           .
           One
           naturally
           ,
           
             As
             the
             fire
             burneth
             vp
             the
             wood
             .
          
           The
           other
           miraculously
           ,
           
             As
             the
             flame
             censumeth
             the
             mountaines
             :
             
             vers
             .
             14.
             
             Persecute
             them
             euen
             so
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             with
             thy
             tempest
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             afraid
             with
             thy
             storme
             .
             Make
             their
             faces
             ashamed
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             seeke
             thy
             name
             .
             Let
             them
             be
             confounded
             and
             vexed
             euer
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             let
             them
             bee
             put
             to
             shame
             and
             perish
             :
             vers
             .
          
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           How
           should
           the
           wit
           of
           man
           discouer
           and
           prosecute
           a
           sin
           in
           more
           vehement
           and
           horrible
           manner
           ?
           Or
           ,
           what
           shall
           make
           vs
           to
           abstaine
           from
           such
           haughty
           sinnes
           ?
           if
           all
           this
           preuaile
           not
           .
           
           Well
           ,
           if
           to
           take
           the
           houses
           of
           God
           
             into
             possession
          
           ,
           bee
           thus
           ?
           take
           them
           that
           will
           for
           mee
           .
        
         
           9
           You
           see
           how
           Dauid
           in
           this
           his
           sacred
           fury
           ,
           
           was
           admirably
           caried
           against
           this
           sinne
           .
           Well
           therefore
           might
           hee
           say
           :
           
           
             The
             zeale
             of
             thine
             house
             hath
             eaten
             me
             vp
             :
             Psal.
          
           69.
           9.
           
           Yet
           ,
           he
           spake
           it
           not
           of
           himselfe
           alone
           :
           but
           in
           the
           person
           also
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Iesus
           Christ
           ;
           who
           in
           prosecution
           of
           Dauids
           zeale
           ,
           did
           that
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           that
           hee
           neuer
           
           did
           at
           any
           time
           else
           in
           all
           his
           life
           .
           In
           all
           other
           cases
           he
           shewed
           himselfe
           like
           the
           Pascall
           Lambe
           ,
           that
           euery
           body
           did
           eat
           and
           deuour●
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           like
           the
           sheep
           that
           was
           dumbe
           before
           the
           shearer
           ,
           euen
           when
           his
           very
           life
           was
           taken
           from
           him
           .
           But
           when
           he
           saw
           the
           golden
           fleece
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           
             house
             of
             God
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           hee
           saw
           the
           Church
           his
           beloued
           spouse
           ,
           depriued
           and
           spoiled
           of
           the
           honour
           ,
           reuerence
           ,
           dutie
           and
           ornament
           ,
           that
           belonged
           
           to
           her
           :
           Then
           ,
           as
           Dauid
           did
           ,
           he
           groweth
           into
           a
           sacred
           fury
           ;
           hee
           leaueth
           the
           mildnesse
           of
           the
           Pascall
           Lambe
           ,
           and
           taketh
           vppon
           him
           the
           fiercenesse
           of
           the
           Lion
           of
           Iuda
           .
           Then
           he
           beginneth
           to
           bestir
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           about
           him
           .
           He
           whippeth
           out
           them
           that
           prophaned
           it
           ;
           driueth
           out
           their
           sheep
           &
           their
           oxen
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           for
           the
           sacrifice
           :
           and
           ouerthroweth
           the
           table
           of
           the
           mony
           changers
           :
           
           Iohn
           2.
           14.
           
           
           He
           would
           by
           no
           meanes
           indure
           such
           trumtrumpery
           
           
           to
           bee
           in
           his
           Fathers
           house
           ,
           nor
           his
           Fathers
           house
           to
           made
           an
           house
           of
           Merchandise
           :
           but
           ,
           much
           lesse
           then
           ,
           that
           merchandise
           should
           be
           made
           of
           his
           Fathers
           house
           it selfe
           .
           O
           fearefull
           and
           most
           inhumane
           sinne
           ,
           
             horresco
             referrens
          
           .
        
         
           But
           ere
           I
           depart
           from
           this
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           let
           me
           note
           one
           thing
           more
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           greater
           reuerence
           of
           Churches
           :
           that
           although
           our
           Lord
           bee
           heer
           said
           ,
           to
           haue
           cast
           these
           
           things
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           yet
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Temple
           it selfe
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           outward
           court
           or
           yard
           thereof
           .
           For
           within
           the
           inward
           parts
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           (
           namely
           ,
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           second
           Tabernacles
           )
           did
           no
           man
           enter
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Leuite
             Priests
          
           :
           
           and
           of
           them
           also
           ,
           
           none
           into
           the
           second
           Tabernacle
           ,
           but
           the
           High
           Priest.
           Therefore
           ,
           although
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           ,
           were
           a
           Priest
           for
           euer
           after
           the
           order
           of
           Melchisedeck
           :
           yet
           because
           hee
           
           was
           not
           a
           
             Priest
             of
             Leuy
          
           :
           but
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Juda
           (
           of
           which
           Tribe
           
             Moses
             spake
             nothing
             touching
             the
             Priesthood
             :
             Heb.
             7.
             14.
          
           )
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           that
           a
           he
           neuer
           came
           within
           these
           parts
           of
           the
           Temple
           :
           nor
           where
           the
           sacrifice
           was
           ,
           but
           frequēted
           only
           b
           
             Atrium
             
             populi
          
           ,
           the
           outward
           court
           from
           the
           Temple
           .
           For
           into
           this
           only
           ,
           the
           c
           people
           resorted
           :
           to
           worship
           ,
           pray
           ,
           and
           heare
           the
           word
           of
           God
           expounded
           ,
           not
           pressing
           further
           towards
           the
           Temple
           :
           and
           in
           the
           middest
           whereof
           (
           the
           d
           brasen
           stage
           which
           Salomon
           praied
           vpon
           )
           was
           erected
           .
           Yet
           ,
           this
           very
           place
           ,
           this
           court
           ,
           or
           outward
           yard
           ,
           would
           not
           our
           Sauiour
           permit
           to
           be
           prophaned
           ;
           neither
           with
           market
           matters
           ,
           nor
           with
           carrying
           so
           much
           as
           a
           burthen
           
           or
           vessell
           through
           it
           :
           
             Mark.
             11.
             16
             
          
           :
           For
           though
           it
           were
           not
           so
           Leuetically
           holy
           ,
           as
           the
           Temple
           :
           yet
           it
           was
           dedicated
           to
           God
           ,
           with
           the
           Temple
           :
           And
           taken
           often
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           for
           the
           Temple
           :
           as
           in
           the
           places
           before
           alledged
           :
           And
           Acts
           3.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           By
           which
           reason
           the
           very
           Church-yards
           themselues
           (
           being
           Dedicated
           with
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           the
           principall
           soile
           thereof
           :
           
           as
           an
           old
           Statute
           witnesseth
           )
           seeme
           also
           to
           haue
           in
           them
           a
           certaine
           
           kind
           of
           Sanctification
           :
           and
           are
           not
           therefore
           to
           bee
           abused
           to
           secular
           and
           base
           imployments
           :
           as
           not
           onely
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           by
           the
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           but
           the
           present
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           haue
           well
           prouided
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           10
           But
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           sanctification
           of
           the
           Temple
           was
           Leuiticall
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           abolished
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           bee
           applied
           to
           our
           Churches
           .
           I
           answere
           ,
           the
           Temple
           was
           sanctified
           lished
           :
           or
           remaineth
           to
           our
           Churches
           .
           
           vnto
           
             three
             functions
          
           ;
           which
           also
           had
           three
           seuerall
           places
           assigned
           to
           them
           .
           The
           first
           ,
           belonged
           to
           the
           
             Diuine
             presence
          
           ;
           &
           had
           the
           custody
           of
           y●
           
             Holiest
             types
          
           thereof
           ;
           the
           Oracle
           ,
           the
           Arke
           ,
           the
           
             Mercy-seat
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           was
           therefore
           called
           
             Sanctum
             Sanctorum
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Holiest
             of
             all
          
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           was
           for
           
             ceremoniall
             worship
          
           &
           attonement
           :
           namely
           ,
           by
           sacrifice
           ,
           oblations
           ,
           and
           other
           Leuiticall
           rites
           :
           the
           place
           thereof
           being
           the
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           (
           wherein
           were
           the
           
             Holy
             vessels
          
           )
           and
           
           the
           Court
           of
           Priests
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Altar
           of
           burnt
           sacrifice
           did
           stand
           .
           The
           third
           ,
           was
           for
           simple
           worshippe
           ,
           praier
           ,
           and
           doctrine
           (
           without
           any
           pompe
           or
           ceremony
           :
           )
           and
           the
           place
           of
           this
           ,
           was
           the
           
             outward
             Court
          
           ,
           (
           called
           ,
           *
           
             Atrium
             populi
          
           ,
           and
           *
           
             Salomons
             porich
          
           ;
           )
           which
           therefore
           had
           in
           it
           no
           Ceremoniall
           implement
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           The
           two
           first
           of
           these
           functions
           ,
           with
           the
           places
           belonging
           to
           them
           ;
           were
           indeed
           particularly
           appropriate
           
           to
           the
           Law.
           For
           ,
           they
           were
           
             Ceremoniall
             ,
             Mysticall
             ,
             Secret
             ,
             Leuiticall
             ,
             Iudaicall
             ,
          
           and
           Temporall-Ceremoniall
           ,
           as
           celebrated
           with
           much
           worldly
           pompe
           .
           Mysticall
           ,
           as
           figurating
           some
           spirituall
           things
           .
           Secret
           ;
           as
           either
           performed
           behinde
           the
           Veile
           or
           Curtaine
           :
           or
           else
           sequestred
           &
           romote
           from
           the
           people
           .
           Leuiticall
           ;
           as
           committed
           only
           to
           the
           administration
           ;
           of
           that
           
             Tribe
             ▪
             Iudaicall
          
           ;
           as
           ordained
           onely
           for
           the
           saluation
           of
           that
           people
           .
           And
           Temporall
           ;
           as
           
           instituted
           onely
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           continue
           .
           But
           the
           Sanctification
           ,
           of
           the
           third
           function
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           place
           thereto
           appointed
           ,
           was
           directly
           contrary
           in
           al
           the
           points
           alledged
           to
           the
           former
           two
           .
           First
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           it
           was
           for
           
             simple
             worship
             ,
             Praier
          
           ,
           and
           Doctrine
           which
           were
           there
           to
           be
           performed
           and
           deliuered
           in
           all
           sinceritie
           ,
           without
           any
           ceremony
           or
           ceremoniall
           implement
           vsed
           therein
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           matter
           of
           mystery
           therein
           to
           be
           
           seene
           ▪
           but
           whatsoeuer
           was
           mysticall
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           was
           there
           expounded
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           nothing
           there
           ,
           was
           hidden
           or
           secret
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           acted
           wholly
           without
           the
           Veile
           ,
           and
           publikely
           for
           euery
           man.
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           appropriate
           to
           the
           Leuites
           ,
           but
           common
           alike
           to
           all
           the
           Tribes
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           not
           ordained
           for
           the
           Iewes
           particularly
           ,
           but
           for
           all
           Nations
           in
           generall
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           not
           to
           endure
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           (
           as
           those
           other
           two
           of
           the
           
           Law
           )
           but
           to
           continue
           for
           euer
           :
           euen
           after
           the
           Gentiles
           were
           called
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Iewes
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Law.
           Therefore
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           by
           Isaias
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             cap.
             56.
             7.
             
             My
             house
             shall
             bee
             called
             an
             house
             of
             Praier
             ,
             to
             all
             Nations
             .
          
           Hee
           said
           not
           ,
           an
           
             House
             of
             Sacrifice
             to
             all
             Nations
             :
          
           for
           the
           Sacrifice
           ended
           ,
           before
           the
           calling
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           could
           haue
           no
           part
           thereof
           .
           Nor
           an
           
             House
             of
             praier
          
           for
           the
           Jewes
           onely
           ,
           
           for
           then
           had
           the
           Gentiles
           (
           when
           they
           were
           called
           )
           been
           likewise
           excluded
           .
           But
           an
           
             House
             of
             praier
             to
             all
             Nations
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           Iewes
           and
           Gentiles
           indifferētly
           :
           which
           therefore
           ,
           must
           haue
           relation
           to
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           And
           consequently
           ,
           the
           sanctification
           of
           that
           house
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           function
           ,
           is
           also
           a
           sanctification
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           We
           read
           not
           therefore
           ,
           that
           Christ
           reformed
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           other
           two
           functions
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           for
           
           they
           were
           now
           ,
           as
           at
           an
           end
           .
           But
           because
           this
           third
           function
           was
           for
           euer
           to
           continue
           to
           his
           Church
           :
           therefore
           hee
           purgeth
           it
           of
           that
           that
           prophaned
           it
           ;
           restoreth
           it
           (
           as
           hee
           did
           mariage
           )
           to
           the
           originall
           sanctitie
           :
           And
           that
           the
           future
           world
           (
           which
           was
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospell
           )
           might
           better
           obserue
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           precedent
           ,
           and
           time
           of
           the
           Law
           had
           done
           ;
           hee
           reporteth
           ,
           and
           confirmeth
           the
           decree
           ,
           whereby
           it
           was
           sanctified
           :
           
             It
             is
             written
          
           ,
           saith
           
           he
           ,
           (
           as
           producing
           the
           record
           and
           wordes
           of
           the
           foundation
           )
           
             My
             house
             shall
             bee
             called
             an
             house
             of
             praier
             to
             all
             people
             .
          
           Hee
           saith
           ,
           
             My
             House
          
           ,
           as
           excluding
           all
           other
           ,
           from
           hauing
           any
           property
           therein
           ;
           for
           ,
           God
           will
           bee
           Ioynt-tenant
           with
           no
           man.
           And
           it
           shall
           bee
           ,
           
             An
             house
             of
             praier
             for
             all
             people
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           publike
           foreuer
           ;
           not
           priuate
           ,
           nor
           appropriate
           to
           any
           ▪
           nor
           a
           
             denne
             of
             theeues
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           no
           place
           of
           Merchandise
           ,
           or
           secular
           businesse
           ,
           as
           Saint
           I●rome
           
           expoundeth
           it
           .
           It
           must
           not
           be
           an
           Impropriation
           ;
           no
           man
           can
           ,
           or
           may
           hold
           it
           in
           that
           kind
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           also
           when
           our
           Sauiour
           pronounced
           these
           words
           is
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           as
           it
           seemeth
           to
           mee
           .
           For
           it
           was
           after
           he
           had
           turned
           out
           the
           oxen
           &
           doues
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           things
           for
           the
           Sacrifice
           .
           As
           though
           ,
           hee
           thereby
           taught
           vs
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Sacrificall
           function
           of
           the
           Temple
           was
           ended
           :
           yet
           the
           sanctification
           thereof
           ,
           to
           bee
           an
           house
           
           of
           prayer
           ,
           for
           euer
           remained
           .
        
         
           11
           This
           doctrine
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           
           is
           continued
           vnto
           vs
           by
           Saint
           Paul
           :
           who
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Corinthians
           to
           profane
           the
           Church
           with
           eating
           and
           drinking
           in
           it
           ▪
           though
           much
           good
           might
           follow
           thereby
           ,
           (
           being
           orderly
           done
           )
           as
           the
           encreasing
           of
           amity
           ,
           and
           the
           reliefe
           of
           the
           poore
           ;
           yet
           because
           it
           was
           against
           the
           reuerence
           of
           the
           place
           :
           hee
           not
           onely
           reproueth
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           demanding
           if
           they
           
           had
           not
           houses
           to
           eat
           and
           drinke
           in
           at
           home
           ,
           but
           skaring
           them
           also
           (
           by
           shewing
           the
           daunger
           they
           were
           falling
           into
           )
           hee
           speaketh
           to
           them
           as
           with
           admiration
           :
           
             Despise
             ye
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ?
          
           
           As
           if
           hee
           should
           say
           ,
           is
           your
           religion
           now
           come
           vnto
           that
           ?
           or
           is
           that
           your
           Religion
           ,
           
             To
             despise
             the
             place
             that
             God
             hath
             sanctified
             vnto
             himselfe
          
           ;
           by
           making
           it
           ,
           as
           Saint
           Ierome
           saith
           ,
           
             Triclineum
             epularum
          
           ,
           
           a
           banqueting
           house
           .
           God
           wondered
           in
           Malachy
           ,
           that
           
           any
           should
           
             spoile
             their
             gods
          
           .
           And
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           heere
           wondereth
           ,
           that
           
             any
             should
             despise
             the
             materiall
             Church
             :
          
           for
           so
           Saint
           Ierome
           expoundeth
           it
           .
           Thus
           both
           of
           them
           wonder
           at
           one
           &
           the
           same
           thing
           :
           that
           any
           man
           should
           be
           so
           irreligious
           ,
           as
           to
           profane
           the
           reuerence
           due
           vnto
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           is
           his
           .
        
         
           12
           So
           precise
           therefore
           were
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           
           that
           ,
           that
           meeke
           Saint
           of
           God
           ,
           Saint
           Augustine
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           
           meanes
           endure
           that
           any
           should
           vse
           clamors
           ,
           or
           dācing
           within
           the
           vi●●
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Yea
           ,
           hee
           termeth
           them
           ,
           
             Miserable
             and
             wretched
             men
             that
             did
             it
          
           And
           denounceth
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           
             If
             such
             came
             Christians
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             they
             went
             Pagans
             home
             .
          
           But
           when
           the
           Church
           it selfe
           came
           to
           be
           abused
           !
           Oh
           ,
           how
           Saint
           Ambrose
           taketh
           it
           ,
           euen
           against
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           ,
           great
           Valentinian
           that
           required
           it
           for
           an
           
             Arian
             :
             O
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             let
             him
             aske
             that
             
             is
             mine
             ,
          
           
           
             my
             lands
             ,
             my
             goods
             ,
             and
             whatsoeuer
             I
             possesse
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             deny
             them
             ;
             yet
             are
             they
             not
             mine
             ,
             but
             belong
             to
             the
             poore
             .
             Verum
             ea
             quae
             diuina
             sunt
             ,
             &c.
          
           saith
           hee
           ,
           
             but
             those
             things
             that
             are
             Gods
             ,
             are
             not
             subiect
             to
             the
             authoritie
             of
             the
             Emperour
             .
             If
             my
             lands
          
           (
           I
           say
           )
           
             be
             desired
             ,
             enter
             them
             a
             Gods
             name
             ;
             if
             my
             body
             ,
             I
             will
             carry
             it
             him
             ;
             if
             hee
             will
             haue
             mee
             to
             prison
             ,
             yea
             ,
             vnto
             death
             ,
             it
             pleaseth
             mee
             well
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             defend
             my selfe
             with
             multitude
             of
             people
             ,
             neither
             will
             I
             flie
             to
             the
             Altar
             ,
             desiring
             
             my
             life
             ,
             but
             with
             all
             my
             heart
             will
             die
             for
             the
             Altars
             .
          
           And
           after
           ,
           in
           speaking
           of
           the
           impious
           Souldiers
           :
           
           
             O
             that
             God
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             would
             turne
             their
             hands
             from
             violating
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             them
             turne
             all
             their
             weapons
             vpon
             mee
             ,
             and
             take
             their
             fill
             of
             my
             bloud
             .
          
           And
           many
           such
           excellent
           speeches
           he
           hath
           for
           the
           sanctity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           reuerēce
           due
           vnto
           it
           ,
           in
           his
           Oration
           ,
           
             De
             Basilicis
             tradendis
          
           .
        
         
           My
           purpose
           is
           to
           bee
           short
           ;
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           
           now
           enter
           any
           further
           into
           the
           authorities
           of
           the
           Fathers
           :
           or
           meddle
           with
           the
           Councels
           and
           ancient
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           which
           abound
           so
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           zeale
           ,
           and
           haue
           established
           it
           (
           against
           the
           
             Eustathians
             ,
             M●ssalians
          
           ,
           and
           Fraticelli
           ,
           *
           heretikes
           :
           and
           all
           other
           the
           enemies
           thereof
           )
           with
           so
           many
           examples
           ,
           admonitions
           ,
           exhortations
           ,
           precepts
           ,
           threatnings
           ,
           curses
           ,
           and
           excommunications
           :
           as
           it
           requireth
           a
           booke
           alone
           to
           repeat
           them
           .
        
         
         
           13
           It
           seemeth
           a
           small
           thing
           to
           daunce
           in
           the
           Church-yard
           ,
           
           or
           to
           eate
           and
           drinke
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           sanctification
           (
           saith
           Ierome
           speaking
           on
           this
           matter
           )
           
             consisteth
             also
             euen
             in
             the
             small
             things
             .
          
           
           Therefore
           Ecclesiasticus
           aduiseth
           vs
           ,
           
           that
           
             we
             giue
             not
             the
             water
             passage
             ,
             no
             not
             in
             a
             little
             .
          
           For
           he
           that
           oponeth
           the
           waters
           but
           a
           little
           ,
           knoweth
           not
           how
           great
           a
           breach
           they
           will
           make
           at
           length
           .
           So
           is
           it
           to
           make
           an
           entrance
           into
           sin
           ,
           or
           to
           breake
           the
           reuerence
           
           of
           holy
           things
           in
           trifles
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           God
           punished
           seuerely
           the
           petty
           offenders
           in
           this
           kind
           :
           not
           Corah
           onely
           and
           his
           company
           ,
           that
           inuaded
           the
           high
           function
           of
           the
           Priesthood
           :
           but
           euen
           him
           that
           gathered
           the
           stickes
           on
           the
           Sabath
           day
           :
           Numb
           .
           15.
           34.
           
           And
           poore
           Vzzah
           himselfe
           (
           whom
           Dauid
           so
           much
           lamented
           )
           that
           did
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           but
           
             stay
             the
             Arke
          
           from
           shaking
           ,
           (
           2.
           
           Sam.
           6.
           6.
           and
           1.
           
           Chron.
           13.
           9.
           
           )
           and
           yet
           died
           for
           it
           ,
           because
           his
           hand
           was
           
           not
           sanctified
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           14
           I
           conclude
           this
           point
           with
           the
           saying
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           
           Pro.
           20.
           25.
           
           (
           and
           let
           al
           men
           consider
           it
           :
           )
           
             It
             is
             a
             snare
             for
             a
             man
             to
             deuoure
             that
             which
             is
             sanctified
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Vowes
             ,
             to
             enquire
             .
          
           A
           Snare
           hath
           three
           properties
           .
           First
           ,
           to
           catch
           suddenly
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           hold
           surely
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           to
           destroy
           certainly
           .
           So
           was
           Vzza
           taken
           ere
           hee
           was
           aware
           :
           hee
           did
           but
           touch
           the
           Arke
           ,
           and
           presently
           hee
           was
           catcht
           .
           
           King
           Vzziah
           did
           but
           meddle
           with
           the
           incense
           ,
           and
           presently
           the
           
             Leprosie
             was
             on
             his
             face
             :
             2.
             
             Chron.
             26.
             19.
             
             Jeroboam
          
           did
           but
           stretch
           out
           his
           hand
           against
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           presently
           it
           
             withered
             :
             1.
             
             King.
          
           13.
           4.
           
           And
           as
           a
           man
           falleth
           suddenly
           into
           it
           :
           so
           is
           it
           as
           hard
           to
           get
           out
           .
           Vzza
           died
           in
           it
           presently
           .
           Vzziah
           languished
           in
           it
           all
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           then
           died
           in
           it
           also
           ,
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           were
           no
           sooner
           caught
           in
           this
           snare
           ,
           but
           it
           held
           them
           so
           surely
           ,
           as
           
           when
           all
           Israel
           else
           fled
           and
           escaped
           ;
           they
           ,
           &
           their
           companions
           (
           most
           miserable
           men
           )
           were
           detained
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           their
           notorious
           destruction
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           heere
           take
           iust
           occasion
           to
           remember
           what
           hath
           happened
           to
           many
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           became
           vnfortunate
           after
           they
           medled
           with
           Churches
           ,
           and
           Church-liuings
           .
           But
           I
           will
           run
           into
           no
           particularities
           .
           Let
           those
           men
           ,
           and
           those
           families
           ,
           which
           are
           vnfortunate
           (
           as
           wee
           
           terme
           them
           )
           consider
           ,
           whether
           themselues
           ,
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           haue
           not
           been
           fettered
           in
           this
           snare
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           the
           Proprietaries
           of
           Parsonages
           also
           well
           consider
           these
           things
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           Vzza
           died
           ,
           that
           did
           but
           touch
           the
           Arke
           to
           saue
           it
           :
           what
           shal
           become
           of
           them
           that
           stretch
           out
           their
           hands
           against
           Churches
           to
           destroy
           them
           ?
           If
           the
           sticke-gatherer
           was
           stoned
           ,
           for
           so
           small
           a
           prophanation
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ;
           what
           shall
           
           they
           looke
           for
           ,
           that
           by
           destroying
           the
           Churches
           ,
           destroy
           also
           the
           Sabbath
           it selfe
           ,
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           as
           taking
           away
           the
           place
           appointed
           to
           the
           publike
           sanctification
           thereof
           .
           And
           if
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           offended
           so
           hainously
           ,
           in
           medling
           with
           the
           things
           of
           the
           Leuiticall
           Priesthood
           ,
           though
           they
           imployed
           them
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           :
           what
           haue
           they
           to
           feare
           ,
           that
           vsurpe
           the
           things
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           &
           peruert
           thē
           wholly
           to
           their
           
           owne
           vse
           ,
           from
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           that
           pollute
           his
           Churches
           and
           houses
           of
           prayer
           to
           seruile
           &
           base
           offices
           :
           leauing
           the
           Parishioners
           vncertenly
           prouided
           of
           diuine
           seruice
           ,
           to
           the
           destructiō
           both
           of
           the
           Priesthood
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           in
           generall
           .
        
         
           15
           But
           they
           will
           comfort
           themselues
           with
           this
           :
           
           that
           though
           the
           Churches
           bee
           sanctified
           to
           some
           purpose
           ,
           yet
           the
           sanctity
           thereof
           differeth
           from
           
             Leuiticall
             sanctification
          
           :
           and
           that
           God
           
           doth
           not
           now
           kil
           any
           from
           heauen
           ,
           for
           prophaning
           the
           things
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           then
           ,
           for
           prophaning
           the
           things
           of
           the
           law
           ▪
           I
           answer
           :
           The
           sanctity
           in
           deed
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           differeth
           from
           the
           sanctity
           of
           the
           other
           .
           For
           the
           Leuiticall
           things
           were
           sanctified
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           man
           ,
           to
           be
           matter
           of
           Ceremony
           ;
           but
           the
           churches
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           are
           sanctified
           by
           our
           Sauiour
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           be
           houses
           of
           prayer
           .
           Not
           that
           prayer
           is
           to
           be
           vsed
           onely
           in
           these
           
           places
           but
           that
           these
           places
           are
           onely
           to
           be
           vsed
           for
           prayer
           .
           And
           wee
           must
           not
           presume
           that
           God
           sleepeth
           because
           hee
           punisheth
           not
           (
           now
           as
           he
           did
           of
           old
           )
           the
           cōtemners
           of
           his
           worship
           ▪
           For
           as
           the
           law
           consisted
           in
           visible
           &
           temporal
           things
           ,
           so
           the
           punishments
           therin
           ,
           were
           for
           the
           most
           part
           visible
           and
           temporal
           .
           But
           the
           Gospel
           concerneth
           things
           inuisible
           and
           eternall
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           punishments
           assigned
           therein
           ,
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           inuisible
           &
           eternall
           .
        
         
         
           16
           They
           haue
           also
           another
           comfort
           ,
           
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           though
           these
           things
           were
           once
           Spirituall
           ,
           now
           they
           are
           made
           temporall
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           Dissolution
           ;
           and
           especially
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Stat.
             of
             32.
             
             H.
             8.
             cap.
          
           7.
           
           It
           is
           true
           that
           those
           Statutes
           apply
           diuers
           Law-termes
           vnto
           these
           things
           that
           properly
           belong
           to
           temporall
           inheritances
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Statute
           of
           32.
           
           H.
           8.
           hath
           made
           them
           demandable
           by
           originall
           Writs
           ,
           &
           hath
           giuen
           certain
           real
           actions
           ,
           &
           
           other
           courses
           for
           recouering
           &
           conueying
           of
           them
           in
           Temporall
           Courts
           :
           because
           Lay-men
           could
           not
           in
           former
           times
           haue
           sued
           for
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           in
           any
           Court
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           this
           prooueth
           not
           the
           things
           themselues
           to
           bee
           therefore
           temporall
           ,
           
           (
           no
           more
           then
           that
           an
           English
           man
           is
           a
           Frenchman
           ,
           because
           he
           saileth
           in
           a
           French
           bottome
           .
           )
           For
           vpon
           the
           same
           reason
           ;
           the
           Statute
           giueth
           also
           other
           actions
           (
           for
           recouering
           of
           tithes
           and
           
           offerings
           withholden
           ,
           &c.
           )
           in
           the
           
             Courts
             spiritual
          
           .
           They
           then
           that
           out
           of
           the
           one
           part
           of
           the
           Statute
           wil
           haue
           them
           temporall
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           other
           part
           in
           forced
           to
           confesse
           them
           still
           Spirituall
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           them
           like
           a
           Centaure
           :
           
             prolem
             biformem
          
           .
           It
           were
           very
           hard
           (
           in
           my
           vnderstanding
           )
           to
           ground
           a
           point
           of
           so
           great
           consequence
           ,
           vpon
           subtiltie
           of
           words
           ,
           and
           ambiguous
           implications
           ,
           without
           any
           expresse
           letter
           of
           Law
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           especially
           ,
           
           to
           make
           the
           Houses
           and
           offerings
           of
           God
           ,
           temporall
           Inheritances
           .
           But
           I
           see
           it
           is
           a
           Law
           question
           in
           my
           Lord
           a
           Dier
           ,
           whether
           tithes
           be
           made
           Lay
           or
           Temporal
           by
           any
           words
           in
           those
           Statutes
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           must
           leaue
           this
           point
           to
           my
           Masters
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           who
           haue
           the
           key
           of
           this
           knowledge
           onely
           in
           their
           owne
           custody
           .
           Yet
           I
           thinke
           I
           may
           bee
           so
           bold
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           thus
           much
           out
           of
           their
           owne
           b
           bookes
           ,
           that
           
             a
             Statute
             ,
             directly
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             
             God
             ,
             is
             void
             .
          
           If
           then
           Tithes
           be
           
             things
             spirituall
          
           ,
           and
           due
           
             de
             iure
             diuino
          
           ,
           as
           many
           great
           c
           Clarks
           ,
           Doctors
           ,
           Fathers
           ,
           some
           Councels
           ,
           and
           (
           that
           euer
           honorable
           Iudge
           and
           Oracle
           of
           Law
           )
           my
           Lord
           Coke
           himselfe
           in
           
             the
             second
             part
             of
             his
          
           d
           Reports
           affirme
           them
           to
           be
           :
           I
           cānot
           see
           how
           humane
           laws
           should
           make
           them
           Temporal
           .
           Of
           the
           same
           nature
           therfore
           that
           originally
           they
           were
           of
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           do
           I
           still
           hold
           them
           to
           cōtinue
           :
           for
           
             manēte
             subiecto
             ,
             manet
             cōsecratio
             ,
             manet
             
             dedicatio
             .
             Time
             ,
             Place
             ,
          
           and
           Persons
           ,
           do
           not
           change
           them
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           .
           c
           Nabuchodonozor
           took
           the
           holy
           vessels
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           hee
           caried
           them
           to
           Babylon
           ,
           hee
           kept
           them
           there
           all
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           left
           them
           to
           his
           ●onne
           and
           grandchildren
           :
           but
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           the
           vessels
           still
           remained
           holy
           .
           Yea
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           comne
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           that
           were
           
           not
           tied
           to
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           them
           that
           had
           them
           by
           a
           lawfull
           succession
           from
           their
           Fathers
           and
           Grandfathers
           :
           yet
           as
           soone
           as
           they
           beganne
           to
           abuse
           them
           to
           prophane
           vses
           ;
           that
           very
           night
           Balshazzer
           himselfe
           died
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           line
           of
           Nabuchodonozor
           (
           that
           tooke
           them
           from
           the
           Temple
           )
           was
           extinct
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdome
           translated
           to
           another
           Nation
           :
           Dan.
           5.
           2.
           
        
         
           17
           Happily
           also
           ,
           
             Lay
             
             Approprietaties
          
           comfort
           themselues
           ,
           
           that
           they
           may
           hold
           these
           things
           by
           example
           of
           Colleges
           ,
           Deanes
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           Bishops
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           of
           diuers
           of
           our
           late
           Kings
           &
           Princes
           .
           Before
           I
           speake
           to
           this
           point
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           by
           protestation
           ,
           that
           I
           haue
           no
           heart
           to
           make
           an
           Apology
           for
           it
           .
           For
           I
           wish
           that
           euery
           man
           might
           drinke
           the
           water
           of
           his
           owne
           well
           ,
           eate
           the
           milke
           of
           his
           own
           flock
           ,
           and
           liue
           by
           the
           fruit
           of
           his
           owne
           vineyard
           .
           I
           meane
           ,
           
           that
           euery
           member
           might
           attract
           no
           other
           nutriment
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           proper
           to
           it selfe
           .
           Yet
           are
           they
           greatly
           deceiued
           ,
           that
           draw
           any
           iuce
           of
           encouragement
           from
           these
           examples
           .
           For
           all
           these
           are
           either
           the
           Seminaries
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           Husbandmen
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Nurses
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           all
           
             de
             familia
             Ecclesiae
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           ought
           therfore
           to
           be
           susteined
           by
           it
           :
           for
           
           Saint
           Paul
           saith
           .
           
             Hee
             that
             prouideth
             not
             for
             his
             owne
             ,
             and
             namely
             for
             them
             of
             his
             household
             ,
             he
             denieth
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             is
             worse
             then
             an
             Infidell
             :
             1.
             
             Tim.
          
           5.
           8.
           
           a
           Therefore
           before
           the
           Statutes
           of
           
             suppression
             of
             Abbies
          
           ,
           those
           that
           were
           not
           meerely
           Ecclesiasticall
           persons
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           were
           mixt
           ,
           or
           had
           ecclesiasticall
           iurisdiction
           ,
           they
           might
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           participate
           Ecclesiasticall
           
           liuings
           ,
           and
           b
           Tithes
           particularly
           .
           And
           this
           seemeth
           to
           take
           some
           ground
           out
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           For
           the
           prouinciall
           Leuites
           (
           as
           I
           may
           terme
           them
           )
           whom
           c
           Dauid
           seuered
           frō
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           placed
           abroad
           in
           the
           countrey
           to
           be
           Rulers
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           
             in
             matters
             pertaining
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             businesse
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           Spiritually
           and
           Temporally
           :
           )
           had
           their
           portions
           of
           tithes
           notwithstanding
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           Leuites
           that
           ministred
           in
           the
           Temple
           .
           
           Now
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           is
           b
           
             Persona
             mixta
          
           ,
           endowed
           aswell
           with
           Ecclesiasticall
           authority
           ,
           as
           with
           temporall
           :
           is
           not
           only
           a
           sollid
           position
           of
           the
           common
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           but
           confirmed
           vnto
           vs
           by
           the
           continuall
           practise
           of
           our
           ancient
           Kings
           ,
           euer
           since
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           euen
           in
           hottest
           times
           of
           popish
           feruency
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           at
           their
           coronations
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           onely
           crowned
           with
           the
           Diadem
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           girt
           with
           the
           
           sword
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           to
           signifie
           their
           Temporal
           authority
           ,
           but
           are
           anointed
           also
           with
           the
           c
           
             oile
             of
             Priesthood
          
           ,
           and
           clothed
           ,
           
             Stola
             Sacer
             dotali
          
           ,
           and
           veste
           d
           Dalmatica
           ,
           to
           demōstrate
           this
           their
           Ecclesiasticall
           iurisdiction
           ,
           whereby
           the
           King
           is
           said
           in
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           
             Supremus
             Ordinarius
          
           ,
           and
           in
           regard
           thereof
           ,
           amongst
           other
           Ecclesiasticall
           
           rights
           ,
           and
           prerogatiues
           belonging
           vnto
           him
           ,
           is
           to
           haue
           al
           the
           e
           Tithes
           (
           through
           the
           Kingdome
           )
           in
           places
           that
           are
           out
           of
           any
           Parish
           ,
           for
           some
           such
           there
           be
           ,
           and
           namely
           ,
           diuers
           f
           Forrests
           .
           But
           for
           all
           this
           :
           O!
           that
           his
           Maiestie
           would
           bee
           pleased
           to
           remember
           Syon
           in
           this
           point
           .
        
         
           18
           I
           grow
           too
           tedious
           ,
           yet
           before
           I
           close
           vp
           this
           discourse
           ,
           
           let
           mee
           say
           one
           thing
           more
           to
           the
           Aproprietaries
           of
           Churches
           ,
           that
           happily
           ,
           they
           hitherto
           
           haue
           not
           dreamed
           of
           .
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           by
           hauing
           these
           Parsonages
           ,
           they
           are
           charged
           with
           Cure
           of
           soules
           ,
           and
           make
           themselues
           subiect
           to
           the
           burthen
           that
           lieth
           so
           heauily
           vpon
           the
           head
           of
           euery
           Minister
           :
           to
           see
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           performed
           ,
           the
           people
           instructed
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           relieued
           .
           For
           to
           these
           three
           ends
           and
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           were
           Parsonages
           instituted
           ,
           as
           not
           onely
           the
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           the
           bookes
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           and
           particularly
           the
           Statutes
           of
           15.
           
           
             R.
             2.
             cap.
          
           6.
           
           And
           4.
           
           
             H.
             4.
             ca.
          
           12.
           doe
           manifestly
           testifie
           .
           And
           no
           man
           may
           haue
           them
           but
           to
           these
           purposes
           ,
           neither
           were
           they
           oth●rwise
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Monasticall
           pe●sons
           ,
           nor
           otherwise
           giuen
           to
           the
           king
           by
           the
           statute
           of
           dissolution
           ,
           then
           a
           
             in
             as
             large
             and
             ample
             manner
             ,
             as
             the
             gouernors
             
             of
             th●se
             Religious
             houses
             had
             them
             ,
          
           nor
           by
           him
           conueied
           otherwise
           to
           the
           subiects
           .
           For
           ,
           
             Nemo
             potest
             plus
             iuris
             in
             aliam
             transferre
             ,
             quam
             ipse
             habet
             :
             No
             man
             may
             grant
             a
             greater
             right
             vnto
             another
             ,
             then
             hee
             hath
             himselfe
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           goe
           where
           they
           will
           ,
           
             transeunt
             cum
             onere
          
           ,
           they
           carry
           their
           charge
           with
           them
           .
           Vpon
           these
           reasons
           Proprietaries
           are
           still
           saide
           to
           bee
           b
           Parsons
           of
           their
           Churches
           ,
           and
           vppon
           the
           matter
           ,
           are
           as
           the
           Incumbents
           
           c
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           their
           incumbencie
           ,
           are
           full
           and
           not
           void
           .
           For
           otherwise
           the
           d
           Bishop
           might
           collate
           ,
           or
           the
           King
           present
           a
           Clarke
           (
           as
           to
           other
           Churches
           )
           as
           it
           seemeth
           by
           the
           argumēts
           of
           the
           Iudges
           in
           the
           case
           between
           Grendon
           &
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Lincolne
           in
           Mr
           
             Plowdens
             Coment
          
           .
           where
           it
           is
           also
           
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           Incumbencie
           is
           a
           *
           spirituall
           function
           ,
           and
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           conferred
           vppon
           any
           but
           spirituall
           persons
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           may
           themselues
           doe
           the
           diuine
           Seruice
           ,
           and
           minister
           the
           Sacraments
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           Dier
           ,
           L.
           Chiefe
           Iustice
           of
           the
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           there
           said
           ,
           that
           
             it
             was
             an
             horrible
             thing
          
           ,
           when
           these
           Appropriations
           were
           made
           to
           Prioresses
           and
           houses
           of
           Nunnes
           ,
           because
           that
           (
           although
           they
           were
           religious
           persons
           ,
           yet
           they
           could
           
           not
           minister
           the
           Sacraments
           and
           diuine
           Seruice
           .
           Implying
           by
           this
           speech
           of
           his
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           much
           more
           horrible
           for
           Lay-men
           to
           hold
           them
           ,
           that
           neither
           could
           doe
           these
           holy
           rites
           ,
           nor
           were
           so
           much
           as
           spirituall
           persons
           to
           giue
           them
           colour
           ●or
           holding
           of
           spirituall
           things
           .
           Therefore
           Seriant
           *
           Rastal
           ,
           also
           termeth
           it
           a
           
             Wicked
             thing
          
           ,
           complaining
           (
           in
           his
           time
           )
           that
           it
           continued
           so
           long
           ,
           to
           the
           Hind●r●nce
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             of
             learning
             ,
             the
             impouerishing
             of
             the
             
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             infamy
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             professors
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           My
           Lord
           Coke
           also
           in
           the
           second
           part
           of
           his
           Reports
           ,
           
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           recorded
           in
           History
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           (
           amongst
           other
           )
           two
           grieuous
           persecutions
           ,
           the
           one
           ,
           vnder
           Dioclesian
           ;
           the
           other
           vnder
           Julian
           ,
           named
           the
           Apostata
           :
           for
           it
           is
           recorded
           ,
           that
           the
           a
           one
           of
           them
           intending
           to
           haue
           rooted
           out
           all
           the
           Professors
           and
           Preachers
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Occidit
             omnes
             Presbyteros
          
           .
           
           But
           this
           notwithstanding
           ,
           Religion
           flourished
           for
           
             Sanguis
             Martyrum
             est
             semen
             Ecclesiae
             :
             The
             bloud
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             is
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           a
           cruel
           and
           grieuous
           persecution
           :
           but
           the
           persecution
           vnder
           the
           b
           other
           ,
           was
           more
           grieuous
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           Quia
           (
           as
           the
           History
           saith
           )
           
             ipse
             occidit
             presbyrerium
             .
             He
             destroied
             the
             very
             order
             of
             Priesthood
             .
          
           For
           hee
           robbed
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           spoiled
           spirituall
           persons
           of
           their
           reuenues
           ,
           and
           tooke
           all
           things
           
           from
           them
           whereof
           they
           should
           liue
           .
           And
           vpon
           this
           ,
           in
           short
           time
           ,
           insued
           great
           ignorance
           of
           true
           religion
           ,
           and
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           thereby
           great
           decay
           of
           Christian
           profession
           .
           For
           none
           wil
           apply
           themselues
           or
           their
           sons
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           that
           they
           haue
           in
           charge
           ,
           to
           the
           study
           of
           Diuinitie
           ,
           when
           after
           long
           and
           painfull
           study
           ,
           they
           shall
           haue
           nothing
           whereupon
           to
           liue
           .
           Thus
           farre
           my
           Lord
           Coke
           .
        
         
           I
           alledge
           these
           Legall
           
           authorities
           ,
           and
           leaue
           Diuinity
           ,
           because
           the
           Approprietaries
           of
           Parsonages
           (
           which
           shield
           themselues
           vnder
           the
           target
           of
           the
           Law
           )
           may
           see
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           great
           Lawyers
           of
           our
           owne
           time
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           bookes
           of
           the
           Lawe
           haue
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           not
           hang
           our
           consciences
           vpon
           so
           dangerous
           a
           pinne
           ,
           nor
           put
           too
           great
           confidence
           in
           the
           equity
           of
           Lawes
           ,
           which
           we
           daily
           see
           ,
           are
           full
           of
           imperfection
           ,
           
           often
           amended
           ,
           often
           altered
           ,
           and
           often
           repealed
           .
           O
           how
           lamentable
           then
           is
           the
           case
           of
           a
           poore
           Proprietary
           ,
           that
           dying
           ,
           thinketh
           of
           no
           other
           account
           ,
           but
           of
           that
           touching
           his
           
             Lay
             vocation
          
           ,
           and
           then
           comming
           before
           the
           iudgment
           seate
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           must
           answer
           also
           for
           this
           c
           
             spirituall
             function
          
           .
           First
           why
           he
           medled
           with
           it
           ,
           not
           
           being
           called
           vnto
           it
           .
           Then
           ,
           why
           (
           *
           medling
           with
           it
           )
           he
           did
           not
           the
           duety
           that
           belonged
           vnto
           it
           ,
           in
           seeing
           the
           Church
           carefully
           serued
           ,
           the
           Minister
           thereof
           sufficientlie
           mainetained
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           of
           the
           Parish
           faithfully
           releeued
           .
           This
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           the
           vse
           whereto
           Parsonages
           were
           giuen
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           vse
           wee
           had
           notice
           before
           
           we
           purchased
           them
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           (
           not
           onely
           by
           the
           lawes
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Lawe
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           Chancery
           ,
           at
           this
           day
           obserued
           in
           other
           cases
           )
           wee
           ought
           onely
           to
           hold
           them
           to
           this
           vse
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
        
         
           19
           It
           is
           not
           then
           a
           work
           of
           bounty
           and
           beneuolence
           to
           restore
           these
           appropriations
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           but
           of
           duety
           and
           necessity
           so
           to
           doe
           .
           It
           is
           a
           worke
           of
           duty
           to
           giue
           that
           
           
             vnto
             God
             that
             is
             Gods
             ,
             Mat.
             22.
          
           2.
           
           And
           it
           is
           a
           worke
           of
           necessity
           towards
           the
           obtaining
           remission
           of
           these
           sinnes
           .
           
           For
           Saint
           Augustine
           saith
           ,
           
             Non
             remittetur
             peccatum
             ,
             nisi
             restituatur
             ablatum
             cum
             restitut
             potest
             :
             The
             sinne
             shall
             not
             be
             forgiuen
             ,
             without
             restoring
             of
             that
             which
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             if
             it
             may
             be
             restored
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           duety
           ,
           iustice
           ,
           and
           necessity
           ,
           to
           giue
           them
           backe
           vnto
           God.
           For
           if
           Judas
           (
           who
           was
           the
           first
           president
           of
           this
           sinne
           )
           were
           a
           thiefe
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           
           termeth
           him
           ,
           for
           imbeasiling
           that
           which
           was
           committed
           vnto
           him
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           must
           it
           also
           be
           the
           euery
           to
           withhold
           these
           things
           which
           were
           giuen
           for
           the
           maintenāce
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Christ.
           And
           herein
           it
           is
           a
           degree
           aboue
           that
           sinne
           of
           Iudas
           ,
           as
           robbery
           is
           aboue
           theft
           :
           for
           Iudas
           onely
           detained
           the
           money
           (
           deliuered
           vnto
           him
           )
           closely
           and
           secretly
           ;
           
           but
           wee
           and
           our
           fathers
           ,
           haue
           inuaded
           Church-liuings
           ,
           and
           taken
           them
           (
           as
           it
           were
           by
           assault
           )
           euen
           from
           the
           sacred
           body
           and
           person
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           great
           sinne
           to
           steale
           from
           our
           Neighbour
           ;
           much
           greater
           (
           euer●
           sacriledge
           )
           to
           steale
           from
           God.
           If
           it
           were
           so
           hainous
           a
           fact
           in
           Ananias
           to
           withholde
           part
           of
           his
           owne
           goods
           ,
           which
           he
           pretended
           hee
           would
           giue
           vnto
           God
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           is
           it
           in
           vs
           ,
           presumptuously
           
           to
           reaue
           that
           from
           God
           ,
           that
           others
           haue
           alreadie
           dedicated
           and
           deliuered
           vnto
           him
           .
           
           Salomon
           saith
           ;
           
             Hee
             that
             robbeth
             his
             Father
             and
             his
             Mother
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             sinne
             ,
             is
             the
             companion
             of
          
           [
           a
           murtherer
           ,
           or
           ]
           
             him
             that
             destroieth
          
           .
           But
           he
           that
           purloineth
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           robbeth
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           purloineth
           the
           things
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           robbeth
           his
           mother
           .
           And
           therefore
           that
           man
           is
           a
           companion
           of
           the
           destroier
           .
        
         
         
           The
           *
           fathers
           ,
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           many
           great
           Councels
           ,
           and
           ancient
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           command
           ,
           that
           things
           taken
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           should
           be
           restored
           .
           And
           the
           Church
           by
           her
           a
           ●
           Preachers
           and
           Ministers
           continually
           entreateth
           ,
           vrgeth
           ,
           and
           requireth
           all
           men
           to
           doe
           it
           .
           They
           therefore
           that
           doe
           it
           not
           ,
           
           they
           refuse
           to
           heare
           the
           Church
           :
           And
           then
           our
           Saour
           Christ
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           mouth
           ,
           denounceth
           them
           b
           to
           bee
           as
           Heathens
           and
           Publicans
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           excommunicate
           and
           prophane
           persons
           .
           
             If
             he
             refuseth
          
           (
           saith
           our
           Sauiour
           )
           
             to
             heare
             the
             Church
             also
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             vnto
             thee
             as
             a
             heathen
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             public
             in
             .
             Mat.
          
           18.
           17.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           fearefull
           thing
           not
           to
           heare
           the
           c
           Church
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           ,
           not
           to
           
           heare
           Christ
           himselfe
           .
           Christ
           hath
           giuen
           vs
           a
           perpetuall
           Lawe
           and
           Commandement
           ,
           touching
           things
           belonging
           to
           God
           :
           
             That
             wee
             should
             giue
             them
             to
             God.
          
           If
           we
           breake
           this
           Law
           ,
           we
           breake
           a
           greater
           Lawe
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Medes
           and
           the
           a
           Persians
           :
           and
           therefore
           marke
           what
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           concludeth
           vpon
           vs
           ;
           
             Euery
             person
             that
             shall
             not
             heare
             this
             Prophet
          
           (
           Christ
           Iesus
           )
           
             shall
             bee
             destroied
             out
             of
             the
             people
             .
             Act.
             3.
          
           23.
           
        
         
         
           20
           To
           conclude
           then
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Philistims
           made
           hast
           to
           send
           home
           the
           b
           Arke
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           Aegyptians
           to
           ridde
           themselues
           of
           the
           c
           people
           of
           God
           :
           so
           let
           vs
           ply
           our selues
           to
           render
           vnto
           God
           his
           Lands
           and
           Possessions
           with
           all
           speed
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           as
           he
           strucke
           the
           Philistims
           with
           Emrods
           secretly
           ,
           and
           the
           Aegyptians
           with
           manifold
           scourges
           openly
           ;
           so
           onely
           himselfe
           knoweth
           ,
           what
           hee
           hath
           determined
           against
           vs.
           
        
         
         
           
             And
             thus
             I
             end
             ,
             with
             the
             saying
             of
             the
             blessed
             Saint
          
           Cypryan
           ,
           Nec
           teneri
           iam
           ,
           
           nec
           amari
           Patrimonium
           debet
           ,
           quo
           quis
           &
           deceptus
           ,
           &
           victus
           est
           .
           Wee
           must
           now
           neither
           hold
           that
           Patrimony
           ,
           or
           liuing
           ,
           (
           no
           )
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           take
           pleasure
           therein
           ,
           whereby
           a
           man
           is
           entrapped
           and
           brought
           to
           destruction
           .
           
             And
             with
             that
             other
             of
             the
             noble
             Saint
          
           Augustine
           ;
           
           With
           what
           face
           canst
           thou
           expect
           an
           inheritance
           from
           Christ
           in
           Heauen
           ,
           
           that
           defraudest
           Christ
           in
           thy
           inheritance
           heere
           on
           Earth
           ?
           Therefore
        
         
           Giue
           vnto
           Caesar
           the
           things
           that
           are
           Caesars
           ,
           
           and
           vnto
           God
           the
           things
           that
           are
           Gods.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           ❧
           An
           Epilogue
           .
        
         
           PArdon
           mee
           good
           Reader
           ,
           though
           I
           haue
           neither
           satisfied
           thee
           ,
           nor
           my selfe
           ,
           in
           this
           little
           discourse
           .
           It
           is
           hard
           to
           bring
           a
           great
           vessell
           into
           a
           small
           creeke
           ,
           an
           argument
           of
           many
           heads
           and
           branches
           ,
           of
           much
           weight
           ,
           variety
           and
           difficulty
           ,
           into
           a
           fewe
           pages
           .
           It
           may
           bee
           thou
           thinkest
           the
           volume
           bigge
           enough
           for
           the
           successe
           
           that
           Bookes
           of
           this
           nature
           are
           like
           to
           haue
           .
           I
           reiect
           not
           thy
           iudgement
           ,
           yet
           would
           I
           not
           haue
           others
           thereby
           discouraged
           from
           pursuing
           this
           cause
           :
           for
           though
           Peter
           fished
           all
           night
           and
           got
           nothing
           ,
           
           yet
           hee
           made
           a
           great
           draught
           vnlooked
           for
           )
           in
           the
           morning
           .
           Hee
           that
           directed
           that
           net
           ,
           giue
           a
           blessing
           to
           all
           our
           labours
           .
           For
           my
           owne
           part
           (
           if
           I
           catch
           but
           one
           fish
           )
           I
           shall
           thinke
           mine
           well
           bestowed
           .
           Howsoeuer
           ,
           it
           shall
           content
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           thanke
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           girded
           mee
           with
           so
           much
           strength
           as
           
           to
           strike
           one
           stroke
           (
           though
           a
           weake
           one
           )
           in
           his
           battell
           ,
           and
           to
           cast
           one
           stone
           (
           though
           a
           small
           one
           )
           against
           the
           aduersaries
           of
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           Some
           will
           say
           ,
           I
           haue
           vsed
           too
           much
           salt
           and
           vineger
           in
           this
           discourse
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           haue
           bent
           the
           great
           Altillery
           of
           Gods
           iudgements
           and
           threatnings
           ,
           vpon
           a
           piece
           of
           too
           light
           importance
           .
           I
           would
           the
           consciences
           of
           men
           were
           such
           ,
           as
           oyle
           and
           butter
           might
           supply
           them
           .
           But
           I
           see
           they
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ouergrowne
           with
           so
           hard
           a
           carnosity
           ,
           as
           
           it
           requireth
           strong
           and
           potent
           corasiues
           to
           make
           an
           entrance
           into
           them
           .
           A
           Preacher
           may
           shake
           them
           now
           and
           then
           with
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           
           as
           Paul
           did
           Faelix
           :
           but
           when
           the
           thunder
           and
           lightning
           are
           ceased
           ,
           they
           are
           (
           like
           Pharaoh
           )
           still
           where
           they
           were
           .
           Yea
           some
           haue
           
             conscientas
             cauteriatas
          
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Apostle
           termeth
           them
           ,
           censciences
           
             ●eared
             with
             an
             hot
             iron
          
           :
           so
           stupified
           ,
           that
           dead
           Lazarus
           may
           be
           raised
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           bee
           moued
           .
           But
           God
           knoweth
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           water
           out
           
           of
           the
           hard
           rocke
           ;
           therefore
           though
           I
           haue
           spoken
           this
           (
           as
           being
           iealous
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           )
           yet
           in
           charity
           I
           will
           hope
           better
           euen
           of
           the
           hardest
           of
           them
           .
           Onely
           let
           no
           man
           thinke
           it
           a
           light
           sinne
           ,
           to
           keepe
           open
           the
           passage
           whereby
           the
           *
           wilde
           bore
           (
           of
           Barbarisme
           )
           enters
           the
           Lords
           vineyard
           ,
           and
           whereby
           God
           is
           depriued
           of
           the
           honour
           due
           to
           his
           name
           .
           
        
         
           Now
           at
           the
           parting
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           thou
           desirest
           to
           know
           what
           successe
           this
           my
           labour
           had
           with
           the
           Gentleman
           to
           
           whom
           I
           sent
           i●
           .
           In
           truth
           neither
           that
           I
           desired
           ,
           nor
           that
           which
           I
           promised
           vnto
           my selfe
           .
           For
           (
           so
           it
           pleased
           Go●
           )
           that
           euen
           the
           very
           day
           ,
           the
           messenger
           brought
           it
           into
           Norfolke
           ,
           
           the
           party
           died
           .
           Otherwise
           I
           wel
           l●oped
           ,
           not
           to
           haue
           shot
           this
           arrow
           in
           vaine
           .
           But
           because
           it
           then
           missed
           the
           marke
           at
           which
           it
           was
           sent
           ,
           (
           and
           many
           thought
           not
           fit
           to
           loose
           it
           ;
           )
           I
           haue
           now
           let
           it
           flie
           againe
           at
           randome
           with
           some
           notes
           and
           alterations
           ,
           as
           the
           difference
           betweene
           priuate
           and
           publike
           things
           requireth
           :
           
           but
           still
           desiring
           that
           I
           might
           further
           haue
           shewed
           my
           mind
           in
           many
           passages
           hereof
           ,
           (
           and
           particularly
           touching
           tithes
           in
           quoto
           ,
           and
           such
           Parsonages
           as
           haue
           Vicarage●
           well
           endowed
           )
           which
           without
           making
           it
           almost
           a
           new
           worke
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           doe
           ;
           and
           therefore
           resting
           vpon
           thy
           curieous
           interpretation
           ,
           I
           leaue
           it
           to
           thee
           ,
           (
           for
           this
           time
           )
           as
           it
           is
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           St.
           Augustines
           touching
           rendring
           of
           Tithes
           .
        
         
           
             The
             occasion
             of
             this
             Sermon
             or
             Homily
             ,
             was
             ministred
             vnto
             him
             by
             the
             time
             of
             the
             yeere
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             12.
             
             Sunday
             after
             Trinity
             ,
             that
             is
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             Haruest
             .
             The
             Scripture
             that
             he
             sitteth
             vnto
             it
             ,
             is
             the
             18.
             of
             Luke
             .
             Where
             the
             Pharesie
             boasteth
             of
             his
             precise
             iustice
             in
             payment
             of
             Tithes
             .
             It
             is
             the
             219.
             
             Sermon
             de
             Tenipore
             :
             extant
             in
             the
             tenth
             Tome
             of
             his
             works
             ,
             and
             there
             extituled
             :
             De
             reddendis
             decimis
             .
          
        
         
           BY
           the
           mercy
           of
           Christ
           (
           
             most
             beloued
             brethren
          
           :
           )
           the
           daies
           are
           now
           at
           hand
           ,
           wherein
           
           we
           are
           to
           reape
           the
           f●uits
           of
           the
           earth
           ▪
           and
           therefore
           giuing
           thanks
           to
           God
           that
           bestoweth
           them
           ,
           let
           vs
           bee
           mindfull
           to
           offer
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           render
           backe
           vnto
           him
           the
           tithes
           thereof
           .
           
           For
           God
           ,
           that
           vouchsafeth
           to
           giue
           vs
           the
           whole
           ,
           
           vouchsafeth
           also
           to
           require
           backe
           againe
           the
           tenth
           ,
           not
           for
           his
           owne
           ,
           but
           for
           our
           benefit
           doubtlesse
           .
           For
           so
           hath
           hee
           promised
           by
           his
           Prophet
           ,
           saying
           :
           *
           
             Bring
             all
             the
             Tithe
             into
             my
             Barnes
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             bee
             meate
             in
             
             my
             house
             ;
             and
             trie
             mee
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             if
             I
             open
             not
             the
             windowes
             of
             heauen
             vnto
             you
             ,
             and
             giue
             you
             fruit
             without
             measure
             .
          
           Lo
           ,
           wee
           haue
           proued
           how
           Tithes
           are
           more
           profitable
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           then
           to
           God.
           
             O
             foolish
             men
          
           !
           What
           hurt
           doth
           God
           command
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           deserue
           to
           bee
           heard
           ?
           For
           he
           saith
           thus
           :
           
           
             The
             first
             fruits
             of
             thy
             treshing
             floore
             ,
             and
             of
             thy
             Wine-presse
             thou
             shalt
             not
             delay
             to
             offer
             vnto
             mee
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           a
           sinne
           ,
           to
           delay
           the
           giuing
           :
           how
           much
           
           worse
           is
           it
           ,
           
           not
           to
           giue
           at
           all
           ?
           And
           againe
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Honour
             thy
             Lord
             thy
             God
             with
             thy
             iust
             labours
             ,
             and
             offer
             vnto
             him
             of
             the
             fruits
             of
             thy
             righteousnesse
             ,
             that
             thy
             barnes
             may
             bee
             filled
             with
             wheat
             ,
             and
             thy
             presses
             abound
             with
             wine
             .
          
           Thou
           doest
           not
           this
           ,
           for
           
             God
             a
             mercy
          
           ,
           that
           by
           and
           by
           shalt
           receiue
           it
           againe
           with
           manifold
           increase
           .
           Perhaps
           thou
           wilt
           aske
           ,
           who
           shall
           haue
           profit
           by
           that
           ,
           which
           God
           receiueth
           ,
           to
           giue
           presently
           backe
           againe
           ?
           And
           also
           
           thou
           wilt
           aske
           ,
           who
           shall
           haue
           profit
           by
           that
           which
           is
           giuen
           to
           the
           poore
           ?
           If
           thou
           beleeuest
           ,
           thy selfe
           shall
           haue
           profit
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           if
           thou
           doubtest
           ,
           then
           thou
           hast
           lost
           it
           .
        
         
           Tithes
           (
           
             deare
             Brethren
          
           )
           are
           a
           tribute
           due
           vnto
           the
           
             needy
             s●ules
          
           .
           Giue
           therefore
           this
           tribute
           vnto
           the
           poore
           ,
           offer
           this
           sacrifice
           vnto
           the
           Priests
           .
           If
           thou
           hast
           no
           Tithes
           of
           earthly
           fruits
           :
           yet
           whatsoeuer
           the
           Husbandman
           hath
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           Ar●
           sustaineth
           thee
           ,
           it
           is
           Gods
           ,
           
           and
           he
           requires
           Tithe
           ,
           out
           of
           whatsoeuer
           thou
           liuest
           by
           :
           whether
           it
           be
           Warfare
           ,
           or
           Traffike
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Trade
           ,
           giue
           him
           the
           tithe
           .
           Some
           things
           we
           must
           pay
           for
           the
           ground
           we
           liue
           on
           ,
           and
           something
           for
           the
           vse
           of
           our
           life
           it selfe
           .
           Yeeld
           it
           therefore
           vnto
           him
           (
           
             O
             man
          
           )
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           which
           thou
           possessest
           :
           yeeld
           it
           (
           I
           say
           )
           vnto
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           giuen
           thee
           thy
           birth
           :
           for
           thus
           saith
           the
           Lord
           :
           
           
             Euery
             man
             shall
             giue
             the
             redemption
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             &
             there
             shal
             not
             
             bee
             amongst
             them
             any
             diseases
             or
             mishaps
             .
          
           Behold
           ,
           thou
           hast
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           the
           cautions
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           vpon
           which
           hee
           hath
           promised
           thee
           ,
           that
           if
           thou
           giue
           him
           thy
           Tith
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           not
           onely
           receiue
           aboundance
           of
           fruites
           ,
           but
           health
           also
           of
           body
           .
           
             Thy
             barnes
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             shall
             be
             filled
             with
             wheate
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             thy
             presses
             shall
             abound
             with
             wine
             ,
             and
             there
             shall
             bee
             in
             them
             ,
             neither
             diseases
             nor
             mishaps
             .
          
           Seeing
           then
           ,
           by
           payment
           of
           Tithes
           ,
           thou
           maiest
           gaine
           
           to
           thy selfe
           ,
           both
           earthly
           and
           heauenly
           rewards
           :
           why
           doest
           thou
           defraude
           thy selfe
           of
           both
           these
           blessings
           together
           ?
           Heare
           therefore
           ,
           
           (
           
             O
             thou
             zeale-lesse
             mortality
          
           )
           Thou
           knowest
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           that
           thou
           vsest
           are
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           canst
           thou
           finde
           in
           thy
           heart
           ,
           to
           lend
           him
           (
           that
           made
           all
           things
           )
           nothing
           backe
           of
           his
           owne
           ?
           The
           Lord
           God
           needeth
           not
           any
           thing
           ,
           neither
           demandeth
           he
           a
           reward
           of
           thee
           ,
           but
           honour
           ;
           he
           vrgeth
           thee
           not
           
           to
           render
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           thine
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           .
           It
           pleaseth
           him
           to
           require
           the
           
             first
             fruits
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Tithes
           of
           thy
           goods
           ,
           &
           canst
           thou
           denie
           them
           ,
           (
           
             O
             couetous
             wretch
          
           ?
           )
           What
           wouldst
           thou
           doe
           ,
           if
           he
           tooke
           all
           the
           nine
           parts
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           left
           thee
           the
           tenth
           onely
           ?
           And
           this
           in
           trueth
           hee
           doth
           ,
           when
           by
           with-holding
           his
           blessing
           of
           raine
           ,
           the
           drought
           maketh
           thy
           thirsty
           Haruest
           to
           wither
           away
           :
           and
           when
           thy
           fruit
           ,
           and
           thy
           vineyard
           ,
           are
           strucken
           with
           
           haile
           ,
           or
           blasted
           with
           frost
           ,
           where
           now
           is
           the
           plenty
           that
           thou
           so
           couetously
           didst
           reckon
           vpon
           ?
           The
           nine
           parts
           are
           taken
           from
           thee
           ,
           because
           thou
           wouldst
           not
           giue
           him
           the
           Tenth
           .
           That
           remaines
           onely
           ,
           that
           thou
           refusest
           to
           giue
           ,
           though
           the
           Lord
           required
           it
           .
           For
           this
           is
           a
           most
           iust
           course
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           holdeth
           ,
           
           
             If
             thou
             wilt
             not
             giue
             him
             the
             tenth
             ,
             he
             will
             turne
             thee
             to
             the
             tenth
             .
          
           For
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Insomuch
             as
             the
             Tithe
             of
             your
             ground
             ,
             
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             your
             Land
             ;
             are
             with
             you
             :
             I
             haue
             seene
             it
             ,
             but
             you
             thought
             to
             deceiue
             me
             :
             hauocke
             and
             spoile
             shall
             bee
             in
             your
             Treasurie
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             houses
             .
          
           Thus
           thou
           shalt
           giue
           that
           to
           the
           vnmercifull
           Souldier
           ,
           which
           thou
           wouldest
           not
           giue
           to
           the
           Priest.
           
        
         
           The
           Lord
           almighty
           also
           saith
           :
           
             Turne
             vnto
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             open
             vnto
             you
             the
             windowes
             of
             Heauen
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             that
             I
             may
             poure
             downe
             my
             blessing
             vpon
             you
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             not
             destory
             the
             fruit
             of
             your
             Land
             ,
             
             neither
             shall
             the
             vines
             of
             your
             field
          
           [
           or
           the
           trees
           of
           your
           orchards
           ]
           
             wither
             away
          
           ,
           [
           or
           be
           blasted
           ]
           
             and
             all
             nations
             shall
             say
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             a
             blessed
             people
             .
          
           God
           is
           alwaies
           ready
           to
           giue
           his
           blessings
           .
           But
           the
           peruersenesse
           of
           man
           alwaies
           hindreth
           him
           .
           For
           hee
           would
           haue
           God
           giue
           him
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           offer
           vnto
           God
           nothing
           ,
           of
           that
           whereof
           himselfe
           seemeth
           to
           bee
           the
           owner
           .
           *
           What
           if
           God
           
           should
           say
           ?
           The
           man
           that
           I
           made
           ,
           is
           mine
           ;
           the
           ground
           that
           thou
           tillest
           ,
           is
           mine
           ;
           the
           seed
           that
           thou
           sowest
           ,
           is
           mine
           ;
           the
           cattell
           that
           thou
           weariest
           in
           thy
           worke
           are
           mine
           ;
           the
           showers
           ,
           the
           raine
           ,
           and
           the
           gentle
           winds
           are
           mine
           ;
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           is
           mine
           ;
           and
           since
           all
           the
           Elements
           whereby
           thou
           liuest
           ,
           are
           mine
           ;
           thou
           that
           lendest
           onely
           thy
           hand
           ,
           deseruest
           onely
           the
           tithe
           ,
           or
           tenth
           part
           .
           Yet
           because
           Almighty
           God
           doth
           mercifully
           feede
           vs
           ,
           hee
           
           bestoweth
           vpon
           the
           labourer
           a
           most
           liberall
           reward
           for
           his
           paines
           ,
           and
           reseruing
           onely
           the
           Tenth
           part
           vnto
           himselfe
           ,
           hath
           forgiuen
           vs
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           
             Ingratefull
             and
             perfidious
             deceiuer
          
           ,
           I
           speake
           to
           thee
           in
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Behold
           the
           yeere
           is
           now
           ended
           :
           giue
           vnto
           the
           Lord
           (
           that
           giueth
           the
           raine
           )
           his
           reward
           .
           Redeeme
           thy selfe
           ,
           O
           Man
           ,
           whilest
           thou
           liuest
           .
           Redeeme
           thou
           thy selfe
           whilst
           thou
           maiest
           .
           Redeeme
           thy
           
           selfe
           (
           I
           say
           )
           whilest
           thou
           hast
           wherewith
           in
           thy
           hands
           .
           Redeeme
           thy selfe
           ,
           lest
           it
           greedy
           death
           preuent
           thee
           ,
           thou
           then
           lose
           both
           life
           and
           reward
           together
           .
           Thou
           hast
           no
           reason
           ,
           to
           commit
           this
           matter
           ouer
           to
           thy
           wife
           ,
           who
           happily
           will
           haue
           another
           husband
           .
           Neither
           hast
           thou
           (
           O
           woman
           )
           any
           reason
           to
           leaue
           this
           to
           thy
           husband
           ,
           for
           his
           minde
           is
           on
           another
           wife
           .
           It
           is
           in
           vaine
           ,
           to
           tie
           thy
           Parents
           ,
           or
           thy
           kinsfolke
           ,
           to
           haue
           care
           hereof
           :
           
           no
           man
           after
           thy
           death
           ,
           surely
           shall
           redeeme
           thee
           ,
           because
           in
           thy
           life
           ,
           thou
           wouldest
           not
           redeeme
           thy selfe
           .
           Now
           then
           ,
           cast
           the
           burthen
           of
           couetousnesse
           from
           thy
           shoulders
           ,
           despise
           that
           cruell
           Lady
           ,
           who
           pressing
           thee
           downe
           with
           her
           intollerable
           yoake
           ,
           suffereth
           thee
           not
           to
           receiue
           the
           yoake
           of
           Christ
           For
           as
           the
           yoake
           of
           couetousnesse
           ,
           presseth
           men
           downe
           vnto
           hell
           ,
           so
           the
           yoake
           of
           Christ
           raiseth
           men
           vp
           vnto
           heauen
           .
           
           For
           tithes
           are
           required
           as
           a
           
           debt
           ,
           and
           hee
           that
           will
           not
           giue
           them
           ,
           inuadeth
           an
           other
           mans
           goods
           .
           And
           let
           him
           locke
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           how
           many
           men
           soeuer
           die
           for
           hunger
           in
           the
           place
           where
           he
           liueth
           (
           not
           paying
           his
           tithes
           )
           of
           the
           murthering
           of
           so
           many
           men
           ,
           shall
           he
           appeare
           guilty
           before
           the
           tribunall
           seate
           of
           the
           eternal
           Iudge
           ,
           because
           he
           kept
           that
           backe
           to
           his
           owne
           vse
           ,
           that
           was
           committed
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Lord
           for
           the
           Poore
           .
        
         
           He
           therefore
           that
           either
           
           desireth
           to
           gaine
           a
           reward
           ,
           or
           to
           *
           obtaine
           a
           remission
           of
           his
           sins
           ,
           let
           him
           pay
           his
           tithe
           ,
           and
           bee
           carefull
           to
           giue
           almes
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           other
           nine
           parts
           :
           but
           so
           notwithstanding
           ,
           that
           whatsoeuer
           remaineth
           ouer
           and
           aboue
           moderate
           diet
           ,
           and
           conuenient
           apparrell
           ,
           bee
           not
           bestowed
           in
           riot
           and
           carnall
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           laied
           vp
           in
           the
           treasurie
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Almes
           to
           the
           poore
           .
           For
           whatsoeuer
           God
           hath
           giuen
           vs
           more
           then
           wee
           
           haue
           neede
           of
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           giuen
           it
           vnto
           vs
           particularly
           ,
           but
           hath
           committed
           it
           ouer
           vnto
           vs
           to
           bee
           distributed
           vnto
           others
           :
           which
           if
           wee
           dispose
           not
           accordingly
           ,
           wee
           spoile
           and
           rob
           them
           thereof
           .
           
             Thus
             farre
             S.
             Augustine
          
           .
        
         
           ERasmus
           in
           a
           generall
           censure
           of
           these
           Sermons
           
             de
             Tempore
          
           ,
           noteth
           many
           of
           them
           not
           to
           bee
           Saint
           Augustines
           :
           so
           also
           doth
           Master
           Perkins
           ,
           and
           diuers
           other
           learned
           men
           ,
           
           who
           hauing
           examined
           them
           all
           all
           particularly
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           aduisement
           ,
           reiecting
           those
           that
           appeared
           to
           bee
           adulterat
           or
           suspected
           ,
           admit
           this
           notwithstanding
           as
           vndoubted
           .
           And
           although
           Bellarmine
           seemeth
           to
           make
           a
           little
           question
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           hee
           concludeth
           it
           to
           bee
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           an
           excellent
           worke
           :
           and
           either
           *
           Saint
           Augustines
           owne
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           ancient
           Fathers
           .
           But
           hee
           saith
           ,
           that
           many
           things
           
           
             are
             cited
             out
             of
             it
             as
             out
             of
             Augustine
             in
             Decret
             .
             16.
             qo
          
           1.
           
           And
           to
           cleare
           the
           matter
           further
           ,
           I
           finde
           that
           some
           parts
           heereof
           are
           alleadged
           vnder
           the
           name
           of
           
             Augustine
             ,
             in
             Concil
             .
             Triburiens
             .
          
           (
           which
           was
           in
           the
           yeere
           of
           our
           Lord
           895
           )
           cap.
           13.
           
           And
           twenty
           yeere
           before
           that
           also
           ,
           
             in
             Concil
             .
             Moguntin
             .
             1.
             cap.
          
           8.
           
           So
           that
           Antiquitie
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           diuers
           Councels
           ,
           accept
           it
           for
           Augustines
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           recite
           a
           great
           discourse
           to
           the
           effect
           of
           
           this
           Sermon
           amongst
           the
           workes
           of
           Augustine
           in
           the
           Treatise
           
             De
             rectitudine
             Christiane
             religionis
          
           ;
           because
           Erasmus
           iudgeth
           that
           Treatise
           not
           to
           bee
           Augustines
           .
           Yet
           seemeth
           it
           likewise
           to
           be
           some
           excellent
           mans
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           antiquity
           .
           But
           if
           thou
           wouldst
           heare
           more
           what
           Augustine
           saith
           vnto
           thee
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           take
           this
           for
           a
           farewell
           ;
           
           
             Maiores
             nostri
             ideo
             copijs
             omnibus
             abundabant
             ,
             quia
             Deo
             decimus
             
             dabant
             ,
             &
             Caesuri
             censum
             reddebant
             :
             modo
             autem
             quia
             descessit
             deuotio
             Dei
             ,
             accessit
          
           indictio
           fisci
           .
           
             Noluimus
             partiri
             cum
             Deo
             decimas
             ,
             modo
             autem
             totum
             tollitur
             .
             Hoc
             tollit
          
           siscus
           ,
           
             quod
             non
             accipit
             Christus
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Appendix
           by
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           I
           Haue
           beene
           often
           sollicited
           within
           these
           two
           yeeres
           ,
           both
           to
           reimprint
           this
           little
           Treatise
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           publish
           a
           greater
           worke
           much
           of
           the
           same
           Argument
           .
           Some
           especiall
           reasons
           haue
           made
           mee
           vnwilling
           to
           doe
           either
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           doe
           ,
           
             aut
             clypeum
             abijcere
             ,
             aut
             causam
             deserere
             :
          
           But
           I
           finde
           my
           arme
           too
           feeble
           for
           so
           great
           an
           attempt
           ▪
           and
           in
           matters
           of
           such
           weight
           and
           consequence
           ,
           a
           better
           opportunity
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           then
           is
           yet
           afforded
           .
           I
           desire
           therefore
           not
           to
           be
           hastned
           herein
           ,
           though
           hee
           that
           published
           my
           Booke
           in
           Scotland
           (
           out
           of
           his
           zeale
           to
           the
           cause
           )
           taketh
           that
           for
           one
           of
           his
           Motiues
           .
           
           When
           I
           did
           first
           let
           it
           goe
           forth
           :
           I
           did
           it
           only
           in
           couert
           manner
           :
           not
           thinking
           it
           worthy
           of
           the
           broad
           eye
           
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           nor
           holding
           it
           fit
           to
           haue
           that
           which
           was
           done
           in
           a
           corner
           ,
           
             preached
             vppon
             the
             house
             top
          
           :
           or
           that
           which
           passed
           priuatly
           betweene
           me
           and
           my
           friend
           ,
           to
           flie
           (
           in
           this
           sort
           ,
           at
           once
           )
           to
           both
           the
           Poles
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           .
           Hereupon
           I
           hitherto
           by
           entreaty
           with
           held
           it
           from
           a
           reimpression
           :
           But
           I
           being
           in
           the
           Countrey
           :
           and
           It
           being
           now
           to
           me
           as
           
             ●lius
             emancipatus
          
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           my
           power
           :
           the
           Printer
           hath
           taken
           aduantage
           of
           his
           liberty
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           absence
           printed
           it
           againe
           with
           the
           former
           infirmities
        
         
           I
           wish
           ,
           since
           it
           must
           needes
           be
           thus
           :
           that
           I
           had
           ouer
           run
           it
           with
           a
           new
           hand
           :
           aswell
           to
           explane
           it
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           as
           to
           helpe
           and
           fortifie
           it
           in
           other
           .
           For
           the
           Argument
           hath
           many
           aduersaries
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Laity
           onely
           :
           but
           amongst
           the
           Church-men
           themselues
           .
           All
           are
           not
           pleased
           with
           this
           forme
           of
           *
           Maintenance
           :
           other
           are
           not
           satisfied
           how
           it
           is
           due
           .
           Some
           also
           conceiue
           Scriptures
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           some
           in
           that
           :
           and
           
           where
           one
           is
           best
           pleased
           ,
           there
           another
           findeth
           most
           exception
           .
           Thus
           he
           that
           commeth
           vpon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           is
           the
           Obiect
           and
           Subiect
           of
           euery
           mans
           opinion
           .
           Yet
           must
           I
           herein
           confesse
           my selfe
           beholden
           vnto
           many
           :
           for
           I
           vnderstand
           this
           small
           Essay
           hath
           giuen
           them
           good
           liking
           ▪
        
         
           To
           satisfie
           all
           I
           labour
           not
           :
           but
           to
           the
           worthier
           sort
           I
           would
           performe
           what
           I
           could
           .
           Being
           therefore
           enformed
           (
           about
           a
           yeare
           almost
           since
           )
           that
           some
           particular
           Diuines
           of
           learning
           and
           iudgement
           ,
           (
           conceiuing
           well
           of
           my
           Booke
           ,
           )
           supposed
           that
           I
           had
           departed
           from
           the
           ancient
           and
           moderne
           interpreters
           in
           applying
           the
           12.
           verse
           of
           the
           83.
           
           Psalme
           .
           
             Onely
             to
             the
             sanctified
             things
             of
             the
             Iewes
             which
             (
             they
             said
             )
             was
             spoken
             of
             all
             their
             houses
             and
             Cities
             in
             generall
             .
          
           I
           did
           then
           vnto
           them
           (
           as
           I
           thought
           it
           fit
           )
           
             reddere
             rationem
             &
             fidei
             &
             facti
             .
          
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           (
           because
           the
           booke
           goeth
           forth
           againe
           vpon
           a
           new
           aduenture
           ,
           and
           may
           encounter
           
           with
           the
           like
           obiections
           ,
           )
           I
           held
           it
           now
           as
           necessary
           to
           adde
           something
           vnto
           it
           in
           that
           point
           being
           so
           materiall
           Yet
           must
           I
           signifie
           vnto
           you
           ,
           that
           they
           which
           tooke
           that
           exception
           ,
           accounted
           both
           my
           argument
           and
           whole
           discourse
           the
           stronger
           (
           notwithstanding
           )
           
             Ex
             consequente
          
           :
           as
           namely
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           so
           heinous
           a
           sinne
           to
           inuade
           the
           temporall
           things
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           much
           more
           must
           it
           needes
           bee
           to
           inuade
           the
           spirituall
           .
           So
           that
           no
           man
           is
           either
           freed
           or
           cased
           by
           this
           suggestion
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           more
           ensnared
           and
           ouerwhelmed
           .
           Neuerthelesse
           (
           I
           vnderstand
           )
           that
           which
           followeth
           ,
           hath
           cleared
           this
           point
           vnto
           them
           :
           and
           I
           hope
           so
           shall
           it
           also
           do●
           vnto
           others
           (
           which
           separate
           not
           themselues
           from
           our
           Church
           )
           if
           cause
           require
           .
        
         
         
           I
           Am
           not
           ignorant
           that
           many
           moderne
           and
           some
           Ancient
           Interpreters
           vnderstand
           the
           body
           of
           the
           83
           Psalme
           ,
           of
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           houses
           and
           cites
           of
           the
           Iewes
           in
           generall
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           Temple
           and
           Synagogues
           ,
           nor
           onely
           of
           the
           Cities
           of
           the
           Leuites
           :
           for
           the
           very
           historicall
           texture
           of
           the
           Psalme
           discouers
           as
           much
           .
           But
           that
           branch
           of
           it
           ,
           where
           on
           〈◊〉
           I
           fastened
           my
           anchor
           ,
           and
           where
           I
           chiefly
           insisted
           ,
           namely
           the
           12
           verse
           ,
           touching
           the
           
             taking
             of
             the
             houses
             of
             God
             in
             possession
             ,
          
           (
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           center
           of
           the
           Psalme
           :
           what
           interpretation
           soeuer
           it
           receiueth
           )
           most
           of
           them
           interpret
           it
           primarily
           and
           positiuely
           for
           the
           Temple
           〈◊〉
           .
           
             Holy
             things
          
           ,
           then
           
             per
             translationem
          
           for
           Hierusalem
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           ,
           
           for
           all
           Iudea
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           people
           of
           God
           )
           in
           respect
           that
           they
           were
           there
           planted
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           wee
           following
           
             Genebr●d
             ,
             Caluin
          
           and
           
             Arias
             Montanus
          
           ,
           translate
           it
           litterally
           ,
           
             Take
             the
             houses
             of
             God
             in
             possession
          
           ;
           yet
           the
           Septuagints
           &
           Greekes
           interpret
           it
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           :
           And
           Hierome
           in
           the
           Latin
           Vulgar
           accordingly
           ▪
           
             Sanctuarium
             Dei
          
           :
           in
           his
           other
           translation
           called
           
             Haebraeica
             veritas
          
           ,
           (
           which
           also
           agreeth
           with
           that
           elder
           ,
           cited
           by
           Lucius
           in
           the
           primer
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           )
           
             Pulchritudine●●
             Dei
             :
             Pellican
             ,
             electissima
             :
          
           all
           of
           them
           by
           such
           denominations
           ,
           as
           are
           most
           proper
           to
           the
           Temple
           &
           holy
           things
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Church
           in
           all
           former
           ages
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           yet
           also
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           euen
           in
           the
           reformed
           parts
           of
           Germany
           ,
           retaineth
           that
           interpretation
           of
           
             Sanctuarium
             
             Dei
          
           ,
           as
           best
           agreeing
           with
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           which
           Hierome
           in
           the
           Preface
           to
           his
           translation
           professeth
           confidently
           (
           by
           many
           witnesses
           )
           that
           he
           hath
           changed
           in
           nothing
           .
        
         
           I
           alleage
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           〈◊〉
           ,
           that
           by
           what
           variety
           of
           words
           soeuer
           ,
           the
           translators
           expresse
           the
           originall
           Hebrew
           ,
           yet
           they
           all
           concu●re
           with
           this
           as
           the
           Fountaine
           and
           st●n●ard
           ;
           that
           
             prima
             intentione
          
           ,
           it
           〈…〉
           the
           holy
           things
           ,
           though
           in
           ●ecun●d
           it
           bee
           caried
           vnto
           temporall
           .
        
         
           Our selues
           also
           in
           our
           owne
           English
           translation
           ,
           vnderstand
           
             the
             houses
             of
             God
          
           ,
           for
           places
           dedicated
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           God.
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           9.
           verse
           of
           the
           74.
           
           Psalme
           ,
           where
           our
           Church-Psalter
           saith
           ,
           
             burnt
             vp
             all
             the
             houses
             of
             God
             in
             the
             land
             :
          
           the
           Geneua
           and
           the
           Kings
           addition
           report
           it
           ,
           
             burnt
             vp
             al
             the
             Synagogues
             of
             God
             in
             the
             
             Land.
          
           So
           likewise
           in
           the
           1.
           verse
           of
           the
           84.
           
           Psal.
           
             The
             dwellings
             of
             God
          
           are
           expresly
           spoken
           of
           his
           Tabernacles
           ,
           and
           holy
           habitations
           ,
           not
           of
           his
           Temporall
           .
        
         
           Yet
           doe
           I
           not
           deny
           ;
           but
           (
           as
           I
           say
           )
           
             Secunda
             intentione
          
           ,
           the
           words
           
             Sanctuarium
             ,
             or
             Houses
             of
             God
             ,
          
           in
           the
           83.
           
           Psalme
           are
           truely
           carried
           to
           all
           Iudea
           and
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           howbeit
           Hierome
           noteth
           expresly
           no
           such
           matter
           vpon
           it
           :
           neither
           could
           Augustine
           find
           it
           in
           the
           litterall
           or
           historicall
           sence
           of
           the
           text
           :
           and
           therefore
           he
           deduceth
           it
           to
           the
           people
           of
           God
           by
           way
           of
           Tropology
           ,
           vsing
           the
           metaphor
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul.
             1.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             
             Sanctuarium
             :
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             Templum
             dei
             sanctum
             est
             :
             quod
             estis
             vos
             .
          
           And
           Lyra
           accordingly
           ,
           
             Sanctuarium
             :
             id
             est
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             Hierusalem
             ,
             in
             qua
             erat
             templum
             dei
             :
             &
             per
             consequens
             :
             terram
             Iudea
             ,
             cuius
             metropolis
             erat
             Hierusalem
             .
          
        
         
         
           Arnobius
           likewise
           of
           the
           Ancient
           ,
           taketh
           it
           first
           for
           the
           Temple
           &
           holy
           vessell
           :
           then
           extensiuely
           ,
           for
           the
           people
           and
           Land
           of
           Israel
           .
           As
           for
           
             Cyprian
             ,
             Origen
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             Ambrose
             ,
             Chrysostome
             ,
             Gregory
             ,
          
           they
           meddle
           not
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           finde
           ,
           nor
           Hierome
           otherwise
           then
           as
           I
           haue
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           But
           admit
           that
           at
           this
           day
           most
           doe
           expound
           it
           for
           the
           Temporalties
           of
           the
           Iews
           ,
           aswell
           as
           for
           their
           Leuiticall
           and
           Sanctified
           things
           :
           What
           doth
           this
           contradict
           my
           application
           of
           this
           Psalme
           against
           Spoilers
           of
           Churches
           ?
           or
           wherein
           is
           my
           errour
           ?
           I
           affirme
           the
           Genus
           vpon
           one
           of
           the
           
             membra
             diuidentia
          
           ,
           and
           they
           vpon
           both
           .
           I
           vpon
           one
           not
           exclusiue
           ,
           and
           they
           vppon
           both
           copulatiue
           .
           Doe
           not
           they
           then
           themselues
           affirme
           my
           assertion
           ?
           Let
           Schoolemen
           be
           Iudges
           .
           Yea
           doe
           they
           not
           iustifie
           and
           enforce
           it
           ?
           
           For
           if
           
             God
             loueth
             the
             gates
             of
             Syon
             ,
             more
             then
             all
             the
             dwellings
             of
             Iacob
             ,
          
           Psal.
           87.
           2.
           that
           is
           ,
           
             the
             outward
             and
             petty
             things
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
          
           more
           then
           a●l
           the
           stately
           temporalties
           of
           his
           
             Lay
             people
          
           ,
           yea
           ,
           if
           he
           loueth
           Iacob
           but
           for
           Sion
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           People
           but
           for
           the
           Church
           :
           then
           
             Ex
             necessario
             to
             consequente
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Prophet
           denounceth
           such
           heauy
           things
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           menaced
           Gods
           ,
           
             Lay
             people
          
           ,
           and
           their
           possessions
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           rather
           ,
           doth
           hee
           it
           against
           such
           as
           with
           greater
           fury
           and
           impiety
           afflict
           his
           more
           peculiar
           and
           chosen
           seruants
           ,
           his
           Cleargy
           ,
           his
           Leuites
           ,
           his
           
             first
             borne
          
           ?
           Against
           these
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           forbeare
           not
           to
           violate
           the
           things
           more
           deare
           vnto
           him
           :
           His
           Temple
           ,
           his
           Oracle
           ,
           his
           
             holy
             mysteries
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           things
           belonging
           to
           his
           honour
           and
           diuine
           seruice
           ,
           things
           
           and
           meanes
           ,
           ordained
           to
           the
           propagation
           of
           his
           blessed
           word
           ?
           For
           this
           is
           the
           consequence
           of
           destroying
           our
           Churches
           :
           this
           killeth
           the
           bird
           in
           the
           shel
           :
           and
           to
           a
           person
           offending
           in
           this
           nature
           ,
           wrote
           I
           my
           Booke
           .
        
         
           By
           like
           reason
           ,
           it
           may
           also
           be
           said
           ;
           that
           this
           Psalme
           was
           framed
           against
           Heathens
           and
           Infidels
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           open
           hostility
           assailed
           the
           Church
           &
           people
           of
           God
           with
           fire
           and
           sword
           )
           not
           against
           such
           as
           be
           our
           owne
           brethren
           ,
           &
           of
           the
           family
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           though
           (
           in
           some
           sort
           )
           they
           doe
           iniury
           vnto
           it
           .
           I
           answere
           that
           the
           Ammonites
           and
           Moabites
           were
           also
           of
           the
           kindred
           of
           Israel
           :
           yea
           ,
           the
           Edomites
           ,
           and
           Ismalites
           ,
           of
           the
           linage
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           aswell
           as
           the
           Israelites
           themselues
           :
           yet
           when
           they
           ioined
           with
           them
           that
           sought
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           the
           curses
           of
           the
           Pr●prophet
           
           went
           as
           freely
           and
           as
           fiercely
           against
           them
           as
           the
           rest
           .
           So
           if
           our
           Church
           be
           spoiled
           by
           her
           brethren
           ,
           her
           children
           ,
           or
           kindred
           ,
           the
           sentence
           is
           all
           one
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           against
           Heathen
           and
           Infidels
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           more
           iustly
           and
           deseruedly
           by
           the
           iudgement
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           who
           accounteth
           the
           treachery
           of
           a
           
             familiar
             friend
          
           much
           more
           intollerable
           then
           the
           violence
           of
           an
           
             open
             Enemy
             .
             Psalm
             .
             55.
          
           12.
           
        
         
           But
           say
           I
           haue
           erred
           (
           which
           indeed
           is
           too
           common
           with
           mee
           though
           it
           be
           humanum
           )
           and
           doth
           the
           more
           easily
           befall
           mee
           ,
           hauing
           saluted
           the
           Schoole
           of
           Diuinity
           ,
           onely
           
             a
             longe
          
           and
           
             a
             limine
          
           :
           I
           am
           therefore
           readie
           with
           Augustine
           to
           put
           it
           amongst
           my
           retractations
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           cause
           why
           ?
           yet
           (
           as
           he
           said
           of
           Romulus
           )
        
         
           
             Sed
             tamen
             errorē
             quo
             tu●atur
             habet
             .
          
           
           For
           I
           am
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           expositiō
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           my
           own
           weapon
           but
           borrowed
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           my
           hand
           by
           others
           of
           elder
           time
           .
           I
           confesse
           that
           as
           they
           which
           go
           to
           battell
           ,
           
             whet
             their
             swordes
             ,
             and
             bend
             their
             bowes
             :
          
           so
           I
           sharpened
           both
           the
           edge
           and
           the
           point
           of
           it
           to
           my
           purpose
           .
           For
           all
           spirits
           are
           not
           cast
           out
           by
           ordinarie
           power
           ,
           nor
           all
           humors
           perswaded
           by
           ordinary
           reason
           .
           Knowing
           therefore
           what
           was
           necessary
           in
           particular
           for
           the
           party
           to
           whom
           I
           wrot
           ,
           I
           applied
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           my
           pen
           to
           that
           particular
           necessity
           :
           yet
           ,
           not
           with
           Zidkiah
           to
           seduce
           him
           by
           vntruthes
           ,
           
           but
           as
           a
           faithfull
           Michaiah
           to
           leaue
           nothing
           vntold
           that
           belonged
           to
           his
           danger
           .
        
         
           See
           then
           what
           I
           haue
           to
           defend
           my selfe
           withall
           ,
           both
           of
           ancient
           &
           later
           fathers
           &
           
             Doct
             rs●
          
           of
           the
           church
           :
           the
           first
           application
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           that
           euer
           was
           
           made
           of
           this
           Psalme
           ,
           was
           (
           only
           to
           the
           purpose
           I
           alleadge
           it
           )
           by
           ●ucius
           a
           deuout
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           the
           bloody
           age
           of
           the
           primitiue
           Church
           ,
           about
           225.
           yeeres
           after
           Christ
           :
           of
           whom
           (
           to
           let
           passe
           
             Cyprian
             )
             Bale
          
           ,
           
           a
           man
           of
           our
           owne
           ,
           
           giueth
           this
           testimony
           ;
           
             That
             hee
             was
             a
             faithfull
             seruant
             in
             the
             Lords
             house
             ,
             —
             and
             enriched
             his
             Church
             with
             healthfull
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             afterward
             being
             purified
             in
             the
             Lambes
             blood
             ,
             hee
             pierced
             the
             heauenly
             Paradice
             ,
             being
             put
             to
             death
             at
             Valentinians
             commandement
             ,
             Anno
             255.
             
          
           This
           Lucius
           (
           as
           I
           noted
           in
           the
           margent
           of
           my
           Booke
           ,
           
           pag.
           39.
           )
           in
           an
           Epistle
           of
           his
           to
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Gallia
           and
           Spaine
           :
           hauing
           determined
           many
           things
           touching
           the
           Church
           ,
           &
           somewhat
           also
           against
           spoilers
           and
           defrauders
           thereof
           (
           concluding
           them
           by
           the
           example
           of
           Iudas
           to
           bee
           thieues
           and
           sacrilegious
           persons
           )
           hee
           proceedeth
           
           with
           them
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
             De
             talibus
             ,
             id
             est
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             qui
             facultates
             Ecclesiae
             rapiunt
             ,
             fraudant
             ,
             &
             auferunt
             :
             Dominus
             comminans
             omnibus
             per
             prophetam
             loquitur
             dicens
             :
             Deus
             ne
             taceas
             tibi
             :
             ne
             sileas
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Reciting
           the
           whole
           83.
           
           Psalme
           euery
           word
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           .
           
             Tom.
             1.
             
             Concil
             :
             of
             Binn●us
          
           edition
           .
           
             pa.
             180.
             col
          
           .
           2.
           
        
         
           I
           tooke
           this
           reuerend
           Father
           and
           great
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           liuing
           in
           the
           purity
           of
           religion
           ,
           in
           the
           times
           of
           persecution
           ,
           and
           so
           neere
           the
           ages
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           faithfull
           direction
           to
           my
           penne
           .
           Yet
           ,
           lest
           hee
           should
           seeme
           like
           a
           
             Sparrow
             alone
             on
             the
             house
             top
             ,
          
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           the
           opinion
           of
           others
           in
           the
           after
           ages
           .
        
         
           
             Petrus
             Damianus
          
           a
           Cardinall
           ,
           whilest
           that
           title
           was
           rather
           a
           name
           of
           Ministry
           then
           of
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           
           long
           before
           it
           became
           mounted
           and
           purpurate
           ,
           a
           starre
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           now
           almost
           600.
           yeers
           old
           ,
           vnderstandeth
           this
           Psalm
           also
           of
           Church
           possessions
           ,
           &
           dignities
           ,
           &
           out
           of
           it
           doth
           vehemētly
           confute
           the
           Chaplains
           of
           
             Duke
             Gothi●red
          
           ,
           which
           held
           it
           no
           s●mony
           to
           buy
           Bishoprickes
           and
           Priests
           places
           ,
           so
           they
           paid
           nothing
           for
           the
           imposition
           of
           hands
           (
           an
           opinion
           too
           common
           at
           this
           day
           )
           and
           hee
           applieth
           against
           them
           the
           interpretation
           of
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Princes
           there
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           concludeth
           them
           to
           be
           
             haereditario
             quodam
             iure
             Sanctuarij
             possessores
          
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           his
           
             Speculo
             Mor.
             l.
             5.
             
             Ep.
             13.
             ad
             Capellan
             .
             Gothif
             .
          
        
         
           Rupertus
           who
           flourished
           about
           500.
           yeeres
           since
           ;
           expoundeth
           it
           
             contra
             omnes
             Ecclesiae
             hostes
             ,
             falsos
             Christianos
             ,
             haereticos
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Great
           
             Hugo
             Cardinali●
          
           ,
           the
           first
           Postillator
           
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           (
           who
           flourished
           Anno
           1240.
           a
           little
           also
           ,
           before
           that
           order
           was
           distinguished
           with
           the
           
             Horse
             and
             Red
             Hat
          
           ,
           and
           a
           man
           to
           whom
           all
           the
           Preachers
           of
           Christendome
           are
           more
           beholden
           ,
           then
           many
           of
           them
           are
           aware
           :
           for
           much
           of
           that
           good
           iuce
           that
           sweetneth
           the
           expositions
           they
           read
           ,
           dropt
           from
           his
           penne
           ,
           though
           now
           like
           riuers
           falling
           into
           other
           channels
           ,
           it
           hath
           lost
           his
           name
           )
           in
           his
           worthy
           Comment
           vpon
           the
           Psalter
           ,
           applieth
           the
           wordes
           ,
           
             haereditate
             possideamus
             sanctuarium
             dei
          
           ,
           against
           those
           that
           ambitiously
           seeke
           Church-liuings
           and
           dignities
           ,
           dispiersing
           the
           curses
           of
           this
           Psalme
           ,
           as
           well
           among
           the
           great
           men
           of
           the
           Cleargy
           as
           them
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           which
           by
           threatning
           or
           fauour
           obtaine
           Ecclesiastical
           promotions
           :
           and
           particularly
           against
           
           such
           men
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           conferre
           Prebends
           and
           dignities
           vpon
           their
           Nephewes
           and
           kindred
           ,
           building
           (
           as
           he
           saith
           )
           
             Sion
             in
          
           (
           their
           )
           
             bloud
             ,
             and
             Ierusalem
             in
             in●quity
             .
          
           Neither
           spareth
           hee
           the
           Popes
           themselues
           ,
           but
           chargeth
           them
           also
           that
           they
           
             possesse
             Gods
             Sanctuary
          
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           inheritance
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           keepe
           the
           succession
           of
           the
           Papacy
           among
           such
           as
           bee
           onely
           of
           the
           
             Romane
             nation
          
           .
           And
           much
           more
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           which
           were
           here
           too
           long
           to
           recite
           :
           but
           (
           concluding
           that
           the
           Prophet
           hath
           leuelled
           at
           them
           all
           in
           this
           Psalme
           )
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             De
             omnibus
             istis
             sequitur
             :
             Deus
             meus
             pone
             eos
             vt
             retam
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Ioannes
             Vitalis
          
           ,
           who
           liued
           aboue
           300.
           yeeres
           since
           ,
           (
           and
           for
           his
           fame
           ,
           and
           learning
           ,
           was
           also
           called
           to
           bee
           a
           Cardinal
           ,
           ere
           that
           this
           dignity
           was
           yet
           at
           the
           highest
           pitch
           )
           vehemently
           enceth
           
           this
           Psalme
           against
           the
           
             Great
             men
          
           that
           prey
           vpon
           the
           Church
           ,
           applying
           the
           interpretation
           of
           the
           names
           therein
           mentioned
           very
           bitterly
           vnto
           them
           .
           And
           saith
           further
           ,
           that
           they
           possesse
           
             the
             Sanctuary
             of
             God
             by
             inheritance
             ,
          
           which
           enter
           into
           it
           vnworthily
           ,
           or
           in
           succession
           to
           their
           vnckles
           ,
           nephewes
           ,
           and
           parents
           ,
           and
           they
           also
           which
           giue
           Benefices
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           wasting
           thereby
           as
           it
           were
           Christs
           hereditary
           patrimony
           ;
           with
           much
           more
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             Speculo
             moral
             :
             tit
             .
             Principes
             saeculares
             .
             fol.
          
           229.
           d.
           
        
         
           
             Nicolaus
             de
             Lyra
          
           ,
           who
           flourished
           about
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           our
           owne
           country-man
           ,
           (
           though
           of
           Iewish
           Parents
           )
           a
           starre
           also
           in
           that
           age
           ,
           of
           the
           first
           magnitude
           ,
           for
           his
           learning
           ;
           and
           exquisit
           aboue
           all
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           (
           it
           being
           his
           mother
           tongue
           ,
           and
           eleborate
           by
           him
           )
           whose
           iudgemēt
           I
           the
           rather
           
           esteeme
           ,
           for
           that
           Luther
           loued
           him
           ,
           and
           preferred
           him
           aboue
           all
           Interpreters
           ,
           as
           Luther
           himselfe
           testifieth
           in
           the
           2.
           and
           9.
           
             chap.
             of
             Genesis
          
           .
           He
           (
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           before
           I
           haue
           noted
           )
           expoundeth
           it
           :
           first
           ,
           and
           properly
           for
           the
           Temple
           (
           vnder
           which
           I
           vnderstand
           all
           things
           dedicated
           vnto
           God
           )
           then
           for
           Ierusalem
           ,
           because
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             the
             Temple
             was
             there
          
           :
           and
           lastly
           by
           consequence
           (
           for
           that
           is
           his
           owne
           word
           )
           
             for
             the
             Land
             of
             Iudea
             ,
             whose
             chiefe
             City
             Ierusalem
             was
             .
          
           So
           that
           he
           maketh
           the
           Temple
           and
           things
           belonging
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           maine
           part
           whereat
           the
           Prophet
           aimeth
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           and
           Countrey
           to
           follow
           ,
           but
           by
           inference
           and
           implication
           .
        
         
           Come
           to
           the
           later
           Writers
           ,
           Genebrard
           noteth
           vpon
           
             Sanctuarium
             dei
          
           ;
           that
           the
           Hebrew
           word
           is
           ,
           Habitacula
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           postill
           ,
           faith
           ;
           
             Generaliter
             de
             
             diuinis
             omnibus
             templis
             ,
             vrbibus
             locis
             &
             oppidis
             populi
             dei
             .
          
           So
           that
           if
           hee
           had
           been
           questioned
           further
           ;
           how
           he
           vnderstood
           
             Habitacula
             ,
             specialiter
          
           ,
           it
           is
           then
           like
           hee
           would
           haue
           answered
           ,
           
             de
             diuinis
             omnibus
             templis
             tantum
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           
             onely
             of
             Churches
          
           .
           But
           be
           it
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           he
           setteth
           them
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           as
           the
           proper
           signification
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           in
           cons●quence
           ,
           as
           analogicall
           ,
           according
           to
           Augustine
           &
           our
           Countrey-man
           Ly●anus
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Luther
           ,
           he
           expoundeth
           not
           this
           Psalme
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           finde
           ;
           but
           you
           see
           what
           hee
           attributeth
           to
           Lyras
           iudgement
           .
        
         
           Pellican
           a
           great
           Hebritian
           ,
           translateth
           it
           
             Possideamus
             nobis
             alectissima
             dei
          
           ,
           and
           expoundeth
           it
           in
           like
           manner
           as
           before
           ,
           
             Templum
             ciuitatem
             vasa
             populum
             dei
          
           .
        
         
           Pomeranus
           interpreteth
           it
           of
           them
           that
           did
           seeke
           to
           make
           themselues
           Lords
           and
           heires
           of
           the
           Temple
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           because
           the
           newest
           thing●
           are
           most
           acceptable
           with
           many
           .
           The
           last
           
           man
           that
           hath
           written
           vpon
           the
           
             Psalter
             ,
             Lorinus
          
           a
           Iesuit
           ,
           (
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           not
           presse
           his
           authority
           )
           yet
           to
           doe
           him
           right
           ,
           very
           well
           esteemed
           amongst
           great
           Clarks
           of
           our
           owne
           Church
           for
           much
           good
           learning
           (
           though
           in
           matters
           of
           controuersie
           ,
           full
           enough
           of
           Romish
           leuin
           )
           reciteth
           some-what
           more
           briefly
           the
           former
           interpretations
           of
           
             Petrus
             Damianus
             ,
             Hugo
             Cardinalis
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Vitalis
          
           ,
           and
           approuing
           those
           their
           applications
           ,
           putteth
           them
           still
           on
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           truly
           consonant
           to
           the
           tenor
           of
           the
           Psalme
           ,
           which
           notwithstanding
           I
           doubt
           not
           hath
           also
           many
           other
           expositions
           ,
           as
           herbes
           haue
           vsually
           diuers
           vertues
           and
           operations
           .
           But
           thus
           the
           eldest
           and
           newest
           expositors
           are
           wholly
           for
           mee
           ,
           many
           also
           (
           &
           of
           the
           best
           of
           thē
           )
           of
           the
           middle
           ages
           ,
           none
           that
           I
           know
           against
           me
           .
           For
           although
           
             Musculus
             ,
             Bucer
             ,
             Caluin
             ,
             Marlorat
             ,
             Mollerus
             ,
          
           expound
           this
           Psalme
           historically
           of
           the
           Countrey
           and
           Nation
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           yet
           when
           then
           apply
           it
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
           Christ
           (
           as
           otherwise
           there
           were
           no
           vse
           of
           it
           )
           they
           make
           that
           application
           by
           way
           of
           figure
           &
           analogy
           ;
           And
           then
           is
           there
           no
           cause
           to
           raise
           an
           antithesis
           ,
           or
           contrariety
           betweene
           them
           and
           me
           .
           For
           to
           reconcile
           the
           matter
           ,
           S.
           Ierome
           in
           his
           entrance
           into
           the
           exposition
           of
           this
           Psalme
           ,
           telleth
           vs
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           expound
           it
           figuratiuely
           of
           the
           Church
           (
           which
           I
           vnderstand
           in
           matters
           of
           action
           ,
           gouernement
           ,
           doctrine
           )
           or
           
             historically
             of
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Iewes
             and
             nations
          
           about
           them
           .
           And
           though
           Caluin
           himselfe
           pursueth
           for
           the
           most
           part
           the
           historicall
           interpretation
           ,
           yet
           when
           he
           commeth
           to
           the
           12.
           verse
           ,
           he
           faith
           ;
           
             I
             terum
             accusat
             profanos
             homines
             sacrilegij
             ,
             quod
             praedateria
             licentia
             inuolant
             in
             ipsam
             dei
             haereditatem
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thus
             much
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             touching
             this
             point
             .
             As
             it
             is
             saide
             in
             the
             end
             of
             the
          
           Machabees
           :
           If
           I
           haue
           done
           well
           and
           as
           the
           story
           required
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           thing
           that
           I
           desired
           :
           but
           if
           I
           haue
           spoken
           slenderly
           and
           barely
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           I
           could
           .
           
             Let
             no
             man
             therefore
             rely
             vpon
             me
             ,
             
             but
             learn
             of
             them
             that
             are
             bound
             to
             teach
          
           ;
           For
           the
           Priest
           slips
           should
           preserue
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           seek
           the
           law
           at
           his
           mouth
           :
           for
           he
           is
           the
           messenger
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           .
           Mal.
           2.
           ●
        
         
           Other
           things
           there
           be
           ,
           wherein
           I
           would
           willingly
           haue
           enlarged
           my self
           a
           little
           :
           but
           as
           
             Popilius
             in
             Liuy
          
           discribing
           a
           circle
           about
           Antiochus
           enforced
           him
           to
           answere
           before
           hee
           stept
           out
           of
           it
           .
           So
           the
           Printer
           (
           hauing
           printed
           al
           to
           the
           last
           sheet
           before
           I
           knew
           it
           )
           restraineth
           me
           ,
           
             ad
             articulum
             temporis
          
           ,
           within
           which
           accordingly
           I
           must
           needs
           end
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A12763-e530
           
             A
             Rectory
             what
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             a
             Plowd
             .
             Comment
             in
             Quare
             Impedit
             per
             Grendō
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             b
             Oblatio
             est
             omne
             quod
             exhibetur
             in
             cultu
             Dei
             ,
             Tho.
             Aq.
             22.
             q.
             85.
             3.
             3.
             
             &c.
             and
             Vrban
             in
             his
             epist.
             Tome
             1.
             
             Concil
             .
             
               And
               lands
               are
               so
               termed
            
             ,
             Ezek.
             45.
             1.
             
               and
               Tithes
            
             ,
             Numb
             :
             18.
             24.
             
             
               So
               also
               the
               Canonists
               &
               Ciuilians
               expound
               them
               ,
            
             Concil
             .
             Aurel.
             ca.
             7.
             
             Burcha
             .
             lib.
             3.
             ca.
             129.
             
             &
             143.
             
             Et
             Lex
             .
             Iurid
             .
             in
             verb.
             oblatio
             .
          
           
             c
             Leuit.
             27.
             28.
             
          
           
             d
             Touching
             diuine
             worship
             and
             works
             of
             charity
             .
          
           
             Tithes
             how
             due
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             14.
             19.
             
          
           
             a
             Yet
             there
             bee
             diuers
             naturall
             reasons
             that
             commend
             this
             number
             (
             for
             this
             purpose
             )
             aboue
             other
             .
          
           
             b
             Gen.
             14.
             20.
             
          
           
             c
             Gen.
             28.
             22.
             
          
           
             d
             Leuitticus
             27.
             30.
             and
             32.
             
             Deut.
             12.
             6
             ,
             &
             11.
             
             Mallachy
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             e
             Declared
             by
             the
             Fathers
             and
             Counsels
             .
          
           
             Tithes
             originally
             not
             Leuiticall
             .
          
           
             a
             Iacob
             voweth
             to
             giue
             tithes
             Gen.
             28.
             22.
             
             And
             Ioseph
             sheweth
             he
             performeth
             his
             vow
             .
             
               Antiquit
               .
               lib.
               1.
               cap.
            
             27.
             
          
           
             b
             Hom.
             35.
             in
             Gen.
             
          
           
             c
             The
             Scripture
             onely
             mentioneth
             Bread
             and
             wine
             to
             be
             giuen
             by
             Melchisedeck
             to
             Abraham
             :
             But
             Iosephus
             sheweth
             ,
             that
             hee
             gaue
             him
             also
             diuers
             other
             rich
             gifts
             .
             
               Antiquit.
               lib.
               1.
               cap.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             d
             Leuit.
             37.
             30
             ,
             &
             3●
             .
          
           
             c
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Num.
             18.
             21
             ,
             24
             ,
             &
             26.
             
          
           
             a
             Ambros.
             in
             Serm.
             quadrages
             .
          
           
             b
             August
             .
             in
             Serm.
             de
             temp
             .
             1●9
             .
             &
             alias
             .
          
           
             c
             Hieron
             .
             in
             Mala.
             3.
             
          
           
             d
             Chrysost.
             in
             Epist.
             ad
             Heb.
             Hom.
             12.
             
             &
             Hom.
             35.
             in
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             e
             Roman
             .
             Concil
             .
             4.
             
             Aurelian
             .
             1.
             
             Tarracon
             .
             sub
             Horm
             .
             Mediomatricis
             .
             toletanum
             Agrippin
             .
             cap.
             6.
             
             Hispalens
             .
             Mont●s
             .
             concus
             .
             2.
             
             Valentinum
             sub
             Leone
             4
             Rothomag
             .
             cap
             3.
             
             Cauall●n
             cap.
             ●8
             .
             Maguntin
             .
             cap.
             10.
             
          
           
             f
             Origen
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             Cyprian
             ,
             Gregory
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             this
             Sermon
             in
             the
             end
             of
             this
             booke
             .
          
           
             Glaber
             .
             Hist.
             lib.
             2
             ▪
             ca.
             11.
             
          
           
             Of
             Oblations
             &
             offerings
             .
          
           
             a
             Vrban
             .
             Epist.
             circiter
             Anno.
             Christi
             227.
             
          
           
             b
             Constantine
             &
             Valentinian
             made
             lawes
             that
             rich
             men
             which
             were
             able
             to
             support
             the
             charges
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             :
             should
             not
             be
             admitted
             into
             religious
             houses
             ▪
             because
             their
             poss●ssions
             and
             goods
             were
             thereby
             a
             mortized
             .
          
           
             c
             2
             Chron.
             31.
             11.
             
          
           
             d
             Tertullian
             in
             Apologetico
             .
          
           
             e
             Iustinius
             in
             Apol.
             2.
             
             Hist.
             Ecles
             .
          
           
             f
             Sermone
             1
             ,
             de
             Eleemosymis
             .
          
           
             g
             Hee
             calleth
             the
             treasury
             Corban
             ,
             of
             that
             at
             the
             Temple
             of
             Hierusalem
             .
          
           
             h
             Noui
             Testamenti
             nouam
             docuit
             (
             filz
             .
             Christ●us
             )
             oblationem
             :
             quam
             Ecclesia
             ab
             Apostolis
             accipiens
             in
             
               vniuerso
               mundo
            
             offert
             Deo
             :
             ei
             qui
             alimenta
             nobis
             prestat
             .
             primitias
             suorum
             muncrum
             in
             nouo
             testamento
             .
          
           
             i
             Vide
             Zanchium
             lib.
             1.
             de
             culm
             Dei
             externo
             .
          
           
             Of
             Glebe
             Land
             ,
             and
             houses
             belonging
             to
             Parsonages
             
          
           
             How
             lands
             came
             to
             the
             Churches
             .
          
           
             a
             It
             appeareth
             by
             the
             Epistles
             of
             Pius
             and
             Vrban
             who
             liued
             about
             the
             yeere
             of
             Christ
             230.
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             had
             then
             begū
             to
             retain
             lands
             in
             this
             māner
             vpō
             this
             reason
             ,
             &
             it
             may
             well
             be
             ,
             for
             that
             Origen
             &
             Eusebius
             shew
             ,
             that
             Churches
             had
             then
             possessions
             .
          
           
             b
             Edicta
             Constantini
             &
             Lucinij
             Impp.
             Eus.
             lib.
             10.
             ca.
             5.
             
          
           
             c
             Origen
             
               speaketh
               of
            
             rents
             
               of
               the
               Church
            
             :
             Hom.
             31
             in
             Mat.
             
          
           
             d
             Eusebius
             of
             an
             house
             belonging
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Antioche
             that
             
               Paulus
               Samosatenus
            
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Aurelianus
             the
             Emperour
             (
             about
             30
             yeeres
             before
             Constantine
             )
             wrongfully
             inuaded
             :
             
               Lib.
               7.
               cap.
            
             24.
             
          
           
             e
             &
          
           
             f
             Read
             the
             note
             (
             a
             )
             next
             afote
             .
          
           
             g
             Synod
             .
             Roman
             .
             sub
             Symacho
             .
             103.
             
             Episcoporū
             circiter
             An.
             Christ.
             503.
             tota
             contra
             inuasores
             Ecclesiarū
             .
             Concil
             .
             Aurelianens
             .
             4.
             
             Ann.
             543.
             c.
             19.
             
             &
             34.
             
             Conc.
             Meldeus
             .
             ca.
             5.
             
             Burch
             .
             lib.
             11.
             cap.
             16.
             
             Concil
             .
             Gangrens
             .
             cap.
             8.
             
             Bur.
             lib.
             11.
             cap.
             20.
             
             Concil
             .
             Mogunt
             .
             cap.
             3.
             6.
             7.
             
             &
             plurima
             alia
             .
          
           
             h
             See
             the
             two
             edicts
             of
             Constantine
             and
             Licinius
             Empp.
             
               Euseb.
               lib.
               10.
               cap.
            
             5.
             
             And
             the
             lawes
             of
             
               Constant
               :
               Theodos
               :
               Iust
               :
               Carol
               :
               Magn
               :
            
             and
             many
             other
             .
          
           
             i
             To
             passe
             ouer
             forraigne
             Princes
             ,
             our
             own
             in
             former
             times
             haue
             almost
             successiuely
             confirmed
             them
             .
          
           
             k
             Si
             quis
             in
             agro
             suo
             ,
             aut
             habet
             ,
             aut
             postulat
             habore
             dioecefim
             primum
             &
             terras
             ei
             deputet
             sufficienter
             ,
             &
             clericos
             :
             qui
             ibidem
             sua
             officia
             impleant
             ,
             vt
             sacratis
             locis
             reuerentia
             condigna
             tribuatur
             .
             Aur.
             Conc.
             c.
             23.
             in
             Conc.
             Tom.
             2.
             vbi
             nota
             quod
             dioecesis
             accipitur
             pro
             libertate
             condendi
             oratoria
             vel
             Ecclesias
             ,
             itaque
             in
             argumēto
             huius
             capituli
             oratorium
             exponitur
             .
          
           
             l
             Tom.
             concil
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Coloniam
             vestitam
             .
          
           
             m
             Concil
             .
             Tolet.
             3.
             cap.
             15.
             
          
           
             n
             Chrysost.
             hom
             18.
             in
             Acta
             .
          
           
             o
             Syn.
             Lond.
             ca.
             16.
             
             Antiq
             .
             Britan.
             ca.
             34.
             
          
           
             *
             Alias
             Adulphus
             :
          
           
             p
             I●gulf
             .
             in
             Hist.
             Croil
             .
          
           
             q
             Sim.
             Dumelm
             .
             cita
             .
             Antiquit.
             Brit.
             cap.
             27
             
          
           
             r
             Deciviam
             mansionem
             vbi
             mininum
             sit
             .
          
           
             s
             As
             appeareth
             in
             their
             seuerall
             lawes
             ,
             and
             namely
             15
             times
             in
             Edw.
             3.
             raigne
             .
          
           
             t
             
               See
               the
               Stat.
               of
            
             25.
             
             Edw.
             1.
             in
             Rastals
             Abridgment
             tit
             .
             Confirmat
             .
             3.
             
             And
             Sententia
             lata
             sup●r
             Chartas
             .
             And
             Pupilla
             ocult
             par
             .
             5.
             c.
             22.
             
          
           
             u
             Nelis
             .
             10.
             32.
             
          
           
             x
             Acts.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             Churches
             and
             their
             liuings
             dedicate
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             a
             See
             the
             6.
             
             
               Syn.
               Rom.
            
             of
             103
             Bishops
             (
             aboue
             1000
             yeers
             since
             )
             wholly
             against
             violaters
             of
             Churches
             &
             Church-rights
             .
             And
             see
             many
             other
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             
               Burchar
               .
               lib.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             a
             Demonst.
             Problem
             .
             tit
             .
             Templum
             sect
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             In
             Epist.
             ad
             Constant.
             Imp.
             
          
           
             a
             Histor.
             suae
             lib.
             1.
             c.
             30.
             
             &
             Sozom
             .
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             25.
             
             Niceph
             .
             lib.
             8.
             cap.
             50.
             
             Hist.
             Triper
             .
             li
             3.
             fol.
             331
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             Hierusalem
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             i.
             consecrare
             .
          
           
             *
             Euseb.
             〈◊〉
             orat
             .
             de
             laudib
             .
             Constant
             .
          
           
             Ibideus
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             28.
             22.
             
          
           
             Chrys.
             hom
             .
             18.
             in
             Act.
             Concil
             .
             Mogunt
             .
             ca.
             7.
             
          
           
             Holy
             rights
             and
             Temples
             how
             respected
             by
             Heathens
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             47.
             22.
             
          
           
             Biblioth
             .
             hist.
             lib.
             5.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             10.
             3.
             
          
           
             How
             fearefull
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             to
             violate
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Chron.
             24.
             vers
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             Dauids
             zeal
             for
             the
             house
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             *
             This
             Psalme
             is
             alledged
             to
             this
             purpose
             by
             Lucius
             (
             who
             was
             martyred
             about
             
               An.
               Chr.
               255.
            
             )
             in
             his
             epistle
             to
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Gallia
             and
             
               Spaine
               .
               Tom.
               Concil
            
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             zeale
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             to
             the
             house
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             And
             of
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             Temple
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             21.
             12
             
          
           
             Mar.
             11.
             17.
             
          
           
             Luke
             .
             19.
             45.
             
          
           
             Num.
             18.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ebr.
             9.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             a
             Christ
             came
             to
             fulfill
             the
             Law
             ,
             &
             not
             to
             break
             it
             .
             Therefore
             (
             doubtles
             )
             he
             obserued
             the
             rules
             thereof
             ,
             and
             the
             quality
             of
             his
             Tribe
             .
          
           
             b
             See
             the
             forme
             of
             the
             Temple
             in
             
               Arias
               Montaiu
               :
               Antiquitat
               .
               Iudaic.
               lib.
               Aricl
               .
            
             and
             in
             the
             Geneua
             Bible
             ,
             1.
             
             
               King.
               cap.
            
             6.
             and
             marke
             well
             both
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             notes
             vpon
             it
             ;
             for
             I
             find
             them
             (
             aboue
             others
             )
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             rely
             not
             vpon
             the
             figure
             of
             the
             Temple
             in
             Adricomues
             ,
             without
             good
             examination
             ;
             for
             I
             perceiue
             he
             hath
             misplaced
             somethings
             therein
             .
          
           
             c
             See
             the
             note
             (
             a
             )
             among
             the
             notes
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             d
             2.
             
             Chron.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             Ne
             Rectores
             prosternant
             arbores
             in
             Cimiterio
             .
          
           
             More
             of
             that
             matter
             :
             and
             how
             farre
             the
             sanctification
             of
             the
             Temple
             is
             abo
             .
          
           
             *
             1.
             
             Chr.
             4.
             9.
             
             &
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Acts
             31.
             1.
             
          
           
             Saint
             Paul
             maintaineth
             the
             reuerence
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             Coment
             .
             in
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             
          
           
             The
             zeale
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Fathers
             to
             the
             Church
             .
             
               Serm.
               de
               temp
               .
               tom
               .
               10.
               21●
            
          
           
             Ad
             Marcellinam
             sororem
             :
             Epist.
             33.
             
          
           
             In
             fine
             eiusdem
             Epist.
             
          
           
             *
             Heretikes
             which
             contemned
             Churches
             .
          
           
             Sacriledge
             not
             to
             be
             suffered
             in
             the
             least
             things
             .
          
           
             Coment
             .
             in
             2.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             22.
             tom
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             25.
             27.
             
          
           
             An
             admonition
             to
             them
             that
             meddle
             with
             holy
             things
             .
          
           
             A
             surmise
             answered
             .
          
           
             Another
             surmise
             answered
             .
          
           
             Dissero
             non
             assero
             .
          
           
             a
             Term.
             Pas.
             An.
             7.
             
             Edw.
             6.
             
             Assise
             fol.
             83.
             b.
             
          
           
             b
             Doct.
             &
             Stud.
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             c
             See
             Aug.
             Ser.
             219.
             de
             Temp.
             Hostiens
             .
             
               and
               most
               Canonists
            
             .
             Concil
             .
             Montisc
             .
             2.
             cap.
             50.
             
             Concil
             .
             Mogunt
             cap.
             38.
             alias
             10
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             d
             
               Dismes
               font
               choses
               spiritual
               ,
               &
               due
            
             de
             iure
             diuino
             .
             Le
             Euesque
             de
             Winch.
             case
             fol.
             45.
             
          
           
             c
             Nescio
             quo
             fato
             sit
             ;
             vt
             eodem
             t●mporis
             periodo
             (
             viz.
             an
             .
             68
             )
             post
             ereptas
             per
             Nabuc
             &
             H.
             8.
             res
             templorum
             :
             stirps
             vtris
             que
             regia
             extincta
             sit
             ,
             imperium
             sublatum
             ,
             &
             ad
             aliā
             gentem
             deuolutum
             .
             Vlterius
             igitur
             speremus
             .
             Cyrum
             nostrum
             Iacobum
             regem
             (
             qui
             sceptra
             dissidentia
             .
             compescuit
             )
             restitutionis
             etiam
             munus
             aliquando
             aggressurum
             .
          
           
             A
             third
             surmise
             answered
             .
          
           
             a
             Al
             Church
             reuenues
             were
             at
             first
             paid
             to
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             distributed
             to
             the
             Priests
             ,
             poore
             ,
             &c.
             after
             the
             Bishops
             were
             to
             haue
             a
             fourth
             part
             of
             all
             tithes
             .
             
               Per
               Concil
               .
               Aurelian
               .
               Mogunt
               .
               Tribur
               .
               Hanet
               :
               &c.
               Et
               per
               Conc.
               Tarracon
               .
            
             the
             third
             part
             .
          
           
             b
             Plowd
             .
             in
             Quare
             impper
             Grend
             .
             L.
             Coke
             Report
             .
             part
             .
             5.
             fol.
             15.
             
          
           
             c
             1.
             
             Chr.
             26.
             30.
             
             &
             32.
             
          
           
             b
             See
             Plowden
             in
             Quar.
             Imp.
             per
             Grendon
             .
             Et
             Lo.
             Coke
             de
             Iure
             Regis
             Eccles.
             part
             5.
             
          
           
             c
             Reges
             sacro
             oleo
             vncti
             ,
             sunt
             spiritualis
             iurisdictionis
             capaces
             33.
             
             Ed.
             3.
             tit
             .
             Aide
             de
             Roy
             103.
             
             Ex
             Dom.
             Coke
             Repor
             .
             part
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             d
             Dalmatia
             est
             vestis
             ,
             qua
             modo
             vtuntur
             omnes
             diaconi
             ex
             cons●etudine
             in
             s●lennitatibus
             .
             vt
             70.
             distin
             .
             de
             ieiun●o
             .
             Antiquitus
             tamen
             ,
             siue
             concessione
             Papae
             ,
             nec
             Episcopis
             ,
             nec
             Diaconis
             licebat
             vti
             hac
             veste
             .
             Distinct.
             23.
             cap.
             Omnes
             filius
             .
             Prateus
             .
          
           
             e
             22
             Edw.
             3.
             lib.
             Assis.
             plac
             .
             75.
             
             L.
             Coke
             par
             .
             5.
             fol.
             15.
             a.
             
          
           
             f
             As
             Inglewood
             ,
             &c.
             vt
             patet
             an
             .
             18.
             
             Edw.
             1.
             inter
             petitiones
             coram
             dūo
             Rege
             ad
             Parliamentum
             .
          
           
             The
             danger
             that
             Proprietaries
             of
             Parsonages
             stand
             in
             .
          
           
             a
             See
             the
             extent
             of
             these
             words
             in
             L.
             
               Coke
               ,
               part
               .
               2.
               fol.
            
             49.
             
             And
             note
             also
             that
             Parsonages
             appropriate
             ,
             are
             not
             mentioned
             in
             that
             Statute
             of
             27.
             
             H
             8.
             and
             the
             word
             (
             tithes
             )
             there
             seemeth
             to
             be
             meant
             of
             tithes
             belonging
             to
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             Monasteries
             ▪
             not
             of
             Parsonage
             
               tithes
               .
               ideo
               quare
            
             how
             the
             King
             had
             them
             before
             the
             Statute
             of
             31.
             
             
               Regni
               sui
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Parson
             impersonee
             .
          
           
             c
             For
             the
             monastical
             persons
             and
             Prioresses
             themselues
             that
             could
             not
             performe
             the
             diuine
             seruice
             ,
             were
             notwithstanding
             the
             Incumbents
             of
             their
             Churches
             :
             and
             lay
             Approptietaries
             claiming
             vnder
             their
             right
             ,
             ought
             also
             to
             bee
             subject
             to
             the
             same
             burthens
             .
          
           
             d
             There
             is
             yet
             no
             expresse
             law
             made
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Bishops
             iurisdictions
             ouer
             Churches
             appropriate
             ,
             (
             that
             I
             can
             finde
             .
             )
             Ideo
             quaere
             how
             it
             extendeth
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             Dier
             Trin.
             36.
             
             H.
             8.
             fol.
             58.
             pl.
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             Termes
             of
             the
             Law
             
               in
               verbo
               Appropriation
            
             .
          
           
             Leuesque
             de
             Winchesters
             case
             ,
             fol.
             44
             b.
             
          
           
             a
             Diocles.
             vide
             Euseb.
             hist.
             ecclis
             .
             lib
             7.
             cap.
             3.
             
             Niceph.
             l.
             7.
             cap.
             3.
             
          
           
             b
             Iuli.
             vide
             Theod.
             hist.
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             6.
             
             &
             Niceph.
             lib.
             10
             cap.
             5
             
          
           
             c
             It
             is
             said
             in
             my
             L.
             Dier
             in
             the
             case
             of
             a
             common
             person
             ,
             that
             the
             seruice
             or
             a
             cure
             is
             a
             spirituall
             administration
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             leased
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             seruice
             is
             not
             issuing
             ou●
             of
             the
             personage
             ,
             but
             annext
             vnto
             the
             person
             .
             36.
             
             
               H.
               8.
               fol.
               58.
               b.
               pla
               .
            
             8.
             
          
           
             *
             Proprietaries
             which
             haue
             Vicars
             endowed
             ,
             thinke
             themselues
             thereby
             discharged
             :
             but
             though
             the
             Vicar
             be
             the
             Parsons
             deputy
             to
             doe
             the
             diuine
             Seruice
             ,
             yet
             a
             superiour
             care
             thereof
             resteth
             still
             vpon
             the
             Parson
             himsel●e
             ,
             and
             the
             surplusage
             of
             the
             profits
             belongeth
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             Fathers
             ,
             Doctors
             ,
             Counsels
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             beneuolence
             but
             duety
             to
             restore
             Church
             .
             liuings
             .
          
           
             Ad
             Mace
             donium
             Epist.
             54.
             tom
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             12.
             6.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             28.
             24.
             
          
           
             *
             Synod
             .
             ●
             .
             Rom.
             218.
             
             Epis●
             o●
             .
             An
             50●
             .
             Co●c
             .
             Val.
             An.
             855.
             ca.
             9.
             
             Con.
             Rom.
             100.
             
             Episc.
             Anno
             1063
             Conc.
             Rom.
             5.
             
             Anno
             10●8
             .
             Conc.
             Pa●en●
             .
             An.
             1.
             88.
             
             Conc.
             Ox●n
             .
             Gene
             .
             Ang.
             Anno
             1222.
             
          
           
             a
             A
             strange
             change
             :
             the
             Israelites
             gaue
             their
             owne
             goods
             so
             abundantly
             to
             the
             seruice
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             Moses
             was
             forced
             to
             restraine
             them
             by
             proclamation
             :
             
               Exod
               ,
               6.
               
               ●
            
             .
             but
             now
             nothing
             can
             moue
             vs
             to
             giue
             God
             that
             which
             is
             his
             already
             .
          
           
             b
             Qui
             sub
             .
             nomine
             sidelium
             ,
             agunt
             operai●
             fidelium
             .
             Hieron
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             c
             We
             think
             the
             Church
             doth
             not
             command
             it
             till
             we
             make
             a
             parliament
             law
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             law
             is
             made
             already
             by
             Christ
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             a
             Dan.
             6.
             15.
             
          
           
             The
             conclusion
             .
          
           
             b
             1.
             
             Sa.
             5.
             11
             ▪
             
          
           
             c
             Ex.
             12.
             31
             
          
           
             Cypr.
             Ser.
             5.
             de
             laps
             .
             in
             fine
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             de
             Her.
             ●it
             .
             per
             Isid.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             12.
             17
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A12763-e9380
           
             10.
             vlt.
             vers
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             24.
             26.
             
          
           
             ●
             .
             Tim.
             4.
             2●
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             80.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             96.
             
          
           
             August
             16.
             1613.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A12763-e9620
           
             Decret
             16.
             
             Quae.
             1.
             cap.
             Decima
             .
          
           
             Where
             you
             may
             see
             a
             great
             part
             of
             this
             Sermon
             cited
             for
             Augustines
             .
          
           
             *
             Mala.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             2●
             .
             ●9
             .
          
           
             16
             Quae.
             1.
             ca.
             decima
             .
             Prou.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             30.
             12
             
          
           
             Pro.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             16.
             
             Quae.
             1●
             ca.
             Decima
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             Quae.
             1.
             ca.
             decimae
             .
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             
               This
               place
               is
               cited
               as
               out
               of
            
             Augustine
             Cons.
             Triburies
             .
             ca.
             13.
             
             An.
             895
             
               &
               before
               that
            
             in
             concil
             .
             Mogunt
             .
             pri
             .
             c.
             8
             An.
             874.
             
          
           
             16.
             
             Quae
             1.
             ca.
             decimae
             .
          
           
             *
             Pr●mereri
             .
          
           
             *
             Forte
             non
             est
             Augustini
             iste
             sermo
             tamen
             insignis
             est
             sine
             dubio
             &
             antiqui
             alicuius
             atris
             ,
             nam
             inde
             tanquam
             ex
             Augustino
             multa
             sunt
             adscripta
             in
             Decret
             .
             16.
             q
             1.
             
             Bellarm
             lib.
             de
             clericis
             cap.
             25.
             
          
           
             Homil
             48.
             ex
             lib.
             50.
             
             Ham
             ▪
             com
             .
             10.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A12763-e10640
           
             In
             his
             Epist
             .
             Dodicat●ry
             .
          
           
             *
             Tithes
             
          
           
             1
             R.
             2●
             17.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             1●
             .
          
           
             See
             〈◊〉
             page
             60.