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           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           TYTHES
           In
           GENERAL
           .
        
         
           THE
           only
           Command
           from
           God
           ,
           that
           we
           read
           of
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           was
           given
           by
           Moses
           ,
           to
           the
           People
           of
           Israel
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Levitical
             Law.
          
           Then
           God
           first
           reserved
           to
           himself
           the
           Tythe
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           Lev.
           27.
           30.
           
           Which
           he
           did
           for
           this
           Reason
           ,
           that
           ,
           intending
           to
           take
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Levi
           more
           peculiarly
           into
           his
           Service
           (
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           Numb
           .
           3.
           6.
           in
           stead
           of
           ,
           or
           in
           exchange
           for
           all
           the
           First
           born
           of
           Israel
           ,
           ver
           .
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           and
           45.
           and
           Chap.
           8.
           ver
           .
           18.
           
           Having
           before
           reserved
           and
           appropriated
           the
           First
           born
           to
           himself
           ,
           Exod.
           13.
           2.
           
           )
           he
           might
           bestow
           those
           Tythes
           on
           the
           Levites
           ,
           for
           and
           towards
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           that
           whole
           Tribe
           ,
           as
           a
           Reward
           for
           their
           Service
           in
           the
           Tabernacle
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           Numb
           .
           18.
           21
           ,
           31.
           and
           in
           lieu
           of
           ,
           and
           Compensation
           for
           ,
           their
           Part
           or
           Share
           of
           and
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Canaan
           ,
           which
           thereupon
           they
           were
           expresly
           cut
           off
           from
           ,
           ver
           .
           20
           ,
           23
           ,
           24.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Now
           although
           it
           was
           grounded
           on
           a
           Principle
           of
           Moral
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           ,
           that
           the
           Levites
           ,
           thus
           engaged
           in
           a
           continual
           Attendance
           on
           a
           publick
           Service
           ,
           and
           shut
           out
           from
           their
           Share
           in
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           promised
           Land
           ,
           should
           receive
           a
           sufficient
           
           Maintenance
           from
           them
           for
           whom
           they
           performed
           that
           Service
           ,
           and
           who
           enjoyed
           their
           Part
           of
           the
           Land
           :
           Yet
           the
           ascertaining
           of
           the
           Quota
           of
           that
           Maintenance
           to
           the
           exact
           Proportion
           of
           a
           
             Tenth
             Part
          
           of
           the
           Increase
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           was
           not
           grounded
           on
           moral
           Justice
           ,
           but
           had
           it's
           Dependance
           on
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           ,
           adapted
           and
           limited
           to
           the
           Polity
           of
           that
           Dispensation
           and
           People
           only
           .
           And
           that
           it
           might
           not
           be
           extended
           beyond
           it's
           appointed
           Time
           and
           Bounds
           ,
           it
           pleased
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           to
           subject
           it
           to
           such
           Ceremonial
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           plainly
           rank
           it
           amongst
           those
           carnal
           Ordinances
           (
           Rites
           or
           Ceremonies
           )
           which
           were
           imposed
           but
           
             till
             the
             Time
             of
             Reformation
          
           ,
           spoken
           of
           Heb.
           9.
           10.
           
           For
           as
           God
           appointed
           the
           Levites
           to
           be
           offered
           for
           a
           Wave-Offering
           ,
           by
           Moses
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           and
           on
           the
           Behalf
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             bring
             the
             Levites
             to
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             gather
             the
             whole
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             together
             ,
             ;
             And
             thou
             shalt
             bring
             the
             Levites
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             shall
             put
             their
             Hands
             upon
             the
             Levites
             :
             And
             Aaron
             shall
             offer
          
           (
           in
           the
           Margin
           
             Wave
             )
             the
             Levites
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             for
             an
             Offering
          
           (
           in
           the
           Margin
           
             Wave-Offering
             )
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             execute
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           Numb
           .
           8.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           So
           the
           Tythes
           ,
           which
           were
           assigned
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           the
           Levites
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           first
           offered
           ,
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           an
           Heave-Offering
           unto
           the
           Lord.
           (
           
             The
             Tythes
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             which
             they
             offer
             as
             an
             Heave-Offering
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             given
             to
             the
             Levites
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Numb
           .
           18.
           24.
           )
           And
           even
           the
           Tythe
           of
           those
           Tythes
           ,
           which
           the
           Levites
           were
           to
           yield
           unto
           the
           Priests
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           offered
           ,
           by
           the
           Levites
           ,
           as
           an
           
             Heave
             Offering
          
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           before
           the
           Priests
           might
           have
           them
           .
           
             Thus
             speak
             unto
             the
             Levites
          
           (
           said
           God
           to
           
             Moses
             )
             and
             say
             unto
             them
             ,
             When
             ye
             take
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             the
             Tythe
             which
             I
             have
             given
             you
             from
             them
             for
             your
             Inheritance
             ;
             Then
             ye
             shall
             offer
             up
             an
             Heave-Offering
             of
             it
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             even
             
             a
             Tenth
             Part
             of
             the
             Tythe
             .
             And
             this
             your
             Heave-Offering
             shall
             be
             reckoned
             unto
             you
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             were
             the
             Corn
             of
             the
             threshing
             Floor
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Thus
             ye
             also
             shall
             offer
             an
             Heave
             Offering
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             of
             all
             your
             Tythes
             ,
             which
             ye
             receive
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             :
             And
             ye
             shall
             give
             there
             of
             the
             Lord
             's
             Heave-Offering
             to
             Aaron
             the
             Priest
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           
           This
           makes
           it
           evident
           ,
           beyond
           doubting
           ,
           that
           the
           Tythes
           ,
           which
           were
           given
           by
           the
           People
           to
           the
           Levites
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Levites
           to
           the
           Priests
           ,
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           had
           their
           Dependance
           on
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           ,
           as
           that
           Priesthood
           had
           ;
           and
           were
           to
           stand
           no
           longer
           than
           that
           Law
           and
           that
           Priesthood
           stood
           :
           Which
           was
           but
           till
           Shiloh
           came
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Offering
           of
           himself
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           had
           put
           an
           End
           to
           all
           the
           shadowy
           Offerings
           under
           that
           Law.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           did
           so
           well
           understand
           ,
           that
           he
           positively
           declared
           that
           
             the
             Levitical
             Priesthood
             being
             changed
             ,
             there
             was
             made
             of
             Necessity
             a
             Change
             also
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           (
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           by
           which
           that
           Priesthood
           and
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           it
           had
           stood
           )
           See
           Heb.
           7.
           12.
           
           And
           't
           is
           also
           evident
           from
           Scripture
           and
           Primitive
           Antiquity
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           (
           for
           some
           Ages
           after
           them
           )
           any
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           did
           meddle
           with
           ,
           or
           at
           all
           concern
           themselves
           about
           Tythes
           ;
           but
           let
           them
           totally
           fall
           as
           they
           did
           the
           other
           abrogated
           Part
           ,
           viz.
           Offerings
           ,
           &c.
           and
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           But
           after
           that
           the
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           began
           to
           work
           (
           2
           Thes.
           2.
           7.
           
           )
           had
           wrought
           to
           that
           Degree
           amongst
           some
           Christians
           ,
           and
           had
           drawn
           them
           so
           far
           from
           the
           Purity
           and
           Simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           to
           form
           and
           model
           the
           Church
           in
           many
           things
           ,
           by
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Iewish
           Pattern
           amongst
           other
           Ceremonial
           Parts
           of
           the
           Iewish
           Religion
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           abolished
           by
           the
           Coming
           and
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Tythes
           were
           preached
           up
           again
           (
           about
           the
           latter
           End
           of
           the
           fourth
           Century
           ,
           and
           beginning
           of
           the
           fifth
           )
           by
           some
           ,
           at
           first
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           
           of
           Alms
           and
           Charity
           (
           because
           Part
           of
           the
           Tythee
           under
           the
           Levitical
           Law
           were
           appointed
           for
           th
           Maintenance
           of
           the
           Fatherless
           ,
           the
           Widow
           and
           the
           Stranger
           ,
           Deut.
           14.
           28
           ,
           29.
           )
           And
           by
           others
           ,
           as
           then
           still
           due
           by
           the
           Mosaic
           Law
           ,
           which
           had
           required
           them
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           the
           
             Livetical
             Priesthood
          
           .
           Which
           Plea
           afterwards
           (
           Corruptions
           increasing
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           those
           especially
           who
           were
           called
           the
           Church-Men
           ,
           or
           Clergy
           )
           more
           and
           more
           prevailing
           ,
           the
           Payment
           of
           Tythes
           was
           re
           introduced
           ,
           as
           due
           by
           those
           Levitical
           Laws
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           given
           to
           the
           Israelites
           of
           old
           .
           And
           upon
           that
           Bottom
           ,
           Tythes
           have
           stood
           ,
           been
           claimed
           ,
           and
           the
           Claim
           defended
           unto
           this
           Day
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Now
           ,
           not
           only
           he
           that
           thus
           claims
           and
           receives
           Tythes
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           consents
           to
           ,
           and
           complies
           with
           such
           Claim
           ,
           by
           paying
           Tythes
           thus
           brought
           in
           ,
           and
           thus
           claimed
           ,
           doth
           thereby
           implicitly
           ,
           and
           vertually
           (
           at
           least
           )
           deny
           that
           Christ
           has
           put
           an
           End
           to
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           he
           is
           come
           ,
           and
           hath
           suffered
           in
           his
           Flesh
           for
           Mankind
           .
           And
           that
           this
           may
           appear
           as
           plain
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           I
           shall
           draw
           the
           Matter
           into
           an
           Argument
           ,
           thus
           :
        
         
           To
           uphold
           any
           thing
           ,
           as
           still
           in
           Force
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           cease
           at
           and
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           to
           deny
           that
           Christ
           is
           come
           and
           hath
           fuffered
           in
           his
           Flesh
           for
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           receive
           ,
           or
           pay
           Tythes
           now
           ,
           is
           to
           uphold
           a
           Thing
           ,
           as
           still
           in
           Force
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           cease
           at
           and
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           :
        
         
           Therefore
           to
           receive
           ,
           or
           pay
           Tythes
           now
           ,
           is
           to
           deny
           that
           Christ
           is
           come
           ,
           and
           hath
           suffered
           in
           his
           Flesh
           for
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           The
           Major
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           Minor
           I
           thus
           prove
           .
        
         
           Whatsoever
           was
           
             a
             Part
          
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           cease
           at
           and
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ;
        
         
         
           But
           Tythes
           were
           a
           Part
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ;
        
         
           Therefore
           Tythes
           were
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           cease
           at
           and
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           :
        
         
           The
           Major
           here
           again
           is
           unexceptionable
           ;
           and
           the
           Minor
           is
           thus
           proved
           :
        
         
           Every
           
             Heave
             Offering
          
           among
           the
           Iews
           was
           
             a
             Part
          
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ;
        
         
           But
           Tythes
           were
           an
           Heave-Offering
           among
           the
           Iews
           ,
           Numb
           .
           18.
           24.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           Tythes
           were
           
             a
             Part
          
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           By
           this
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           without
           Regard
           had
           of
           the
           Person
           to
           whom
           ,
           or
           the
           Use
           for
           which
           Tythes
           are
           paid
           ,
           the
           paying
           of
           Tythes
           (
           as
           well
           as
           the
           receiving
           them
           )
           being
           
             a
             Part
          
           of
           the
           abrogated
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           imports
           a
           Denyal
           of
           the
           Coming
           and
           Death
           of
           
             Christ
             ▪
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Tythes
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           commonly
           called
           ,
           Antichristian
           ,
           or
           
             against
             Christ
          
           :
           And
           hence
           hath
           arisen
           that
           Saying
           (
           often
           used
           not
           only
           by
           our
           antient
           Friends
           ,
           but
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           long
           before
           )
           
             viz.
             He
             that
             pays
             Tythes
             ,
             doth
             thereby
             deny
             that
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             Flesh.
          
           That
           Conclusion
           could
           not
           have
           been
           drawn
           ,
           from
           the
           paying
           of
           Tythes
           to
           a
           wrong
           Ministry
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           wrong
           Use
           only
           ,
           though
           such
           Payment
           be
           evil
           :
           Nor
           could
           any
           thing
           justify
           that
           Inference
           ,
           but
           the
           Consideration
           that
           Tythes
           ,
           depending
           on
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           which
           must
           of
           Necessity
           and
           in
           Course
           fall
           ,
           and
           cease
           when
           Christ
           suffered
           ;
           the
           paying
           of
           Tythes
           ,
           carries
           in
           it
           a
           Supposal
           ,
           that
           that
           Law
           is
           not
           yet
           ceased
           ,
           but
           is
           still
           in
           Force
           :
           And
           consequently
           that
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           Death
           must
           needs
           have
           ended
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           yet
           come
           ,
           nor
           has
           yet
           suffered
           in
           his
           Flesh
           for
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           That
           other
           Objection
           ,
           not
           less
           weighty
           than
           common
           against
           paying
           Tythes
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           so
           called
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Unlawfulness
           of
           upholding
           a
           false
           Ministry
           ,
           to
           perform
           a
           false
           Worship
           (
           being
           it self
           so
           
           clear
           and
           plain
           ,
           that
           it
           needs
           no
           Illustration
           )
           I
           shall
           ,
           in
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           no
           further
           meddle
           with
           ,
           than
           to
           observe
           in
           my
           way
           ,
           how
           far
           it
           may
           affect
           those
           Tythes
           also
           ,
           which
           the
           Impropriators
           claim
           .
           Wherefore
           having
           premised
           what
           is
           said
           before
           concerning
           Tythes
           in
           general
           ,
           to
           what
           Hand
           ,
           or
           for
           what
           Use
           soever
           paid
           ,
           let
           us
           now
           inquire
           into
           those
           Tythes
           ,
           which
           are
           called
           Impropriate
           .
        
         
           
             Of
             Impropriate
             TYTHES
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THAT
             these
             Tythes
             ,
             which
             are
             claimed
             by
             the
             Impropriators
             ,
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             ,
             and
             stand
             originally
             on
             the
             same
             Root
             and
             Ground
             ,
             on
             which
             the
             other
             Tythes
             stand
             ,
             which
             are
             claimed
             and
             exacted
             by
             the
             Priests
             ,
             is
             evident
             from
             hence
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             all
             heretofore
             ,
             these
             as
             well
             as
             those
             ,
             claimed
             by
             ,
             and
             paid
             to
             some
             or
             other
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Clergy
            
             ,
             or
             their
             Appendices
             ,
             the
             Religious
             Orders
             (
             so
             called
             )
             and
             upon
             the
             same
             Foot.
             That
             is
             ,
             These
             
               Impropriate
               Tythes
            
             ,
             were
             paid
             to
             those
             Religious
             Orders
             or
             Houses
             ,
             as
             being
             due
             to
             God
             ,
             by
             Vertue
             of
             the
             
               Levitic
               Law
            
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             Tythes
             were
             paid
             to
             the
             Parish-Priests
             ,
             on
             the
             same
             supposed
             Right
             ,
             from
             the
             same
             Law.
             But
             how
             these
             Tythes
             came
             to
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             first
             ,
             and
             how
             afterwards
             from
             them
             to
             the
             Impropriators
             ,
             is
             next
             to
             be
             inquired
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Until
             the
             
               Lateran
               Council
            
             (
             so
             named
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             holden
             in
             the
             
             Pope's
             Palace
             at
             Rome
             ,
             called
             the
             Lateran
             )
             in
             the
             Year
             1215.
             
             It
             was
             in
             the
             Choice
             of
             every
             Man
             to
             give
             his
             Tythes
             to
             what
             Church
             he
             pleased
             ,
             so
             he
             gave
             them
             to
             some
             Church
             .
             And
             even
             after
             that
             Council
             ,
             the
             Popes
             ,
             as
             Heads
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             by
             their
             dispencing
             Power
             ,
             did
             give
             leave
             to
             such
             as
             would
             sue
             ,
             and
             pay
             for
             it
             ,
             to
             give
             their
             Tythes
             from
             the
             Parish-Priest
             ,
             to
             such
             Order
             of
             Religious
             People
             (
             whether
             
               Monks
               ,
               Fryers
            
             ,
             or
             Nuns
             )
             as
             they
             were
             best
             affected
             to
             .
             By
             which
             means
             ,
             the
             Parish-Priests
             (
             called
             Seculars
             )
             
             and
             those
             of
             the
             several
             Religious
             Orders
             (
             called
             by
             a
             general
             Title
             ,
             Regulars
             )
             being
             left
             to
             scramble
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             ,
             for
             maintenance
             ,
             the
             
               Regulars
               (
               mendicant
               Fryers
            
             ,
             and
             others
             )
             swarming
             in
             all
             Places
             ,
             and
             pretending
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             to
             greater
             Sanctity
             ,
             and
             Austerity
             of
             Life
             ,
             than
             the
             Parish-Priests
             ,
             prevailed
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             either
             living
             or
             dying
             ,
             to
             give
             not
             only
             very
             considerable
             Estates
             in
             Lands
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             Tythes
             of
             other
             Lands
             ,
             and
             of
             whole
             Parishes
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Parish
               Priests
            
             ,
             to
             their
             Religious
             Houses
             or
             Convents
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Tythes
             ,
             or
             Parsonages
             ,
             so
             given
             ,
             were
             then
             called
             Appropriations
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             appropriated
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             ,
             or
             the
             other
             Religious
             House
             or
             Convent
             .
             And
             I
             have
             read
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             in
             England
             about
             3845
             Parsonages
             thus
             appropriated
             .
             And
             as
             Tythes
             were
             then
             held
             to
             be
             
               due
               to
               God
               and
               holy
               Church
            
             ;
             and
             those
             Religious
             Orders
             were
             reputed
             a
             Part
             of
             that
             Church
             :
             So
             the
             Tythes
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Lands
             thus
             given
             them
             ,
             were
             continued
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             possessed
             by
             them
             ,
             till
             that
             general
             Storm
             arose
             ,
             in
             K.
             Henry
             8.
             his
             time
             ,
             which
             overturned
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             and
             Orders
             together
             .
             And
             here
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             noted
             ,
             That
             while
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             stood
             ,
             a
             great
             Part
             of
             the
             Lands
             which
             had
             been
             given
             to
             them
             ,
             were
             ,
             by
             Papal
             Authority
             ,
             exempted
             from
             paying
             Tythes
             :
             Whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             those
             Estates
             ,
             which
             had
             belonged
             to
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             ,
             remain
             discharged
             from
             the
             Burthen
             of
             Tythes
             still
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             As
             Tythes
             were
             set
             up
             here
             on
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             
               Levitic
               Law
            
             ,
             and
             in
             Imitation
             of
             the
             
               Iewish
               Practice
            
             ,
             consonant
             to
             that
             Law
             :
             So
             while
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             stood
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Pope's
             Power
             prevailed
             here
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             Seculars
             or
             Parish-Priests
             ,
             but
             all
             those
             Regulars
             who
             received
             Tythes
             ,
             were
             bound
             to
             pay
             the
             Tenths
             out
             of
             the
             Tythes
             they
             received
             to
             the
             Head
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             the
             Pope
             ,
             as
             the
             Levites
             ,
             under
             the
             Ceremonial
             Law
             ,
             were
             required
             to
             do
             to
             the
             Priests
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             But
             after
             that
             K.
             Hen.
             8.
             (
             upon
             a
             Quarrel
             between
             
             the
             Pope
             and
             him
             ,
             about
             his
             Divorce
             from
             his
             first
             Queen
             Catharine
             ,
             which
             he
             earnestly
             desired
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
             would
             not
             grant
             )
             fell
             off
             from
             the
             Pope
             (
             though
             not
             from
             Popery
             :
             For
             after
             that
             ,
             he
             retained
             the
             most
             pernicious
             Doctrines
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Church
            
             ,
             contained
             in
             the
             six
             Articles
             ,
             and
             burnt
             some
             for
             denying
             them
             )
             he
             threw
             off
             the
             
             Pope's
             Supremacy
             here
             ,
             and
             assumed
             it
             to
             himself
             ;
             declaring
             himself
             ,
             and
             being
             declared
             ,
             first
             by
             the
             Clergy
             in
             their
             Convocation
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             by
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             
               Parliament
               ,
               The
               only
               Supream
               Head
               in
               Earth
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
            
             This
             was
             done
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             26
             Hen.
             8.
             c.
             1.
             
             And
             therein
             it
             is
             enacted
             .
             
               That
               the
               King
               ,
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               ,
               Kings
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               shall
               be
               taken
               ,
               accepted
               and
               reputed
               the
               only
               Supream
               Head
               in
               Earth
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
               And
               shall
               have
               and
               enjoy
               ,
               annexed
               and
               united
               to
               the
               Imperial
               Crown
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               as
               well
               the
               Title
               and
               Stile
               thereof
               ,
               as
               all
               Honours
               ,
               Dignities
               ,
               Praeemences
               ,
               Jurisdictions
               ,
               Privileges
               ,
               Authorities
               ,
               Immunities
               ,
               Profits
               and
               Commodities
               to
               the
               said
               Dignity
               of
               Supream
               Head
               of
               the
               same
               Church
               belonging
               and
               appertaining
               .
               And
               shall
               have
               full
               Power
               and
               Authority
               ,
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               to
               Visit
               ,
               Repress
               ,
               Redress
               ,
               Reform
               ,
               Order
               ,
               Correct
               ,
               Restrain
               and
               Amend
               all
               such
               Errors
               ,
               Heresies
               ,
               Abuses
               ,
               Offences
               ,
               Contempts
               and
               Enormities
               whatsoever
               they
               be
               ,
               which
               by
               any
               manner
               of
               Spiritual
               Authority
               and
               Jurisdiction
               ought
               ,
               or
               may
               lawfully
               be
               reformed
               ,
               repressed
               ,
               ordered
               ,
               redressed
               ,
               corrected
               ,
               restrained
               ,
               or
               amended
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             By
             which
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             the
             Intention
             of
             the
             Parliament
             then
             was
             to
             transfer
             ,
             confer
             and
             settle
             unto
             and
             upon
             King
             Henry
             all
             the
             Powers
             ,
             Profits
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             before
             supposed
             to
             be
             in
             ,
             or
             belong
             to
             ,
             or
             had
             been
             enjoyed
             or
             exercised
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             received
             as
             
               Supream
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
            
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             And
             therefore
             ,
             as
             the
             Pope
             ,
             while
             he
             retained
             the
             
             Supremacy
             here
             ,
             had
             the
             first
             Fruits
             (
             which
             are
             the
             Profits
             of
             every
             Spiritual
             or
             Ecclesiastical
             Living
             for
             one
             Year
             )
             upon
             the
             advancing
             of
             any
             Ecclesiastical
             Person
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             Living
             ;
             and
             also
             the
             Tenths
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             
               Tenth
               Part
            
             of
             all
             the
             Tythes
             :
             So
             these
             two
             Revenues
             ,
             as
             appendant
             to
             that
             Supremacy
             ,
             followed
             it
             ;
             being
             settled
             on
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Supremacy
             was
             vested
             in
             him
             .
             The
             Words
             of
             the
             Statute
             ,
             26
             H.
             8.
             c.
             3.
             relating
             to
             the
             
               first
               Fruits
            
             ,
             are
             these
             .
             
               That
               for
               the
               more
               surety
               of
               Continuance
               and
               Augmentation
               of
               his
               Highness
               Royal
               Estate
               ,
               being
               not
               only
               now
               recognized
               (
               as
               he
               always
               indeed
               hath
               heretofore
               been
               )
               the
               only
               Supream
               Head
               in
               Earth
               ,
               next
               and
               immediately
               under
               God
               ,
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               but
               also
               their
               most
               assured
               and
               undoubted
               natural
               Soveraign
               Leige
               Lord
               and
               King
               ,
               &c.
               
               It
               may
               therefore
               be
               enacted
               and
               ordained
               by
               ,
               &c.
               
               That
               the
               King's
               Highness
               ,
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               ,
               Kings
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               shall
               have
               and
               enjoy
               from
               time
               to
               time
               to
               endure
               for
               ever
               ,
               of
               every
               such
               Person
               and
               Persons
               ,
               which
               at
               any
               time
               after
               the
               first
               Day
               of
               Ianuary
               next
               shall
               be
               nominated
               ,
               elected
               ,
               perfected
               ,
               presented
               ,
               collated
               or
               by
               any
               other
               means
               appointed
               to
               have
               any
               Arch-Bishoprick
               ,
               Abbacy
               ,
               Monastery
               ,
               Priory
               ,
               Colledge
               ,
               Hospital
               ,
               Archdeaconry
               ,
               Deanry
               ,
               Provostship
               ,
               Prebend
               ,
               Parsonage
               ,
               Vicarage
               ,
               Chauntry
               ,
               Free-Chappel
               ,
               or
               other
               Dignity
               ,
               Benefice
               ,
               Office
               ,
               or
               Promotion
               Spiritual
               ,
               whithin
               this
               Realm
               ,
               or
               elsewhere-within
               any
               of
               the
               King's
               Dominions
               ,
               of
               what
               Name
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Quality
               soever
               they
               be
               ,
               or
               to
               whose
               Foundation
               ,
               Patronage
               ,
               or
               Gift
               soever
               they
               belong
               ,
               the
               first-Fruits
               ,
               Revenues
               and
               Profits
               for
               one
               Year
               of
               every
               such
               Arch-Bishoprick
               ,
               Bishoprick
               ,
               Abby
               ,
               Monastery
               ,
               Priory
               ,
               —
               Parsonage
               ,
               Vicarage
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Then
             (
             after
             Provisions
             made
             for
             finding
             out
             the
             Value
             of
             those
             Spiritual
             Livings
             ,
             and
             for
             paying
             ,
             receiving
             and
             recovering
             those
             First-Fruits
             )
             
             the
             Settlement
             of
             the
             Tenths
             (
             that
             other
             part
             of
             the
             
             Pope's
             Revenue
             )
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             follows
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Statute
             ,
             in
             these
             Words
             .
          
           
             
               And
               over
               this
               ,
               be
               it
               enacted
               by
               Authority
               aforesaid
               ,
               that
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               ,
               his
               Heirs
               and
               Successors
               ,
               Kings
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               for
               more
               Augmentation
               and
               Maintenance
               of
               the
               Royal
               Estate
               of
               his
               Imperial
               Crown
               and
               Dignity
               of
               Supream
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               shall
               Yearly
               have
               ,
               take
               ,
               enjoy
               and
               receive
               ,
               united
               and
               knit
               to
               his
               Imperial
               Crown
               for
               ever
               ,
               one
               yearly
               Rent
               ,
               or
               Pension
               ,
               amounting
               to
               the
               Value
               of
               the
               Tenth
               Part
               of
               all
               the
               Revenues
               ,
               Rents
               ,
               Farms
               ,
               Tythes
               ,
               Offerings
               ,
               Emoluments
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               other
               Profits
               as
               well
               called
               Spiritual
               as
               Temporal
               ,
               now
               appertaining
               or
               belonging
               ,
               or
               that
               hereafter
               shall
               belong
               to
               any
               Archbishoprick
               ,
               Bishoprick
               ,
               Abbacy
               ,
               Monastery
               ,
               Priory
               ,
               Archdeaconry
               ,
               Deanry
               ,
               Hospital
               ,
               Colledge
               ,
               House-Collegiate
               ,
               Prebend
               ,
               Cathedral
               Church
               ,
               Collegiate-Church
               ,
               Conventual-Church
               ,
               Parsonage
               ,
               Vicarage
               ,
               Chauntry
               ,
               Free-Chappel
               ,
               or
               other
               Benefice
               or
               Promotion
               Spiritual
               ,
               of
               what
               Name
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Quality
               soever
               they
               be
               ,
               within
               any
               Diocess
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               or
               in
               Wales
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             so
             goes
             on
             to
             direct
             the
             Time
             ,
             Place
             and
             Manner
             of
             Payment
             of
             these
             Tenths
             ,
             with
             the
             Penalty
             for
             non-Payment
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Thus
             were
             these
             two
             great
             Pillars
             of
             
               Papal
               Supremacy
               (
               First
               Fruits
            
             and
             Tenths
             )
             transferr'd
             from
             the
             Pope
             ,
             (
             the
             old
             Head
             )
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             (
             the
             new
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             )
             to
             support
             and
             maintain
             that
             Headship
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             done
             before
             in
             the
             Pope
             .
             Which
             Ecclesiastical
             Headship
             the
             King
             was
             no
             sooner
             possessed
             of
             ,
             than
             he
             began
             to
             exercise
             it
             amongst
             those
             Religious
             Orders
             ,
             Suppressing
             (
             as
             Herbert
             ,
             in
             his
             Life
             ,
             p.
             379.
             rel●tes
             )
             the
             
               Observant
               Fryers
            
             at
             
               Greenwich
               ,
               Canterbury
               ,
               Richmond
            
             and
             other
             Places
             ,
             and
             substituting
             the
             Augustines
             in
             their
             
             Places
             .
             
               Which
               he
               did
               (
               says
               Herbert
               there
               )
               for
               the
               finding
               out
               how
               his
               People
               would
               take
               his
               Design
               of
               putting
               down
               Religious
               Houses
               :
            
             To
             which
             he
             proceeded
             the
             next
             Year
             ,
             beginning
             with
             the
             lesser
             Sort
             ,
             and
             suppressing
             all
             those
             Monasteries
             ,
             Priories
             and
             other
             Religious
             Houses
             of
             
               Monks
               ,
               Canons
            
             and
             Nuns
             ,
             which
             had
             not
             in
             Lands
             ,
             Tenements
             ,
             Rents
             ,
             Tythes
             ,
             Portions
             and
             other
             Hereditaments
             ,
             above
             the
             clear
             yearly
             Value
             of
             two
             Hundred
             Pounds
             .
             By
             which
             means
             376
             of
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             being
             dissolved
             ,
             a
             Revenue
             of
             above
             thrity
             thousand
             Pounds
             a
             Year
             ,
             besides
             an
             hundred
             thousand
             Pounds
             in
             Money
             raised
             by
             Sale
             ,
             at
             low
             Rates
             ,
             of
             the
             Goods
             and
             Chattels
             ,
             of
             those
             Houses
             (
             a
             Sum
             not
             small
             in
             that
             Age
             )
             came
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             Support
             of
             his
             Ecclesiastical
             Supremacy
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Statute
             ,
             which
             countenanced
             this
             Proceeding
             ,
             is
             the
             27
             of
             Hen.
             8.
             cap.
             28.
             
             And
             a
             new
             Court
             ,
             called
             
               the
               Court
               of
               Augmentations
            
             ,
             was
             then
             erected
             and
             settled
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             receiving
             and
             ordering
             these
             new
             accessional
             Revenues
             :
             The
             Act
             for
             which
             ,
             in
             our
             printed
             Statute
             Books
             ,
             is
             set
             before
             that
             for
             the
             Suppression
             of
             those
             lesser
             Monasteries
             .
             But
             though
             that
             ,
             for
             Suppressing
             those
             Monasteries
             ,
             be
             ,
             by
             an
             Hysterosis
             ,
             set
             after
             that
             for
             establishing
             the
             
               Court
               of
               Augmentations
            
             ;
             yet
             it
             must
             have
             been
             made
             before
             it
             :
             For
             it
             is
             recited
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             In
             that
             Statute
             ,
             27
             Hen.
             8.
             c.
             28.
             for
             Suppressing
             those
             smaller
             Monasteries
             ,
             mention
             is
             made
             o●
             Monasteries
             ,
             Abbies
             and
             Priories
             ,
             which
             ,
             with
             in
             one
             Year
             before
             the
             making
             of
             that
             Statute
             ,
             ha●
             been
             given
             and
             granted
             to
             the
             King
             by
             any
             Abbot
             ,
             Prior
             ,
             Abbess
             or
             Prioress
             ,
             under
             their
             Convent-Seal
             ,
             or
             that
             otherwise
             had
             been
             suppressed
             ,
             or
             dissolved
             .
             All
             which
             were
             ,
             by
             that
             Statute
             confirmed
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             those
             ,
             unto
             whom
             the
             King
             either
             then
             
               before
            
             had
             conveyed
             ,
             or
             then
             after
             should
             convey
             any
             Part
             or
             Parts
             thereof
             ;
             To
             hold
             to
             them
             in
             like
             Manner
             ,
             
             stamped
             upon
             those
             
               Rectories
               ,
               Parsonages
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Revenues
             by
             Tythes
             ,
             into
             what
             Hands
             soever
             they
             were
             passed
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             32
             Hen.
             8.
             cap.
             7.
             in
             case
             of
             with-holding
             ,
             or
             denying
             to
             pay
             the
             Tythes
             ,
             all
             Persons
             claiming
             them
             (
             Impropriators
             as
             well
             as
             Priests
             )
             are
             restrained
             from
             suing
             in
             the
             
               Temporal
               Courts
            
             ,
             and
             limitted
             to
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             or
             
               Spiritual
               Courts
            
             only
             ,
             for
             the
             Recovery
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             And
             that
             they
             might
             still
             have
             Dependence
             upon
             the
             Supremacy
             ,
             care
             was
             taken
             ,
             from
             the
             first
             ,
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             27
             Hen.
             8.
             cap.
             27.
             
             That
             none
             of
             these
             Estates
             ,
             which
             then
             had
             come
             ,
             or
             should
             come
             ,
             from
             any
             of
             those
             Religious
             Houses
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             should
             pass
             from
             him
             by
             Grant
             to
             any
             Person
             whatsoever
             ,
             without
             an
             express
             Reservation
             of
             a
             Tenth
             .
             And
             in
             a
             subsequent
             Statute
             (
             33
             Hen.
             8.
             cap.
             39.
             )
             Complaint
             being
             made
             ,
             that
             altho'
             out
             of
             those
             Grants
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             had
             made
             to
             sundry
             Persons
             ,
             of
             Honours
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             Mannors
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             Tenements
             ,
             Rectories
             ,
             &c.
             (
             which
             were
             under
             the
             Survey
             of
             the
             
               Court
               of
               Augmentations
            
             )
             the
             Tenths
             had
             been
             reserved
             ;
             yet
             the
             Persons
             unto
             whom
             such
             Grants
             had
             been
             made
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             quietly
             enjoyed
             and
             taken
             the
             Issues
             and
             Profits
             of
             those
             Lands
             ,
             Rectories
             ,
             &c.
             had
             not
             paid
             the
             reserved
             Tenths
             to
             the
             King
             :
             Provision
             was
             made
             in
             that
             Statute
             ,
             by
             several
             Forfeitures
             and
             
             Nomine-Paenae's
             to
             enforce
             the
             Payment
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             Care
             taken
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Head
            
             (
             the
             King
             )
             only
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Members
            
             (
             the
             Clergy
             )
             also
             :
             Many
             ,
             if
             not
             most
             ,
             of
             which
             had
             Pensions
             ,
             or
             Portions
             issuing
             out
             of
             those
             Parsonages
             ,
             Rectories
             ,
             or
             other
             Spiritual
             Benefices
             (
             as
             they
             were
             counted
             )
             which
             the
             Religious
             Orders
             held
             :
             For
             ,
             besides
             that
             upon
             the
             Increasing
             of
             those
             Appropriations
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Parish-Priests
             were
             pinch'd
             ,
             there
             had
             been
             Provision
             made
             early
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             K.
             Richard
             the
             Second
             ,
             for
             the
             Vicars
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             for
             the
             Poor
             ;
             the
             Statute
             of
             15
             Ric.
             2.
             c.
             6.
             directing
             ,
             
               That
               ,
               upon
               the
               
               Appropriation
               of
               such
               Churches
               ,
               the
               Diocaesian
               of
               the
               Place
               (
               or
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Diocess
               )
               shall
               ordain
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Value
               of
               such
               Churches
               ,
               a
               convenient
               Sum
               of
               Money
               to
               be
               paid
               and
               distributed
               Yearly
               ,
               of
               the
               Fruits
               and
               Profits
               of
               the
               same
               Churches
               ,
               to
               the
               poor
               Parishoners
               :
               And
               also
               ,
               that
               the
               Vicar
               be
               well
               and
               sufficiently
               endowed
               .
            
             Which
             Statute
             (
             so
             far
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             as
             concerned
             the
             Vicars
             )
             was
             afterwards
             confirmed
             by
             another
             Statute
             of
             4
             Hen.
             4.
             cap.
             12.
             which
             expresly
             ordains
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Statute
               of
               Appropriation
               of
               Churches
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Endowment
               of
               Vicars
               in
               the
               same
               ,
               made
               the
               15th
               Year
               of
               K.
               Ric.
               the
               2d
               be
               firmly
               holden
               ,
               and
               put
               in
               due
               Execution
               :
            
             I
             say
             ,
             besides
             these
             ,
             the
             Stat.
             of
             34
             and
             35
             of
             Hen.
             8.
             cap.
             19.
             takes
             notice
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Arch-Bishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               Arch
               Deacons
               and
               other
               Ecclesiastical
               Persons
               ,
               of
               both
               Provinces
               of
               Canterbury
               and
               York
               ,
               having
               formerly
               ,
               in
               right
               of
               their
               Churches
               received
               out
               of
               the
               late
               Monasteries
               ,
               &c.
               divers
               Pensions
               ,
               and
               other
               Profits
               ,
               had
               after
               the
               Dissolution
               of
               those
               Houses
               ,
               been
               disturbed
               ,
               and
               denyed
               of
               the
               having
               ,
               receiving
               and
               gathering
               of
               the
               said
               Pensions
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Whereupon
             it
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             said
             Statute
             ,
             enacted
             ,
             
               That
               if
               any
               Person
               or
               Persons
               ,
               being
               Farmer
               or
               Occupier
               of
               any
               Mannors
               ,
               Lands
               ,
               Tenements
               ,
               Parsonages
               ,
               Benefices
               or
               other
               Hereditaments
               of
               any
               of
               the
               said
               late
               Monasteries
               ,
               &c.
               by
               the
               King's
               Gift
               ,
               Grant
               ,
               Sale
               ,
               Exchange
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               any
               such
               Pensions
               ,
               &c.
               have
               been
               heretofore
               lawfully
               going
               ,
               answered
               or
               paid
               to
               any
               of
               the
               Arch-Bishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               Arch
               Deacons
               ,
               and
               other
               Ecclesiastical
               Persons
               abovesaid
               ,
               do
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               after
               the
               first
               Day
               of
               April
               next
               coming
               ,
               wilfully
               deny
               the
               Payment
               thereof
               ,
               Then
               it
               shall
               be
               lawful
               for
               the
               said
               Arch-Bishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               Arch-Deacons
               ,
               or
               other
               Ecclesiastical
               Persons
               aforesaid
               ,
               being
               so
               denied
               ;
               to
               be
               satisfied
               and
               paid
               thereof
               ,
               &c
               ,
               to
               proceed
               in
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
               ,
               for
               the
               Recovery
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
           
             14.
             
             By
             which
             Statute
             ,
             all
             Pensions
             payable
             to
             Arch-Bishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Arch-Deacons
             ,
             or
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             Person
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             possessed
             thereof
             ,
             at
             or
             within
             Ten
             Years
             next
             before
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Dissolution
             of
             the
             Monasteries
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Parsonages
             ,
             Rectories
             ,
             or
             Tythes
             holden
             by
             the
             said
             Monasteries
             ,
             &c.
             are
             confirmed
             and
             assured
             to
             such
             Arch-Bishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Arch-Deacons
             ,
             and
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             Persons
             still
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             So
             that
             ,
             upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             besides
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             of
             Tythes
             in
             general
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Iudaizing
             ,
             and
             Denying
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             the
             Paying
             thereof
             (
             which
             extends
             alike
             to
             all
             Tythes
             ,
             those
             claimed
             by
             the
             Impropriator
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             those
             claimed
             by
             the
             Priest
             )
             the
             
               Impropriate
               Tythes
            
             being
             generally
             charged
             ,
             either
             with
             some
             Payment
             to
             the
             Vicars
             ,
             for
             enlarging
             of
             their
             Stipends
             ,
             or
             with
             Pensions
             to
             the
             Arch
             Bishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Arch-Deacons
             ,
             and
             other
             Ecclesiasticks
             :
             All
             such
             of
             them
             as
             are
             so
             charged
             ,
             come
             under
             the
             same
             Objection
             ,
             that
             is
             made
             against
             paying
             to
             the
             Priest
             ,
             viz.
             The
             upholding
             of
             a
             false
             Ministry
             ,
             to
             perform
             a
             false
             Worship
             .
             And
             if
             any
             Impropriation
             may
             be
             supposed
             to
             be
             free
             from
             all
             those
             Charges
             ;
             yet
             all
             Impropriators
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Priests
             ,
             being
             bound
             to
             pay
             the
             reserved
             Tenths
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             
               Supream
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
            
             (
             which
             were
             wont
             before
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             owned
             for
             
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
            
             )
             the
             paying
             of
             Tythes
             to
             an
             Impropriator
             ,
             is
             a
             Recognizing
             ,
             and
             acknowledging
             of
             a
             Man
             (
             Bad
             or
             Good
             ,
             Popish
             or
             Protestant
             ,
             as
             it
             happens
             )
             to
             be
             the
             only
             
               Supream
               Head
               on
               Earth
               of
               the
               Church
               .
            
             Which
             is
             to
             set
             an
             
               Human
               Head
            
             to
             a
             
               Spiritual
               Body
            
             :
             and
             to
             divest
             and
             deprive
             our
             Lord
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             of
             his
             undoubted
             Right
             ,
             who
             the
             Apostle
             says
             expresly
             ,
             is
             
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             Col.
             1.
             18.
             
             
               And
               that
               not
               of
               Man's
               making
               or
               appointing
               ;
               but
               God
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             
               hath
               given
               him
               to
               be
               the
               Head
               over
               all
               things
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               which
               is
               his
               Body
               ,
            
             Eph.
             1.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             FINIS
             .