A caution against sacriledge: or Sundry queries concerning tithes. Wherein is held forth the propriety, and title that ministers have to them, the mischiefs which would ensue if tithes were brought into a common treasury, and ministers reduced to stipends. The danger of gratifying the petitioners against tithes, and all imposed maintenance. And something of the spirit and end of their actings. Collected, and composed by the one that hath no propriety in tithes, and humbly tendred to this present Parliament.
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             A caution against sacriledge: or Sundry queries concerning tithes. Wherein is held forth the propriety, and title that ministers have to them, the mischiefs which would ensue if tithes were brought into a common treasury, and ministers reduced to stipends. The danger of gratifying the petitioners against tithes, and all imposed maintenance. And something of the spirit and end of their actings. Collected, and composed by the one that hath no propriety in tithes, and humbly tendred to this present Parliament.
             Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.
          
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           A
           CAUTION
           AGAINST
           SACRILEDGE
           :
           
             OR
             ,
          
           SUNDRY
           QUERIES
           CONCERNING
           TITHES
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           is
           held
           forth
           The
           Propriety
           ,
           and
           Title
           that
           Ministers
           have
           to
           them
           ,
           The
           mischiefs
           which
           would
           ensue
           if
           Tithes
           were
           brought
           into
           a
           common
           Treasury
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           reduced
           to
           Stipends
           .
           The
           danger
           of
           gratifying
           the
           Petitioners
           against
           Tithes
           ,
           and
           all
           imposed
           Maintenance
           .
           And
           something
           of
           the
           Spirit
           and
           end
           of
           their
           Actings
           .
        
         
           Collected
           ,
           and
           composed
           by
           One
           that
           hath
           no
           Propriety
           in
           Tithes
           ,
           and
           humbly
           tendred
           to
           this
           present
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           ROM.
           2.
           22.
           
           
             Thou
             that
             abhorrest
             Idols
             ,
             dost
             thou
             commit
             Sacriledge
             ?
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           byAbraham
           
             MillerforThomas
          
           
             Vnderhillat
          
           the
           Anchor
           and
           Bible
           inPaulsChurch
           yard
           ,
           near
           the
           little
           North
           door
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           CERTAIN
           QUERIES
           Concerning
           the
           PROPRIETY
           and
           RIGHT
           
             OF
          
           The
           Ministry
           of
           
             England
             TO
          
           TITHES
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           WHether
           the
           Ministry
           of
           
             England
          
           hath
           not
           as
           good
           a
           Propriety
           in
           Tithes
           ,
           as
           Noblemen
           ,
           Gentlemen
           and
           Free-holders
           have
           in
           their
           Lands
           ?
           The
           Reasons
           of
           this
           Query
           are
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           
             Ethelwolph
          
           sonne
           of
           King
           
             Egbert
          
           (
           who
           had
           brought
           the
           
             Saxon.
             
             Heptarchy
          
           into
           a
           
             Monarchy
             )
          
           had
           all
           the
           Lands
           in
           
             England
          
           for
           his
           Demesne
           ,
           as
           is
           acknowledged
           
           by
           Sr
           
             Edward
             Cook
          
           in
           his
           
             Commentaries
             upon
             Littletons
             Tenures
             ,
          
           and
           conferred
           the
           Tithes
           of
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           upon
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           his
           Royal
           Chartar
           dated
           
             Anno
          
           855.
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             King
          
           Ethelwolph
           ,
           
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             his
             Prelates
             and
             Princes
             which
             ruled
             in
          
           England
           
             under
             him
             in
             their
             several
             Provinces
             ,
             did
             enri●h
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             with
             the
             Tithes
             of
             all
             his
             Lands
             and
             Goods
             by
             his
             Charter
             Royal
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Adding
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           
             That
             who
             so
             should
             encrease
             the
             Gift
             ,
             God
             would
             please
             to
             prosper
             ,
             and
             encrease
             his
             daies
             :
             But
             if
             any
             should
             presume
             to
             diminish
             the
             same
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             called
             to
             an
             account
             for
             it
             at
             Gods
             Judgment
             Seat
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           this
           he
           did
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           Lord
           
             Paramount
             ,
          
           but
           as
           
             Proprietary
          
           of
           the
           whole
           Land
           ,
           the
           Lords
           and
           great
           men
           at
           that
           time
           having
           no
           property
           or
           estates
           of
           permanency
           ,
           but
           as
           accountants
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           whose
           the
           whole
           Land
           was
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           also
           gave
           their
           free
           consents
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           required
           that
           thereby
           they
           might
           be
           barred
           from
           pleading
           any
           Tenant-right
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           stand
           in
           maintenance
           of
           Tithes
           against
           all
           pretenders
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           the
           people
           can
           have
           no
           Right
           ,
           or
           Propriety
           in
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           never
           bought
           or
           paid
           for
           them
           :
           Neither
           could
           they
           come
           by
           Inheritance
           ;
           For
           that
           which
           was
           not
           their
           fore-fathers
           could
           not
           descend
           to
           them
           :
           Neither
           came
           they
           to
           them
           by
           Donation
           ,
           which
           they
           can
           never
           shew
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           agreeable
           to
           Piety
           ,
           Prudence
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Equity
           to
           alienate
           Tithes
           from
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           so
           freely
           given
           by
           our
           own
           Christian
           Kings
           out
           of
           zeal
           to
           advance
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           many
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           oft-times
           renewed
           ,
           and
           reitered
           ,
           as
           by
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           thirty
           times
           confirmed
           ,
           and
           
           many
           other
           Statutes
           since
           ,
           yea
           by
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           Body
           of
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           which
           affirms
           Tithes
           to
           be
           due
           
             Jure
             Divino
             ,
          
           as
           Sr
           
             Edw.
             
             Cook
          
           testifies
           in
           the
           
             second
             part
             of
             his
             Reports
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Whether
           the
           inconveniencies
           and
           evils
           can
           possibly
           be
           foreseen
           ,
           which
           will
           ensue
           upon
           the
           alteration
           of
           such
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           as
           have
           continued
           in
           force
           through
           all
           changes
           for
           above
           a
           thousand
           years
           together
           ?
        
         
           Tithes
           have
           been
           given
           to
           the
           Church
           for
           maintenance
           of
           Gods
           Word
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           with
           a
           curse
           to
           all
           such
           as
           should
           alienate
           them
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           it
           is
           agreeable
           to
           Piety
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           to
           pull
           them
           from
           God
           ,
           to
           rend
           them
           from
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           violate
           the
           dedication
           of
           our
           Fathers
           ,
           the
           Oaths
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           the
           Decrees
           of
           so
           many
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           to
           expose
           our selves
           to
           those
           horrible
           curses
           which
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Nation
           hath
           obliged
           it self
           to
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           consented
           to
           the
           alienation
           of
           the
           same
           ?
           as
           
             N●hem
          
           10.
           32
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           5.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           more
           then
           probable
           that
           the
           Ministry
           hath
           had
           a
           propriety
           in
           the
           Tithes
           in
           all
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           ever
           since
           Christians
           had
           a
           propriety
           in
           their
           estates
           ;
           since
           
             Origen
             ,
          
           and
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           who
           lived
           not
           much
           above
           two
           hundred
           
           years
           after
           Christ
           ,
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           community
           amongst
           Christians
           was
           not
           wholly
           ceased
           in
           their
           time
           ,
           and
           yet
           where
           it
           was
           ,
           the
           Tithes
           were
           paid
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           Sacriledge
           to
           alienate
           Tithes
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           having
           been
           dedicated
           and
           consecrated
           unto
           God
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           voluntary
           consent
           of
           Churches
           ,
           or
           by
           Donation
           of
           Princes
           ?
           Seeing
           what
           is
           voluntarily
           consecrated
           by
           man
           ,
           is
           confirmed
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           may
           not
           be
           alienated
           ,
           
             Lev.
          
           28.
           14
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           which
           Law
           is
           the
           same
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           example
           of
           
             Annanias
             ,
          
           Act.
           5.
           3.
           whom
           
             Peter
          
           arraignes
           ,
           and
           God
           condemns
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           Sacriledge
           .
           
             Why
             hast
             thou
          
           (
           said
           
             Peter
             )
             kept
             back
             part
             of
             the
             price
             of
             the
             Land
             ?
             Whilest
             it
             remained
          
           (
           viz.
           
             unsold
             )
             was
             it
             not
             thine
             own
             ?
             and
             after
             it
             was
             sold
             ,
             was
             it
             not
             in
             thine
             own
             power
             ?
          
           viz.
           to
           have
           consecrated
           ,
           or
           not
           consecrated
           it
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           5.
           
           
             And
             Annanias
             hearing
             these
             words
             ,
             fell
             down
             and
             gave
             up
             the
             ghost
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           Whether
           it
           is
           not
           against
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           custom
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           to
           disannull
           the
           
             Will
          
           of
           the
           dead
           ?
           
             Gal.
          
           3.
           5.
           
           
             Brethren
             ,
             I
             speak
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             but
             a
             mans
             Covenant
          
           (
           or
           Testament
           )
           
             yet
             if
             it
             be
             confirmed
             (
             viz.
          
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Testator
           )
           
             no
             man
             dissanulleth
             it
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           disanull
           it
           .
           Therefore
           Tithes
           having
           been
           given
           by
           Testament
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Testators
           ,
           Is
           it
           not
           against
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           custom
           of
           all
           Nations
           to
           alienate
           them
           ?
           
             Heb.
          
           9.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             For
             a
             Testament
             is
             of
             force
             after
             men
             are
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           8.
           
           Many
           Impropriations
           having
           been
           restored
           to
           the
           Church
           by
           godly
           Noblemen
           ,
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           others
           having
           been
           bought
           in
           and
           setled
           in
           the
           most
           legal
           way
           that
           could
           be
           devised
           upon
           the
           Ministry
           ;
           Is
           it
           not
           against
           all
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           to
           take
           them
           from
           the
           Church
           again
           ?
           and
           will
           it
           not
           discourage
           all
           men
           for
           the
           future
           from
           works
           of
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           when
           they
           see
           them
           thus
           perverted
           ?
        
         
           9.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           more
           then
           probable
           that
           there
           was
           a
           positive
           Precept
           given
           by
           God
           to
           the
           Fathers
           for
           the
           giving
           to
           him
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           their
           substance
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           formerly
           required
           the
           seventh
           part
           of
           their
           time
           ?
           And
           whether
           do
           not
           the
           examples
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           
             Jacob
          
           so
           readily
           giving
           their
           tenth
           ,
           evince
           this
           ;
           Or
           without
           such
           a
           Precept
           ,
           Had
           it
           not
           been
           will-worship
           in
           them
           ?
           And
           do
           not
           such
           positive
           Precepts
           (
           if
           unrepealed
           )
           binde
           all
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ?
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Whether
           Tithes
           ,
           as
           an
           honouring
           of
           God
           ,
           be
           not
           enjoyned
           in
           the
           first
           Commandment
           ?
           As
           they
           tend
           to
           preserve
           the
           publike
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           
           and
           fourth
           Commandement
           ?
           And
           as
           maintenance
           to
           the
           persons
           of
           Ministers
           ,
           in
           the
           fifth
           Commandement
           ?
           being
           part
           of
           the
           honour
           due
           to
           spiritual
           Parents
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Whether
           Tithes
           can
           be
           called
           
             Antichristian
             ,
          
           which
           were
           paid
           long
           before
           
             Antichrists
          
           time
           ?
           And
           when
           
             Antichrist
          
           [
           the
           Popes
           of
           
             Rome
             ]
          
           were
           the
           first
           that
           durst
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           alienate
           them
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           granting
           Exemptions
           ,
           Appropriations
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           thereby
           robbing
           the
           Church
           and
           Parish
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           the
           
           Monks
           and
           Fryers
           ?
           And
           whether
           
             Alexander
          
           of
           
             Hales
          
           and
           
             Thomas
          
           of
           
             Aquin.
          
           (
           who
           lived
           about
           four
           hundred
           years
           ago
           )
           were
           not
           the
           first
           that
           pleaded
           for
           these
           alienations
           made
           by
           the
           Pope
           ?
           And
           whether
           they
           were
           not
           the
           first
           that
           to
           justifie
           the
           Popes
           Proceedings
           ,
           pleaded
           that
           Tithes
           were
           Jewish
           ?
        
         
           12
           Whether
           these
           Scriptures
           do
           not
           concern
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           they
           did
           the
           
             Jews
             ?
          
           Prov.
           3.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             Honour
             the
             Lord
             with
             thy
             substance
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             first
             fruits
             of
             all
             thine
             encrease
             :
             So
             shall
             thy
             barns
             be
             filled
             with
             plenty
             ,
             and
             thy
             presses
             shall
             burst
             out
             with
             new
             wine
             .
          
           Prov.
           20.
           25.
           
           
             It
             is
             a
             snare
             to
             devoure
             that
             which
             is
             holy
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             vow
             to
             make
             enquiry
             .
          
           Prov.
           23.
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           
             Remove
             not
             the
             old
             Land-mark
             ,
             and
             enter
             not
             into
             the
             field
             of
             the
             fatherlesse
             :
             For
             their
             Redeemer
             is
             mighty
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             plead
             their
             cause
             with
             thee
             .
          
           And
           Sr
           
             Edw.
             Cook
          
           saith
           in
           his
           
             Institutes
             ,
          
           Our
           Law-books
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           
           the
           Church
           is
           ever
           understood
           to
           be
           under
           age
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           Pupil
           and
           Fatherlesse
           :
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           Law
           or
           Right
           that
           such
           should
           be
           dis-inherited
           .
           
             Mal.
          
           3.
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           &c.
           
             Will
             a
             man
             rob
             God
             ?
             yet
             ye
             have
             robbed
             me
             :
             But
             ye
             say
             ,
             Wherein
             have
             we
             robbed
             thee
             ?
             In
             Tithes
             and
             in
             Offerings
             .
             Ye
             are
             accursed
             with
             a
             curse
             :
             for
             ye
             have
             robbed
             me
             ,
             even
             this
             whole
             Nation
             .
             Bring
             ye
             all
             the
             Tithes
             into
             the
             storehouse
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             meat
             in
             mine
             house
             ,
             and
             prove
             me
             now
             therewith
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             if
             I
             will
             not
             open
             you
             the
             windowes
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             pour
             you
             out
             a
             blessing
             ,
             that
             there
             shall
             not
             be
             room
             enough
             to
             receive
             it
             :
             And
             I
             will
             rebuke
             the
             devourer
             for
             your
             sakes
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             not
             destroy
             the
             fruits
             of
             your
             ground
             ,
             neither
             shall
             your
             vine
             cast
             her
             fruit
             before
             the
             time
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             :
             And
             all
             Nations
             shall
             call
             you
             blessed
             :
             And
             ye
             shall
             be
             a
             delightsome
             Land
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
        
         
           13.
           
           Whether
           those
           Texts
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           do
           not
           prove
           ,
           that
           to
           Gospel-Ministers
           belongs
           as
           large
           ,
           if
           not
           larger
           maintenance
           than
           to
           the
           Levitical
           Priesthood
           ,
           as
           their
           Ministry
           is
           more
           excellent
           ,
           and
           the
           blessings
           conferred
           thereby
           are
           greater
           .
           
             Luk.
          
           10.
           7.
           
           
             The
             labourer
             is
             worthy
             of
             his
             hire
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           9.
           4.
           
           
             Have
             we
             not
             power
          
           
           
             to
             eat
             and
             to
             drink
             ?
          
           ver.
           6
           ,
           
             &c.
             Or
             I
             only
             and
             Barnabas
             ,
             have
             not
             we
             power
             to
             forbear
             Working
             ?
             Who
             goeth
             to
             warfare
             any
             time
             at
             his
             own
             charges
             ?
             Who
             planteth
             a
             vineyard
             and
             eateth
             not
             of
             the
             fruit
             thereof
             ?
             or
             who
             feedeth
             a
             Flock
             ,
             and
             eateth
             not
             of
             the
             milk
             of
             the
             flock
             ?
             Say
             I
             these
             things
             as
             a
             man
             ?
             or
             saith
             not
             the
             Law
             the
             same
             ?
             For
             it
             is
             written
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             muzle
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Ox
             that
             treadeth
             out
             the
             corn
             .
             Doth
             God
             take
             care
             for
             Oxen
             ?
             Or
             saith
             he
             it
             altogether
             for
             our
             sakes
             ?
             For
             our
             sakes
             no
             doubt
             it
             is
             written
             :
             that
             he
             that
             ploweth
             should
             plow
             in
             hope
             :
             and
             that
             he
             that
             thresheth
             in
             hope
             should
             be
             partaker
             of
             his
             hope
             .
             If
             we
             have
             sown
             unto
             you
             spiritual
             things
             ,
             Is
             it
             a
             great
             thing
             if
             we
             shall
             reap
             your
             carnalthings
             .
          
           Ver.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Do
             ye
             not
             know
             that
             they
             which
             minister
             about
             holy
             things
             ,
             live
             of
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Temple
             ?
             And
             they
             which
             wait
             at
             the
             Altar
             ,
             are
             made
             partakers
             with
             the
             Altar
             ?
             Even
             so
             hath
             the
             Lord
             ordained
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             should
             live
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           Gal.
           6.
           6.
           
           
             Let
             him
             that
             is
             taught
             in
             the
             Word
             ,
             communicate
             to
             him
             that
             teacheth
             in
             all
             good
             things
             .
          
           Phil.
           4.
           17.
           
           
             Not
             that
             I
             desire
             a
             gift
             ,
             but
             I
             desire
             fruit
             that
             may
             abound
             to
             your
             account
             .
          
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           5.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             Let
             the
             Elders
             that
             rule
             well
             be
             counted
             worthy
             of
             double
             honour
             ,
             especially
             they
             who
             labour
             in
             the
             World
             and
             Doctrine
             .
             For
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             muzle
             the
             Ox
             that
             treadeth
             out
             the
             corn
             :
             And
             the
             labourer
             is
             worthy
             of
             his
             reward
             .
          
        
         
         
           14.
           
           Whether
           to
           speak
           of
           a
           sufficient
           maintenance
           without
           Tithes
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           meer
           fancy
           ,
           that
           never
           was
           ,
           nor
           (
           as
           I
           believe
           )
           ever
           will
           be
           brought
           into
           action
           ?
           And
           whether
           it
           would
           not
           trouble
           the
           wisest
           men
           that
           are
           ,
           to
           name
           a
           stipend
           that
           would
           be
           sufficient
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           as
           Tithes
           are
           ;
           which
           proceeding
           from
           the
           wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           cannot
           be
           matched
           ,
           much
           lesse
           betterd
           by
           mans
           wisdome
           ?
        
         
           15.
           
           Whether
           be
           not
           Tithes
           the
           fitrest
           maintenance
           for
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           seeing
           hereby
           they
           partake
           with
           the
           people
           in
           times
           of
           plenty
           ,
           which
           will
           more
           inlarge
           their
           hearts
           in
           thankfulnesse
           ;
           and
           suffer
           with
           them
           in
           times
           of
           scarcity
           ,
           which
           will
           more
           affect
           them
           with
           sense
           of
           Gods
           judgments
           ?
           for
           that
           when
           natural
           affections
           concur
           with
           spiritual
           ,
           they
           are
           more
           active
           and
           vigorous
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           Whether
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           which
           used
           to
           give
           a
           Tenth
           to
           their
           gods
           ,
           will
           not
           rise
           up
           in
           judgment
           against
           Christians
           ,
           if
           they
           rob
           God
           of
           the
           Tenth
           which
           their
           Predecessors
           have
           given
           to
           him
           ?
        
         
           17.
           
           Whether
           the
           judgment
           of
           so
           many
           eminent
           Divines
           as
           have
           held
           it
           Sacriledg
           to
           alienate
           that
           from
           the
           Church
           which
           was
           once
           consecrated
           to
           God
           ,
           should
           not
           lay
           a
           restraint
           upon
           all
           men
           from
           practising
           that
           which
           is
           so
           hazardous
           and
           scandalous
           ?
           That
           it
           is
           Sacriledge
           ,
           is
           the
           judgment
           of
           
             Calvin
             ,
             Polanus
             ,
             Kickerman
             ,
             Perkins
             ,
          
           with
           many
           others
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           Whether
           all
           or
           most
           of
           the
           Arguments
           bent
           against
           the
           morality
           of
           Tithes
           ,
           do
           not
           equally
           militate
           against
           the
           morality
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ?
           as
           Dr
           
             Sclater
          
           hath
           shewed
           in
           his
           parallel
           in
           the
           end
           of
           his
           book
           of
           Tithes
           .
        
         
           
             Certain
             Queries
             concerning
             bringing
             Tithes
             into
             a
             Common
             Treasury
             ,
             and
             reducing
             Ministers
             to
             stipends
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             IF
             Tithes
             should
             be
             brought
             into
             a
             common
             Treasury
             ,
             and
             Ministers
             paid
             out
             thence
             ,
             whether
             would
             our
             Countrey-men
             that
             say
             Tithes
             are
             such
             an
             intolerable
             burden
             ,
             be
             any
             whit
             eased
             ?
             Yea
             would
             they
             not
             be
             more
             burdened
             by
             how
             much
             their
             Tything
             would
             be
             looked
             more
             narrowly
             into
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Would
             not
             the
             trouble
             of
             Ministers
             be
             far
             greater
             ,
             being
             enforced
             to
             send
             ,
             or
             go
             from
             Market
             to
             Market
             for
             every
             bushel
             of
             Corn
             or
             Mault
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             that
             he
             spends
             in
             his
             house
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             a
             dearth
             come
             ,
             would
             it
             not
             tend
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             many
             Ministers
             Families
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             for
             ced
             to
             spend
             more
             in
             a
             quarter
             then
             they
             receive
             for
             their
             half
             years
             allowance
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             If
             things
             should
             rise
             in
             the
             price
             the
             next
             hundred
             of
             years
             as
             they
             have
             done
             the
             last
             ,
             how
             shall
             Ministers
             be
             then
             able
             to
             live
             upon
             these
             stipends
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             How
             many
             Officers
             must
             there
             be
             imployed
             in
             every
             County
             to
             bring
             the
             Tithes
             into
             a
             common
             Treasury
             ,
             all
             which
             ,
             either
             in
             whole
             or
             in
             part
             ,
             must
             be
             maintained
             out
             of
             them
             ?
             And
             how
             will
             this
             curtail
             the
             Ministers
             share
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             What
             attendance
             must
             Ministers
             give
             quarterly
             ,
             or
             each
             half
             year
             ,
             upon
             the
             Trustees
             ,
             or
             Treasurers
             in
             every
             County
             ,
             till
             they
             have
             list
             or
             leisure
             to
             pay
             them
             ?
             What
             trouble
             ,
             journeys
             and
             expences
             will
             this
             put
             them
             to
             ?
             How
             will
             they
             be
             enforced
             to
             bribe
             ,
             and
             pay
             for
             expedition
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             fobbe●
             off
             with
             base
             and
             clipt
             money
             ?
             or
             be
             forced
             to
             take
             wares
             for
             their
             money
             ,
             if
             the
             Treasurers
             be
             Tradesmen
             ;
             as
             many
             have
             been
             served
             of
             late
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Augmentations
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             Will
             not
             Ministers
             hereby
             be
             cast
             upon
             ten●ations
             ,
             to
             speak
             only
             pleasing
             things
             (
             like
             Trencher-Chaplains
             )
             lest
             their
             stipends
             should
             be
             taken
             from
             them
             ?
          
           
           
             8.
             
             Can
             it
             be
             expected
             that
             Ministers
             can
             or
             will
             be
             so
             liberall
             to
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             hospitality
             ,
             when
             they
             buy
             all
             with
             the
             peny
             ,
             as
             when
             they
             have
             it
             in
             Tithes
             ?
          
           
             9.
             
             Will
             not
             such
             as
             bear
             the
             bag
             ,
             and
             upon
             whom
             the
             Ministers
             must
             depend
             for
             their
             subsistance
             ,
             Lord
             it
             over
             them
             with
             pride
             and
             contempt
             enough
             ?
             as
             bad
             ,
             or
             worse
             then
             the
             Bishops
             and
             their
             Chancellors
             did
             ?
          
           
             10.
             
             Though
             such
             as
             are
             of
             the
             best
             repute
             in
             each
             County
             ,
             should
             be
             chosen
             out
             to
             be
             the
             Treasurers
             ,
             yet
             do
             we
             not
             see
             by
             daily
             experience
             ,
             how
             men
             are
             mistaken
             in
             judging
             of
             the
             honesty
             of
             others
             ?
             And
             how
             many
             men
             fall
             from
             their
             former
             principles
             of
             honesty
             ?
             and
             that
             if
             neither
             of
             these
             should
             be
             so
             ,
             yet
             how
             apt
             standing
             waters
             are
             to
             putrifie
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             If
             contentious
             suits
             have
             been
             between
             Ministers
             and
             People
             about
             Tithes
             ,
             hath
             it
             not
             for
             the
             most
             part
             arisen
             from
             the
             peoples
             covetousness
             ,
             pretending
             customs
             ,
             prescriptions
             ,
             or
             compositions
             ,
             to
             defraud
             the
             Ministers
             of
             their
             due
             ?
          
           
             12.
             
             Were
             not
             Patrons
             at
             the
             first
             made
             choice
             of
             ,
             to
             defend
             the
             Ministers
             right
             against
             the
             fraud
             and
             injustice
             of
             the
             people
             ?
             And
             may
             not
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             Parliament
             finde
             out
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             like
             course
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Minister
             shall
             neither
             be
             engaged
             in
             contentions
             with
             his
             people
             ,
             nor
             troubled
             with
             avocations
             from
             his
             study
             thereby
             ?
          
           
             13.
             
             May
             there
             not
             arise
             as
             many
             or
             more
             quarrels
             ,
             in
             case
             Tithes
             be
             brought
             into
             a
             common
             Treasury
             ,
             whilest
             some
             pretend
             conscience
             ,
             and
             so
             will
             pay
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             others
             think
             themselves
             over-rated
             ;
             others
             think
             that
             the
             Tradesman
             ,
             who
             gets
             more
             by
             his
             Shop
             than
             they
             do
             by
             the
             Plough
             ,
             should
             bear
             an
             equal
             share
             in
             this
             common
             burden
             ?
             And
             who
             then
             shall
             take
             course
             to
             enforce
             such
             to
             pay
             ?
             If
             the
             Treasurers
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             surely
             they
             will
             prove
             but
             cold
             Solicitors
             in
             anothers
             cause
             .
             But
             suppose
             they
             do
             stir
             ,
             they
             must
             spend
             out
             of
             the
             common
             stock
             ;
             and
             such
             suits
             being
             like
             to
             be
             many
             ,
             especially
             in
             such
             times
             as
             these
             ,
             how
             will
             the
             Ministers
             stipends
             be
             curtailed
             thereby
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             may
             it
             not
             be
             supposed
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             spend
             of
             other
             mens
             purses
             ,
             are
             like
             to
             cut
             large
             thougs
             out
             of
             others
             hides
             ?
          
           
             14.
             
             If
             the
             Countryman
             shall
             pay
             a
             rate
             in
             money
             for
             his
             Tithes
             ,
             will
             it
             not
             come
             far
             more
             hardly
             from
             him
             ?
             even
             like
             drops
             of
             bloud
             ,
             money
             being
             usally
             very
             short
             with
             them
             .
             And
             will
             he
             not
             think
             it
             far
             easier
             to
             part
             with
             a
             cock
             of
             Hay
             ,
             or
             a
             sheaf
             of
             Corn
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             small
             thing
             ,
             than
             to
             part
             with
             so
             much
             money
             as
             his
             whole
             Tithes
             may
             come
             to
             ,
             once
             or
             oftner
             in
             the
             year
             ?
             And
             how
             little
             will
             he
             think
             himself
             eased
             hereby
             ?
          
           
             15.
             
             If
             Tithes
             be
             brought
             into
             a
             common
             Treasury
             ,
             when
             a
             Living
             is
             worth
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             four
             hundred
             pounds
             by
             the
             year
             ,
             a
             great
             part
             of
             it
             will
             be
             disposed
             to
             other
             places
             ,
             and
             will
             it
             not
             certainly
             be
             a
             great
             grief
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             their
             Tithes
             shall
             go
             to
             they
             know
             not
             whom
             ?
             certainly
             to
             such
             as
             neither
             feed
             their
             souls
             with
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             ,
             nor
             their
             bodies
             with
             the
             staff
             of
             bread
             ?
             And
             will
             not
             their
             poor
             want
             that
             relief
             ,
             and
             themselves
             that
             entertainment
             ,
             which
             they
             used
             to
             have
             at
             their
             Ministers
             house
             ,
             to
             the
             aggravation
             of
             their
             discontent
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Certain
             Queries
             concerning
             our
             late
             Petitioners
             against
             Tithes
             ,
             and
             an
             imposed
             Maintenance
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             VVHether
             have
             we
             not
             cause
             to
             suspect
             ,
             that
             those
             persons
             which
             petition
             against
             Tithes
             and
             an
             imposed
             Maintenance
             ,
             are
             acted
             by
             Jesuites
             ,
             who
             cunningly
             creep
             in
             amongst
             them
             ,
             seeking
             hereby
             to
             overthrow
             the
             English
             Ministry
             ,
             
             which
             hath
             so
             strongly
             opposed
             them
             ,
             both
             by
             word
             of
             mouth
             and
             wri●ings
             ?
             And
             the
             rather
             ,
             because
             of
             that
             Scottish
             Jesuite
             ,
             who
             lately
             turned
             Anabaptist
             ,
             and
             upon
             examination
             at
             
               Newcastle
            
             confessed
             that
             he
             was
             sent
             over
             for
             that
             end
             .
             And
             
             
               Osterweeke
            
             a
             great
             Agitator
             ,
             went
             here
             under
             another
             name
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Romish
             Pontificalibus
             did
             lately
             officiate
             at
             the
             Mass
             publickly
             in
             
               Dunkirk
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Printer
             hereof
             can
             prove
             ;
             besides
             some
             other
             like
             examples
             which
             might
             be
             easily
             produced
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Whether
             can
             such
             Petitioners
             be
             rightly
             stiled
             the
             godly
             and
             well-affected
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             who
             strive
             hereby
             to
             bting
             the
             greatest
             judgement
             upon
             the
             Nation
             that
             ever
             did
             ,
             or
             can
             possibly
             befall
             it
             ?
             
               viz.
            
             A
             samine
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             
               Amos
            
             8.
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             the
             removing
             of
             our
             Teachers
             into
             corners
             ,
             
               Isa.
            
             30.
             20.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Whether
             have
             we
             not
             cause
             to
             belieye
             ,
             that
             the
             far
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Gentry
             ,
             Yeomandry
             and
             Commons
             of
             the
             Land
             that
             have
             Tithes
             to
             pay
             ,
             are
             desirous
             to
             have
             them
             continued
             to
             the
             Ministry
             :
             seeing
             so
             many
             thousands
             of
             them
             out
             of
             a
             few
             Counties
             ,
             have
             formerly
             petitioned
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             of
             
               London
            
             of
             late
             .
             And
             no
             doubt
             but
             many
             thousands
             more
             out
             of
             every
             County
             would
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             the
             least
             encouragement
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Whether
             if
             Tithes
             were
             wholly
             taken
             away
             ,
             would
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             people
             be
             at
             all
             eased
             ,
             seeing
             both
             Purchasers
             and
             Tenants
             must
             pay
             so
             much
             the
             more
             for
             their
             Land
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Whether
             can
             we
             imagine
             that
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             hath
             so
             often
             and
             lately
             declared
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             
               That
               they
               will
               be
               exceeding
               tender
               of
               every
               ones
               Liberty
               and
               Property
               ,
            
             will
             now
             
               so
               soon
            
             after
             ,
             take
             away
             the
             Propriety
             of
             all
             the
             Ministry
             of
             
               England
            
             at
             one
             blow
             ,
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             so
             many
             thousand
             Families
             for
             the
             present
             ;
             to
             the
             discouragement
             of
             Parents
             from
             bringing
             up
             their
             Children
             to
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             for
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             the
             endangering
             of
             the
             removal
             of
             the
             Gospel
             from
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Whether
             would
             not
             these
             Petitioners
             (
             if
             Tithes
             were
             removed
             )
             cry
             out
             and
             complain
             as
             much
             of
             the
             tyrannicall
             oppression
             and
             burden
             of
             Rents
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Anabaptists
            
             in
             
               Germany
            
             did
             ,
             and
             so
             never
             be
             quiet
             till
             they
             have
             levelled
             all
             things
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             Whether
             all
             persons
             ,
             whose
             eyes
             are
             open
             ,
             do
             not
             clearly
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             actings
             and
             motions
             of
             many
             persons
             of
             all
             ranks
             ,
             doth
             demonstrate
             that
             the
             Jesuites
             Rules
             for
             reducing
             
               England
            
             to
             Popery
             are
             prosecuting
             ?
             
               *
            
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             the
             duty
             of
             all
             worthy
             Patriots
             ,
             especially
             the
             Honourable
             Members
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             oppose
             such
             a
             damnable
             design
             with
             their
             Wisdome
             and
             Power
             ?
             And
             all
             the
             godly
             Party
             of
             the
             Land
             to
             stand
             in
             the
             gap
             ,
             by
             improving
             their
             Interest
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             the
             stopping
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             upholding
             the
             Gospel-Ministry
             ?
          
           
             —
             Si
             non
             prosunt
             singula
             ,
             mult
             a
             juvant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A79888e-160
           
             See
             S.
             
               Hen.
               S●e●mans
            
             Counc●ls
             
               anno
               .
            
             855.
             
          
           
             Orig.
             
               Hom.
               Han
               Num.
            
             Cypr.
             
               epist.
            
             66.
             
          
           
             This
             also
             is
             justified
             by
             
               Bellarm.
               de
               clericis
               ,
            
             l.
             1.
             c.
             25.
             
          
           
             
               Instit.
            
             2.
             
               c.
            
             ●
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             6
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             good
             information
             that
             there
             are
             lately
             come
             over
             100.
             
             Iesuites
             that
             have
             their
             frequent
             meeting
             in
             
               London
            
             to
             drive
             on
             this
             design
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             the
             Iesuites
             ●irections
             translated
             in
             
               Baxters
            
             Preface
             to
             his
             
               Holy
               Commonwealth
               :
            
             and
             also
             the
             Preface
             to
             
               Dailles
               Apology
               for
               the
               Reformed
               Churches
               ,
            
             by
             
               Thomas
               Smith
               ,
            
             Printed
             at
             
               Cambridge
               ,
            
             1653.