Stablishing against shaking

You have the least cause to be offended at Tithes, because Tithes are no mans own, but the Ministers many hundred years since the Parliament of England (not the Pope, as learned Parnell saith in his books) did set apart the Tithes, for the maintenance of the Ministry, and the supreme Magistrate is but the Feoffee in trust, to see that what the people of England in their representative, with the King and house of Lords, had given to ⟨p. 9⟩the Ministry, be duly payed them; let this convince you (if your hearts be sober) that Tithes are no mans own, but the Ministers; for let a man be to hire a Farm, his Landlord cannot let him a Farm that shall pay no Tithes; let a man buy a Farm, or sell a Farm, he can neither buy nor sell a Farm that shall pay no Tithes; if a man have a Farm to sell of an hundred pound per annum, this Farm may possibly pay twelve pound a year for tithes, if this man could fell this farm tithe free, would he not raise the price in the sale of it accordingly? So, would not Landlords let their farms accordingly, if they could let them tithe-free? the Tenant should soon find it: But neither the Landlord, nor Tenant, do look upon the tithes as theirs, but the Ministers; whence men let, hire, buy, sell lands as still looking upon them to pay tithes, and so none of all these are wronged at all: whence tithes are as duly our own, as any mans estate is his; and that is the reason why when people deny our due, we go to the supreme Magistrate (who, as I said, is the Feoffee in trust) in his Officers, and Courts, to help us to our due, as any other man wronged, goeth for right to any Court; whence it is evident, it is mere blindness, (if not madness) which makes people talk thus against Ministers taking of Tithes, for we take only what is our own, and no mans else.

You have the least cause to be offended at Tithes, because Tithes are no mans owne, but the Ministers many hundred years since the Parliament of England (not the Pope, as learned Parnel saith in his books) did set apart the Tithes, for the maintenance of the Ministery, and the supreme Magistrate is but the Feoffee in trust, to see that what the people of England in their representative, with the King and house of Lords, had given to ⟨p. 9⟩the Ministerie, be duly payed them; let this convince you (if your hearts be sober) that Tythes are no mans owne, but the Ministers; for let a man be to hire a Farme, his Landlord cannot let him a Farme that shall pay no Tythes; let a man buy a Farme, or sell a Farme, he can neither buy nor sell a Farme that shall pay no Tythes; if a man have a Farme to sell of an hundred pound per annum, this Farme may possibly pay twelve pound a yeare for tythes, if this man could fell this farme tythefree, would he not raise the price in the sale of it accordingly? So, would not Landlords let their farmes accordingly, if they could let them tithe-free? the Tenant should soon finde it: But neither the Landlord, nor Tenant, doe look upon the tythes as theirs, but the Ministers; whence men let, hire, buy, sell lands as still looking upon them to pay tythes, and so none of all these are wronged at all: whence tythes are as duly our own, as any mans estate is his; and that is the reason why when people deny our due, we go to the supreme Magistrate (who, as I said, is the Feoffee in trust) in his Officers, and Courts, to help us to our due, as any other man wronged, goeth for right to any Court; whence it is evident, it is meer blindnesse, (if not madnesse) which makes people talk thus against Ministers taking of Tithes, for we take onely what is our own, and no mans else.