An Essay Concerning the Divine Right of TithesR. Grant & Sons, 1700 - 192 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 15
Page 46
... Custom of Pay- ing Tythes out of other things , as well among the Gentiles as the Jews , ( which will be fhewn ) is fufficient- ly Convincing , that nothing which can be Inferr'd from the Text above- quoted , can Limit the Payment of ...
... Custom of Pay- ing Tythes out of other things , as well among the Gentiles as the Jews , ( which will be fhewn ) is fufficient- ly Convincing , that nothing which can be Inferr'd from the Text above- quoted , can Limit the Payment of ...
Page 48
... Custom : And it was thought a Neglect of God , to Pay His Tythe out of the Worft Parts , and not out of the very Beft . And Mr. Selden owns , that the Syriack and Arabick Tranfla- tions of Heb . vij . 2. are Exprefly fo ; i . e . That ...
... Custom : And it was thought a Neglect of God , to Pay His Tythe out of the Worft Parts , and not out of the very Beft . And Mr. Selden owns , that the Syriack and Arabick Tranfla- tions of Heb . vij . 2. are Exprefly fo ; i . e . That ...
Page 51
... Custom of the Nations among the Heathen , to Offer their Tythes to the God whom they Ador'd : And therefore , fome Offer'd their Tythes to One , and fome to Another of their Falfe Gods . But Jacob here Vows to The only True God , That ...
... Custom of the Nations among the Heathen , to Offer their Tythes to the God whom they Ador'd : And therefore , fome Offer'd their Tythes to One , and fome to Another of their Falfe Gods . But Jacob here Vows to The only True God , That ...
Page 57
... Tythe to their Gods . Custom of And gives feveral Inftances for Ex- the Gen- ample , of the Arabians and Phanici- tiles . ans , in Afia , among whom Melchi- fedec " fedec was both a King and a Prieft ; Divine Right of TYTHE S. 57.
... Tythe to their Gods . Custom of And gives feveral Inftances for Ex- the Gen- ample , of the Arabians and Phanici- tiles . ans , in Afia , among whom Melchi- fedec " fedec was both a King and a Prieft ; Divine Right of TYTHE S. 57.
Page 70
... Custom and Laws for Tythes , yet that they were Paid by no more than those who happen'd to be Named in Hiftory for Payment of their Tythe ; though that be told only Occafionally , to Illuftrate other Occurrences , As if I fhou'd make an ...
... Custom and Laws for Tythes , yet that they were Paid by no more than those who happen'd to be Named in Hiftory for Payment of their Tythe ; though that be told only Occafionally , to Illuftrate other Occurrences , As if I fhou'd make an ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acts of Parliament againſt Altar Ananias and Sapphira Apoftle becauſe befides Beft Bleffing Bleſſing call'd Caufes cauſe Chrift Chriftians Church Clergy Clergy-Man Command Confequence cou'd Curfe Cuſtom Dedicated Deut Divine Right do's faid Faith fame fays felf felves fent fhall fhewn fhews fhou'd fince firft firſt First-fruits fome Fruits fuch fuppofe fure Gentiles give God's Gods Gospel Greateſt hath Heathen Hiftory himſelf Holy Honour Ifrael Impropriators Increaſe Inftances Irenæus Jews Judgments King Land Lefs Levites likewife Melchifedec ment Mofes moſt muft muſt Nation Number obfervable offer'd Offerings paid Parliament Pay their Tythe Pay Tythes Pay'd Poor Priesthood Priests Promife Puniſhed Reaſon Receiv'd Referv'd Reft Right of Tythes Sacrifice Sacrilege SECT Selden Senfe ſhall Spoils Subftance Tenth thee thefe themſelves ther therefor theſe thine thofe thoſe Thou thought tion Tribute Truft unto the Lord Uſe Worship wou'd xxiij
Popular passages
Page 260 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.
Page 259 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 12 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee.
Page 208 - Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Page 203 - And unto man he said, Behold, The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom ; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 12 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 109 - Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 207 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 144 - He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him : was not this to know me ? saith the LORD.
Page 260 - For we are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers : our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.