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             A præsent for Cæsar of 100,000 l. in hand and 50,000 l. a year / by Thomas Bradley ...
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       A29120  R32858  (Wing B4135).  civilwar no A præsent for Cæsar, of 100000 l, in hand and 50000 l. a year. By Thomas Bradley D.D. and Minister of Nettlebed, in the County of Oxford. Bradley, Thomas 1658    5078 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 C  The  rate of 12 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           PRAESENT
           FOR
           CAESAR
           ,
           Of
           100000
           l
           ,
           in
           hand
           and
           50000
           l.
           a
           year
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Thomas
             Bradley
          
           D.
           D.
           and
           Minister
           of
           
             Nettlebed
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Oxford
             .
          
        
         
           
             Give
             unto
             
               Caesar
            
             the
             things
             that
             are
             
               Caesars
               .
            
          
           
             
               Luke
            
             20.
             25.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Stephen
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Lewis
          
           in
           Shooe-lane
           ,
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Book-binders
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           his
           Highness
           the
           Lord
           Protector
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Dominions
           thereunto
           belonging
           ,
           
             &c
             ▪
          
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           my
           business
           ,
           nor
           intention
           in
           this
           Paper-praesent
           ,
           to
           set
           out
           all
           
             Caesars
          
           dues
           ,
           or
           duties
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           Subject
           under
           your
           Highness
           government
           ,
           and
           a
           friend
           and
           
           servant
           to
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           whereof
           I
           am
           a
           Member
           ,
           to
           do
           mine
           own
           .
           It
           is
           a
           businesse
           concerning
           which
           I
           have
           formerly
           acquainted
           your
           Highnes
           with
           some
           things
           in
           the
           
           general
           ;
           and
           since
           that
           ,
           some
           others
           appointed
           by
           your
           Highness
           to
           take
           the
           cognisance
           of
           it
           in
           particular
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           at
           this
           present
           before
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           discoveries
           at
           
             VVorcester-house
             :
          
           But
           as
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Sun
           obscures
           all
           other
           lesser
           lights
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           burn
           more
           dimly
           ,
           so
           the
           assembling
           of
           the
           present
           Parliament
           doth
           in
           a
           manner
           suspend
           and
           supersede
           all
           vigorous
           actings
           of
           derivative
           and
           infeour
           powers
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           have
           made
           bold
           to
           make
           this
           address
           immediatly
           unto
           your self
           ,
           and
           to
           present
           unto
           your
           Highness
           own
           hand
           and
           view
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           full
           too
           ,
           the
           whole
           substance
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           with
           the
           grounds
           and
           reasons
           of
           it
           ;
           
           shewing
           the
           legality
           ,
           equity
           ,
           justice
           ,
           and
           necessity
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           at
           your
           leasure
           deliberately
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           confidently
           resolve
           what
           to
           do
           in
           it
           .
           It
           is
           the
           unhappiness
           of
           great
           Princes
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           see
           with
           other
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           and
           hear
           with
           other
           mens
           ears
           ;
           In
           this
           I
           desire
           your
           own
           may
           be
           Judges
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           shall
           humbly
           crave
           your
           favourable
           protection
           in
           the
           offer
           of
           this
           proposal
           ,
           and
           the
           further
           pursute
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           any
           further
           pursute
           be
           made
           in
           it
           :
           For
           although
           it
           speaks
           nothing
           but
           Law
           and
           Reason
           ,
           Equity
           and
           Antiquity
           ;
           yet
           what
           entertainment
           it
           may
           probably
           meet
           with
           when
           it
           comes
           abroad
           ,
           both
           the
           title
           and
           the
           subject
           of
           it
           may
           promise
           and
           presage
           ,
           even
           such
           as
           all
           subjects
           of
           this
           nature
           do
           usually
           find
           ,
           to
           be
           unwelcom
           ;
           yet
           truly
           there
           are
           none
           of
           those
           that
           are
           most
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           upon
           conference
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           
           rightly
           understood
           my
           mind
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Case
           ,
           they
           have
           gone
           away
           wellsatified
           ;
           but
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           better
           satisfied
           ,
           if
           in
           consideration
           of
           those
           great
           sums
           your
           Highness
           is
           to
           receive
           out
           of
           the
           Church-revenues
           ,
           so
           freely
           and
           so
           firmly
           by
           law
           conferr'd
           upon
           you
           ,
           your
           Highness
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           protect
           them
           in
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           to
           settle
           upon
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           confirm
           unto
           it
           her
           antient
           portion
           and
           patrimony
           ,
           the
           Tithes
           ,
           &
           to
           put
           them
           into
           a
           better
           capacity
           of
           demanding
           and
           receiving
           them
           ,
           than
           now
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           when
           men
           will
           pay
           them
           but
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           do
           but
           demand
           their
           dues
           of
           them
           in
           a
           legal
           way
           ,
           presently
           they
           are
           threatned
           with
           ejectment
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           things
           now
           stand
           with
           them
           )
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           compass
           ,
           considering
           the
           many
           pins
           upon
           which
           their
           standing
           doth
           depend
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           of
           exceptions
           ,
           
           which
           the
           Commissions
           ,
           Proclamations
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           and
           Ordinances
           made
           concerning
           them
           (
           if
           stretch'd
           upon
           the
           tenters
           ,
           to
           the
           extremity
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           acted
           upon
           with
           rigour
           )
           make
           them
           liable
           unto
           ;
           besides
           ,
           many
           of
           those
           which
           are
           their
           Judges
           in
           these
           cases
           being
           of
           different
           judgements
           from
           them
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           ways
           of
           worship
           ,
           and
           directly
           principled
           ,
           not
           only
           against
           their
           persons
           ,
           but
           even
           against
           their
           very
           callings
           and
           the
           payment
           of
           Tithes
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           their
           livelihood
           ,
           and
           your
           Highnesses
           revenue
           should
           arise
           ,
           the
           continuance
           whereof
           is
           the
           only
           way
           of
           perpetuating
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           which
           once
           taken
           away
           ,
           it
           will
           inevitably
           follow
           ,
           that
           in
           short
           space
           the
           Ministry
           will
           be
           utterly
           ruined
           and
           rooted
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           that
           once
           down
           ,
           all
           other
           Ordinances
           fall
           with
           it
           ,
           which
           
           it
           is
           your
           highest
           honour
           to
           protect
           ,
           and
           to
           uphold
           ;
           but
           leaving
           those
           matters
           to
           your
           Higness
           wisedom
           and
           care
           ,
           with
           the
           contribution
           of
           my
           prayers
           to
           the
           great
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           the
           high
           dispoof
           all
           things
           ,
           for
           his
           blessed
           protection
           ,
           direction
           ,
           and
           assistance
           ,
           to
           be
           ever
           present
           with
           you
           in
           all
           your
           Great
           ,
           Noble
           ,
           High
           ,
           Wise
           ,
           and
           Religious
           undertakings
           ,
           I
           passe
           to
           the
           businese
           intended
           ,
           and
           subscribe
           as
           above
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Highnesses
             and
             the
             Commonwealths
             ,
             to
             serve
             you
             in
             all
             good
             ways
             ,
             Thomas
             Bradley
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           PRAESENT
           FOR
           
             CAESAR
             .
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           no
           man
           that
           looks
           upon
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           considers
           it
           in
           the
           posture
           that
           now
           it
           stands
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           confesse
           that
           it
           
           would
           require
           even
           the
           golden
           mines
           of
           
             Peru
          
           to
           defray
           the
           charge
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           businesses
           in
           which
           it
           is
           engag'd
           ;
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           supream
           Magistrate
           ,
           upon
           whose
           shoulders
           the
           government
           of
           it
           lies
           ,
           is
           forc'd
           to
           raise
           vast
           sums
           of
           money
           by
           such
           ways
           &
           means
           as
           reason
           of
           state
           puts
           him
           upon
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           contribution
           ,
           excise
           ,
           decimation
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           )
           for
           the
           managing
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           lie
           heavy
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           
           are
           resented
           as
           grievous
           burdens
           :
           for
           let
           reason
           of
           State
           speak
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           and
           necessity
           be
           never
           so
           pressing
           ,
           men
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           their
           money
           ,
           t
           is
           ease
           and
           freedom
           from
           burthens
           that
           they
           look
           for
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           sensibly
           feel
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           sit
           down
           satisfied
           and
           contentedly
           acquiesce
           in
           their
           condition
           .
           What
           was
           it
           that
           kept
           the
           10
           tribes
           so
           close
           to
           
             Jeroboam
             ,
          
           and
           his
           successors
           ,
           after
           
           the
           rent
           from
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           that
           through
           the
           reign
           of
           18
           Kings
           they
           kept
           constant
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           never
           returned
           again
           ,
           But
           that
           he
           did
           that
           which
           
             Rehoboam
          
           should
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           people
           sued
           for
           ,
           and
           the
           grave
           Counsellers
           advised
           him
           to
           ,
           in
           making
           their
           yoaks
           easier
           ,
           and
           their
           burdens
           lighter
           ?
           The
           nearest
           way
           
           for
           us
           to
           do
           so
           too
           ,
           is
           to
           alter
           the
           chargeable
           posture
           that
           we
           now
           stand
           in
           ,
           if
           with
           honour
           ,
           justice
           ,
           
           and
           safety
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           done
           :
           but
           if
           that
           cannot
           be
           ,
           the
           next
           way
           is
           to
           supply
           it
           with
           treasure
           ,
           by
           such
           ways
           and
           means
           as
           are
           most
           clear
           and
           smooth
           ,
           and
           least
           liable
           to
           exceptions
           ;
           and
           what
           more
           clear
           than
           what
           Law
           hath
           determined
           ?
           what
           more
           just
           than
           for
           a
           man
           to
           demand
           his
           own
           ?
           what
           more
           equal
           than
           for
           men
           to
           pay
           their
           debts
           which
           they
           owe
           ?
           t
           is
           not
           a
           curtesie
           ,
           but
           a
           duty
           ,
           not
           a
           gratuity
           ,
           but
           the
           
           
           
           payment
           of
           a
           just
           and
           due
           debt
           ,
           
             To
             render
             unto
          
           Caesar
           
             the
             things
             that
             are
          
           Caesars
           .
           And
           such
           is
           that
           which
           here
           I
           offer
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           may
           be
           managed
           by
           such
           hands
           as
           I
           have
           ready
           to
           commend
           ,
           of
           men
           of
           known
           worth
           and
           integrity
           ,
           fidelity
           and
           ability
           to
           undertake
           ,
           and
           to
           perform
           it
           ,
           It
           shall
           bring
           in
           to
           the
           Treasury
           for
           the
           Praesent
           100000l
           .
           and
           to
           the
           Revenue
           50000l
           .
           yearly
           ,
           and
           clearly
           ,
           without
           any
           charge
           to
           the
           
           State
           in
           the
           gathering
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           trouble
           ,
           or
           just
           cause
           of
           grievance
           to
           any
           other
           that
           are
           most
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ,
           whose
           good
           is
           principally
           aim'd
           at
           in
           this
           design
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Doe
             propose
             ,
             that
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             26.
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             8th
             .
             and
             of
             the
             first
             of
             Qu.
             
               Eliz.
            
             for
             payment
             of
             first-fruits
             ,
             and
             tenths
             ,
             may
             be
             put
             into
             due
             execution
             ,
             which
             require
             that
             
             they
             be
             paid
             in
             to
             the
             true
             value
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             they
             stand
             partially
             rated
             in
             the
             late
             Kings
             books
             ,
             by
             an
             antient
             inquiry
             made
             above
             100
             years
             since
             ,
             which
             gives
             them
             not
             in
             to
             the
             5th
             .
             nor
             to
             the
             6th
             .
             nor
             scarce
             to
             the
             8th
             .
             part
             of
             the
             true
             value
             of
             them
             ,
             throughout
             the
             land
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Some
             reasons
             shewing
             the
             reasonableness
             ,
             equity
             ,
             justice
             ,
             and
             seasonablenesse
             of
             this
             Demand
             .
          
           
             
             FIrst
             it
             is
             legal
             that
             they
             should
             be
             so
             paid
             ,
             the
             Statute
             is
             clear
             ,
             and
             peremptory
             for
             it
             as
             above
             ,
             the
             26.
             of
             
               Hen.
            
             the
             8.
             and
             the
             1.
             or
             Qu.
             
             
               Eliz.
               
            
          
           
           
             
             Secondly
             ,
             And
             that
             Statute
             made
             in
             a
             free
             &
             full
             Parliament
             ,
             where
             the
             Bishops
             chiefly
             concern'd
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             Lords
             Spiritual
             (
             so
             called
             )
             sate
             in
             the
             upper
             House
             ,
             in
             great
             power
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             in
             that
             Parliament
             six
             and
             twenty
             Abbots
             ,
             which
             (
             together
             )
             with
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             were
             able
             to
             have
             carried
             a
             Vote
             against
             the
             Lords
             temporal
             ,
             which
             in
             those
             days
             were
             not
             so
             numerous
             .
             And
             
             besides
             these
             a
             full
             Convocation
             of
             the
             Clergy
             sitting
             ,
             and
             unanimously
             assenting
             to
             it
             ,
          
           
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             And
             this
             Act
             so
             considerable
             ,
             that
             three
             of
             the
             greatest
             Officers
             in
             the
             land
             ,
             The
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ,
             the
             Lord
             chief
             Baron
             ,
             and
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Rolls
             ,
             are
             thereby
             required
             to
             make
             Inquiry
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             by
             all
             the
             ways
             and
             means
             they
             can
             in
             their
             discretiō
             devise
             ,
             to
             find
             out
             the
             true
             
             values
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             first-fruits
             and
             tenths
             may
             be
             paid
             in
             accordingly
             .
             And
             against
             those
             would
             I
             have
             put
             in
             my
             information
             in
             the
             Committee
             for
             discoveries
             ,
             if
             my
             Council
             had
             not
             otherwise
             perswaded
             and
             over-ruled
             me
             .
          
           
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             There
             is
             good
             Bond
             for
             it
             ,
             which
             every
             Incumbent
             (
             at
             his
             entrance
             into
             his
             living
             )
             enters
             into
             the
             first-fruits
             Office
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Melius
            
             
             
               Inquirendum
               ,
            
             the
             Condition
             whereof
             runs
             as
             followeth
             .
          
           
             
               THe
               Condition
               of
               this
               Obligation
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Rectory
               of
               
                 A.
              
               in
               the
               County
               of
               
                 B.
              
               be
               hereafter
               proved
               to
               be
               of
               more
               yearly
               value
               than
               ten
               pounds
               ,
               then
               if
               
                 C.
                 D.
              
               Incumbent
               there
               ,
               do
               answer
               the
               Keepers
               of
               the
               Liberties
               
               of
               
                 England
              
               accordingly
               within
               one
               moneth
               after
               Certificate
               of
               due
               proof
               thereof
               had
               ,
               and
               delivered
               unto
               him
               ,
               without
               fraud
               or
               further
               delay
               ▪
               then
               this
               present
               Obligation
               to
               be
               void
               and
               of
               none
               effect
               ,
               or
               else
               to
               stand
               and
               remain
               in
               full
               force
               and
               vertue
               .
            
          
           
           
             I
             Have
             taken
             some
             pains
             ,
             and
             been
             at
             some
             cost
             in
             this
             Inquiry
             ,
             and
             I
             find
             this
             ten
             pound
             ,
             commonly
             to
             be
             an
             hundred
             ,
             seldom
             less
             than
             fourscore
             ;
             as
             for
             instances
             ,
             the
             Rectory
             of
             
               Alsford
            
             in
             
               Hampshire
               ,
            
             stands
             in
             the
             late
             Kings
             Books
             at
             
               29l
               .
            
             and
             some
             odd
             shillings
             :
             I
             have
             known
             this
             Rectory
             to
             be
             let
             at
             450l
             .
             
               communibus
               annis
               ,
            
             and
             besides
             the
             
               *
            
             incumbent
             reserving
             to
             himself
             the
             
             house
             ,
             with
             the
             accommodatious
             about
             it
             ,
             with
             some
             gleab
             land
             ,
             and
             other
             advantages
             ,
             to
             the
             value
             of
             30l
             .
             a
             year
             ,
             and
             upward
             .
             I
             could
             multiply
             instances
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             necessary
             .
          
           
             
             Fifthly
             ,
             We
             may
             better
             now
             afford
             to
             doe
             it
             than
             heretofore
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             we
             are
             freed
             from
             many
             other
             burdens
             ,
             and
             yearely
             payments
             which
             formerly
             we
             stood
             charged
             
             withall
             (
             as
             Synodals
             ,
             and
             procurations
             )
             and
             good
             reason
             for
             it
             ;
             for
             the
             duties
             upon
             which
             they
             were
             charg'd
             being
             laid
             down
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             calling
             of
             Synods
             ,
             and
             visitations
             of
             the
             Churches
             ,
             which
             were
             to
             be
             done
             at
             the
             
             charge
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             it
             will
             follow
             rationally
             ,
             that
             the
             charge
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             these
             duties
             ,
             should
             die
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             contributions
             usually
             given
             to
             the
             Bishops
             at
             their
             
             first
             entrance
             upon
             their
             Sees
             by
             way
             of
             gratuity
             .
          
           
             
             Sixthly
             ,
             It
             was
             not
             so
             long
             since
             it
             was
             questioned
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             Parliament
             too
             ,
             whether
             any
             tithes
             should
             be
             paid
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             shall
             it
             now
             be
             questioned
             ,
             whether
             these
             dues
             shall
             be
             paid
             out
             of
             them
             to
             his
             Highness
             which
             the
             Law
             requires
             ?
          
           
             
             Seventhly
             ,
             VVhat
             more
             usual
             with
             Christian
             
             Kings
             and
             Commonwealths
             than
             in
             great
             exigencies
             of
             affairs
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             chargeable
             wars
             ,
             &c
             ▪
             to
             supply
             their
             wants
             out
             of
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             receiving
             sometimes
             a
             tenth
             ,
             sometimes
             a
             fifteenth
             part
             throughout
             their
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             that
             where
             they
             have
             no
             such
             Law
             for
             it
             as
             we
             have
             ,
             but
             only
             
               raggione
               del
               Stato
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Italian
            
             speaks
             ?
          
           
             
             Eightly
             ,
             If
             you
             look
             
             upon
             the
             Preface
             that
             usher'd
             in
             this
             Act
             when
             it
             was
             first
             made
             ,
             in
             the
             26.
             of
             
               Hen.
            
             8.
             you
             shall
             find
             it
             speaks
             as
             strongly
             for
             his
             Highness
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             affairs
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             now
             ,
             and
             they
             do
             as
             necessarily
             require
             it
             ,
             as
             then
             they
             did
             .
          
           
             
             Ninthly
             ,
             Doe
             the
             great
             affairs
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             force
             his
             Highness
             to
             raise
             such
             great
             summes
             of
             mony
             for
             the
             managing
             
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             such
             ways
             and
             means
             as
             reason
             of
             state
             puts
             him
             upon
             ,
             as
             by
             contribution
             ,
             decimation
             ,
             excise
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             is
             it
             fit
             that
             such
             sums
             as
             these
             are
             ,
             which
             are
             clearly
             due
             by
             Law
             ,
             should
             lie
             asleep
             ,
             and
             be
             wav'd
             the
             while
             ?
          
           
             
             Tenthly
             ,
             Let
             noe
             man
             think
             it
             strange
             ,
             that
             the
             
               melius
               Inquirendum
            
             should
             be
             now
             set
             on
             foot
             :
             The
             Lord
             Treasurer
             
               Buckhurst
            
             was
             
             setting
             it
             on
             foot
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             as
             his
             Secretary
             
               Gurney
            
             told
             me
             about
             eight
             and
             twenty
             years
             agoe
             ,
             at
             my
             return
             out
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             where
             I
             had
             been
             with
             the
             Lord
             
               Cottington
               ,
            
             Embassadour
             ▪
             extraordinary
             ,
             upon
             the
             treaty
             of
             the
             peace
             between
             the
             two
             Kingdoms
             ,
             then
             and
             there
             honourably
             concluded
             ,
             ever
             since
             which
             time
             I
             have
             had
             it
             by
             me
             .
          
           
             
             Eleventhly
             ,
             I
             offered
             to
             set
             it
             on
             foot
             in
             the
             
             late
             Kings
             time
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             purpose
             acquainted
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             he
             kept
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             charged
             me
             upon
             my
             Canonical
             obedience
             I
             should
             not
             stir
             in
             it
             ,
             neither
             did
             I
             while
             I
             owed
             him
             any
             .
          
           
             
             Twelfthly
             ,
             and
             mainly
             ,
             even
             those
             which
             are
             most
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             may
             pretend
             to
             have
             greatest
             cause
             to
             except
             against
             it
             ,
             shall
             receive
             advantage
             
             
             
             by
             it
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             settle
             them
             in
             their
             tithes
             ,
             and
             to
             confirm
             them
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             engage
             his
             Highness
             to
             protect
             them
             in
             the
             possession
             and
             enjoyment
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             before
             ,
             and
             as
             yet
             doe
             stand
             but
             upon
             tottering
             terms
             ;
             most
             of
             the
             Counties
             in
             
               England
            
             having
             petitioned
             against
             them
             ;
             let
             them
             pay
             their
             dues
             ,
             and
             they
             may
             with
             the
             better
             confidence
             demand
             and
             require
             them
             :
             But
             in
             the
             
             mean
             time
             ,
             while
             they
             pay
             their
             dues
             to
             his
             Highness
             in
             such
             an
             inconsiderable
             proportion
             ,
             what
             if
             the
             Parishioner
             should
             take
             the
             advantage
             of
             it
             to
             pay
             his
             tithes
             by
             the
             same
             proportion
             ;
             and
             being
             required
             to
             pay
             them
             to
             the
             full
             value
             ,
             shall
             answer
             ,
             that
             he
             pays
             his
             tithes
             in
             to
             the
             Incumbent
             ,
             after
             the
             same
             proportion
             ,
             that
             the
             Incumbent
             pays
             them
             in
             to
             his
             Highness
             and
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             both
             
             being
             equally
             due
             ?
             How
             this
             will
             stand
             good
             in
             Law
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             is
             good
             in
             equity
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             were
             the
             revenues
             yet
             left
             unto
             the
             Church
             distributed
             in
             any
             indifferent
             or
             reasonable
             proportion
             ,
             with
             due
             respect
             had
             to
             the
             different
             worth
             ,
             gifts
             ,
             and
             parts
             ,
             of
             those
             that
             are
             imployed
             in
             the
             glorious
             work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             the
             different
             Congregations
             under
             
             their
             several
             charges
             ,
             there
             is
             yet
             left
             means
             abundantly
             sufficient
             for
             the
             maintenance
             and
             encouragement
             of
             an
             able
             Ministrie
             throughout
             the
             land
             ,
             cheerfully
             paying
             out
             of
             it
             his
             Highnesses
             dues
             too
             ,
             which
             the
             Law
             requires
             in
             testimony
             of
             their
             thankfullnesse
             to
             him
             for
             protecting
             them
             in
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             For
             besides
             all
             the
             defalcations
             and
             deductions
             that
             have
             been
             made
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
             
               Hen.
            
             the
             8.
             and
             of
             the
             late
             Parliament
             ,
             there
             is
             yet
             left
             unto
             it
             full
             half
             a
             million
             a
             year
             ,
             and
             if
             course
             were
             taken
             ,
             that
             this
             might
             be
             prudently
             proportioned
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             greater
             livings
             might
             help
             the
             lesser
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             found
             abundantly
             sufficient
             for
             both
             ;
             and
             so
             all
             the
             revenues
             of
             the
             first-fruits
             Office
             ,
             would
             come
             in
             clearly
             unto
             his
             Highness
             ,
             which
             now
             goes
             all
             out
             in
             augmentations
             ,
             and
             doth
             not
             serve
             
             the
             turn
             neither
             ;
             And
             if
             all
             the
             revenues
             of
             the
             Church
             will
             not
             now
             be
             sufficient
             for
             the
             maintaining
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             now
             they
             are
             all
             set
             a
             part
             ,
             and
             appropriated
             to
             that
             use
             ,
             how
             did
             it
             serve
             the
             turn
             antiently
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             scarce
             a
             fourth
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             other
             three
             being
             distributed
             to
             other
             uses
             ?
             for
             if
             you
             look
             back
             into
             antiquity
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             primitively
             these
             revenues
             were
             not
             shar'd
             amongst
             the
             
             Clergy
             
               parochiatim
               ,
            
             by
             Parish
             meal
             ,
             as
             now
             ,
             it
             was
             many
             hundred
             years
             since
             Christ
             ,
             before
             the
             Land
             was
             so
             divided
             ,
             and
             cantoniz'd
             into
             Parishes
             ;
             but
             all
             the
             tithes
             and
             oblations
             ,
             and
             other
             revenues
             of
             the
             Church
             were
             put
             into
             several
             Church
             Treasuries
             ,
             in
             every
             Diocese
             one
             ,
             those
             treasuries
             committed
             to
             the
             care
             and
             trust
             of
             faithfull
             and
             prudent
             men
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             were
             to
             be
             distributed
             to
             pious
             and
             
             charitable
             uses
             ,
             as
             need
             did
             require
             ;
             those
             men
             by
             whom
             they
             were
             to
             be
             thus
             distributed
             ,
             were
             the
             Deacons
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             primitive
             institution
             ,
             
               Act.
            
             6.
             
             Those
             uses
             unto
             which
             they
             were
             distributed
             ,
             were
             principally
             these
             four
             .
             First
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Ministry
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             poor
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             for
             the
             building
             and
             repairing
             of
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Religious
             houses
             .
             And
             4thly
             ,
             for
             the
             redemption
             
             of
             Christian
             Captives
             ,
             the
             relief
             of
             persecuted
             Christians
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             so
             that
             of
             all
             these
             revenues
             there
             was
             not
             above
             a
             4th
             .
             part
             fell
             to
             their
             share
             ;
             nor
             that
             neither
             ,
             but
             with
             these
             2
             limitations
             .
          
           
             
             First
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             no
             other
             competent
             means
             of
             their
             own
             to
             live
             upon
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             had
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             antient
             Canons
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             receive
             no
             distribution
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             Revenue
             ;
             but
             were
             to
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             
             freely
             .
             
               Qui
               bonis
               Parentum
               sustentari
               possunt
               Clerici
               ,
               si
               quod
               pauperum
               est
               accipiunt
               ,
               sacrilegium
               committunt
               ;
            
             Clerks
             or
             
             Clergy
             men
             which
             may
             be
             sustained
             by
             the
             goods
             of
             their
             Parents
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             I
             conceive
             he
             means
             )
             by
             maintenance
             left
             them
             by
             their
             Parents
             ,
             if
             they
             take
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             poors
             patrimony
             ,
             they
             commit
             sacrilege
             ;
             and
             what
             they
             meant
             by
             the
             poors
             patrimony
             ,
             appears
             by
             the
             same
             father
             in
             another
             
             place
             .
             
               Quicquid
               possidet
               Ecclesia
               ,
               vel
               in
               fundis
               ,
               vel
               in
               pecunia
               ,
               pauperum
               est
               patrimonium
               ;
            
             Whatsoever
             the
             Church
             possesseth
             ,
             either
             in
             lands
             ,
             or
             in
             money
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             patrimony
             of
             the
             poor
             ,
             they
             only
             had
             the
             honour
             and
             the
             trust
             of
             the
             distributing
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             overseeing
             the
             distributing
             of
             it
             by
             the
             Deacons
             ,
             in
             which
             regard
             most
             properly
             they
             were
             
               Episcopi
               ,
            
             which
             signifieth
             overseers
             ;
             And
             good
             reason
             that
             themselves
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             
             the
             Clergy
             having
             not
             otherwise
             wherewith
             to
             sustain
             themselves
             ,
             should
             be
             supplied
             out
             of
             the
             treasury
             ;
             And
             so
             they
             were
             ,
             but
             (
             which
             was
             the
             second
             limitation
             )
             that
             so
             sparingly
             ,
             and
             so
             frugally
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             be
             no
             allowance
             for
             any
             vain
             ,
             or
             unnecessary
             expences
             ,
             much
             less
             for
             purchasing
             of
             lands
             and
             houses
             ,
             for
             raising
             of
             families
             to
             greatness
             ,
             least
             of
             all
             for
             Princely
             pomp
             ,
             and
             state
             ;
             for
             what
             the
             
             pomp
             &
             state
             of
             Bishops
             
             was
             in
             those
             days
             ,
             appears
             by
             that
             modest
             Canon
             made
             in
             the
             antient
             Council
             of
             
               A
               quileia
               ,
            
             in
             these
             words
             
               *
            
             
               Episcopus
               non
               procul
               ab
               Ecclesia
               habeat
               hospitiolum
               ,
               vilem
               mensam
               ,
               &
               supellectilem
               ;
            
             Let
             the
             Bishop
             have
             near
             unto
             the
             Church
             a
             little
             house
             or
             Hospital
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             a
             mean
             table
             ,
             with
             mean
             houshouldstuff
             .
             That
             grave
             Council
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             prophesie
             foreseeing
             ,
             and
             prudently
             endeavouring
             
             to
             prevent
             that
             which
             after
             followed
             in
             the
             Princely
             pomp
             of
             Prelates
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             these
             things
             duly
             cosidered
             ,
             I
             hope
             no
             man
             will
             be
             offended
             at
             me
             for
             what
             I
             here
             offer
             and
             present
             ;
             but
             rather
             that
             I
             shall
             deserve
             thanks
             from
             all
             parties
             concern'd
             in
             it
             respectively
             ;
             from
             his
             Highness
             for
             endeavouring
             the
             augmentation
             of
             his
             Treasury
             ,
             and
             the
             increase
             of
             his
             Revenue
             ▪
             
             in
             a
             legal
             way
             ,
             whereby
             he
             may
             be
             the
             better
             inabled
             to
             defray
             the
             charge
             ,
             and
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             great
             businesses
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             committed
             to
             his
             care
             and
             trust
             ;
             from
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             whose
             affairs
             shall
             by
             this
             means
             be
             the
             better
             administred
             ,
             and
             they
             in
             due
             time
             eas'd
             from
             other
             burdens
             ,
             now
             lying
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             from
             my
             brethren
             in
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             whose
             portion
             and
             patrimony
             shall
             by
             this
             
             means
             be
             setled
             and
             confirmed
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             Highness
             ingaged
             to
             protect
             them
             in
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             them
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             own
             interest
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             other
             their
             antient
             duties
             and
             immunities
             ,
             now
             miserably
             invaded
             .
             In
             three
             words
             ,
             Me
             thinks
             it
             should
             be
             satisfactory
             to
             all
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             here
             proposed
             but
             what
             there
             is
             Law
             for
             ,
             what
             there
             is
             reason
             for
             ,
             and
             what
             there
             is
             bond
             for
             .
             If
             his
             Highness
             will
             
             be
             pleased
             to
             remit
             all
             these
             his
             dues
             now
             he
             knows
             them
             ,
             he
             shall
             therein
             do
             a
             very
             noble
             ,
             and
             gracious
             Act
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             have
             my
             share
             in
             the
             benefit
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             if
             (
             the
             exigencies
             of
             the
             time
             so
             requiring
             )
             he
             shal
             be
             pleased
             to
             demand
             them
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             more
             reason
             to
             be
             offended
             with
             him
             for
             taking
             his
             own
             ,
             than
             the
             people
             have
             to
             be
             offended
             with
             us
             for
             taking
             ours
             .
             The
             way
             for
             us
             to
             improve
             this
             payment
             
             to
             our
             own
             advantage
             ,
             is
             to
             doe
             it
             freely
             ,
             and
             cheerfully
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             our
             sence
             of
             the
             pressing
             necessities
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             and
             our
             thankfulness
             to
             his
             Highness
             for
             our
             protection
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             offer
             it
             up
             to
             him
             as
             a
             free-will
             offering
             ;
             though
             there
             were
             no
             Law
             at
             all
             to
             require
             it
             .
             Were
             the
             Clergy
             of
             those
             times
             so
             sensible
             of
             the
             great
             burthens
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             so
             thankfull
             to
             the
             King
             for
             his
             care
             and
             pains
             in
             
             managing
             the
             affairs
             of
             it
             in
             troublesome
             times
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             such
             a
             Law
             when
             there
             was
             none
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             be
             so
             insensible
             of
             the
             greater
             burdens
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             or
             so
             unthankfull
             to
             the
             supreme
             Magistrate
             ,
             upon
             whose
             shoulders
             the
             weight
             of
             them
             lies
             more
             heavy
             than
             ever
             it
             did
             upon
             that
             King
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             observe
             it
             now
             it
             is
             made
             ?
             surely
             ,
             as
             the
             Clergy
             of
             those
             times
             did
             shew
             their
             sense
             of
             
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             their
             thankfullness
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             in
             their
             free
             offer
             of
             this
             their
             assistance
             ,
             in
             making
             such
             a
             Law
             ;
             so
             the
             Ministry
             of
             these
             times
             will
             be
             much
             more
             forward
             to
             doe
             their
             parts
             to
             assist
             ,
             enable
             ,
             and
             encourage
             the
             Magistrate
             in
             his
             government
             by
             keeping
             it
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             to
             put
             to
             his
             little
             finger
             ,
             to
             the
             easing
             of
             him
             of
             the
             heavy
             burthen
             of
             it
             lying
             upon
             his
             shoulders
             ;
             so
             as
             I
             trust
             I
             may
             generally
             
             in
             the
             name
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             my self
             ,
             tender
             this
             present
             unto
             him
             as
             to
             our
             Patron
             ,
             Protector
             and
             Benefactor
             .
             And
             although
             that
             servant
             which
             doth
             no
             more
             than
             his
             duty
             cannot
             plead
             merit
             ,
             nor
             challenge
             any
             extraordinary
             reward
             ;
             yet
             upon
             this
             our
             readiness
             and
             cheerfullness
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             it
             ,
             we
             may
             undoubtedly
             promise
             unto
             our selves
             from
             his
             Highness
             such
             Acts
             of
             grace
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             our
             
             calling
             ,
             and
             protection
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             our
             maintenance
             by
             tithes
             ,
             and
             that
             competent
             and
             certain
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             indifferent
             manner
             proportiond
             unto
             us
             ,
             &
             of
             our
             restauration
             to
             all
             other
             privileges
             ,
             immunities
             &
             exemptions
             belonging
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             may
             abundantly
             recompence
             the
             cost
             of
             our
             obedience
             in
             this
             matter
             .
             In
             order
             to
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             of
             settling
             all
             things
             into
             a
             right
             posture
             ,
             concerning
             the
             
             Ministry
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             paper
             drawn
             up
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             care
             ,
             pains
             ,
             study
             ,
             and
             circumspection
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             the
             late
             Parliament
             ,
             though
             their
             multiplicity
             of
             business
             would
             not
             permit
             them
             to
             peruse
             and
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             within
             the
             time
             limited
             ;
             which
             although
             it
             were
             presented
             by
             inconsiderable
             hands
             ,
             Mr.
             
             
               Bakers
            
             and
             my
             own
             ,
             yet
             there
             were
             other
             hands
             and
             heads
             used
             in
             the
             composing
             and
             perusing
             of
             
             it
             much
             more
             considerable
             ;
             which
             if
             his
             Highnesses
             greater
             businesses
             would
             but
             permit
             him
             to
             peruse
             ,
             or
             this
             present
             Parliament
             now
             conven'd
             to
             consider
             of
             ,
             or
             to
             appoint
             some
             grave
             Committee
             to
             take
             the
             cognizance
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             found
             to
             be
             of
             special
             use
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             them
             much
             light
             and
             many
             hints
             as
             to
             this
             business
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             despised
             ,
             in
             which
             we
             shall
             be
             ready
             at
             all
             times
             to
             serve
             them
             
             with
             our
             best
             endeavours
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             required
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             (
             as
             also
             in
             any
             thing
             else
             that
             I
             have
             written
             ,
             as
             touching
             the
             setling
             of
             Ministers
             in
             their
             dues
             ,
             and
             their
             payment
             of
             their
             dues
             ,
             I
             humbly
             crave
             to
             be
             candidly
             interpreted
             on
             both
             hands
             ,
             my
             intentions
             in
             reference
             to
             both
             ,
             being
             honest
             ,
             just
             ,
             and
             good
             ,
             that
             
               Caesar
            
             may
             have
             his
             due
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             that
             pay
             it
             may
             have
             theirs
             too
             ,
             with
             an
             earnest
             desire
             and
             hope
             ,
             
             that
             as
             they
             are
             to
             pay
             with
             one
             hand
             ,
             so
             they
             may
             receive
             with
             the
             other
             ;
             that
             in
             consideration
             of
             these
             great
             sums
             by
             their
             own
             voluntary
             Act
             ,
             so
             clearly
             coming
             to
             the
             publike
             treasury
             ,
             for
             the
             publike
             good
             ,
             some
             Act
             of
             Grace
             may
             be
             past
             for
             them
             ,
             or
             something
             done
             in
             favour
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             may
             so
             ballance
             the
             payment
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             may
             resent
             it
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             burthen
             ,
             but
             a
             benefit
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             damage
             ,
             but
             
             an
             advantage
             ;
             if
             it
             shall
             please
             his
             Highness
             as
             freely
             to
             remit
             the
             payment
             unto
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             at
             first
             grant
             it
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             engage
             the
             Pulpit
             to
             him
             that
             way
             ,
             what
             is
             that
             to
             me
             ?
             why
             should
             my
             eye
             be
             evil
             because
             his
             is
             good
             ?
             he
             shall
             therein
             do
             an
             act
             both
             of
             bounty
             and
             policy
             ;
             but
             what
             will
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             think
             the
             while
             ,
             when
             (
             reason
             of
             State
             and
             necessity
             so
             requiring
             )
             he
             
             shall
             raise
             such
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             from
             them
             by
             all
             the
             ways
             and
             means
             he
             can
             rationally
             and
             prudentially
             devise
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             gratifie
             these
             with
             such
             great
             sums
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             so
             clearly
             by
             Law
             and
             reason
             due
             unto
             him
             ?
             may
             his
             Highness
             be
             pleased
             but
             to
             take
             his
             own
             dues
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             grant
             them
             theirs
             in
             their
             antient
             portion
             ,
             and
             patrimony
             ,
             with
             all
             those
             privileges
             ,
             immunities
             &
             exemptions
             ,
             
             in
             which
             the
             Law
             hath
             indulg'd
             them
             ,
             custom
             confirm'd
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Kings
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             not
             only
             since
             the
             conquest
             ,
             but
             since
             the
             first
             reformation
             have
             protected
             them
             in
             ,
             his
             Highness
             dues
             may
             be
             paid
             ,
             his
             treasuries
             supplyed
             ,
             the
             Common-wealth
             eased
             in
             good
             part
             in
             some
             other
             burdens
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             this
             they
             no
             losers
             but
             gainers
             by
             the
             bargain
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A29120e-190
           
             Col.
             
               Goffe
               ,
            
             Lieut.
             Col.
             
               Worsley
               ,
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Scobel
            
             Clark
             of
             the
             Council
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29120e-370
           
             I
             mean
             not
             as
             to
             the
             form
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             Dr.
             Healinge
             .
          
           
             Procurabit
             Hospitia
             ,
             &
             Synodalia
             .
          
           
             Hieron.
             cap.
             Clericos
             ,
             1.
             
             &
             2.
             
          
           
             Concil.
             Aquil
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             motto
             of
             my
             house
             at
             
               Nettl●bed
               .