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Under the law he gave them tithes ; under the gospel , having left all things in his church to charity and christian freedom , he hath given them only what is justly given them . That , as well under the gospel , as under the law ...
Under the law he gave them tithes ; under the gospel , having left all things in his church to charity and christian freedom , he hath given them only what is justly given them . That , as well under the gospel , as under the law ...
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Besides this , tithes were of two sorts , those of every year , and those of every third former , every one that ... place which he shall choose to place his name there , the tithe of thy corn , of thy wine , and of thine oil , ” & c .
Besides this , tithes were of two sorts , those of every year , and those of every third former , every one that ... place which he shall choose to place his name there , the tithe of thy corn , of thy wine , and of thine oil , ” & c .
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and degrees both by family , dignity , and office , mainly distinguished ; the high priest , his brethren and his sons , to whom the Levites themselves paid tithes , and of the best , were eminently superior , Numb . xviii .
and degrees both by family , dignity , and office , mainly distinguished ; the high priest , his brethren and his sons , to whom the Levites themselves paid tithes , and of the best , were eminently superior , Numb . xviii .
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of priests and deacons improperly compared to the constitution of our ministry ; and the tithes given by that people to those deacons only ; it follows that our ministers at this day , being neither priests nor Levites , por fitly ...
of priests and deacons improperly compared to the constitution of our ministry ; and the tithes given by that people to those deacons only ; it follows that our ministers at this day , being neither priests nor Levites , por fitly ...
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And who unhired will be so hardy as to say , that Abraham at any other time ever paid him tithes , either before or after ; or had then , but for this accidental meeting and obligement ; or that else Melchisedec had demanded or exacted ...
And who unhired will be so hardy as to say , that Abraham at any other time ever paid him tithes , either before or after ; or had then , but for this accidental meeting and obligement ; or that else Melchisedec had demanded or exacted ...
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| Title | Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, George Burnett |
| Author | John Milton |
| Translated by | George Burnett |
| Publisher | J. Miller, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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