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ejagan pExfrteugiftr ) / from those mho discWim ; its validity ; xleny its jHStkjp ^ iippeai rfrci ra / the authori ty ^ axid contort * the > society 4 * of tfc& / badiTnthatclaini 8 itas itfe ipropexrty . (» » i jj- « v ;» /{ ry iMrLCobbett , in examining the right of the parsons 'to ^ thip i objectionable source of revenue , ( in the last ti gorous effort of his
Xtmmf jpwii ) has very truly said , ' that as far as they are conearned ,, it i $ of no manner of consequence to inquire into the truth ori £ ufcsehood of the opinions upon which its early foundations rsfet ; it is sufficient to trace its Protestant beginnings , to prove tblutas far as regards them , tithe is an imprescriptive , unjust , unconstitutional , and impudent exaction , usurpation , and tyranny . But els it is my intention to say a few words explaining why tithe in its Catholic origin was just , and why , from growing and altering circumstances , even in Catholic countries it has ceased to be so , it is
necessary that I should briefly allude to its ori gin , which I thus do : — Every one acknowledges the duty of obedience that the members sof a club or associated body owe to the rules which protect a * id' constitute that society . Such an exclusive bod y was the whole Jewish people ; and all owning the divine origin of their laws in every iota , and , which is a natural consequence ,
feeling , therefore , the necessity of obeying them , no one was injured evin by a compulsory gathering of the tenths then established , had this been necessary ; but on the contrary , any disobedience in tills respect would justly have incurred upon the perverse member excommunication , or a cutting off * from the society and its privileges . Thus much must be acknowledged ; but now let me ask a question—When the Jews established themselves as a people , and that 'by > divine command , with even a divine right of conquest , did the-iJews demand this tribute of the disbelieving nations anriqnd them ? The answer must be—No ! it was required of those oul ^ whd were born of their family , or who voluntarily sought its abaicity , and took upon themselves its laws ; and from those no longer than they chose to conform to them , —they might drive oft the n * substance , and leave the land and the society they abjured . Similar was the origin , and similar the practice , of the early Gfariptilaiis ^ and whether we consider their tenth as a continuation
dfithe earlier prescriptive practice of their Israelitish progenitors , on aiore correctly , as a foundation and institution of their own , as iJteew and separate body , it was exercised after a like manner ; % hey « ever dreamed of demanding it of their pagan brethren , or of churning it as a usage of which they had robbed their forefathers of tPaJft&tine , and now wielded over them . Few in number *—
irew m powerr + *~ at first they could not had they willed it : Jot mtay qtfttturiefcwken they could they did not ; and token they did , (¦ hfcim ^ h ^ t invalidated not * he . truths or fianqtjW c ^ T > iA # trit « - tf ^ Sm ^ Mye ^ l . wilbnet htfiitate fta . day , that it degraded the purity o ) / n ( uunt « c ^^^^ iic 1 ^ x ^ t | t ^ m ^ t 1 A ^ 4 u * i ^ it ^ ' - ' < '
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¦ IS Opinions * f * a MMrtrn tfttiJMJa upon Tithe **
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 512, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/12/
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