viz. His Profaning the Holy Veffels of the Temple. Yet in the Affemblies Annotations (An 1646.) upon Dan. v. 2. They cou'd find no Sacrilege in this. No, Nor in the Sin of Achan, Jofh. vi. 17, 18, 19. and Chap. vii. This was put upon Covetousnefs. Though the Text fays Plainly that it was for taking of what was Accurfed, that is Devoted and Confecrated to God, and therefor Accurfed to any whofoever fhou'd Invade it. Neither cou'd they find any Sacrilege in the Sin of Ananias; only Covetousness there too, and Vanity, Lying, or any thing but Sacrilege. These two Inftances, of 4chan in the Beginning of the Jewish Church, and of Ananias in the Beginning of the Chrifti an, an, are fet in the Front, That All Might take Notice of God's High Indignation against this Sin of Sacrilege... And it is to be Notic'd too, how Close Men that are Refoly'd can Shut their Eyes! · Ther is not only no Sacrilege in these Inftauces! But ther is not Now any fuch Sin as Sacrilege! Or Some Men are not Capable of Committing it ! A poor Rogue may be Whipt for Stealing a Cufbion or an Hour-Glafs out of a Church, rather for Example fake, than that ther is any Great Matter in it, befides the Humor of Pilfering, which, in time, may lead them into our Houses! But ther are others, who can Seize upon CHURCHES, and Convert them to COMMON ufe. And yet, None Dare call it Sacrilege, or Any Fault at all. For it is None, if it be not Sacrilege. And I wou'd gladly be Inform'd, What that Sin of Sacrilege is, if this be not it? I can fee no Remedy, but that we Must even Drop this Sin, as to fome Particular Perfons, Times, and Places. And the More Sins we Drop, we leave the Lefs behind! And fo may come to be Good in time! CON In Jacob. 50. IX. An Answer to the Objection, That Tythes are not Commanded in the Go- X. An Anfwer to the Objection, That no Tythes were Paid in the days The Church of Rome first Corrupt- ed the Doctrine of Tythe. 127. XI. The Tythes in England are Dedi- XIII. Remarkable Judgments for not XIV. Of what things Tythe is to be |