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Toll, tribute, and custom - Rather, “tribute, provision, and toll” . The “tribute” is the money-tax imposed on each province, and apportione…

Toll, tribute, and custom. —Toll for the highways; custom, a provision in kind; tribute, the money tax.
The revenue.…

Be it known now unto the king
And let it be seriously and thoroughly considered by him and his counsellors:
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It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true godliness teache…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes