case vinncent versus FARNANDEZ Lord chancellor Parker Eq can ab pl in the  court be allowance of a maintenance out of a jews estate to his daughter turn  protestant not material though the daughter be above forty year of age or  marry or though the Jew be dead a Jew have a daughter who turn protestant the  Jew have a very considerable personal estate and die in may last after have by  his will leave several charity and give his personal estate from his daughter  to his executor the daughter who be marry and fortyfour year old petition Lord  chancellor for a maintenance upon the statute of the first of queen whether  cap entitle a act to oblige the jews to maintain and provide for their  protestant child whereby it be enact that if any Jewish parent in order to  compel his protestant child to change his or her religion shall refuse to  allow such protestant child fit maintenance suitable to the degree or ability  of the parent and to the age and education of such child upon complaint to the  Lord chancellor or Lord keeper c it shall be lawful for the Lord chancellor c  to make such order for the maintenance of such protestant child as he or they  shall think fit peer William and it be object that this case be not within the  act for that first this child be above forty year old and so the care of her  education over second she be marry and not now to be call a child but to be  provide for peer William er p three that the parent be dead can not be say to  have refuse c and so the power give by the act at a end Lord chancellor I  strong incline to think this case within the act upon the follow reason the  petitioner be a protestant child of a Jewish parent though the parent be dead  suppose the child of a Jew turn protestant and the Jew the parent by will give  his estate to trustee upon a secret trust that if the child turn Jew the child  shall have the estate and not otherwise as this will be clear within the  mischief so every one must wish it to be within the meaning of the act it be  not say the complaint shall be against the father that will indeed take this  case out of the act neither be it say that the order shall be make upon or  against the father so that this case fit every word make use of by the  legislature suppose a suit or petition have be exhibit and the Jew the parent  have die pen the petition and have give all away from his protestant child  because the child have turn protestant doubtless the complaint may be against  the executor and the order likewise against the executor every one will allow  this to be a hard case and if the word be large enough as they be why shall  they not be construe to extend to it peer William then as to the refusal of  the parent it be not to be intend that the parent the Jew must make a actual  refusal in word for by that construction the statute may easy be evade and  render useless if the Jewish father do by will dispose of all his estate from  his child this be in law a refusal and unless some other reason be make appear  it shall be intend because the child be a protestant the obligation of nature  plead so strong on behalf of a child that when such a case happen some great  provocation must be suppose to have occasion it and if no other reason be make  appear this difference in religion shall be intend the reason possible these  charity give by the jews will may be under some secret trust for the child if  she shall turn Jew wherefore let all this be inquire into by the master though  this be the opinion of the court it do not appear that on this petition the  court make any order and as nothing further be to be trace in this matter it  be probable the party come to some agreement