ao$ Chap. i I. Of Schools andColledges. Coln. y,; Rom. 13. And thefe things thus dedicated were accounted holy to the Lord, towhom they Match. 22.2'. transferred their right.Render therefore to everyone his due, faith the Apohle. To That what is God thethings which are Gods, faith Chrift. What is thus freely given to God, given to God, cannot be taken is highly efteemed by him ; our Saviour counted it no wrong to the poor,when the away. boxof oyntment was fpent upon his feet. Thepooryehave always, but meye have not always , faith he, John t 1.8. All/Mt. 28. Though oblations Teem in the general to befree and voluntary, yet we mull know, Concerning thatfame oblations as well as tythes may become due, by Law or ezejtom. There were forme ()Illations: oblations or offerings under the Law limited and commanded by God bun[elf, which did not ceafe to be ablations becaufe they were commanded; and there were others, which werefree- will-offerings, left to the free will and bounty of the Giver. 4nd fo it isnow, fame oblations may become due by Law, enliven, or campadl, or by the neceffi- ty ofthe Church, when other Maintenance is 'wanting, as Aquinas obferves ; with whom agree the Canonifts and the reft ofthe School : - only Suarez adder for explication, that whereas Aquinas faitb, the oblation may beneceff'arybycommand, but the quantity Tbom.2.2.q.86: or quality ofthe thing to be offered es leftfree, that this is to be underitoodonely where a. t. cajet in there is otherwife /nfficentfuftenancefor the Prie(f, or no Law, cuffam, or contrailto the 4hóm.Aerlag. contrary; for otherwife in thefe cafes by therule of juffice, even the quantity and quality Maiar In 4onc1 maybe necefry, andnot leftfree. Andtbis iscommonly received, nemine refragante q 4 s with Covarruvias. j3ut nowwhere no law, cuftom, or contrail i for any oblations, 2. Suarej.de. f , zelig. lib. r;c. nor the nec,fey oftheChurch requires them, there they are meetly voluntary, andfree- 5. n.6. covar. will-offerings, andare the more acceptable to Gad, becaufefreelygiven. liba.n. 3. Gen. 4, 22. But may no this which is thus given be taken away bythe Magifirate?No,we Ezek. 48.14. fee the Prieff's portion was not bought by Jefeph. If it be oncededicated, it cannot be fold or alienated. 'Upon the takingof Jerufalem by Nebuchadnezzar, and pro- Dan. 5.'a, 3: phaning the veflcls by Belfbazzar, we fee what judgment God fent upon Beh 2Chron.z4 An 7 hingsofthe tons of wicked houfe of God upon Baalim, is n ted that did beflow The dedicate high degree of wis kednefs. Yrox2o.25. If they be taken or alienated by any, the Wife-man tells us, Laqueas eft devorare Ma1.3. 8. pars, it is a fnare to that man that devoureththat which is holy. Nay, it is flat felony before God:Ye have robbed me in tythes and oflerings.dnanias and his Wife ASBee á learnedfufleted death for it. * Ifothers fuller not in fohigh ameature, yet it will bring a concie ad Cle-curfe upon the tell of their efface. Te lookedfor much, and lo it came to little; and rum of the au- whenyou brought it home, Ididblow upon it ; faith God by the Prophet inanother tbors upon this cafe, whichmay be applied to this. It will be like Zacharie's book, which Ihould operat,mter enter into thehoufeof the Thief, and confume it with the timber and Hones ofit. opeta po4hu- But if they be referved to the right ufe, then a bieíiin follows. God gives good una grads g g Doaoris. encouragement,and his promifes never fail. Bringye allthe Tythes into the dare-houfe Hagg. r. 9. that there maybe meatin mine houl, andprove me nowherewith, faith the Lord ofHafts, ach. 5.4. ifIwit!not openyou the windows ofHeaven, andpour out a blefling, that therefhall not Mal. 3' 1O' be roomenough to receive it. The figes of right keeping the day. CHAP. XII. 1'he two lag Rules. t. The /igns ofkeeping sheday. 2. Ofprocuring the obfervation by others. TheConcloefion. THus much for the fourthRule concerning the meansof keeping this Command- ment: There are two things more which are required by the two last Rules. ï.The figns that the Sabbath hath been rightly kept.2. The procuringofthe obfer- vation of it in others,of whichvery briefly. r. Of the figns we need fay little, having already (hewed in what duties the fanfuifyingof the Day contï(ls, the performance of which are figns, that this Com- mandment is kept. Ingeneral thefe two figns manifett the fame. n, Our careful . frequenting the houle ofGod that Day, for publickService and worlhip : this we find in Efay66.23. from month to month, andfrom Sabbath to Sabbath, ¡ball all 170
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