C£.SA,Riflsdu~. People inclined to the Gaulonite, and hke<rrhem better: the Scai:efmeri and Officers tooke part with the Herodian. . .. Now come they to CH R 1 s T, to recei~e His re[olution,which part He:wi~~t!lke to. It_ is, fo~ them; avery£E,odllbet• ··, lfr to' rerainc:: the p_e_o. pies f~vour, to av01d then· out.~c.ry, he_ fpeak,e but doubr~llllyofCttJ~;t(tri· hute, habetur propojitum,they havewliat they.would: l,t IS that~thi;)r.'cami: for;to bring him in difgrace with the State,artcl in danger ofhis life. Thus, would they faine have had it; and therefore, when truly they could not (as, by this anfwer ,-it:i·s;too plaine) untrul}'J they fuggefl:ei:l; We fouliil th~ , r · . . man denying to p'aj 'ttibut~ unto:Cejar. But, ifthis hit not; ifHe be forthe Luke i3;t; tribute; Y.Ct willlt not be from the purpofc : they !hall feuhe p!!ol?le (as good a:s·a'wafps ndl:) upon Him; they fhall fubjeCl: him t9 their claq~o~r and ooloquie. H! that mull: be thei!i Meft'i~m\lll:proi:Jaiinea Iubile,mu.ll: cry, No tribute, brherwile; heis.i!,otfor them; if he betray them to~he fervitude ofTol/sandTaxes, away with him; Not Him, but IudtU QfGa,..' lilee. Sohavethey him• at a dangerous 'Dilemma : Imilgining', hee.mull: needs take one part. r But that was their error~ Fot Chrift tooke ':rway betweene both. For, as .neither p;trt is (limply) true : [g is th~re f~>m~ truth, in both'. Therefore, He anfwers not abfolute'ly (as tbeyfondly, conceived, he needs mull:) but with a double qu<e; as (ind$!eQ~ he ihogld; which, was not the anfwer t!iey looked for. But it \vas fuch;_as_they, miffed their purpofe, and knew not how to reprove it: . , · . •. . The -fumme whereofis: that, CH R 1sT is neither Gaulon~te n9t Herodian : Nor no more are Chriftians, Gaulonites to deny C~far his qu.t; nor Herodians, t<J grant him Gods, and leave God none .at aD. Bu~ ready to acknowledge what due is, to either; both, of Faith to God,a~d AOegeance toC.tjilr ; and that in every point, and even in this here, ofLi. cetne folwre ? The fubll:ance ofwhich anfwer,isthe maine ground ofall jullice,Su: umcufque,Let ewry ene render to eacli, that "»>hicb is bu. And,ifto every one; then to tbefe two great ones, C<fjar,andGod. ToCefar, Ce(ars due; to . God, Gods. Vpon which two duties, byver~ue ofthis Text, there goeth forth two dedees, for all the "»>orld to be taxed. . The firll: raxing, to be for Cefor, and his affaires•. 2. The like ta:X:e to belevied for God and for Hi;: Forthough 111any. other duties be due to both, and robe rendred i:o them Qoth ; yer thematrer ofprincipall intendn:ienc in this pla:ce; is 0ftende mi; bi numifoza, matter ofpayment. . . . . , . T hefe be the two Capital! points. Wherei'n; 1. ofthejoyttt and mutu· zi,;fj;iiiP1111; all confill:en'ce, ofCifar atrd of God. . . . . . I. 2. That there are, among the things we have; certa'ine ofthem,things 1 r.: ofCefars. Certaine others,things ofGods.- 3· Thatthefe things are to be rendred andgiwn; . · . , _ 11 1~ 4· What thefc things are that areCefars in this kinde;'andwhat thole; IV! ·. that are Gods, th'at ~e ~aypay each his owne: · H~hh~ 1 fr~m
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