Pfal.39·8· Nay, Ecce -venio (faith c H RI s T ;) So to pay it, even ~ ~Cor·9·5· and goodwiil: An offering ofa f~ee ·heart (as the P~ophet ;) a blefling~:d agrace .(as the Apo!lle termeth lt.) The manner IS much, and much be regarded. Thewillingne!fe ofthe minde, is ever the fat of thefa t~ nee, and ~itliout i~, a~l is leane at,d dry. .It hol~eth ~ere, which ~~ aCor.g.2~. ApofHe fatth, 1 Cormth~ahs 9· I[I pr_each _(fanh he; 1fwepay, fay we) The have ?o great caufe to ~eloyce : ~ecefSJty lteth on us fo to doe. But ifwe doe 1t With agood wdl, there 1s then a re~ard. A reward at His hands , Cor. 9 .7. who~·His Apofl_le telleth.us, Hi/are~ dato.rein_diligit. Not datorem, any that gtveth; but hzlarem 1 h1m. that g1vech.1t cheereful~y. Tha\ gift bell t Cbro. 9·5. pleafeth G 0 D; and that fervlce, L.wfervzamiU !J\.egi, IS ever bell pleaGng and moll acceptable. IV. '1\_ender chen,andghe, £!!.i [.tjaru C~fari (chat is) theright duty tothe (;}.~~.~hat right owner : As, dutifully and willingly I fo to doe it wifely. Ins"""' G•ds. cuique, there is no onely ju{tice, but wifdome, to know and to prelerve toevery one that is his owne; the right qu.e,tohim that ofrightir belong~ cth td. t Cor.t4 33 Not to lhufflethem together; C.efar's to Go o, Go o's to Cefor; it skills not which to which. G o D is not the Autbor ofconfujion :but, to know and difcerne, what to each, pertaineth ; and what _pertaineth, that Mat.i9.6. to be anfwered. As before we p~eaded, What GoD bath)OJI~ed,manJhou!J. notje1>er; [o now we plea:de agame,What Godharh fevered, man fhould . Dtur. 19;14· n?t confound : The Prophet calleth it remo1>ing the Land-marke, which Go o hath fet to diflinguifh the duties, char neither invade the others ~ight, but keepe the partition.which He hath fet up. Not to fiand (as here they doe,) fireining at a penny, which was C &(ars without que– flion; and doe (as after they did) receive the Roman Eagle into their Temple, which was GoD's right, and budleighcly ofthem looked to. iEgettime pendere tributum, prompti[Sime fufcipere !J\!ligionem : with much , ad'O'e to· pay any tribute at all, with little adoe to receive one religion after andther. Go o forbid, C4adhould fo readily receive GoD's duties at thejr hands, as He mighteafily have them ifHe would. . . . , ·' , ,To the end the·n, wemay know, which torender to wh1ch, 1t remar~ P.eili we inqui~ewhat is eithers due, that wemay tender it accordingly~ ~nd.firfl, what is Cefars. ~ · ·, • · Jfwe aske rhen, what is [ .efars ?Our anfwer mull be; what Go ~ . hath fet over to him. For, th·ough flE_.e 'Dei £land !all in place;_ye~ fure ~t i'si the former qu.e cOmmeth OUt ofthe latter, and f2!!_£ [~jam, IS der(~ .'.; , ~ed out ofqu.t 'Dei. . . . ;rCiiro. 2'J· ~· ,Originally, ii:t the perfon of alll(ings,-doth l(mg'Da111tl acknow– r9. ledge 1 ,that, AD tbings are of Him, and aa·things are Hu. But th~ fov:– !ei&nc: b'oumy pf 9o~ ~a~ fuch, as He ~~':!ldnotkeepe all,~!:
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