. ' --------------------------~--------------·------------~ C £SAR his due. to pay ~o [&Jar, Conditor C.efaru cenfum fol"Vit C.efari: Seeing then, C4al} Creator paidC4ar his due, will any deny to doe it ? Ef"pd:ially feeing He paidCtjarhis due;yea)even then, when [.efardid not render toGo 6 His due, buttoidoO'r; and whatcolourthen,can any haveto deny it? . 97 So have we His Example, whereofwe have hc:reHis !f:>recept: doing that before us,whichHe wiileth us to doe after Him; and calling ro us for no more, thanHe did Hirrifelfe. And enfuingHis !leps, His .ifpoftlepref. ·feth the fame point; telling us, CuHome and Tribute are •~HMl. de6ts; Rom:r 3 ;?; Jhetving us, why they bedebts' J)J """, for thegoodwe receive; and willing us therefore to depart with them, evenpropter confcientiam, for very ~onfcience fake; . . . . · Let me adde but this one. The fore-fathers ofthefe here that mov~ this doubt, they forfooke 'Da"Vid·sHoufe,only becaufethey thought much of paying the taxe whichSdlomonhad fet, and they revolted to lerobodm: what got they by it ~ By denying ~,e [ttfaru, they loft ~.t 'Dd, the true Religion; and befides enthralled themfelves to farre greater exaCl:i~ ons, which the erecting ofanew Ellate mull needs require. Even thefe;' nOt obeying this advice, this (/(eddite ofOUr SA V 10 U R s, but rUUtining for the rJ\gman tribute after, under Flormand .AlbimuDeputies for (~Jar; bdides that they loll their Temple, Sacrifice, and Service, their f<!!..c 'Dei ; upon this very point; ov~rthrew their e!late deane,which to this day they never recovered. Therefore fJVddite f2.E£ [£{t~ru, is good courifell, lell: .f<u.e 'Dei and all goc: after it, . To conclude then, 1 Ctfar andGoo willlland together; yea,T!beriui C.efar and Goo.: To thefe) fo !landing, there atecertaine things due, of duty belonging. 3 Thefe things fo due are to be rendred: Not, given as Gratuities)but rendrtdas 'Debts: And againe,with goodwill to be rendred, not delivered by force : And as willingly, fo wifely ; C.efar to have his, Go o His; in dillinetion, not confufion, but each his owne. 4 Cit]ar, fuch duties; all filch duties as pertaine to himat large;but as thisText occafion– eth, the duty ofTribute and Subfidie. This is theSumme. - And ifT!beriM C.cfar,much more that Prince, that every way CHRlSl', Himfelfe would commend ~efore TiberiM i whom it were an injury,' once to compare withTiberiM; Above any Ct~far ofthem all : \vho hath exalted Hint whomTiberiiUcrucified; and profeffed Him, With hazard ofher ellate and ltfe,whom they perfecuted in all bloudy manner. · Who hath preferved lis, in the profeffion of His holy Name and crutlt many yea:res, quietly·without feare, and peaceably without interruption i and, fo may llill, many and many rimes many yeares more. To this, to fuch a one, by fpeciall due, ~dditemore; and more willi~gly,and more bounteoufly,than to them. The conclufion is good, rhe Confequent much more forcible. This, for fEE.~ C.efaris now. For 1f!.!!_.t 'Dei, at lomc other time, when likeText fhall offer like occation. I ' . . ' !11 ! A SER~
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