111.111111111111116, Chap.17. accord ing to St M A T T H E YV. lures, profits, preferi>aents, more then lovers of God ( which ends it. ) Verle :4. They that received tributemoney] This dìdraohmtsni or half -tckel, was formerly paid by the Ifraelites every year, af- Godw Anti ter they were twenty year old , toward the Temple, Exod. Heb. ex ?attph. 30.1 3. C5[r, by taking it from the Temple, and turning it to de gel, t.7.c.s7. a tribute, did indeed take away from God that which was Gods. This very tribute was paid afterwards by the Jews too. ward the Roman. Capitol' , by vertue of a decree made by Ve. fJafian. How juif is it in God, that the fpoiler fhould be fpoil- ed, 7fì.30.1. that the Roman Empereurs, that fo robbeal and wronged God, fbouldbe robbedoftheir rights, as they are by the Popes ufurpations? Tothnot yotcr Mafia pay tribute ?] Is he either born or bought free? See A0.22.28. But if neither, they might ( had they had any goodnm.ff: in them) have fpared him, fo publik; fo profita- ble a perfon, thatbad fowell deferved of the whole Nation, fo well merited an immunity, an indemnity. But all is loci that is laid out uponungrateful' perfons, or people. Covetoufncffe hath no raped to any thing but to its own profit, and knows no o- Horan ther language then the horfe-leeches, Give, Give, Rem, rem, quocun¡ medo rem, without any refpeet of perfons, how well de- f.rving feever. Verle 21. He faith, Tes ] Chrift fubmitted himfelf to every ordinanceofman jr the Lords fake: and bath bidden us, (jive unto NiP ßr3. Cefar thole thingsthat are Cefars, tribute to Whom tribute is due, cu- Ram flame to whom cuflome, &c. So doth not that great Heteroclite of Rome: he not only detains, but demands Peter- pence, and other undue paìmentsfrom Kings and States. One Pope Paid, that he could never want money fo long as he could hold a pen in his hand. This Kingdom was of old called the `Popes. Af fe,for bearing his burdens andexatiions. Innocent the 4t laid, that England was Fißrt a de8lciars the Popes P.raiife,and apit that could never be drawndry. What t'a dea i, ex va($ fummes drained they hence inKing johns daies ? Otto (one haa¡tuo, ofthe Popes Mefcipulat6res, Mice catchers, as the Story calleth them.) Pent Nether by gregory 9.alter three years raking together of money, left not fomuch in the whole Kingdom,- as he either carried with him, or lent to Rome before him. But I hope ere long the Kingsof the earth, awakenedby their graft abufes put upon them, will fleece that withered w_ hore ,_ and burn her flcfh with 459
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