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B12557 The two-folde tribute or two speciall duties commanded by our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ to be rendred: the first of subiects to their Cæsar, the second of Christians to their God: for the better furtherance of the one in his regall dignitie, and of the other in his Eulangelicall ministerie. Explaned in two sermons and now published. Anno. 1613. By Richard Eburne Eburne, Richard. 1613 (1613) STC 7474; ESTC S113959 88,252 106

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THE TVVO-FOLDE TRIBVTE OR TWO SPECIALL DVTIES COMMANDED BY OVR Lord and Sauiour IESVS CHRIST to be rendred The first of Subiects to their Caesar the second of Christians to their God for the better furtherance of the one in his Regall Dignitie and of the other in his Euangelicall Ministerie EXPLANED IN TWO SERmons and now published Anno. 1613. By RICHARD EBVRNE 1. PETER 2. 17. Feare God Honour the King London Printed by Felix Kyngston for William Welby 1613. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND AND WORTHILY HONOVRED Father in God IAMES by Diuine proui dence Lord Bishop of BATH and WELLES in Christ Iesus our Lord all Health and Happinesse A Twofold necessity Honourable and my very good Lord inforceth me to offer to the commmon view this my Twofold Tribute The one is the desire I haue of the publike good of that Church and Country wherein I haue hither to had my being and biding the other is the Deuoire I beare to the priuate good of such as haue sometimes desired and somewhile expected that I should farther both gratifie and satisfie them with some thing of that Argument wherein I haue formerly and somewhat plentifully laboured To the which scope forsomuch as the latter but the greater part of this my little but laborious worke doth wholly tend both hauing one Author and one Argument this being but as an Accession to the first building and a new Supplie to an old Charge I haue much desired that both might haue but one Patrone assured that passing vnder your Lordships honourable name as the other hath beene so this will be shielded from the iniurie and the enuie both of the couetous and contentious and vouchsafed with men of godly knowledge and sound Iudgement the better acceptation and with men of good place and great authoritie the grauer consideration Which fauour that your Lordship will of your great Loue to learning and good liking to all such indeuours as tend to the glory of God and benefit of his Church the Honour of the Kings most excellent Maiesty and bettering of his subiects easily vouchsafe mee nothing doubting at all commending these my second labours also to your Lordships protection and your good Lordship to the protection of the Lord of Heauen and earth I doe humbly rest Your Lordships in the worke of the Lord and seruice of his Church euer to be commanded RICHARD EBVRNE THE FIRST SERMON MATH 22. 21. Giue therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesars and giue vnto God those things which are Gods WHEREFORE at this present welbeloued in the Lord I take in hand this text you wil easily conceiue I suppose if you cal to mind The 5. of August that this day is the Annuall Commemoration of our Soueraignes deliuerance from the hands of his enemies who hauing long since viz. in An. D. 1600 in Scotland Anno. 1600. on this day the fifth of August by Gods mercy and that with great difficulty escaped the vile trecheries and bloudy villanies of the Gowries intended attempted against him hath made it an ordinance in all his Dominions See the discourse thereof printed An. 1603. by V. D. Booke of prayers and thanksgiuing for the 5. of August Psal 144 ●0 that during his life on that day for that benefit speciall and publique Thanksgiuing be rendred to God his shield and protector which so gratiously and miraculously saued his annointed and deliuered him from the power and perill of the sword Thereunto to stirre vp our ready hearts and incite our willing affections and dutifull dispositions the more I haue made choice of this Text which speaketh of that dutie which wee as subiects and Christian subiects owe to our Soueraigne and most Christian Soueraigne In handling whereof looke not beloued that I should tye my selfe ouerstrictly to the words of my Text which inferre in generall tearmes A double dutie one to God another to the Prince My purpose is rather for this time deferring wholly the former and omitting no small part of the latter to insist by Gods assistance only vpon these two points First to shew you in part what these things The parts of this sermon are which properly are Caesars that is what that duty is which to Caesar wee must yeeld then secondly to deliuer you some special reasons motiues why we should so do To beginne withall I must entreat you to preconceiue Who is vnderstood by the name Caesar Ioseph Antiqu. iudaic lib. 8. capit 2. Abulens in Matth. 22. quaest 90. thus much of the sense of the word Caesar that as the Kings of Aegypt in ancient time were alwaies called Pharaohs and of Philistia Abimelech so the Romane Emperours were euer called Caesars vnder which as a generall title befitting mighty Princes any Prince in our text is or may be vnderstood and that in particular wee by that name may specially vnderstand our gratious Soueraigne Who neither as the Rhagusians to the Turke paying pension to any nor as Bologna from the Pope expecting protection from any nor as the Knights of Malta and of the Castilian holding in see and fealty of any nor as the Dukes of Venice to the Colledges of seuen and ten and to the signiority of Gentlemen God and his owne conscience excepted beeing countable to any but beeing for right a king for dignity an absolute Soueraigne and for largenes and variety of dominions imperiall truly meriteth the title of Caesar And therfore whatsoeuer I shall in generall tearms deliuer as the duty of subiects towards their Prince my desire is that you wil so conceiue mee and so apply it as speaking of our owne dutie vnto our most high and mighty Prince Iames who is By the grace of God of great Brittaine Fraunce and Ireland King Defendor of the Faith and next vnder God within his Maiesties Dominions ouer all persons and estates in all causes as well ecclesiastical as temporall Constit eccles Canon 1. 36. all forraine power title and iurisdiction beeing vtterly excluded and wholly cut off supreme Gouernour This premissed for clearing of the Text I come now forthwith to my first point proposed which is to note vnto you according to our text which saith Reddite giue to Caesar in part what is that duetie and what bee those things which must be yeelded and giuen to Caesar And to this purpose I say That as there were sixe steps 6. Branches of Allegiance 2. Chron. 9. 18. to the throne of Salomon so there be 6. parts of this dutie 6. seuerall payments of this Tribute to Caesar that is 1. Feare 2. Honour 3. Obedience 4. Tribute 5. Defence and 6. Praier and as about the King himselfe sixe things may bee obserued namely 1. The sword carryed before Rom. 13. 4. Psalm 21. 3. 45. 6. 2. Chron. 9. 17. 1. King 2. 15. him 2. The Crowne of pure gold vpon his head 3. The Scepter of righteousnesse in his hand 4. The throne of royall Maiesty vnder him 5.