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A15369	The debt book: or, A treatise vpon Romans 13. ver. 8 Wherein is handled: the ciuill debt of money or goods, and vnder it the mixt debt, as occasion is offered. Also, the sacred debt of loue. By Henry Wilkinson, Bachelor in Diuinity, and pastor of Wadesdon in Buckinghamshire.	Wilkinson, Henry, 1566-1647.	1625 (1625)	STC 25646; ESTC S114431	56,271	156

in euery commandement It is the * Col. 3. 14. bond of perfection quo omnia hominum inter se officia continentur coherent wherein all the duties which passe betweene men are comprehended and combined As faith is the bond of our vnion with Christ so is loue of our communion with our brethren the members of Christ in which two consists the perfection of the mysticall bodie It is called here the fulfilling of the Lawe both in this verse and in the tenth because qui diligit non vnum aliquod praeceptum obijt sed in genere praestitit quod lex iubet he that loueth obserueth not some one precept but performeth in generall what the Law inioineth but of this in the next place 4. Fourthly where loue is not the life of man is like a perpetuall tempest here rushing and there blustering here beating and there bearing downe all before it without this wee still doe liue in the gall of bitternesse and bond of iniquitie where this failes mischief comes in place thereof dissentions discords and such curses as accompany them Non euenissent Cyprian Ep. 8. fratribus haec mala si in vnum fraternitas fuisset animata Such euills had not befallen the brethren if the brotherhood had held together in one mind Let vs therefore nourish this precious charity in our hearts in obedience and true conformity vnto Christ as also for the worthinesse of the grace it selfe and for our owne refreshing and consolation in our pilgrimage here on earth CHAP. 13. Of the diuersities of loue and of the nature of Christian religious loue towards one another BVT that ye loue one another We haue a rule euen in moral discipline that the prayse of vertue consisteth in action This is as true of loue as of any other whatsoeuer * 1. Cor. 13. 13. in this preferred before faith and hope not simply but because it is diffusiue of it selfe to the vse of others whereas these are confined to the person of the beleeuer Wee haue also another rule that whatsoeuer wee would that men should doe vnto vs euen so should we do to them for this is the Law and the Prophets Mat. 7. 12. But wee desire that men should loue vs and accommodate themselues to our seruice therefore it is a naturall and a perpetuall debt to do the like vnto them Now that loue may be diffusiue of it selfe in precious streams and operatiue with approbation of God and of man let vs choose out among the seuerall kinds of loue 1. the most excellent in nature 2. the best esteem'd in quality 3. the most beneficial in the operations fruits of it For the first wee must obserue that there are diuerse kinds of loue as naturall affection whereby wee loue our Parents Children and Kindred Hee that hath not this is worse then brutish euen beasts cherish and suckle their young ones This though a Christian cannot want yet a reprobate may haue There is a ciuil loue the obligation whereof is domesticall or politicall societie Meere naturall men yeeld this for mutuall commodity and consolation There is a morall loue consisting in an exact compensation of affection with affection of benefite with benefite which falls short indeed of that loue which here we seeke as our Sauiour shewes Mat. 5. 46. 47. It may be in vnregenerate men yet it is a great furtherance to the producing and preseruing of the charity whereof we speake 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Nazian Nothing so auaileable vnto loue as compensation of affection which is expressed by mutuall offices Vis vt ameris ama Wilt thou be beloued then do thou loue Lastly there is a christian religious loue which is a sanctified affection wherby our hearts are ioyned either to our brethren in the faith in contemplation of Gods image in them shining in an eminency of Graces or in respect of the common hope of our calling declared by outward profession or else whereby we wish and doe good to our enemies in obedience to him who hath commanded vs so to doe There is not any kinde of these loues aboue mentioned but it is a debt and so is this christian religious loue also and must be duely paied First in respect of the communion of Saints there is one body one spirit one hope of our calling one lord one faith one baptisme one God and father of all Eph. 4. 4 5 6. If a * Eccle. 4. 12 three-fold cord bee not easily broken how much lesse this of loue in such a concurrence of inuincible obligations It must also be paied as an homage to God who will take no notice of our loue to him vnlesse we loue our neighbour Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe I am the Lord Leuit. 19. 18. as also 1 Ioh. 4. 20. Hee that saith hee loueth God and hateth his brother is a lyar Who so loueth not his brother whom he hath seene how can hee loue God whom bee hath not seene Thirdly it must bee paid in regard of mutuall offices and duties as of tender affections and earnest prayers for one another the intercourse whereof cannot be stopped among Christians Maior est fraternitas Christi quàm sanguinis Brotherhood in Christ is stronger then in blood If kinne will creepe where it cannot goe christian charity cannot chuse but be diffusiue of it selfe from the highest to the lowest * Psal 133. 2. 3. As the precious ointment from the head of Aaron to his beard and to the skirts of his garment as the dew of Hermon vpon the hill of Zion so this loue imparts it selfe by a co-operation of Gods spirit to the comfort and refreshing of high and low pertaining to the couenant Moreouer as in ciuill debts so also in sacred the paiment must be currant It is not the loue of brethren in euill bee it neuer so strong that will serue the turne such concord is a conspiracy as in * Gen. 34 25. Simeon and Leui in the outrage vpon the Shechemites It is not the doting of * Iudg. 16. 4. c. Num. 25. 15. Samson vpon Dalilah or of Zimry vpon Cosby be the men neuer so great that will serue the turne this is but carnall lust The currant loue which beares the stampe of the Sanctuarie must bee deriued * 1. Tim. 1. 5. from a pure heart a good conscience an vnfaigned faith this is the right myne out of which it must be taken And in this respect the christian loue doth as much surmount all carnall loues as gold or siluer doth copper or lead which makes mee wonder why we should bee so ambitious of the friendship and countenance of men notoriously sinfull seeing how much soeuer they are beloued of vs yet they can but giue vs drosse for gold chaffe for wheat True christian loue indeed as it is a noble heroicall grace so can it not proceed but from a sanctified originall CHAP. 14. The qualities of religious Loue. AS is

vertue of some Statutes deuised for supply of casuall occurrents besides the power of Prerogatiue Royall Tributes and Customes Subsidies and Tenths with many other pensions fall due to the King and so are counted legall debts though morall in their originall yet legall ex determinatione legis the Law prescribing how it shall be for quantity and circumstances In paiment whereof it is the wisdome of our State that though where nothing is to be had the King must lose his right yet hee seldome doth lose any thing of that which is found due by Officers employed put in trust and it were pitty it should not come entirely into his treasury For how should the most illustrious estate of such a Monarch how should such ministers of State of Iustice of Peace peareless I am perswaded for worth and wisdome How should such a Navy such men and munition as must be alwaies in a readinesse against casuall events how should such Armies as may be requisite in a tumultuous and raging world be maintained at his cost how should true Religion and the Gospell sincerely preached for which the world hates vs and yet without which our life would be tedious and a very shadow of death bee defended by his power against the malice of the Diuell and his instruments if all the springs and fountaines of the Kingdome did not constantly runne into the Ocean of his Treasury As our Nation hath not beene backward in the payment of this debt so hath it beene more happy then any nation in the world in our two last Soueraignes Queene Elizabeth and King Iames both of blessed memory to whom it hath been paied For besides protection by the Sword of Power and Iustice common to other Subiects yet not euery where so common as were to be wished wee haue had the true Faith of Iesus Christ professed and the preaching of the Gospell established and countenanced by publike Authority for the space of sixtie six years without interruption A most inestimable blessing for which we owne euen our selues vnto them as Paul speakes to Philemon Philem. v. 19. and for which none but God onely can make recompence The Children that now are shall not forget King Iames when they are old the Elder also shall reuerence his memory because by his princely care and expresse direction for Catechizing the ignorant not onely the younger are able to giue an account of their Faith but euen the elder though vnwilling to appeare senes elementarij old men learning principles yet they do both countenance the worke by their presence and doe encrease daily in knowledge and zeale Thus our two late gracious Soueraignes most memorable for great matters but for none so much as in that they were an incomparable payre for defence the true Faith and propagation of the Gospell haue had as they deserued the loue of our hearts a reall performance of those pecuniary debts whereof I speak and shall be had by vs and ours in an euerlasting remembrance which wee doubt not shal daily be renued by that most noble branch springing from that roote so blessed to our Nation our deare Soueraigne Lord King CHARLES that now is Concerning whom wee cannot expresse the greatnesse either of our hopes or ioies which wee conceiue For his life hitherto vnspotted of the world so free in youth from the lusts of youth so farre from intemperance in the fulness of plentie so preualent ouer pride in such a fortune so vnstained by Popery in the schoole of Spaine so attentiue and iudicious in hearing Gods word so full of goodnes when it was not in request such a life I say hitherto in the blossome and spring doth promise precious fruits in the ripenesse and maturity Blessed are those guides liuing and dead who had the seasoning of such a vessell of honor and grace and failed not in the seruice and blessed is his Majestie who in his Christian education laid such a foundation of religion and wisedome of godlinesse and honestie as is the vnspeakable ioy and comfort of all his louing subjects and will bring him infallibly in a course of holinesse to a perfection of life and happinesse at last Our Sauiour pleads the right of * Mat. 22. 21. Caesar euen then when Tiberius a subtle Tyrant was that Caesar Paul in this place doth most earnestly vrge the paiment of Tributes and all other duties to the Superior powers at that time when Nero whom else-where he calls the * 2. Tim. 4. 17. Lion was the Roman Monarch What else doth this teach vs but that how-euer the importunity of gouernors may at some time be grieuous in exacting yet the subject if release cannot bee had by supplication must be alwaies obedient in performing to the vttermost of his ability How much more should we hauing by the gracious prouidence of the Almightie such a King set ouer vs as we trust will proue a man after the heart of God as Dauid did in Israel and a pattern of grace and zeale as Iosuah was in Iudah How much more I say should wee most cheerefully yeeld vnto him the homage of our hearts the seruice of our hands and the portion of our substance required by Law to the vttermost mite besides our continuall prayers vnto God for his present and future happinesse CHAP. 5. Of Debts to the Minister of the Gospell ANother debt imposed by humane Ordinance pertaineth to the Minister as Tythes and other pensions in the right of the Church These I cal imposed by humane Lawes not as wauing the claime by Diuine right till I bee otherwise instructed then yet I am For if Tythes were due to the Priest of the most high God * Gen. 14. 20 Gen. 28. 22. paid by Abram if vowed by Iacob before the Law giuen in mount Horeb if they were due vnder the Lawe to the Priests and Leuites by diuine right for the seruice of the Tabernacle If a maintenance bee due to the ministers of the Gospell as the Apostle pleadeth purposely 1. Cor. 9. from verse 7. to the 15. Gal. 6. 6 7. If God haue ordained that they who preach the Gospell should liue of the Gospell and that hee who is taught in the word should communicate vnto him of whō he is taught in all good things then surely I see not but that tythes at least or some better thing should be due to the Minister of the Gospell by Diuine Ordinance and that those who take them from vs should giue vs a better thing as those who vnder the Law had a mind to redeeme their tythe were bound to ad to the price euery * Leuit. 27. 31. fift pennie aboue the true value But I make it not my taske to dispute this question my betters haue done it lately and worthily I here consider tythes and other portions of the Ministers maintenance as a legall debt due by a double right First the faithfull labourer in the Lords haruest is worthie his