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A33601 A sermon preach'd before Their Majesties in St. James's on Advent-Sunday November the 28th, 1686 by Thomas Codrington ... Codrington, Thomas, d. 1691? 1687 (1687) Wing C4879A; ESTC R40715 18,164 52

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A SERMON Preach'd before Their MAJESTIES IN St. JAMES's ON ADVENT-SUNDAY November the 28 th 1686. By THOMAS CODRINGTON Preacher in Ordinary to His MAJESTY Published by Their Majesties Command LONDON Printed by Nathaniel Thompson at the Entrance into Old-Spring-Garden near Charing-Cross 1687. A SERMON Preach'd before Their MAJESTIES On Sunday Oct. 24. 1686. Matth. XXII ver 21. Reddite ergo quae sunt Caesaris Caesari Render therefore to Caesar the things which are due to Caesar SImplicity of Heart Most Sacred MAJESTY simplicity of Heart is one of the fairest Whites God carries in his Eye nor does he love Plain-Dealer more than he hates Dissembler And yet what practice is there to be found more common and usual with Man than that of Dissimulation insomuch that 't is believ'd and said he knows not how to live who can't dissemble Qui nescit dissimulare nescit vivere But were the Heart Transparent were our Thoughts Visible the Dissemblers Trade would fail him Since all dissimulation takes its rise from a Supposal that He who hears our Words sees not our Thoughts For to enlarge upon our Love for him who sees our Heart and knows we Hate him would be to run Counter to our Aim and break the Ladder we design'd to climb by Hence notwithstanding all those convincing Arguments they found in Scripture to believe our Saviour CHRIST was God notwithstanding all those unheard of Miracles wrought in confirmation of this Truth evident it is the Jews believ'd him only to be Man and as meer Man dealt with him For had they indeed believ'd him to be God that is Scrutator Cordium the Searcher and Inspecter of all Hearts speaking to him who knew their meaning they doubtless would have spoke still what they meant whereas in all their smooth Addresses to him we may observe their Tongue and Heart point several ways and by their daily attempts to entrap him with their Words we are convinc'd they judg'd him ignorant of their Thoughts and by consequence not God And yet at those very times they play'd the Hypocrites and Angled with a double Rod our Saviour by manifesting that He knew their Design made it evident that He saw their Hearts and was as well spectator of of their Thoughts as witness of their Actions Yet they run blindly on still still believing that our Saviour knew no more than what he saw made it their daily study to entrap him but still impos'd upon still ensnar'd themselves and amply verified that Text which tells us 1 Cor. cap. 3. Sapientia hujus Mundi stultitia est apud Deum The wisdom of Man is folly in the Eyes of God For what greater folly can there be then in order to obtain our end to chuse those very Mediums lead from it And such was this days folly of the Jews They were much willing to believe that being the People of God they lay under no obligation to pay either Tax or Tribute to a Heathen Emperor and to make our Saviour responsible for the denial of it and for all Tumult should ensue upon such denial they address themselves this day to him in a most humble way and with a parcel of Sugar'd words try to couch their Rebellious Inclination under his Warrant and so by making him an Enemy to Caesar's Interest render him a Foe to his own safe Being And by betraying him thus to Caesar's Anger cause him to fall a much long'd for Sacrifice to their malice But this their Wisdom shew'd it self true Folly and soon they found themseves intangled in that very Net they spread to catch our Saviour with For He ever a friend to Caesar's just Prerogatives and that Allegiance is due from every Subject to his Prince instead of quitting them from their Obligation he chains them faster to it and lets them know that whatever hath the taste of Rebel-humour is no fit Viand to be dish'd for Heaven nor God to be enrich'd by Caesar's losses But that whoever would stand fair in the Eye of Heaven must submit to those who rule the Earth And that none does or can play his Game fair with God who cuts the Cards foul to Caesar and with this Lesson in their Ear away our Saviour packs this pack of Treacherous Hypocrites saying Reddite ergo quae est Caesaris Caesari Go and Render to Caesar the things which are due to Caesar Since then Submission Loyalty and Fidelity are things due to Caesar I cannot methinks at present Imploy my Time or Labour better than by a short enquiry to find out in the first place who those are That give indeed to Caesar what is due to Caesar that is who act the Loyal and the Faithful Subjects And in the next and last part of my Discourse to observe what Precipice of danger they walk on what Curse what Punishment they lie open to who give not unto Caesar what is due to Caesar that is in other words who offer at side with or promote Rebellion For the better discharge of which Spiritual Province let us now first of all bend knees to Heaven and address our selves for help to that ever over-flowing Fountain of Goodness the Incarnate Word by the Mediation of his Virgin Mother Ave Mariae Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are due to Caesar TOwards the final close of all things Abundabit iniquitas Iniquity says our Saviour Christ shall abound But all Iniquity consists either in a Recoil from our Obligation to God or in a Revolt from our Duty to Caesar We Recoil from God by Murder Theft Adultery and all commission of such other Crimes We Revolt from Caesar by Treasonous Designs Rebellious Practices But neither Treason nor Rebellion would find footing in the World if Caesar had his Due nor any of these fore-mention'd Enormities have Being if God enjoy'd his Right Well then in order to the suppression of Iniquity and amendment of the World may our Saviour say Reddite quae sunt Caesaris Caesari Give to Caesar what is due to Caesar Since Caesar's Due and God's just Right are so interwoven that as Caesar cannot have His Due while God wants His Right So neither can God have His Right while Caesar wants His Due For if to obey all Lawful Magistrates be a Christian Obligation and part of our Duty to God and this latter cannot be discharg'd if the former be not perform'd how can we comply with our Duty to God in the fulfilment of this his Precept and yet not obey the command of Caesar who is Supreme Magistrate of all As then it cannot but seem a piece of Heathenish folly to think of living in a due subjection to God while we continue Rebels to Caesar so must it needs be a part of Christian Wisdom to live in a due subjection to Caesar that we may not be look'd upon as Rebels to God Reddite ergo quae sunt Caesaris Caesari Let us therefore be in all things true and faithful Subjects since to be God's