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VERS. XX.
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THEY endeavour, by a pernicious subtilty, to find out whether Christ were of the same opinion with Judas of Galilee. Which opinion, those lewd disturbers of all things, whom Josephus brands every where under the name of Zelots, had taken up; stifly denying obedience and tribute to a Roman Prince; because they perswaded them∣selves and their followers, that it was a sin to submit to a Heathen government. What great calamities the outragious fury of this conceit brought upon the people, both Jose∣phus and the ruins of Jerusalem at this day, testifie. They chose Caesar before Christ; and yet because they would neither have Caesar nor Christ, they remain sad Monuments to all ages, of the Divine vengeance, and their own madness. To this fury those frequent warnings of the Apostles do relate, That every one should submit himself to the higher pow∣ers. n 1.1 And the characters of these mad men, They contemn Dominions, o 1.2 and They exalt themselves against every thing that is called God. p 1.3
Christ answers, the treachery of the question propounded, out of the very determi∣nations of the Schools, where this was taught, Wheresoever the mony of any King is cur∣rant, there the inhabitants acknowledge that King for their Lord. q 1.4 Hence is that of the Jerus. Sanhedr. r 1.5 Abigail said to David, what evil have I done, or my Sons, or my cattel? He answered, Your husband vilifies my Kingdom. Are you then, said she, a King? to which he, Did not Samuel anoint me for a King? She replied, :〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 The mony of our Lord Saul as yet is currant; that is, Is not Saul to be accounted King, while his mony is still received commonly by all?