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Title: The new and complete life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: containing an authentic and full account of all the wonderful transactions, sufferings, and death of our glorious Redeemer
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Wright, Paul, -1785. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Jesus Christ
Publisher: New-York: published by William Durell, bookseller, No. 106, Maiden-lane
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ermined to inform the governor, who, theyhoped, would punifti him as a fomenterof sedition. Highly elated with their pro-je6l, they accordingly came; and, afterpafiing an encomium on the truth of hismiftion, his courage, and his impartiality,they proposed this famous queftion :Mafier, said they, we know that thou arttrue, ard carejl J or no man ; for thou re-gardejl not the person of men, but teachejlthe way oj God m truth. Tell us therefore,what thinkejl thou, is it lauful to givetribute unto Coesar or not ? However, though they had artfully laidthe scheme, they could not deceive ourbleffed Lord, who beheld the inmoft reces-ses of their hearts: he saw their secretintentions; and accordingly called themhypocrites, to fignify, that though theymade conscience, and a regard for thedivine will, their pretence for propofingthis queftion, he saw their defign, andknew that their intention was only to en-snare him. Nevertheless, our bleffed Saviour didnot decline answering their queftion, but
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AND LIVES OF HIS APOSTLES. previofly defired to see a piece of the trib-ute money. The piece was accordinglyproduced, and proved to be coined by theRomans. Upon which our dear Lord an-swered them, fince this money bears theimage of Caesar, it is his ; and by makinguse of it, you acknowledge his authority :if so, I leave it to yourselves, to judgewhether tribute ought not to be paid to-wards the support of that goverment whichye have acknowledged which ye cannotfliake off, and by which your tranquillity ispreserved : but, at the same time that youdischarge your duty to the civil magiftrate,you fhould never forget the duty you oweto your God ; but remember, that as youbear the image of the great, the omnipo-tent King, you are his subjefts, andought to pay him the tribute of your-selves, serving him to the very utmofi ofyour power. Under a pretence of religion, the Pha-risees and their followers often juftifiedsedition; but the Herodians, in order toingratiate themselves with the reignin

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