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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45536	Prossō kai opissō a sermon eqvally pointing forvvard & backward, as it was deliver'd in the Vniversity Church of Saint Maries in Cambridge / by P.H., B. of Divinity, and sometime fellow of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge, in his forenoone course before that universitie, upon the 22 day of November, in the yeare 1640, being the beginning of this present parliament.	P. H.; Hardres, Peter.; Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.	1647 (1647)	Wing H702; ESTC R38787	23,179	42

They i. e. Korah of the Tribe of Levi and Dathan Abiram and On of the Tribe of Ruben v. 1. and 250 Princes of the assembly Famous in the Congregation and men of Renowne vers. 2. Materiale peccati express'd by an unlawfull assembly se ipsos cōgregarūt And they gather'd themselves together Formale peccati that which doth specificate the sinne of Rebellion notified in the Parties against whom they were gather'd together and that was contra Mosen A●ronem the Supreme Prince and Chief Priest Capitulatio The incapitulation or Treatie after they were gather'd together had made their partie good and strong then and not till then they begin to capitulate and treat dixerunt eis And they said unto them Gravaminum Remonstratio in their treatie here 's a Remonstrance or Declaration of their grievances Moses was too high in State and Aaron in the Church there must be no supreme Prince nor chiefe Priest but 't is a paritie both in Church and State which they seem to require and therefore they breake out first with an exclamation Nimium arrogatis Ye take too much upon you Secondly with an expostulation Quare elevamini Wherefore doe you lift up your selves above c. Gravaminum Ratio That they may not seeme to be mad without reason here are the pretended reasons or grounds of these their grievances sufficient in their opinion to justifie an Insurrection And indeed if true the strongest Motives that can be for they are cunningly drawne from Religion and Gods Honour for they can prove from Gods owne Words that all the Congregation was holy every one of them and therefore there must be no Aaron no chiefe Priest Secondly 'T was apparent that the Lord was among them and therefore it was a derogation from his Honour to have a Co-adjutor in Government and so their must be no Moses no supreme Prince Reasons very specious and persuasive But sevently and lastly If ye would know that which the Logicians call Causam {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the true Primary Internall impulsive Cause of all this Tumult and Rebellion ye must not looke for it here in my Text in the publique Remonstrations and Declarations of the Rebells themselves for that is usually kept secret and close from the peoples eyes amongst the chiefe of the Faction and is either disclosed by the Notorietie of the fact when they have attained their ends and purposes or else by the diligent search and enquiry of some honest Historians of those times and the true Primary Impulsive Cause of this Rebellion is discovered by Moses to be Pride and Ambition The beginning of all sinne Korah was but an inferiour Levite and he aspired to the Priest-hood as Moses plainly told him v. 10. Seemeth it a small thing unto you that God brought thee neere to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee but seeke ye the Priest-hood also For which cause both thou and all thy company are gather'd together against the Lord So that the true Cause of Korah's rebellion was ambition he aspir'd to the Priesthood and Aaron stood in his way and therefore his chiefe aime was against Aaron Dathan and Abiram though they were Princes of the Assembly yet they were inferiour to Moses and that was it troubled them Secundi gradus erant impatientes they could not brooke any superiour as they plainly told Moses v. 13. Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a good land that floweth with milke and hony to kill us in the wildernesse except thou make thy selfe altogether a Prince over us So that Ambition too was the true cause of their rebellion they aspir'd to Supremacy and Moses stood in their way and therefore their chiefe aime was against Moses So that whatsoever colour or pretext they make in their publike Remonstrances or Declarations be it Religion or Conscience or care of the Common good the true cause and ground of their rebellion was Pride and Ambition Korah was ambitious of the highest place in the Church Dathan and Abiram in the State and therefore they were gather'd together against Moses and against Aaron and all this worthy of beliefe upon the credit of Moses a faithfull Historian and also an Inspired Pen-man of holy Scripture And so here is you see delineated and drawn a perfect Modell of Rebellion and Rebellions of afterges if they have added any thing they are but some quaint tricks and devices to adorne and set forth the severall parts of this Fabrick this still for forme and fashion standing a compleat and perfect Patterne And so I proceed to the first part of my Text Rebelles The Rebels They Korah Dathan Abiram and On of the Tribe of Ruben and 250 Princes of the Assembly Famous in the Congregation and men of renowne In whom there are three things observable that make this Rebellion dangerous The first is Combinatio Levita Ruben The Levite and the Rubenite joyned Secondly Eminentia Principes coetus Princes of the Assembly Thirdly Popularitas homines celebres Famous in the Congregation and men of renowne 1. Combinatio Korah of the Tribe of Levi and Dathan Abiram and On of the Tribe of Ruben And though none but Korah be named of that Tribe as being the principall Head and one that had his particular aimes and ends yet 't is evident that more of the inferiour sort of the Levites were gotten in to participate of this Rebellion because Moses in the 10 v. speakes in the plurall number to Korah and the rest of his brethren the sons of Levi Seeke ye the Priest-hood also Now the Levites either because they were Gods lot portion to doe the service of the Tabernacle and so were not numbred amongst the rest of the children of Israel by Moses or because God was their lot and portion and therefore they had no inheritance in the division of the land of Canaan for one or both of these reasons the Levites may very well be called by the name of {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the Clergy or lot of the Lord so that they joyning with the Rubenites it seemes that both Clergy and Laity were combin'd together in this Rebellion and this conjunction gives a strong incouragement and countenance to the action for the Levite or Clergy alone would have wanted power and strength the Laity or Rubenite alone could not have had so fair a color and cloake of Religion to cover their Rebellious practices but both joyn'd together make a strong faction and a faire shew and the action appeares more glorious in the world when there is such a combination between the two maine parts of the state and therefore Adonijah when he exalted himselfe saying I will be King when as Solomon was designed before both by God his father David for that Regall Office he took this course He combin'd himselfe with the Priest and