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A09294	The historie of Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, & c Numb. 16. Chap. Applied to the prelacy ministerie and church-assemblies of England. By Mr Iohn Penry, a martyr of Iesus Christ.	Penry, John, 1559-1593.	1609 (1609)	STC 19607; ESTC S103159	36,369	50

or not otherwise we must not receive them we must refuse them not that we are at any time to reiect and refuse the holy things of God but that we are to reiect the abuse of them to take heed that in receiving of them we be not drawen to break Gods ordinances For when we cannot possesse the word and the sacraments without sinne we must not do evil that is break the Lawe of our God that good may come vnto vs thereof The word is taught in the tents of Corah circumcision is administred there it is not to be heard not to be received and why because they who administer the same are a company of conspirators against the God of Israel at the least they are in those tents wherof the Lord hath sayd Come not neare the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs least yee be partakers in all their sinnes The case is the same with the assemblies of this land the truth is taught ther the sacraments ar administred or rather profaned we wil in no wise communicate with them because these things are done within the Tents not of Corah but of the Officers members of the kingdome of Antichrist which say that Christ Iesus taketh too much vpon him if he will go about to appoint by what Offices his owne house and Church should be ruled They are under their iurisdictions and their Offices of whome the Lord hath said vnto vs Come out from among them and touch no vnclean thing for what communion hath the light of my word with the Tents of mine enemies the puritie of my Sacraments with those polluted caves and dennes So that from these things this Argument doth arise It is at the least as vnlawful if not much more for any to communicate in the word and sacraments or in any other action of religion within the tents of the Kingdome of Antichrist as within the tents of Corah Dathan and Abiram But to communicate in any of the Parish-assemblies of England is to communicate within the tents that is under the iurisdiction of the Kingdome of Antichrist And therfore as vnlawful or rather much more to communicate in the actions of Religion within these assemblies then it was within the tents of Corah Dathan and Abiram What wil be here called into question I know not if the first men think the tents of Corah were to be approched vnto the case would be shameful and the ignorance not to be heard seing the Lord hath plainly inhibited the same as hath bene set down And if this were once graunted then hath the Lord appointed his Ordinances and his Ministery in vaine and without cause seing men may of their owne heads appoint what Ministerie they think meet and continue vnder the same Neither let it be here said that the conspiracy of Corah prevailed not or that there were not many that agreed therevnto For first as touching the la●t●r point the whole congregation were so affected towards these factious rebels that the next day after the Lord had exercised his fearful iudgements vpon them the whole congregatiō I say accused Moses Aaron that they had slaine the Lords people meaning Corah and his company and fourteen thousand of the people were consumed for this their murmuring which sheweth what harts they bare vnto Corah how likely he was to prevail with the whole rebellious hoast had not the Lord by his iudgements from heaven staied the iniquitie His conspiracie continued not I graunt and yet a greater that is the conspiracie of Antichrist against Christ Iesus hath continued now for many yeares And the Lord hath set Corahs overthrowe for a signe vnto the rebellious childrē especially vnto the Cōspirators that ar risen vp against Christ Iesus that their ruine and fal shal be in a moment when they little exspect the same It is not to be doubted but it would have prevailed and continued such was the working of Satan in the harts of that murmuring hoast had not the Lord stayed it by the present streame of his fierie indignation Neither is the conspiracie of Antichrist and his members to be thought more tollerable then that of Corahs because the Lord pleadeth not against the same with his visible iudgements from heaven as he did against the other but wee are rather to learne that what the Lord effected vnder the Law by his visible iudgements or other outward meanes being the rudiments of the world as the Apostle calleth the things of this nature the verie same doth the Lord accomplish vnder the Gospell against the sonne of Perdition and his body by the spirit of his mouth that is 2 Thess 2.8 by his mighty word and the operation thereof And therfore although he overthrew and dissolved that most fearfull conspiracie of Corah Dathan Abiram by the arme of his dreadfull iudgements in a moment yet farre be it that we should think the conspiracie of the members of Antichrist against the right heire of the house of David to be lesse displeasing in the sight of God because in some measure he doth and of a long time hath with held the hand of his outward iudgements from the same as having determined vtterlie to consume and abolish that Apostaticall body by no other speciall meanes then by the brightnes of his appearing and comming in the Ministerie of his Gospell And therefore the Proposition abideth firme and sure that if it was vnlawful for any to communicate in the Actions of religion within the tents of Corah it is much more vnlawfull for any to do so within and vnder the tents of Antichrist the great and high enemy of Iesus Christ For may we not have any communion with them and their Tabernacles who say Moses and Aaron you take too much vpon you may we have fellowship with that campe who hath pitched a field against Iesus Christ and beare both Prince and people in hand that he taketh too much vpon him in appointing who shall approch to minister in his presence vnder the civil authoritie of a Christian Prince Could not the children of God have any sanctified use of the Tents of Corah and may they have the same of the tabernacles of Antichrist which are invented and ordeyned to the overthrow of the prerogative of Iesus who is God over all blessed for evermore This were nothing but to account Moses to be the Lord that is to be esteemed reverenced and had in estimation and to reckon Christ Iesus execrable that is base contemptible and mean such as whose lawes and ordinances may be violated cast of troden vnder foot with lesse perill then Moses his might which no man speaking by the Spirit of God can hold and avouch As to the Assumption That the Parish assemblies of England are under the iurisdiction of the kingdome of Antichrist For the proof we are to set downe these groundes First that this manner of regiment by Archbishops Lordbishops Chancellors Archdeacons Commissaries is not

against Moses but within the tents that is under the power and of the conspiracie which the members and officers of Antichrist have raised against Christ Iesus the sonne of God And that it may be seen that I speak the truth I appeale to the consciences of all men in this place whether all the Parish-assemblies of England are not yea and continue in subiection vnto these offices of the Antichristian kingdome namely vnto an Archbishop a Lord bishop a Chancellor an Archdeacon a Commissary an Off●ciall and an other Preist at the least that is eyther a Parson a Vicar or a Curate Now touching the conspiracy wherof these men are guiltie I do agayn appeale vnto the consciences of all men whether it be not greater presumption for Lord Archbishops Bishops Chancellors Cōmissaries Archdeacons c. to say vnto Christ Iesus that he taketh too much vpon him in a peaceable kingdome to appoint by what offices and officers he should be served then for Corah Dathan Abiram to say Moses and Aaron you take too much vpon you I know it must needs be granted to be greater for shall they be accounted rebels that break Moses his law the violaters wherof died without mercy vnder two or three witnesses and will it not be adiudged much more heynous thus to rebel against the sonne of God The Spirit of God sayth yea because this man to wit Heb. 3.3 Iesus Christ is worthy of more honour then Moses And he that breaketh his Law especially entreth into conspiracie against him is a far greater traitor then he that riseth against the ordinances of Moses The conclusiō then is evident that the conspiracy of the Archbishops and Bishops of this land against Christ Iesus wherby they being forreigne Officers and straungers from the house of God by vertue of their Offices do yet presume to arrogate the government of his house into their owne hands to take vp weapons against him and his servants that would restore him into his own possession are greater Rebels and guiltie of a greater sin against the Maiestie of God then were Corah Dathan Abiram their company And that those who continue and have ecclesiasticall authoritie and iurisdiction are guilty of an high sinne and to expect a more fearful hand of God over them then those who remayned in the tents of Corah Dathan and Abiram If it be here obiected that these Romish Locusts their guard do not say that Christ taketh too much vpon himself in going about to plant what Offices he thinketh meet in his owne house they mend not themselves for he that heareth you heareth me saith Christ Iesus and he that despiseth his word reiecteth him againe Corah did not professe himselfe to rise against the God of Israel yet sayth Moses vnto him Thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord for what is Aaron that ye murmure against him So say we vnto this Romish traine ye and your abettors are gathered together this day against Iesus Christ and have wrested the Scepter out of his hand as for vs that oppose our selves against you in our Maisters quarrel what are we that ye should thus molest and persecute vs If any man shall plead ignorance for them and say that they see not what they do in these things we answer that the question is not what they know but what they doe They have had sufficient time to learne now these 34 yeares and vpward wherin they haue continued and increased their rebellion and their practises against CHRIST JESVS his Saints Let them put on armour and pitch a feild against her MAIESTIE molest and persequute her subiects despise her proclamations and imprison to the death her faithfullest servants and see whether pleading ignorance wil cover their attempts Much lesse wil it serve their turne in this case And if they are ignorant then speak they evil of and persequute that which they know not and so are in a fearful case But Corah and his company living in a time of smaller light having also some more reasons to cover their attempts as before hath and agayn shal be briefly touched might plead ignorance better then our Prelacy and Preisthood may do Wherfore eyther it must be sayd that men may conspire against IESVS CHRIST without controlment wheras this could not be done vnder and against Moses without the danger of a fore recompense of Gods wrath Or els it must be graunted that the conspiracie of our Prelates must be farre greater then that of Corah Dathan and Abiram was which can in no wise be denied both because it aymeth at the same point that Corahs did namely at the outward offices of the house of God to speak nothing here of the will-worship and false administrations wherein these Romish Offices are imployed in the assemblies of this Land and also in as much as it is against Iesus Christ the Sonne wheras the gainsaying of Corah withstood but the ordinances appointed by Moses the servant And therfore also it followeth that seing the assemblies of this Land cannot be drawen to leave the tents of these wicked men but continue in the wilful and obstinate defence of this their doing it followeth I say that they are also guilty of a greater conspiracie then those were that abode in the tents of Corah What these parish assemblies wil be able to say for themselves I know not for it is out of controversie true that all of them are at the commaundement under the iurisdiction of these Antichristian Captaynes They receive no Ministerie but what they allow what they make what hath authoritie from them They receive no worship manner of serving the true God but what these Romish Apollyons are content shal be over them Nay they are wholly their subiects and at their call and commaundement in every thing that apperteyneth vnto the outward worship of the Lord. When this gainsaying generation graunteth the Parish a preaching Preist they have a Preacher when they deny the same they must be content with reading Not to be long in a knowen case what can there be done in these assemblies which the Prelates are not content to tollerate and allow Nay what power hath the Parish or their Preist to establish any thing there but what they derive from their Ordinary And as to the most Parishes in this Land Preists that serve in them they professedly mainteyn this conspiracie Some few preaching Preists or Deacons and some small number of the Parish I graunt to be here and there which pretend a desire to have this conspiracie dissolved but these are nothing to the generall state of the Land And these in the mean time are also themselves the cheif vpholders of this conspiracie holding it lawful contrarie to the expresse inhibition of the word for themselves and all others to continue within these tents in such sort as they are become the cheifest mainteyners of this Rebellion the egerest pursuers of those