Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	apostle_n	holy_a	prophet_n	1,854	5	6.2449	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

set free from all spirituall bondage whatsoever Satan could not reigne in this land by these his forenamed ordinances if he brought not truth with him it is no marveil that he bringeth trueth unto us rather then lose his kingdome He can transforme himselfe we knovve into an Angell of light but vve must not receiv him or his merchaÌ„dise vvhat glasse soever he casteth over them or in vvhat vveed soever he cloth himselfe And therefore let it not be thought vvonderful that vve reject that preaching those Sacraments and those Ministers that by their preaching ministerie and sacraments vvould dravve our consciences to be subject unto the povver of Satan Nay rather vve may vvonder vvith astonishment hovv they dare presume to minister before Iesus Christ in the garments vveeds and offices of the Locustes of the bottomles pit hovv they dare presse to offer before the God of Israel being strangers from the Tabernacle by vertue of their office It vvas a positive lavv under Moses that the stranger not being of the line of Aaron yea or not called to the holie office that vvould intermedle vvith the office of the Preist should dy the death for it Much more if he vvere an Eckronitish or an Ashdodean Preist in his office And is not this man vvorthie of more honour then Moses his ordinaÌ„ces to be yet more reverenced then Moses his vvere Oh then vvhat a fearful presumption is it for the Preachers of this land I speak nothing all this vvhile of the Idol-readers the Prelates the CoÌ„missaries the Chancellors the Deanes the Archdeacons c to take his vvord in their mouthes his Sacramentes in their hands to minister in his sight being not Ashdodeans or Eckronitish but Antichristian Preists which is more horrible by vertue of their office calling The sensible presidents of Gods fearefull iudgements upon Corah and the two hundred fiftie Captaynes of the Congregation being men that held and taught such of them as were teachers as many points of truth as our preachers can hold or teach time time being counted together The fretting consuming leprosie of K. Vzziah are written for their instruction ours that they should not presume to intermedle with the holy things of God especially by vertue of a false AntichristiaÌ„ office If it be here said that we have nothing to do what office they have so they preach the truth I answer that this is it which Satan would have to wit that his ordinances his power his Ministerie should be received of vs without any scruple or doubt what we do therby Graunt him this once and he wil soon overthrow all religion I have shewed before that a good conscience will beginne with a lawfull calling and office especially in this holy work and therfore if men have not forgotten to be ashamed let them not use this gracelesse uncolourable shift any longer to iustifie their uneven walking For if their outvvard office and calling wil not abide the fire of the word they are but wolves and vsurpers whosoever they be And if they be ashamed or think themselves too good to derive their office authoritie and power from Iesus Christ the Church of Christ and every member therof ought to be ashamed and afraid to receive them Nay the Church cannot receive them without high treason against the head thereof Christ Iesus vnto whose power alone we must submit our selves for we have none other head but him and therfore wil acknowledge no other power but his to have authoritie to work vpon our consciences They know what penaltie was to be executed vpon him under Moses that spake in the name of other Gods unto that people how dare they then go about to thrust us away froÌ„ the Lord our God who hath redeemed us from the power of the grave and to bring us into subjection unto the ordinances of that godlesse Mauzzim Do they not know that that Christ is not a true Christ but an Antichrist whatsoever truth he teacheth whatsoever miracles he worketh which cannot prove his outward office and calling unto us out of the written word of God What Ministers then can they be but AntichristiaÌ„ whose office calling cannot derive the genealogie therof out of the same booke of the written undoubted veritie Christ Iesus telleth us that the Scriptures are they which testifie of him that his power even to preach and not his preaching onelie is in the verie conscience of his adversaries from heaven and not from men Hee tooke not the honour of his office unto him selfe but he that said unto him this day have I begotten thee gave it him as the Apostle teacheth Iohn Baptist confirmeth his office out of the written word namely that he was that voice of him that crieth in the wildernes whereof the Prophet Isay had foretold the Church The holy Apostles confirme their office out of the written word For they wil not onelie prove that they preach nothing but the truth administer no sacramentes save the true sacramentes onely but also wil shewe that they derive the power authority to do this from him who hath all power in his hand that is from Iesus who did not onely instruct them what trueth the Church was to receive but also gave them a CoÌ„mission to do the same from his owne mouth in saieng Go yee therefore c. Nay they durst not presume to choose any to supplie the roome of Iudas among them except they had bene able to bring the warrant of the written word for their ground that an office was void in the house of God and that another was to supplie that roome Paul the Apostle is able to proue his office unto us out of many places of the written word The Spirit of God testifieth that he is an Apostle of Iesus Christ not at his own hand but by the wil of God What wil the Preachers of our time then say for them selves why they should not do the like Many of them go about to deceive them selves the simple people by the place of Paul Yee are the seale of mine Apostleship We have called many say they But by vertue of what office say wee If they allege we have nothing to do to examine that truth nay coÌ„mon sense wil answere them that then they are wicked intruders that they are Lawlesse theeves that they are false Prophets nay that they are Anabaptists and that we may know them by this bitter presumptuous fruite which coÌ„meth out of their mouthes For wil they presume to take the word of Iesus Christ in their mouths to intermedle with his Sacramentes to rule in his house and wil they not shewe us how they come in by what office they doe these things wil they under pretense of an inward power bragge of an outward office nay exempt themselves from the charge of of an office in the house of God under the vaile of their outward giftes and so breake into the same in steed of

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. Numb 16.26 And Moses spake vnto the Congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs least ye perish in all their sinnes Rev. 18.4 And I heard another voyce from heaven say Go out of Babylon my people that ye be not partakers in her sinnes and that ye receive not of her plagues Imprinted in the yeare 1609. The Publisher to the Reader THere comming to my hands Christian reader the copie of this treatise following wherof many copies have passed abroad in writing I thought good weying well the matter vndertaken the partie by whom it was written to publish the same to the further view of the world And chiefly for the good of my country which all true subiects are bound by all good meanes to seek and advance The subiect of this book or matter undertaken is A declaration of th' estate of the Church and Ministery of Engl. compared with Corah Dathan Abiram their Tents and conspiracie against Moses and Aaron Num. 16. chap. Which therefore all in whom the true fear of God is ought carefully to look vnto and examine For we should trie all things and keep that which is good And they who never examine the things charged to be evil and out of order in that Church must needs be ignorant whether their estate therin be good or evill But if they coÌ„sider that ignorance will not excuse them it behooveth all to take knowledge whom I hartely wish to lay aside all partialitie and with indifferent mindes to weigh things well trying them by the rule of Gods word that whatsoever therby is required of them they may resolve to do it although it turne to the losse of all worldly pleasures and preferments knowing that we have here but a short time and our God hath reserved for vs a more induring substance and richer inheritance in the kingdome of heaven if in obedience we submit vnto him and in faith and pacience do wayt vpon him Touching the authour Mr Iohn Penry by name he was a godly man learned zealous of a most ChristiaÌ„ cariage courage as he * In his Apologie saith of himself borne and bred in the mountaines of Wales And wel known it is that with all godly care labour he endeavoured to have the Gospell preached and planted among his poore countrymen whose case he greatly pittied had compassion of in that they wanted the meanes of salvation among them After all this God vsing him as a further instrument for the more clear manifestation of the truth he was hardly intreated imprisoned condemned and executed so suffred Martyrdome for the name of Christ. Being adiudged at the Kings bench by Sir Iohn Popham Knight Lord cheif Iustice of England and the rest of the Iudges there assembled the 25. of the 5. month called May and executed at Thomas a Waterings by London the 29. of the same month in the year of our Lord 1593. And here let the Reader observe that he was not executed the next day after the iudgement as it was expected nor the second nor third day after but when men least looked for the same then was he brought forth being at dynner as I have heard by a warrant vnder the hands of the * Iohn Whitgift Archbishop of CaÌ„terbury of Sir Iohn Puckering Knight Lord Keeper of the great seale and Sir Iohn Popham aforesaid being then Lord chief Iustice of England and the matter being caried after a close manner was sodeinly conveyed to the place of execution where he was as hastily bereaved of his life and not suffred though he desired it to make declaration of his faith towards God or of his allegiance to her Maiestie Which mâ—ner of dealing I thought good to note here by the way that it might be knowen and esteemed of all according as it deserveth Furthermore concerning this treatise whether he had finished the whol or was taken intercepted when he had thus far proceeded in it or what he would further have done about it I know not Wherfore if others have more of it they shall do wel to impart it to the world as I have done this which came to my hands In the mean time I wish all to make good vse of this part now printed they vnto whose hands it shal come to enterteyn it as a poore Orphane who is left as it were Fatherles by the authours vntimely death procured by the Prelates who as vncleane spirits like frogges croaking about Kings Courts do stir vp the Magistrates Rulers of the earth Rev. 16.13.14 to make warre against Gods Saintes Whereas these should rather hearken to that which God speaketh vnto them in his word saying Be wise now therefore ye Kings be learned ye Iudges of the earth Serve the Lord in feare and rejoyce in trembling Kisse the sonne least he be angry and ye perish in the way when his wrath shall suddenly burne Blessed are all they that trust in him Psal 2.10.11.12 THE HISTORIE OF CORAH c. Numb 16. chap. Applied to the Church-assemblies of England IT is certayne and apparant that this age cannot in any wise brook to have the truth manifested spoken in the same except it be by peece meales So that if ever it were said to the Seers See not to the prophets prophesie not unto us right things Isa 30.10 but speak flatteries prophesie errors depart out of the way go aside out of the path cause the holy one of Jsraell to ceasse fom vs the very same is now sayd and stood vnto in these miserable dayes nay those that would be reconed our leaders our eyes our guides are nowe become the men of Anathoth and say plainelie Jer. 11.21 prophesie not in the name of the Lord that thou dy not by our hands All estates and sorts of men high and low have reasons why to reiect the truth why to condemne it why to tread it vnder foot and to persecute the same It is not pleasant it is odious it is offensive it is hard knotty uncivil proud hauty and what not It is not pleasant because it draweth men into incouveniences it reproveth them to their faces discovereth their evil walking it in dangereth those that professe the same it carrieth but a mean trayn after it It is odious and offensive for the same causes It is vncivil proud and haughtie because it wil correct and reform all it wil alter states it regardeth not the years learning credite wisdome and estimation of those that stand against it but goeth about to bring all under foot and to make them all to stoop unto it or els threatneth to break theÌ„ like a potters vessel it wil not be silent at their commaundement but contrary wise enforceth them

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