Sermons upon Deuteronomy

Yea but what manner of Gospel? A tavern gospel. There was no talking among them of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: For it was a common by word among them to say, There needs no more to be known than that which all of us know; that is to wit, that we must love God and our neighbour. And what needeth there so much preaching for that matter? If a man replied hereupon & said unto them, how can it be? If ye will have preaching to cease & the Sacraments to be superfluous, the must the whole order which God hath set in his church be disannulled: Well (would they say) then let the Gospel be preached simply without such storming. And again as touching the Sacraments, belong they not to us as well as to you? Why not? would we that there should be no more order kept? Nay we can minister the supper as well as you preachers. Such things as these (I say) were seen and herd. But if Coree, Dathan, & Abirā be condemned here by the holy ghost, to have intended the breaking of all order: I pray you what shall a man say, of those which have fought so manifestly against god after this fashion? for these things were not done of ignorance. Although they be so shameless as to say still, we have meant no such thing yet is ⟨p. 461⟩their malice too too apparent. For had no man spoken to them of it, or had no man pointed them as with his finger to the texts of the scripture, so as it might have bin said, see here the will of God, there is no difficulty in the matter, it needeth not any scanning as though there were any doubtfulness in it, see here the open text: [they might have had some colour for their pretence]. But seeing that things were so showed unto them, & yet they continued wilful still: see ye not that it was an open §10making of war against God? Is it not to be seen also what pretence was made by Coree, Dathan & Abiram? Out of question, their sayings were after this manner: Why? If Aaron have the high priesthood alone to himself, he shall have all superiority, & what shall we be? Even so standeth the case with these men: to their seeming, all were marred on their side, if God should bear the sway.

Yea but what maner of Gospell? A tauerngospell. There was no talking among them of the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ: For it was a cōmon by word among them to say, There needs no more to be knowē than yt which al of vs know; that is to wit, that we must loue God and our neighbour. And what needeth there so much preaching for that matter? If a man replyed hereupon & sayd vnto thē, how can yt be? If yee wil haue preaching to ceasse & the Sacraments to be superfluous, the must the whole order which God hath set in his church be disanulled: Wel (would they say) then let ye Gospel be preached simply wtout such storming. And againe as touching ye Sacraments, belong they not to vs as well as to you? Why not? would we yt there should be no more order kept? Nay we cā minister ye supper as wel as you preachers. Such things as these (I say) were seen and herd. But if Coree, Dathan, & Abirā be condemned here by ye holy ghost, to haue intēded ye breaking of al order: I pray you what shal a man say, of those which haue fought so manifestly against god after this fashion? for these things were not done of ignorāce. Although they be so shameles as to say stil, wee haue ment no such thing yet is