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A07733	The cleansing of the leper discoursed, and opened, first, in certaine lectures within the cathedrall church of Saint Paul, in London; vpon occasion of that great visitation of the plague, in the yeare of our Lord, 1603. And now thought meet to be published, for our present instruction and comfort; as being fitted both to this time of pestilence, and of famine amongst vs. By Henry Morley, Bachelour of Diuinitie.	Morley, Henry, d. 1616.	1609 (1609)	STC 18115; ESTC S112895	120,818	318

Thou leddest thy people like sheep by the hands of Moses and Aaron Lastly in making a law Deut. 17.12 that whosoeuer dealt presūptuously wold not harkē to the priest should be put to death yea the none shuld presume so much as to speak euil of him Cypriā Corn. aduer haeret ther fore S. Pa. as Cyp. noteth hauing called Ananias the high Pr. a painted wal and being reproued by one that sayde vnto him Act 23.3 Reuilest thou Gods high Priest hee answered and excused the fact in saying I wot not that hee was the high Priest for it is written Thou shalt not speake euill of the Ruler of the people If God hath so highly honoured the Priests of the law how much more doth he honour the Priests of the gospell whose office and ministerie is far more excellent then theirs as the Apostle reasoneth 2. Cor. 3. If the ministration of death was glorious 2. Cor. 3.7 how shall not the ministratiō of the spirit be more glorious and if the ministerie of cōdemnation was glorious how much more doth the ministration of righteousnesse exceede in glorie Which honour giuen by God vnto the ministers of the Gospell will appeare by adouble honour giuen vnto them the one the honor of their office the other the honor of their person The former wherof is to be seene in diuers excellent and honorable dueties performed by their ministery As first in making of Christians the most honourable calling in the world for Christans are not borne but made as Saint Ierom sayes Fiunt nō nascuntur Christiani Hier. ad Laetam and that by the meanes and helpe of Gods ministers in that holy and blessed Sacrament of Baptisme which they only haue power to administer whereby they do also incorporate and ingraft them into the bodie and society of the Church and doe consecrate and dedicate them vnto the profession and seruice of Christ Secondly in preaching the Gospell of Christ Iesus and publishing the glad tidings of saluation which is an honour that God hath not vouchsafed vnto the Angelles though farre more excellent in nature then wee are giuing the law by them but the Gospell by Christ his Apostles and ministers which things saith Saint Pet. the Angels desire stooping to behold 1. Pet. 1.12 Thirdly 1. Pet. 1.12 in administring and deliuering with our hands the Sacraments and visible signes and pledges of the most precious bodie and blood of the sonne of God wherby we obtaine not only redemption forgiuenesse of our sins but also peace and reconciliation and inheritance in the kingdome of heauen where-as the priests of the lawe were occupied about sacrificing and killing of beasts and in burning of incense vpon the altar Mat. 18 18. Lastly in hauing the keyes of the kingdome of heauen committed vnto them so as whatsoeuer they binde in earth is bound in heauen and whatsoeuer they loose in earth is loosed in heauen Ioh. 20.20 whose-soeuer sins they remit they are remitted whose-soeuer sins they retaine they are retained A power that God hath not communicated to any of the Angels for to which of them hath hee sayd at any time whatsoeuer yee shall binde in earth is bound in heauen Vppon which wordes Theophilact doth obserue that the honour of the priesthood is diuine because it belongeth to God to forgiue sins For the other which is the honor that God hath bestowed vppon their person as they are ministers that is to be seene in those honorable titles that he hath giuen vnto them stiling them with the name of ministers a title not only belonging vnto princes gouernors who are called the ministers of God Rom. 13 Rom. 13.4 but also vnto Christ who is called the minister of circumcision Rom. 15.8 Rom. 15. in calling them men of God fellow laborers with himselfe Angels Ambassadors Rulers stewards starrs lights fathers doctors pastors with a great many more besides al which do shew in what great honor and reputation they are with God Which is also further seene in that order that God hath taken the charge that hee hath giuen for the good intertainment vsage of them prouiding not only for their indēnitie safety in that charge that he hath giuē of thē Psa 105. Psal 105. touch not mine annointed and do my prophets no harme but also for a worthy respect and regard to be had of thē both concerning loue and hartie affection and concerning reuerence and obedience to be yeelded vnto them 1. Thes 5.12 Of loue in admonishing men to know thē that labour among them and are ouer them and to haue them not in an euen kinde of loue which is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 such as is found among friendes but to haue thē in a higher and a superlatiue kinde of loue which is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Apostle calles it and that for their work sake 1. Thess 5. Of obedience in charging men to obay them that haue the ouersight of them and to submit themselues Heb. 13.17 because they watch for their soules as those that must giue account that they may doo it with ioy and not with griefe Heb. 13. Further in reputing the wrong done vnto them to bee done vnto himselfe Zach. 2.8 Hee that toucheth you sayth God toucheth the apple of mine eye and contrariwise the loue and reuerence which is shewed vnto them to be giuen vnto himselfe hee that receiueth you sayth Christ receiueth me and he that receiueth me Mat. 10.40 receiueth him that sent mee like as a Prince esteemeth either the wrong or the honour done to his Embassadour to be done to his owne person So that considering the great honor that God hath voutsafed to the Priests both of the law and of the Gospell it is a wonder to see the maruailous neglect and contempt of the priesthood ministerie here in the world Is it because God hath not honored them No verily he hath set a crowne of honour vpon them crowning them with honour and worshippe as Dauid speaketh What is the cause then Psal 8.6 Surely because Atheists Epicures and profane worldlings haue dishonored thē that as Christ sayth of the Iewes I honour my Father Ioh. 8.49 but ye haue dishonored me so it may truely bee sayd of them that God hath honored his ministers but they like miscreants and profane wretches haue dishonoured them turning their honour into shame by louing vanitie and seeking lies Psal 4.2 Psal 4.2 A sinne not like the sinne of the Amorites of which it is sayd that the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full Gen. Gen. 15.26 15. but a sin full of impierie like a Cart pressed down that is ful of sheaues Amos 2. Amos 2.13 and such an one as doth argue a want of all grace and of all religion and piety and feare of God there being a iust estimate to bee taken of a mans religion

that through their knowledge shall the weake brother perish for whom Christ died 1. Cor. 8. 1. Cor. 8.13 and for his owne part he protesteth that if meate offend his brother hee will eate no flesh while the world standeth that hee may not offend his brother 1. Cor. 8 13. The which notwithstanding is not so to be taken as if wee might neuer in any case whatsoeuer doe any thing whereat a weake brother may happely take offence but that wee ought for a time to condescend to their infirmity and their ignorance while they may be taught and instructed in the truth as Saint Paul did with the Gentiles 1. Cor. 9.15 who although he might haue lawfully reaped their temporall things for sowing spirituall things yet he would not vse this power and liberty for offence sake vntill such time as he had taught instructed them that this was due by the law of God and the law of Nature for their studie and labour in the ministerie So that if after the truth sufficiently taught demonstrated vnto them they shall still remaine doubtfull and take offence then their weakenesse is not any longer to bee borne withall nor to bee nourished by our dissembling and yeelding vnto it but to bee reproued corrected because now it is Zanch. de Redemp lib. 1 as the learned iudicious Zanchius sayth pertinacia potius quàm imbecillitas rather a pertinacie and an obstinacy then an infirmity and a weakenes in them To make this a little more plaine by an instance or an example There are certaine weake brethren among vs I forbeare to say that some are obstinate that take great offence at the policie and gouernement of our Church and at the vse of diuers rites and ceremonies thereof viz. at the Crosse in Baptisme the wearing of the Surplisse the Ring in marriage kneeling at the Communion and at diuers thinges in the Letany and the booke of Common prayer I demaund now what is to bee done in this case Are wee alwayes to yeeld and to condescend to their weakenesse because they take offence at these things No verily but only for a while till they may be taught and informed concerning the lawfull vse of these things after which if they shall still persist in their errors not subscribing or not conforming themselues to the orders and the regiment of our Church they are not to bee indulged nor to bee spared any longer but they are to bee left to the censures and coercions of the Church like as wee reade of Sara Aug. Bonifacio epist 50. in whome Saint Austen sayeth that the Church of God was prefigured Gal. 4. who corrected punished her maide Hagar Gen. 16. for her pride contēpt towards ●hir And yet Sara did not persecute Hagar as these men vse to coplain of per●ecutiō whē as the church doth cēsure ●hē for their wilfulnes disobedience for as Saint Austen sayes Grauius ancilla Saram persecuta est per iniquam superbiam quàm eam Sara per debitam disciplinam c. Aug. de vnit Eccle. the mayde did more persecute the mistress by her pride in despising her then the mistress did her mayde by her iust discipline in correcting her And they did more persequute our Sauiour who caused him to say the zeale of thy house hath eaten mee vp then he did them when hee ouerthrew their Tables and cast them out of the Temple euen as a sonne doth more persecute his father by his disobedience then a father doth his sonne by his correction And therefore we ought so to haue a care of charitie towardes those that are weake that thereby we neither nuzzle infirmitie nor impeach the Churches libertie and authoritie of the defence and maintenance whereof there is a certaine kinde of necessitie that lyeth vpon vs as Caluin sayeth Habemus necessitatem vindicandae libertatis si ea infirmis in conscientijs periclitatur Calv. Inst lib. 3. cap. 19. sect 12. if at any time it bee in daunger to bee lost by the scrupulous cōsciences of those that are weake Now for the reason that concerneth the Priest our Sauiour Christ would haue the Leper to shew himself vnto the Priest to giue the Priest his due viz. that honour and prerogatiue that did belong vnto him who in this case was ordained as an honourable iudge to discerne of the leprosie and to giue his sentence and his iudgement of the cleansing and curing of it Rom. 13.7 and therefore willing to giue all men their duetie tribute to whome tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whome bonour belongeth Vade ostende te sacerdoti go sayth hee and shew thy selfe vnto the Priest For which wee are to knowe that since God did first of all ordaine the Priesthood he hath euermore highly honored it in vouchsafing many priuiledges prerogatiues immunities and dignities vnto it As first in annexing and ioyning the Priesthood to the royall and imperiall dignitie in Melchizedec Gen. 14. who was both a King and a Priest in Noah who was a Monarch and a Preacher 2. Pet. 2. in Moses who was a prince and a prophet Ex. 3. Eccl. 1. in Dauid who was a king and a prophet in Salomon who was a king a preacher yea in Christ himselfe who was sent to preach Luc. 4. and was annointed a king a priest and a prophet and all this no doubt to honour and to countenance the priesthood Secondly in bestowing the priesthood not vppon the worst as Ieroboam did 2. Kin. 12.31 who made priests of the lowest of the people but vpon the first borne of euerie familie as a priuiledge an honour that they had aboue their brethren whereby Melchizedec who is though of most to be Sem the eldest sonne of Noah became to bee a priest of the most high God Philo. lib. 2. de Monarchia Deus Leuitas virtutis pietatisque ergo honorauit Philo de legspeeialib lib. 2. Yea more then this the dignitie of the priesthood was after that bestowed as Philo sayes as a proper and due rewarde of pietie and vertue vpon the tribe of Leui at what time the people of Israell falling to idolatry in worshipping the golden calf the tribe of Leui at the cōmandement of Moses girded themselues with their swordes slew three thowsād of the idolators with which zeale of theirs God was so well pleased Exod. 32.29 that they receiued the priesthood as a rewarde of their pietie their good seruice vnto God Thirdly in making the priest a chiefe and a principall man euen in the greatest affayres in the worlde as in annointing and consecrating of Kings who were to be annointed of the priest Num. 27.22 in asking counsell of God both for the ruler the people who were to go out and to come in at his word in ruling and gouerning the people together with the ciuill Magistrate Psal 77. Psal 77.20