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

THE CLEANSING of the Leper DISCOVRSED 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. Beholde thou art now made whole sinne no more least a worse thing come vnto thee Ioh. 5. By HENRY MORLEY Bachelour of Diuinitie Imprinted at London by H. L. for Clement Knight and are to be sould at the signe of the holy Lambe in Paules Churchyarde 1609. TO THE MOST Reuerend Father in GOD RICHARD the Lord Archbishop of Canterburie his Grace Primate and Metropolitane of all England one of his Maiesties most Honorable priuie Councell and Chancelor of the Vniuersitie of Oxford RIght Honorable and my gratious good Lord the common Apologie that is made for the publishing of bookes viz. the intreatie importunitie of friēds with a complaint notwithstanding of the excessiue number thereof already I take to bemuch like that formal speech vsed by guests at great feasts who will seeme to finde fault with the excesse of cheere and superfluitie of dishes yet taste and eate of euerie one that is before them The best Apologie I suppose my self and others can make herein for so many Criticks haue we in these daies that nothing can well passe without an Apologie is the necessitie or rather iniquitie of this age wherein the manifold opposition to Trueth and the most shamefull dishonour to Pietie the one by Papists and Schismatickes the other by Atheists and Libertines do seeme to call as Moses somtimes did to the tribe of Leui to put euerie man his sword by his side that hath skill to handle it and to consecrate his hands vnto God in the zeale and defence of them In performance of which dutie if there bee any thing in this simple Work worthy of regard I humbly cōsecrate the same next vnto God to the honour of your Grace to whome it doth most iustly belong both in regard of my bounden duetie as your seruant and of your Graces sundry fauours and benefittes towardes mee To which please it you to adde your honourable patronage of this small Treatise against the calumnies of such Aduersaries as it hath to incounter with I shall thinke my selfe yet more deepely ingaged in any possible seruice to your good Lordshippe Thus crauing your Honorable acceptance of my poore endeauors I humbly take my leaue with hartie and earnest prayer to God for your Graces health and happinesse to the prosperous and good estate of this our Church long to continue Your Graces humble Chaplaine and Seruant HENRIE MORLEY The Matters contayned in this Booke 1 THe combining of Christs preaching and his working of miracles together with the reasons thereof pag. 1 2 The particular miracle of the healing of the Leper and the seuerall points obserued in it pag. 5. 3 A description of the nature and qualitie of the Leprosie and of the contagion and difficulty of the curing thereof pag. 6 4 The Lepers faith in comming vnto Christ in making a petition to be healed of him commēding faith without diffidence in prayer pag. 8 5 The Lepers humility reuerence vnto Christ in worshipping him and falling downe before him commending humilitie and reuerence in prayer pag. 11 6 The honor that the Leper giueth vnto Christ stiling him with the name of a Lord acknowledging him to be Lord God Almightie the soueraine Lord of heauen and earth pag. 17 7 The forme of the Lepers petition in saying Si vis potes if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane cleared from imputation of distrust and diffidence of Christs goodnes towards him pag. 24 8 The matter of the Lepers petition in praying for the health of his body shewing the lawfulnesse of praying for temporall things and how farre and in what sort wee ought to pray for them pag. 26 9 The ground of the Lepers petition which is the acknowledgement of Christs will and the confident assurance of his power in saying Si vis potes if thou wilt thou canst pag. 32 10 Two propositions diduced from thence the one that the will of God is the prime and principall cause of Gods workes the other that the will of God is omnipotent able to doo whatsoeuer it will Ibid. 5 11 The former point proued in diuers cases both of election reprobation c. of all which the will of God is shewed to bee the first immediate principall cause pag. 33 12 That the will of God is alwayes iust though many times secret and hid from vs and that there is alwayes a iust reason though not a superiour cause of it pag. 36 13 Against the heresie of the Pelagians and some of the Papists affirming election and reprobation to be of a preuision and foreknowledge in God the one of faith and good workes the other of infidelitie and the abuse of his grace pag. 38 14 Notwithstanding the will of God is not the sole cause of most of his workes and particularly of mans saluation but the will of man worketh with the will of God in the accomplishment therof pag. 43 15 Neither is the meere will of God the only cause or any cause of the damnation of the wicked without the malice and wickednes proceeding from mans owne will pag 47 16 The difference of reprobation and damnation or of negatiue and positiue reprobation the one depending vpon the will of God only the other hauing respect vnto the wickednesse of man pag. 48 17 The conclusion of the first point together with the right vse to be made of it pag. 49 18 The second point concerning the omnipotency of Gods will that nothing is able to resist or to hinder the fulfilling of it pag. 51 19 Of diuers manners whereby God willeth many things although there bee but one will in h m properly and indeede viz. his absolute will or the will of his good pleasure which is alwayes fulfilled pag. 53 20 Against the doctrine of vniuersall grace as it is held by some as being not able to confist nor to stand with the absolute will of God and the powerfull and effectuall working thereof pag. 54 21 The order of Christs healing the Leper by his hand and by his tongue with diuers reasons of both pag. 56 22 The first reason why Christ vseth his hand in healing the Leper being able to haue healed him without touching him viz. to shewe that he was not subiect to the law as others but was Lord of it pa. 57 23 The second reason to shew that hee did not feare to take the infection nor refuse to do a work of pietie vpon any nicenesse and squeamishnesse wherin is shewed how farre charitie is to bee extended in times of infection pag. 61 24 The third reason to shewe that hee esteemed more of charity then of the