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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

for a testimony of their disobedience Psalm 81. and that the Gospell was preached throughout the whole world to be a witnesse of the infidelitie of all that did not beleeue it The Angells of God that stand round about vs our hearts and consciences that are within vs and all the creatures in the World that are without vs will be readie to beare record and witnesse of vs. Iam. 5.3 The rich mans golde and the rust of it will bee a witnesse of his couetousnesse Hab. 2.11 the stone out of the wall and the beame out of the timber Ecc. 10.20 shall be a witnesse of his crueltie the fowls of heauen and the birdes of the ayre will bee witnesses of his impietie and of his blasphemy Wherefore seeing wee are compassed with a cloude of so manie witnesses Heb. 12.1 as the Apostle speaketh in another case let vs cast off euerie thing that presseth downe and the sinne that hangeth so fast on let vs bee carefull to keepe not onely our hearts Prou. 4.23 but our tongues and our hands with all diligence keeping as it were a continuall watch amidst our thoughts our words and our deedes least otherwise those that bee present to behold vs be witnesses against vs to conuince and condemne vs. Those that haue a great manie eyes vppon them to obserue and note all their wordes and deedes are verie warie and circumspect that no vndecent nor vnseemely thing passe and escape from them so ought wee to bee euerie way as carefull and as prouident hauing so manie to beare witnesse and recorde of vs. It was Seneca his counsell to his friend Lucilius that whensoeuer hee went about to doe anie thing hee should imagine Cato or Scipio or some other worthie Roman to be in presence which as he thought woulde make him the more carefull and circumspecte in all things so ought wee whensoeuer wee goe about anie thing to consider that God his holie Angells and his creatures are present to beare witnesse of vs and if anie of these should faile yet our owne conscience neuer faileth to be present going euery where with vs and carrying about that with it Conscientia est inseparabilis gloria vel confusio vniuscuiusque pro qualitate depositi Bern. de inter domo cap. 1. which it hath receiued to keepe beeing euery where vnto vs eyther an inseparable glorie to excuse and to saue vs or an inseparable confusion to accuse and condemne vs. In regard whereof we ought all of vs to haue grace as the Apostle sayth so to serue God and to please him with feare and reuerence that wee neede not to feare anie witnesses that shall at anie time rise vp against vs but contrariwise 2. Cor. 1.12 hauing the testimonie and witnesse of our conscience that in simplicitie and godly purenesse we haue had our conuersation in the World and giuing an outwarde testimonie and witnesse vnto the World of our faith and good workes by the fruits thereof we may receiue both the inwarde testimomonie of the spirit to beare witnesse with our spirits that wee are the sonnes Rom. 8.16 of God and the outwarde testimonie of God the Father and of his sonne Iesus Christ saying vnto vs Mat. 25.23 Euge bone serue fidelis It is wel done good and faithfull seruant thou hast beene faithfull in a little I will make thee ruler ouer much enter into thy Masters ioy To which words I would heere add a blessing and a thanksgiuing Scripturae scrutandae sunt nec earum superficie debemus esse contenti quae ita modificatae sunt vt altiùs se penetrari velint Aug. Hesich ep 80 to conclude and shut vp all as the manner is but that Saint Austen tells mee that the Scriptures are to be searched and to be ransacked and that wee ought not to content our selues with the superficies and outside of them but that wee are to penetrate into the verie bowelles of them Omnia opera curationum Christi habēt in se mysteria dispositionum Dei absconditarum Chrys in Mat. And Saint Chrysostome more particularly sayth that all the workes of Christs healing and curing doe containe in them certaine mysteries of the hidden and secret dispositions of God Which I know not how to open and to make manifest vnlesse the healing of this Leper doth represent and shadowe out the healing of a sinner and the curing of sinne which is as it were a leprosie of the soule Which if it doth as verie well it maie doe then ought we all of vs to come vnto Christ with the Leper and to fall downe before him and humbly desire him to heale our souls and to cleanse vs from al our sins he being the only Physicion the physick to heale vs withal whose bloud dooth both purge our consciences and cleanse vs from all our sinnes Heb. 9.14 Which desire of ours he is both able in regard of his power and willing in regarde of his goodness Psal 147.18 to grant and perform being ready both to send out his word to heale vs with it and to stretch out his hand and to sprinkle his most precious bloud vpon vs to cleanse vs with it Heb. 12.24 the vertue and efficacie whereof is such that hee doth euen immediately and as it were in a moment cleanse vs from all our sinnes and heale vs of all our iniquities Whereof when wee are cured let vs not tell it vnto euery one by bragging and boasting of it as if wee were healed by our owne power and godlinesse Act. 3 1● but let vs ascribe all the praise and glorie vnto God for it presenting our selues vnto Christ Iesus our high Priest as vnto our heauenly Physicion Heb. 9.12 who by his owne bloud entred into the holy place to sanctifie vs and to obtaine eternall redemption for vs Rom. 12.1 offering vp our soules and bodies a liuing sacrifice holie and acceptable vnto him as it were two Pigeons or a paire of Turtle-doues for a gifte and a testimonie of our thankefulnesse vnto him that so beeing iudged and pronounced cleane and pure from all leprosie of sinne wee may maugre the malice of Sathan bee receiued into the societie and companie of the Saints in the holy Citie Apoc. 4.13 the heauenlie IERVSALEM there to sing Halleluiah and to giue prayse and honour and glorie to him that sitteth vpon the throne and to the LAMBE for euermore Which he vouchsafe to grant vnto vs of his infinite goodnesse and mercy towards vs and for the inestimable price and merit of his owne bloud wherewith he hath purchased vs and washed vs from all our sinnes and obtained eternall redemption and saluation for vs. To whom with the Father and the holy Spirit three persons one God be ascribed all honour and glorie praise and dominion both now and for euer Amen FINIS Faults escaped in the Printing Page 122. line 1. Reade why weake and base and not c. Page 229. line 4. for Mediolanus Reade Mediolanum

●eed not to be verie sollicitous exemplified in two ●articular cases pag. 203 60 That of the scandall of weake ones wee ought ●o haue some care in condescending somthing vnto ●●eir weakenes wherein is shewed how far and how ●ong pag. 206 61 The reason concerning the Priest to giue him his due and the honor that belonged vnto him whose office was to iudge of the Leprosie to pronounce sentence of the cleansing thereof pag. 212 62 The great honour that God hath vouchsafed to the Priests of the Law from time to time specified in foure particulars pag. 213 63 The honour that God hath vouchsafed to the ministers of the Gospell shewed in the honour of their office and of their person pag. 216. 64 The contempt of Gods ministers in these dayes and the haynousnes of the sin with the causes of this contempt pag. 221. 224 65 Reuerence and obedience to be yeelded vnto thē notwithstanding their vnworthines many times due in regard of the dignitie of their office though not in regard of the merit of their person pag. 230 66 The third charge to offer his gift with the reason thereof which was to testifie his thankfulnes vnto God pag. 232 67 That for the same cause God commanded the first fruits sacrifices tenthes oblations c. to be offred vnto him which he hath giuen from himself vnto the Priests for their seruice and maintenance pag. 233 68 That the law of tithes and oblations is not 〈◊〉 meere ceremoniall and iudiciall law but also moral● in the substance and proportion and equity thereof pag. 23● 69 That although the law of tithes doe not binde Christians as they were due to the Leuitical priests yet the Church hath libertie to retaine the same and to ordaine it againe as it doth pag. 237 70 Foure propositions arising frō the right which God hath transferred from himselfe and hath made ouer vnto his ministers for their seruice pag. 241 71 The first that the maintenance of ministers is not a meere humane constitution but a diuine ordinance due vnto them iure diuino by a diuine right or by the law of God pag. 241. 242. 72 Also that it is not a voluntarie and beggerly almes giuen in charitie but an honourable tribute due in iustice and that God did not see it fitte that ministers should liue vpon meere beneuolence and the voluntarie contributions of the people with the reasons thereof pag. 242. 243 73 The second that the maintenance of ministers ought to bee a liberall and a bountifull maintenance proued by the law of nature of nations of Christ and of Christian Princes pag. 246 74 The third that tenthes and oblations and other reuenewes of the Church doe properly belong to Ecclesiasticall and not to any temporall persons pag. 254 75 That to alienate the goods of the Church either by diuerting them without iust cause to ciuill vses or by conuerting them fraudulently and vniustly to our owne vses cannot be without iniurie vnto God and to the Church pag. 256 76 Of the great daunger heereof and the greeuous punishments that haue followed after it with an exhortatiō a Caueatto beware of it p. 258. 267 77 The fourth that tithes and oblations with other duties belonging to the Church are to be tendered willingly and cheerefully without grudging and murmuring and without contesting and cauilling about them against the wicked practise in these dayes pag. 271 78 The ground and reason of the charge which is the law and commandement of Moses and why Christ would haue the Leper to performe obedidience vnto it being shortly after to bee abolished which was to honour Moses and his law pag. 279 79 Of the honour dewe to the lawes and ceremonies of our Church in regard of the first authors and obseruers of them the which are cleared of the imputation of poperie and superstition pag. 284 80 Another speciall end of the Lepers oblation which besides the testification of his thankfulnesse was to be a testimony against the priests pag. 290 81 How God keepeth records and witnesses to leaue vs without excuse and therefore to seeke for the testimonie of Gods spirit and the testimonie of a good conscience to secure vs against all witnesses that come against vs. 291 82 The allegorie of the whole text applyed to the cleansing of sinne which is the leprosie of the soule wrought by Christ Iesus the Physitiō that cleanseth and the high Priest that doth pronounce vs to bee cleane with the testifying of our thankfulnesse for it pag. 295 THE CLEANsing of the Leper Matth. 8. Verse 2.3.4 And lo there came a Leper and worshipped him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus stretching forth his hand touched him saying I will be thou cleane and immediately his leprosie was cleansed Then Iesus sayd vnto him See thou tell no man but goe and shewe thy selfe vnto the Priest offer the gifte that Moses commanded for a witnesse to them IT is obseru'd by the fathers that the creation of the World was not performed vvith such labour difficultie as the redemption of it In the creation God vsed his word only for dixit facta sunt hee spake the word and they were made Psal 33.9 Psalm 33.9 But in the redemption of it Christ vsed both words and deeds too Bern. incant ser 20 for multa dixit multa fecit multa pertulit sayth S. Bernard hee spake many things hee did manie things and hee suffered manie things Which was the cause that in performing the office of his mediation hee did not onely preach the word but also wrought many workes and wonders with it ioyning vnto his sayings his doings to his words his deeds and to his doctrine his works miracles which he wrought And this not without most wise and iust consideration Partly 〈◊〉 winne credite authoritie vnto his preaching and to confirme his doctrine by signes and wonders that followed after Mark 16.20 that as his doctrine was supernaturall farre aboue the apprehension of reason so the confirmation thereof might bee supernaturall farre aboue the order and course of nature Cant. 2.12 It is the song of the Church in the booke of the Canticles The flowers appeare in the earth and the voice of the Turtle is heard in our land that is sayth Bernard the truth is founde by hearing and by seeing the voice being heard and the flowers beeing seene Rom. 10.17 Et visu veritas cōperta auditu Etsi fides ex auditu ex vis● confirmatio est Audita visa confirmant Bern. in Cant. ser 59. Mat. 3.16 For though faith commeth by hearing as the Apostle sayth yet notwithstanding the confirmation of it is by seeing according to that which Christ saith Go shewe Iohn what things yee haue heard seene the things which we heare being confirmed by those things which we see Therfore is Christ not onely testified by a voice but also demonstrated by a Doue and is