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The cleansing of the ten lepers, or, Briefe notes on Luke 17, vers. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 by Mathevv Caylie minister of Gods Word at Maidford in Northamptonsh.
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that in these last dayes men should be vnthankfull 2. Tim. 3. 2. We see the truth therof People haue tongues to aske hands to receiue but remember not to glorifie God when they haue receiued what they aske In time of famine sicknes or any aduersity they vsually pray vnto the Lord for helpe but when he deliuereth them out of their distresse doe they then as the Psalmist exhorteth Psalm 107. 6. 8. praise him for his goodnesse or may it not rather bee saide of them as it was of Hezekiah that they render not againe according to the benefite done vnto them I know there are certain words of course as God bee praised I thanke God c. in most mens mouthes Many there are that giue thanks and glorifie God formally coldly and superficially but few that doe it feruently zealously as this Samaritane did who with a loud voice which was argumentū zeli a token of his zeale glorified God Few cal vpon their souls to performe this duty as Dauid did Blesse the Lord O my soule and all that is within mee blesse his holy name Psa 103. 1. But let vs be exhorted alwayes in all things to giue thankes vnto God As we pray for them so let vs praise his Name for them let vs glorifie him for what hee graciously giueth vs It is a good thing to giue thanks vnto the Lord and to sing praises vnto thy Name O most High Psal 92. 1. Thankesgiuing saith one was an exercise in Paradise and it shall be an exercise in heauen It shall continue when others shall cease In the next life wee shall not neede the Word nor Prayer nor Sacraments but the praising of God shall not cease beeing a peculiar exercise of the Angels and Saints in heauen Now if wee would euer praise him in heauen we must first praise him on earth we must glorifie him here if we desire to bee glorified and to glorifie him hereafter I say then as the Apostle to the Hebrewes Let vs offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually that is the fruit of our lips giuing thankes to his Name and alwayes remember that in thanksgiuing as wee glorifie God so wee benefite our selues The Lord will willingly giue vs what wee doe aske him when hee seeth vs thankefull for that hee hath giuen vs thankes for former blessings is the way to gaine and procure future blessings When he saw c. hee Text. turned c. Againe wee may obserue from Obser hence That as thankesgiuing is required so it is speedily to bee rendered as it is not to bee omitted so it is not to be deferred When Sisera was ouerthrowne Deborah and Barak euen on that day sang saying Praise ye the Lord for the auenging of Israel Iudg. 5. 1. 2. And as soone as this Samaritane sawe that he was cleansed he turned backe viz. from the Priests glorified God and gaue thankes Vse 1 Remember then to doe this presently after the receipt of any blessing As we must be swift to heare the word of God so must we bee swift to returne thankes to God Indeede we must as S. Iames saith bee slow to speake to wit against the truth that is deliuered but not Gods praises for blessings receiued we must bee as quicke in thanksgiuing as God is in giuing as ready to glorifie him as hee to gratifie vs to giue him thanks as hee to giue vs blessings Vse 2 Secondly as thanksgiuing is not to bee put off so neither is any other Christian and religious duty This Samaritane deferred not his glorifying of God so we must not deferre our seruing of God Dauid made hast and delayed not to keepe Gods commandements No sooner did Ionah cry in the streetes of Nineueh Yet forty dayes and Nineueh shall be ouerthrowne but they cryed mightily vnto God repented and turned from their euill way Our Sauiour hauing called Simon and Andrew they straightway followed him Mark 1. 18. And Zacheus made haste to receiue him Luke 19. 6. Alasse people in these times who make quicke dispatch of their worldly affaires are exceeding slow in the most important busines of their soules Good courses for the present are onely allowed not followed Conuersion and amendment the most purpose but yet deferre them young men till they bee old old men till they be a dying But as for young men they must remember their creator feare him serue him now in the dayes of their youth and not put off all this till their vncertaine old old age and Audite senes Heare ye old men it is sufficient for you that yee haue spent the time past of your life in the base seruice of the world sin and Sathan now while it is called to day turne from your sins to serue the liuing God And let all both young men and maidens olde men and children take heede of this delay and procrastination set themselues about religious courses Christian duties with all speede and expedition That thou doest doe quickly said our Sauiour to Iudas Ioh. 13. 27. As hee made haste to saue our soules so must wee make hast to amend our liues As Rebeccas friends could by no requests hinder Abrahams seruant from speedy returne vnto his master so let nothing hinder vs srom present conuersion to God our Master Make no tarrying saith the Sonne of Syrach to turne to the Lord and put not off from day to day for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth and in thy security thou shalt bee destroyed and perish in the day of vengeance Eccles 5. 7. Were there not tenne Text. cleansed Here we may note that kindnesse is shewed by God vnto the wicked These nine vnthankfull lepers were cleansed aswell as the tenth the thankfull one Thus wee see that true which we reade Luk. 6. 35. That God is kinde vnto the vnthankfull and to the euill And as our Sauiour cleansed the bodies of these vngratefull lepers so filled he the bellies of his carnall and fleshly followers Iohn 6. according as the Psalmist speaking of men of the world which haue their portion in this life saith that their bellies the Lord filleth with his hid treasure Psal 17. 14. As he filleth their bellies so he filleth their barnes also Yea and so loadeth them sometimes with this worlds good that their barnes are not large enough to receiue their fruits and to hold their goods as appeareth by the parable of the rich man Luk. 12. 16. Thus corporal and temporall benefits Impijs impertitur Dominus the Lord imparteth to vngodly men And this he doth First that they might bee the more inexcusable and haue nothing to alleadge for themselues at the day of their account Secondly that if they haue or seeme to haue any good things in thē they might not bee altogether vnrewarded Thus Ahabs temporary humiliation was recompenced with the remoouall of a temporall iudgement and these lepers temporary faith with the remoouall of