The Gofpel of the Leprofyá 305 of the Law of Ceremonies. Here was (betide the bodily Uifeafe) a Ceremonial Uncleannefs in it, which was very burthenfome and dif- ficult to judge of, and to keep themfelves from it, and to cleanfe if. And it was fuch a Burthen, as might light upon a Child of God, a Godly Man might poffibly be a Leper. As it is not improbable by force Expreffions, but that might . be Hernan's Cafe, Pfal. 88. he faith, be was¡but up, an Abomination to them, and that Lover and Friend were gone. They had this burthen of Ceremonial Uncleannefs, betides all their other Burthens. That, as Peter fpeaks ATs 15. Were a Yoke which nei- ther we, nor our Fathers are able to bear. We are free from all this We have no further care or burthen lying onUs, but to look to the Health of our Bodies, and the moral Uncleannefs of Sin : But the Ce- remonial Uncleannefs is vanifht away. Vfe. It fhould (fir us up to Thankfulnefs, and (as the beft Expreffion of it) to love and prize and keep clofe to the Ordinances and Inftitu- tions of the Gofpel, which are but two, which are plain and eafy and fpiritual, viz. Baptifm and the Lord's Supper, with force few other Things for the Order and Way of enjoying there, as a Church-Eftate andMiniftry todifpenfe them. As hefaid to Naaman ; if the Prophet bad required force great Thing, wouldft thou not bave done it ? How much rather, when he faith to thee, wafh and be clean? So if the Lord had put that old Yoke upon our Necks and Confciences, which he hath been pleafed to remove; fhould we not have taken it upon us ? How much more, when he requires on- ly fo few, fuch plain, eafy, fimple, fpiritual Things. We fhould love and prize then, and the Lord in them, and bring forth the Unlit of Gofpel-Difpenfations. T H Fa
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