166 Cleaneperfons, types ofChriFl® -4 Con; r tium. 3 Loc rsr. P ræmirtm. Paine and dan- ger. Signes of finne ani leprolïc. both in civili and divine ordinances for many dayes; and if they proved incurable ( fuppofe them Kings) they were utterly and for ever excluded the boll, as t'z- ziah, z. King. 15. 5. Neither might they come to the Temple to joine in holy things ; for the Temple was le gaily the moll holy place, and no polluted thing might enter into it : So in our finne unrepented, We are out of thecampe,aliens fromGod. Sinne (hutsout of the com- munion of faith and Saints ; (huts out of the fate of grace and làlvation ; it (huts out of the Congregation of God in earth and heaven : No fellowfbip, place, or re- wardwith them. 6. Ofall difeafes none is rrorepain- full, forrowfulI, mortall,or incurable ; and therefore they were enjoyned to put on mournfull garments , feeing God had infliJed fo lamentable a difeafe on them, fò hardly and feldomecured as mot did cary it unto death, as Gehezi and Azariah. In which the-Lord (as in a glaffe) would thew us the extreme forrowesand pairies that wait on finne unpardoned ; forrows of this lifeand of the life to come : And that we fhould put on mourning garments of timely forrow, and affliaourfelves for our fnnes, feeing wee are all poifoned with fo incurable a difeafe , as there is no hope to expel any cure in this life ; for every man carries the running iffues of finne to his death naturall,the molt to the-death eternall. 7. The Sgnes and fymptomes of leprofie are rnof correfpon- dent to the fymptorns andeffeas of finne in the foule. Y. As there is a debility and weakneffe of' all parts becaufe the fpirits are exhaufled : fo finne weakens all faculties, becaufe the fpirit of grace is refilled and dri- ven out. 2. There is a tumour and fwelling in the flefh : here a tumour and proud five1ling ofmiede; none more proud then hee who bath leali caute, 3. There is burning and thirf through the adult and burnt bloodbXeláncholywhereof it arifeth : here is inflammationAnd.burningofanger, of Idit, and thirft af- ter
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