The Leper and the Lepers House Cleansed, Part 6
PART VI.
Thus after the Priest had tipt the right Ear, the Thumb of the right Hand, and the great Toe of the right Foot, of the Cleanſed Leper, with the Bloud of the Lamb, and the Log of Oil; then, as in Levit. 14. 16. the Priest was to dip his right Finger in the Oil that is in his left Hand, and ſprinkle of the Oil, with his Finger, ſeven times before the Lord.
THis number Seven was of a ſacred Uſe amongſt the Hebrews, is was uſed in holy Miniſtrations, as alſo in miraculous Operations, 2 Kings 5. 10, 14. and alſo it had a ſound of Perfection in it, as witneſſing the Perfection of the Creatures made in ſix Days before, ſo that there was no need of any more to be done: See the Aſſemblies Annotations upon the place: So then, by the Prieſt's ſprinkling of the Oil ſeven times before the Lord, denoted that the Work was perfectly done; which Action of the Prieſt teacheth us thus much, (if we conſider him as a Type of Chriſt in the Cleanſing of his ſpiritual Lepers,) That as Jeſus Chriſt hath undertook to go thorow, with the Work of the Elects Juſtification and Sanctification; ſo, by his ſprinkling of the Oil ſeven times before the Lord, (which he did in the Perſon of the Levitical Prieſt) it was to aſſure his Father for his Satisfaction, and to aſſure his People for their Conſolation, that the Work of their Juſtification and Sanctification, is compleat and perfectly done, according to his laſt Words, when he ſuffered upon the Croſs, John 19. 30. then he ſaid, It is finiſhed.
From whence we may obſerve this Note of Obſervation:
Doct. That Jeſus Christ, a Believer's High-Priest, hath perfectly finiſhed and compleated the Work of their Juſtification and Sanctification before the Lord.
The Truth of this Obſervation is atteſted both by himſelf and his Father alſo: First, By Chriſt himſelf, John 17. 4. I have glorified thee on the Earth; I have finiſhed the Work which thou gavest me to do. Now the great Work which the Father gave his Son to do and finiſh, was the Work of the Juſtification and Sanctification of the Elect, Iſa. 42. 1, 2, 3. Behold my Servant whom I uphold, my Elect in whom my Soul delighteth; I have put my Spirit upon him, and he ſh… bring forth Judgment to the Gentiles.
2dly, This Truth is alſo witneſſed unto by the Father, as well as by the Son, Iſa. 53. 10, 11. He ſhall prolong his Days, and the Pleaſure of the Lord ſhall proſper in his Hands; he ſhall ſee of the Travel of his Soul and be ſatisfied: That is, the Father ſhall ſee his Son's Work finiſhed to his full Contentment.
Reaſon. Now the Reaſon of the Point is this, Becauſe Chriſt was God as well as Man, and becauſe he is ſo, therefore he wanteth no Sufficiency to accompliſh whatever he takes in hand, nor never yet did he begin any Work, but he always finiſh'd it before he left it: He made the Heavens and the Earth, and he did it compleatly; he made Man upon the Earth, and made a perfect Piece of him; and when he had finiſhed his whole Work, he beheld it, and it was very good, good for Matter, and good for the Form of it, and the ending of it was a glorious Work, Pſal. 19. 1. hence, ſaith Moſes, Deut. 32. 4. His Work is perfect. So that this is the Reaſon that a Believer's Juſtification and Sanctification is ſo compleat and perfect, it is becauſe it was carried on by Jeſus Chriſt, who is very God as well as very Man, and there is nothing too hard for the Lord.
And ſo we come to Application:
Ʋſe, Let this ſerve for Comfort to the doubting People of God, who are very apt to be dejected and caſt down in their Spirits; their Doubt is not ſo much, whether Chriſt were able to finiſh the Work of Juſtification and Sanctification for them, that's put beyond Queſtion with them, but their Trouble ariſeth from their Darkneſs as to their Intereſt in this Juſtification, and the Littleneſs (if they have any at all) of the Grace of Sanctification.
First, As to their Darkneſs about their Intereſt in this Juſtification; many there are, becauſe they cannot read the Lines of their Juſtification upon the Book of their, own Conſciences, are apt to fear whether it were ever written for them upon the Book of Chriſt's Records in Heaven.
There be three things, which makes ſome Chriſtians to doubt about their Intereſt in their Juſtification: 1st, A ſight of old Sins upon the Book of their Conſciences. 2dly, A natural Proneneſs to commit new Sins. 3dly, A want of Skill to diſtinguiſh between the old Reckoning, as it ſtands upon the Book of God's Accounts, and as it ſtands upon the Memory and Conſcience of the Soul.
First of all, The ſight, of old Sins, as they ſtand upon the Book of their Conſciences; They think, becauſe the ſenſe of Sin remains upon their Conſciences uncancelled, therefore the guilt of Sin muſt needs remain upon the Book of God above unpardoned.
Anſ. But this doth not always follow, but rather the contrary: For where Sin is unpardoned, there the Heart (as to the ſenſe of it) is moſtly hardned: Look over all the Juſtified Men which you can find in Scripture, and you will find, none more under the Conſcience of Sin, than thoſe who were truly Pardoned and Juſtified from their Sins, as David, though Nathan told him that his Sin was pardoned, yet how did the ſenſe of it bleed in his Conſcience, Pſal. 51. 2, 3. Waſh me throughly from my Iniquity, and cleanſe me from my Sin; for I acknowledge my Tranſgreſſions, and my Sin is ever before me. The like we find in Job, though God himſelf teſtified of him, that he was a pardoned Man, one that feared God, and eſchewed Evil, yet how did Job charge home the Guilt of Sin upon his own Conſcience, Job 13. 23. How many are my Iniquities and Sins, make me to know my Tranſgreſſion and my Sin. So good Heman, Pſal. 88. 15. I am afflicted and ready to Die; while I ſuffer thy Terrours, I am Diſtracted. So that this ſhould rather be thy Cordial than a Corroſive to thee, that with thoſe good Men, the ſenſe of Sin is made to viſit thy Conſcience: A ſenſe of Sin is neceſſary to help on Repentance, Repentance is the Fruit of a juſtified State, Rom. 8. 30. Moreover, whom he did Predeſtinate, them he alſo Called, (that is by Repentance) and whom he Called, them he alſo Juſtified.
Secondly, A ſecond Ground of doubting in Chriſtians about their Juſtification, ariſeth from their Proneneſs in Nature to commit new Sins: Certainly, ſaith a doubting Soul, if I were ever Juſtified from the Guilt of my Sins, I ſhould never be ſo apt to commit Sin as I do.
Anſ. It is one thing to have the guilt of Sin acquitted to the Soul, and another thing to have the filth of Sin removed out of the Soul, the one belongs to Chriſt's Juſtifying, and the latter to Chriſt's Sanctifying Grace; the Act of Chriſt's Juſtifying of the Soul is done at once, upon the very Act of the Soul's believing, Acts 13. 39. By him all that do Believe, are Juſtified from all things, from which ye could not be Juſtified by the Law of Moſes. But the Act of Chriſt's Sanctifying a Soul, is done by degrees, and is a Work of Time; ſo that a Soul may be fully Juſtified from all his Sins, and yet the Nature very prone to commit it; Paul had no cauſe to doubt of his Juſtification, yet he deeply complains of his readineſs and proneneſs, Rom. 7. 21. I find a Law in my Members, that when I would do Good, Evil is preſent with me.
There is this difference bewixt a Juſtified and an Unjuſtified Man's Inclination to Sin; a Juſtified Man always Sins with Reluctancy, but the other with Allowance; the Juſtified Man is ever renewing his State by Repentance, Pſal. 51. 1, 2, 3, 4. And the other is adding of Sin to Sin without Repentance. Jer. 8. 6. I hearkened and heard, but they ſpake not aright; no Man repented him of his Wickedneſs, ſaying, What have I done? Every one turned to his Courſe, as the Horſe ruſheth into the Battle. Sin is ſqueezed forth from a Juſtified Man, but it comes freely without let or hindrance from the other: Now look into thy Heart, though thy ſinful Nature works in thee, yet is it with Regret? Is it with due Repentance? Doth it not come freely from thee? Is it the Evil thou wouldſt not do, as Paul ſpeaks, and doth it oftentimes make thee to cry out as he did in Rom. 7. 24. O wretched Man that I am; who ſhall deliver me from the Body of this Death? Then doubt not, becauſe thou haſt no more reaſon to queſtion thy Juſtification than David, Heman, Paul or Peter had.
The third Ground of a Chriſtian's doubting about his Juſtified Condition, ariſeth from his want of Skill, to diſtinguiſh betwixt the old Reckoning, as it ſtands upon the Book of God's Accounts, and as it ſtands upon the Book of God's Accounts, and as it ſtands upon the Book of his own Conſcience: It is juſt with ſuch Chriſtians, as it is with ſome ignorant Servant, who is ſent to a Shop-keeper to buy ſuch and ſuch Commodities; the Shopkeeper ſets it all down in his Shop-book, the next Week the Servant comes and diſchargeth the Debt, the Week following, the ſame Servant comes again for new Commodities, the Shop-keeper books down all again as before; but as the Shop-keeper is writing down of the new Debt, the Servant looking over his ſhoulder, eſpies the Items of the old Reckoning upon the Book, which was diſcharged before; this ſends the Servant away with a Heart loaded with Grief and Trouble, fearing that the Debt (which he had diſcharged) will be demanded again. It's true, he ſaw ſome ſtrokes croſt over the Particulars upon the Book, but being wholly ignorant that the croſſing of the Book was a full Diſcharge of the Debt in Law, this keeps the poor Servant under his Fear and Trouble ſtill. Thus ſtands the Matter with many a doubting Chriſtian about their Juſtification, though the Book of Accounts in Heaven be diſcharged and croſt above, with the red ſtrokes of the Bloud of Chriſt, the Vertue of which diſchargeth the whole in Law, 1 John 1. 7. The Bloud of Jeſus Christ cleanſeth us from all Sin. Yet the Soul being unaquainted with this Myſtery, he beholding the Items ſtanding yet upon his own Conſcience, thinks that the whole Debt is ſtill to be exacted from him, as if there had never been any Satiſfaction made for his Debt at all: But, O doubting Soul! if thou wouldſt have Peace in thy Soul, thy Work muſt be to acquaint thy ſelf with the nature of a Believer's Diſcharge (as to his Debt) in the Court of Heaven above: Labour, by an Eye of Faith, to ſee the red Strokes of Chriſt's Bloud, with which the grand Book above is croſt for thee for ever; and then whatever the Items are which ſtands upon the Book of thy Conſcience, yet they can do thee no hurt, becauſe now they ſignifie nothing againſt thee in Law, Rom. 8. 33, 34. Who ſhall condemn? It is God that Juſtifies. Who ſhall lay any thing to the Charge of God's Elect? It is Christ that Died. So that you plainly ſee, that God juſtifieth a Believer upon the account of Chriſt's Death, the Bloud of whoſe Death, diſchargeth his Debt, and gives ſuch a Satisfaction to the Law of God, that nothing can condemn the Soul for ever; thus you ſee what theſe Doubts are, which do darken a Chriſtian's Intereſt in his Juſtification; and alſo the Grounds and Reaſons from whence theſe Doubts and Fears do ariſe: But here lieth thy Comfort, Chriſt thy High-Prieſt hath compleated this Work for thee, though thou canſt not apprehend thy Intereſt in it, by a clear ſight of Faith, yet he by one Offering, hath perfected this Work for thee, and that for ever, if thou be truly Sanctified, Heb. 10. 14.
2dly, This affords …mfort to Believers, againſt their Doubts ariſing from the littleneſs of their Sanctification: Oh, ſaith a doubting Soul, who is ſenſible of the weakneſs and littleneſs of his Grace? Oh! if I have any Grace at all, yet it is ſo little, I fear it will never laſt long, and ſo I ſhall never be able to hold out: Oh! my Faith in God, my Love to God, my Zeal for God, my Sincerity before God, my Patience under Trials, my Self-denial and Holineſs is ſo little, that I fear all my Religion will end in meer Formality, and my Profeſſion conclude in Hypocriſie when all is done.
Anſ. Oh! Soul, againſt all theſe Fears, thy Duty is to look up to Jeſus Chriſt, who is thy myſtical Head, and in him thou ſhalt ſee thy Soul compleatly Sanctified as well as compleatly Juſtified; I do not ſay, that Chriſt hath compleated the Work of Sanctification in a Believer's own Perſon, while in this Life; No, no, while a Believer is in the Body, the Fleſh will be luſting againſt the Spirit, Gal. 5. 17. and Believers again through the Spirit do mortifie the Deeds of the Body, Rom. 8. 13. which is one ſpecial part of Sanctification: And, further, I do not ſay, that the Spirit in his working of Mortification, doth ſo kill and ſubdue Sin in Believers, as that it ſhall never trouble, grieve or defile them more; No, that Freedom belongs to the perfect State in Heaven; but though Chriſt hath not perfected this Work in a Believer, yet Chriſt hath perfected Sanctification in himſelf for the Believer. Doth not the Apoſtle ſay, 1 Cor. 1. 30. But of him, are ye in Christ Jeſus, who of God is made unto us Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification and Redemption.
First, It muſt be acknowledged, that (by Nature) thou art in thy ſelf a Fool, Luke 24. 25. O Fools, and ſlow of heart to believe.
Secondly, It is as true, that thou haſt no Righteouſneſs of thy own, Iſa. 64. 6. We are all as an unclean Thing, our Righteouſneſs is as filthy Rags.
Thirdly, Thou art by Nature a perfect Slave and Vaſſel to Sin and the Devil, therefore is Chriſt ſaid to proclaim Liberty to the Captives, even to ſuch as thou art, Iſa. 61. 1.
Fourthly, And it is as true, that thou art as void of Sanctification, Ezek. 16. 6. When I paſſed by thee, I ſaw thee polluted in thy own Bloud.
But now thou ſeeſt that Chriſt is made over to thee by God the Father, to be Wiſdom for thy Fooliſhneſs, Righteouſneſs for thy Raggedneſs, Sanctification for thy Pollutedneſs, and Redemption for thy Slavery; he is all this in the ſight of God for thee, and he looks upon thee, as if thou wert all this in thy ſelf for his Son's ſake, unto whom thou art united by Faith. What if thou feeleſt in thy ſelf but thy right Ear, thy right Thumb, and Toe of thy right Foot tipt with the Oil of Sanctification, yet be not diſcouraged, it is enough that the Perfection of it is in Chriſt, thy Head, for thee, and in God's Account? This is as well as if it were in thy ſelf and better too, and God accounts it as thine, and imputes it to thee for thy own upon thy believing, and would have thee to reckon it ſo for thy Comfort and Conſolation, Rom. 6. 11. Likewiſe reckon ye your ſelves to be dead indeed unto Sin, but alive unto God, through Jeſus Christ our Lord. (Mark,) To be Dead unto Sin is a part of the Perfection of our Sanctification.
Object. But can a Man be Dead unto Sin in this Life?
Anſ. It's true, no Man is ſo himſelf, yet in his Head, Chriſt, he is ſo, therefore would God have a Believer to reckon it, as if he were ſo in himſelf; for ſo much ſeems to me to be manifeſtly handed out to us in Lev. 14. about Cleanſing the Leper, if we compare the 14 with the 18 Verſe of that Chapter; for in Ver. 14. there you have our Saviour in the Perſon of the High-Prieſt, (or any other of the levitical Prieſts) Sanctifying of the ſpiritual Leper, which was ſhadowed out in the Perſon of the corporal Leper; and in the 18 Ver. there you have Chriſt in the Perſon of the Prieſt, Sanctifying of himſelf, for the ſpiritual Leper, who Believes in him. Mark the Words, Ver. 18. And the remnant of the Oil, that is in the Priest's Hand, he ſhall pour it out upon the Head of him that is to be Cleanſed.
But, firſt, let us ſee what light the 14 Ver. will afford us in this Matter, for, in this Verſe, you have Chriſt in the the Perſon of the Prieſt, Sanctifying of the believing Leper; and, in that Act, you may ſee that the Work was very imperfectly done, only the Tip or Lap of the right Ear, the Thumb of the right Hand, and the great Toe, and that done too but with the tip of his Finger dipt in Oil, which could not carry home much of the Oil to either part, yet the Prieſt was to ſprinkle the reſt of the Oil, which was upon the top of his Finger, ſeven times before the Lord; which number, amongſt the Hebrews, (as we have told you before) was accounted a number of Perfection; the meaning of the ſprinkling ſeven times before the Lord, was as much as to ſay, O Lord, the Work which is done upon the Leper, is perfect Work, it is a Work compleatly done: So that though there be no more than an Ear, Thumb, and Toe of the ſpiritual Leper tipt with the Oil of Grace and Sanctification, yet it being true Grace, therefore the Work is perfect Work, perfect for Parts though not for Degrees: So that, in a ſenſe, as low and little as the Grace and Sanctification ſeems to be in thy Soul, yet it may be ſaid to be Perfect, and that in this double reſpect:
First, With reſpect to the Parts of the Work.
Secondly, With reſpect to the Quality of it.
First, For thy low Meaſure of Sanctification, as low and little as it ſeems to be, yet it is Perfect with reſpect to the Parts of it: A Child which is but a Day old, may be ſaid to be a perfect Man for his Parts, though yet he is not ſo for Degrees; for he hath all the Parts and Members of a Man; the Father that begat him, who far exceeds it for quantity, yet hath he not one Limb more in his Body than the Child hath. So it is as true in this ſpiritual Caſe, the ſtrongeſt Believer under Heaven, who hath made the greateſt Improvement of his Grace, hath not one Grace more than the leaſt Saint on Earth. In a word, Chriſt himſelf hath not one Grace in him more than the weakeſt Believer on Earth; this we grant, That he hath more Grace than the greateſt Believer ever had, or all the Saints and Angels in Heaven have, put them all together, for Grace was poured into him without meaſure; but for the number of Graces, there are no more in Chriſt than in the weakeſt Saint; for you read in John 1. 16. That of his Fulneſs we all received, and Grace for Grace.
Secondly, Sanctification in Believers may be ſaid to be Perfect for the quality of it; as little as thy Grace in thee ſeems to be, yet for what there is of it, it is as perfect as is the greateſt Meaſure of Grace in the talleſt Saint in the World; as a ſpark of Fire is as true Fire for the quality of it, as that is which makes the greateſt Blaze; a drop of Water is as perfect Water as is the whole Ocean or Sea; a little piece of Gold, though but to the value of Six-pence in Silver, yet, for the quality of it, it is as perfect Gold, as a quantity which amounts to a Talent in weight; ſo the leaſt degree of Grace, is as perfect for the quality of it, as where there is the greateſt quantity: So that, by this you may perceive, that in this ſenſe, the Work of Sanctification may be ſaid to be Perfect in the weakeſt Believers, who are therefore counted perfect Men, though otherwiſe made up of their Failings and great Infirmities, as you read of Noah, Gen. 6. 9. compared with Gen. 9. 21. So Job 1. 1. compared with the third Chapter. So David, Acts 13. 22. compared with 2 Sam. 12. 7, 8, 9. So Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20. 3. compared with 2 Chron 32. 25. And in this ſenſe our Saviour is to be underſtood in Matt. 5. 48. Be ye therefore Perfect, as your heavenly Father is Perfect; who means by Perfectneſs in this place, a labouring after Grace in the Sincerity and Reality of it, in oppoſition to Hypocrifie: So then, if thy Grace be but true Grace, and thy Sanctification be real and not fained, though it be but as a grain of Muſtard-ſeed, as in Luke 17. 6. this declares thee in a Goſpel Senſe to be a perfect Believer. Thus we have diſpatch'd the firſt Particular, which relates to Chriſt's Sanctifying the ſpiritual Leper, which he ſhadowed out to us in the Perſon of the Levitical Prieſt's Cleanſing of the corporal Leper.
Secondly, We next come to ſpeak of Chriſt's Sanctifying of himſelf for the ſpiritual cleanſed Leper: The Light we have into it, ſprings out of the 18 Verſe, And the remnant of the Oil that is in the Prieſt's Hand, he ſhall pour upon the Head of him that is to be Cleanſed. Suitable to this, is that Paſſage of our Saviour, John 17. 19. For their ſakes I Sanctifie my ſelf, that they alſo may be Sanctified through the Truth. Saith the Aſſemblies Annotations upon it, Chriſt did it by a voluntary Dedication and Conſecration of himſelf, as an unblemiſhed Sacrifice for his People: But the Scripture further tells us, That Chriſt's being Sanctified for his People, is meant his receiving a Fulneſs of Grace for them, that with that Fulneſs they might be made Gracious alſo, John 1. 14, with 16 Ver. The Word was made Fleſh, and dwelt amongst us, and we beheld his Glory, as the Glory of the only Begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth, that of his Fulneſs we might receive, and Grace for Grace. Now who is it that the Scripture calls the Head of every ſpiritual cleanſed Leper? Is it not Jeſus Chriſt? 1 Cor. 11. 3. The Head of every Man is Christ. Col. 1. 18. And he is the Head of the Body, the Church. Epheſ. 5. 23. Even as Christ is the Head of the Church, and he is the Saviour of the Body.
Now the Oil which was to be applied to the Head of the cleanſed Leper, that, was not to be given out in a few Drops with the tip of the Prieſt's Finger, as it was to the Leper's Ear, Thumb and great Toe, as before, no but when the Oil comes to be applied unto the Head of him that was to be Cleanſed; here it was to be poured out without meaſure, And the Remnant of the Oil in the Prieſt's Hand, he ſhall pour it upon the Head of him that is to be Cleanſed, Ver. 18. Hence the Scripture, ſpeaking of Chriſt the Head of his cleanſed Lepers, tells you, That he received not the Spirit by Meaſure, John 3. 34. And that it pleaſed the Father, that in him ſhould all Fulneſs dwell, Col. 1. 19. And that he was full of Grace and Truth, John 1. 14. And he was anointed with the Oil of Gladneſs above his Fellows, Pſal. 45. 7. And that Grace was poured into his Lips, Ver. 2. So that this Fulneſs of the Oil of Grace, which was poured out upon Chriſt, the Head of Believers, this dwells in Chriſt for them upon a double account:
First, That the Fruit of it, which was his Obedience, might be imputed to them for their Juſtification.
Secondly, That the Grace of it might be imparted to them for their Sanctification, as far as they need it, and he ſees good to impart it.
First of all, That Chriſt's Obedience unto Righteouſneſs (which was the Fruit of his Anointing) might be imputed to Believers for their Juſtification, Rom. 5. 18. Even ſo by the Righteouſneſs of one, the Free-gift came upon all Men unto Juſtification of Life.
Secondly, That it might be imparted unto Believers for their Sanctification, John 1. 16. Of his Fulneſs, we have all received, and Grace for Grace. Both of theſe two Benefits Paul ſums up together in one Verſe, 1 Cor. 1. 30. Who of God is made unto us, Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption. And Paul, ſuppoſing that the Coloſſians were inveſted with theſe two ſaving Benefits; now, ſaith Paul, Ye are Compleat in him, Col. 2. 10.
Thus you ſee where a Believer's Perfection lieth as to his Sanctification, it lieth and liveth in Chriſt their Head; hence then, when Satan ſhall raiſe Objections againſt thee, labouring thereby to diſcourage thy Soul, from the lowneſs and littleneſs of thy Sanctification, then reply to him as a Man would do to thoſe who upbraid him with the courſe Clothes which he wears on his Back, he is ready to anſwer them, O ye Deſpiſers, did you know the rich and coſtly Rayment which I have at Home, you would never deſpiſe me as you do for the Clothes I now wear. So, poor drooping Soul, reply to Satan in like manner, What though the Sanctification which dwells in me, be both low and little, yet I have better Clothes than theſe laid up in Chriſt for me: Look not ſo much upon the Habit which I wear my ſelf, but look upon the glorious Robes of Chriſt my Head, and behold the rich Clothing he appears in, at the Father's right hand for me; all this is mine, and for my Uſe, to be put on by me when the fulneſs of Time is come, for then, Phil. 3. 21. He changes our vile Body, that it may be faſhioned like unto his glorious Body, according to the working whereby he is able even to ſubdue all things unto himſelf. This was it which cauſed the Spouſe to hold up Heart and Head above Water, in oppoſition to all the Diſcouragements that the Malice of Hell could caſt into her about the littleneſs of her Sanctification, Cant 1. 5. Though I am black, yet comely, O ye Daughters of Jeruſalem, as the Tents of Kedar, and the Curtains of Solomon: That is, though ſhe were black with Affliction and Perſecution, for which the World derided her; and though ſhe were black in her ſelf with Corruption, for which the Devil objected againſt her, yet ſhe ſtill comforted her ſelf with what ſhe was in Chriſt; there ſhe was more comely than the Curtains of Solomon: And the ſame Teſtimony Chriſt gives of all his cleanſed Lepers, Cant. 4. 7. Thou art all Fair, my Love, there is no Spot, in thee. In a word, as little as that Grace is which ſeems to be in thee, yet the Scripture calls it glorious Grace, Pſal. 45. 13. The King's Daughter is all glorious within, her Clothing is of wrought Gold.