Readings on Our Lord's Miracles by S W

Forsideomslag
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 - 60 sider
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: X.?THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPER. Leprosy is a terrible disease with which Eastern lands are visited. It begins with one little bright spot in the skin, from which it spreads over the whole body, covering it with scales and scabs, till at last the limbs mortify and fall off. It is a direct visitation from the Hand of God. Sometimes He sent it as a punishment for sin, as on Miriam,1 Gehazi,8 and Uzziah.3 The Jews of old called it the Finger of God, and the stroke, and by the Law of Moses those who were stricken with it had to dwell alone. No one was to touch them or come near them. They were commanded to go with their heads bare and their clothes rent, and to cry out Unclean ! unclean ! that everyone might know them and keep away from them. Thus they were lonely and very miserable. No wonder that the Good Physician pitied them, and healed many of them. As our Lord came down from the mountain of Beatitudes, where He had taught His disciples in the Sermon on the Mount, He healed a leper. The history is given in St. Matt. viii. 2-4, which is part of the Gospel for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany; and also in St. Mark, i. 40-45; and St. Luke, v. 12-14. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man: but go thyway, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 1 Num. xii. 10. 2 2 Kings, v. 27. 2 Cliron. xxvi. 19. This poor man is an example of simple humble faith. His case was a very bad one; St. Luke calls him full of leprosy; but he only brought it before our Lord, leaving it in His Hands to do wha...

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