A select collection of Catholick sermons preache'd before their majesties King James II, Mary Queen-Consort, Catherine Queen-Dowager, etc. . SERMON XXVII. Preachd before her MAJESTY the QUEEN-DOWAGER, The Thirteenth Sunday d^hcrF en r ecost, 1686. LUKE xvii. 11, 12. Et fadium eft dum iret Jefus Jerufalcm occurrerunt ei decern viri leproii. j^fid it came to pafs as Jefus went into Je-rujalem—there met him ten jnen that werelepers, HE whole Life of Chrijiupon Earth, as it was in itfelf Divine, (o it was toMen moft Myfterious. TheWords he fpoke containdTruths for our Inftru6tion,and the Actions h
A select collection of Catholick sermons preache'd before their majesties King James II, Mary Queen-Consort, Catherine Queen-Dowager, etc. . SERMON XXVII. Preachd before her MAJESTY the QUEEN-DOWAGER, The Thirteenth Sunday d^hcrF en r ecost, 1686. LUKE xvii. 11, 12. Et fadium eft dum iret Jefus Jerufalcm occurrerunt ei decern viri leproii. j^fid it came to pafs as Jefus went into Je-rujalem—there met him ten jnen that werelepers, HE whole Life of Chrijiupon Earth, as it was in itfelf Divine, (o it was toMen moft Myfterious. TheWords he fpoke containdTruths for our Inftru6tion,and the Actions he perfomd were fo manyconvincing Arguments of his tender Loveand Affedion towards us. There met him,as we read to-day in the Gofpel, ten LeperSy Objea:s->. 430 SERMON XXVII. Objedls of no lefs Horror than Compaffioii,Tvhofe exterior Mien and Afpetft was fohideous and deformd, whofe Difeafes focontagious, that by the very Law they werebanifhd from Camp andC/V), and fequeilredfrom the common Society of Men: YeCChrijlj ever rich in bis Mercy, fuperabound-ing in his Goodnefs, and who fo often madeP) ofeffion he came into the World to healthe Sick and Infirm, not the Strong andSound; nothing at all deterrd with faloathfom and frightful a Spedacle, with alovini^Countenace advanceth towards them;and though they, as being confcious oftheir fad Condition, out of a profound Re-*^verence and Refped:, ftood at a diftance^Uh J J. Stetertint a longe: yet their ardent and re-iterated Prayer, Jefu, mafier, have mercy onus, reachd without delay the Throne ofGrace j their Petition was gracioufly ad-mitted, a certain and fpeedy Cure was pro-mifed with this only conditional Referve,that they fnould return back and fhewthemfelves unto the Priefts : With whic
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