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2 Particularly, This will best appear, if we single out some special disease, and confer the perplexity it can offer to the body, with the sickness of the soul. Take for instance, the plague of the Leprosy. It was a fearful and unsupportable sickness, every way miserable, as you may find it described, Levit. 13. &c. ver. 45.46. His clothes shall be rent, ¹and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. He shall dwell alone, without the Camp shall his habitation be.

2 Particularly, This will best appeare, if wee single out some speciall disease, and conferre the perplexity it can offer to the body, with the sickenesse of the soule. Take for instance, the plague of the Leprosie. It was a fearefull and vnsupportable sicknesse, euery way miserable, as you may finde it described, Leuit. 13. &c. ver. 45.46. His cloathes shall bee rent, ¹and his head bare, and hee shall put a couering vpon his vpper lippe, and shall cry, Vncleane, vncleane. Hee shall dwell alone, without the Campe shall his habitation be.

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The Leprosy infected their very garments and houses, sticking contagion in the very wool and walls. But our Leprosy of sin hath (with a more vast extension) infected the Elements, Air, Earth, beasts, plants, &c. sticking scars on the brow of nature, and making the whole ⁱCreature groan under the burden of corruption.