Leviticus 13

Blessed is he who does righteousness at all times. Our obedience to the command must be as the fire of the altar which never went out (Leviticus 13:6). It must be as the motion of the pulse, always beating.

When the Word of God is in a drunkard's mouth, it is like a pearl hung upon a swine. Under the Law, the lips of the leper were to be covered (Leviticus 13:45). The lips of a profane drunken minister ought to be covered; he is unfit to speak of God's Word, because he takes God's…

It is a sign when the face breaks out in sores and pimples, that the blood is corrupt; so an unclean tongue may be compared to a sink, where all the filth of the house is carried forth. We read that the lips of the leper were to be covered (Leviticus 13:45). It were well if we h…

As if a company of archers were shooting, and one should go and stand in the place where the arrows fly, if the arrow did kill him, he is accessory to his own death. In the Law God would have the leper shut up to keep others from being infected (Leviticus 13:4). Now if any would…

Answ. We must not be our own judges in this case (Proverbs 28:26), He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: The heart is deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9), and it is folly to trust a deceiver. The Lord only by his Word must be judge in this case, whether we are pardoned or no; as it w…

There was first a great Tempest, and the Ship was covered with the Waves, and just ready to sink, and the Disciples were brought to cry to Jesus, Lord, save us, we perish; and then the Winds and Seas were rebuked, and there was a great Calm; Matthew 8:24, 25, 26. The Leper, befo…

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Lucian, who in the time of Emperor Trajan had professed religion, afterwards became so profane as to mock the Christians; and going about to rend religion with his jeers, at last he himself was rent asunder and devoured by dogs. When the scab of leprosy appeared, the person was…

A true penitent is troubled not only for the shameful consequence of sin, but the loathsome nature of sin — not only the sting of sin, but the deformed face. How did the leper loathe himself (Leviticus 13:45)? The Hebrew doctors say the leper pronounced unclean was to put a cove…

And if God establish David's seed forever (Psalm 89:4) and the seed of his people shall possess the gates of their enemies (Genesis 24:60) and if he pour his Spirit upon the seed of Jacob (Isaiah 44:3) and circumcise the heart of the seed of his people (Deuteronomy 30:6) and put…