Chap. 2 . s:..:. 'c:~a_.~+_.....,-'JL:._I:._ro_lt:._· t_n.:::q_t:-:-ll_t _o_jj~c_ft::-tS'::-.-:--~B--;-oo_k-:-;::-;1 v:-._~_s_x_ of 'rhe CitY, bltt he meets a funeral; a poor widow, with her weeping fr.iends, is fol– lowing her only Ion to the grave; Jefus' obferving her fad condmon, he ptttes her, cofl!– fons her, and at !J(l relieves her : here was no folhm,or but hts own compaffion; m Ius former Miracles he was fought and fued to; his Mother at rh~ Marriage-feafl begged ;t fupply of wine, the Ruler came to hi~ for a fon , the Cenrunonqme to !urn fora fer– vam bur now Chrifl offers acure to gtve us a leffon, that whiles we have to dowtth the Father of' mercies, our miferies and a.ffiiffions aro the moft powerful. (uitors.. Chrtfl fees and ot:iferves the Widows fadnefs, and prefemly all parrs of Chni\ confptre her good, his heart melts into compajfion of her, his tongue fpeaks «hearfully and comfortably to her, Weep not; his feet ca1r)d1tm to rhe.Beer, hts hand touchetl1 the ~offin, andhe fa•d, young man I fay nnro thee, arife; fee how the Lord of hfe fpeaks wtth command ; the V<t.•4· • fame voice fpeaks to him , that ll1all one day fpeak .to us,. and rat(e us our of the dull: of the ean h . neither fea, nor death, nor hell can detam thetr dead , when he chargesrhem to be deli~ered; we fee not Chrilt flretching himfelf on this dead corps, as Eliah, and Elijha upon thefons oP t~leShunamite, and of tht widow of Sarephta';_ nor fee w~ him kneeling down and praytn.g, as .Peter dtd for Do~cas, but we bear lnm fo fpeak!Ag to the dead, as if the dead were ahve, and fo fpeakmg to the dead,, that by the word he fpeaks he makes him alive , Y01mgman, I fay umothee,arife; a11dhe that was dead fate Vcr:t;. up, andbegar~ to. (peak., So at the found of the !aft Trumpet, by the power of the fame · voice we IJJalJ anfe out of the dull:, and !land up glonoully ; Thu mortal jha/1 ['Hf on im– mortality, and rhu corruptible Jha/1 put on incorruptisn. And leaf! our weak faith lhould Jlagoer at the affenr of fo great a difficulty, by this be hath done; Chrill: gives us ra!les of ,;;hat he will do ; the fame power that can raife one man, can raife a rhoufand, a million, a world ; Chrifl here raifed a widows fon, and after Jairmdaughrer, and then Laz..ar/11, and laftly at his refurreCi:ion he raifed amany at once; he raifed one from l1er Bed, another from his Beer, another from his Grave, and many at once from their rottennefs, that it might appear no degree of death can hinder the efficacy of his Almighty power. • 4 · Now it was that in the Synagogue he findr aman that had afpirit of animclean devil. Luke 4 , J3.' This, I rake it, isthe firfl man that we read of as poffeffed with adevil. Andhe cryed, Ver · let '" alone, wb,,t h"vr weto do lVith thee? &c. In rhefe words the devil difrates,the man ' H· fpeaks; and whereas the words are plural, Let "'alone, it is probable hefpeaks of himfelf, and of the reil: of the men in the Synagogue with him. So high and dreadful things are fpokeo copcerning the coming of Chrifl, (Mal. 3. 2. Who may abide the day of hu M 1 coming ? and 1vho Jh•ll ftand when he appeareth ? ) that the devil by this takes opporto3 • 3• •· nity to affright the men of the Synagogue with the prefenc-e of Chrift; he would ,diffwade them from the receiving of Chrifl, by the terrors of Chrifl, as if Chrift had come only to deflroy them: Thou Jefm of NaZAreth, art thoa come to deftroy m? I kz;ow thecwho thottart, the holy one of God. V<t. 34. A nd {eftu rebttk!dhim, faying, holdthy peace, andcomeoutof him. The wordhold thy peace, is in the original ~'1-'.l~nrt, be mulled; it was not a bare command of lilence, but Ver. 3>· there was fuch power in it, that it call a muzzle upon the mouth of Sathan, that he could fpeak no more; 'And when the unclean fpirit had torn him, not with any gafhes in M k 4 his fleD1, or difmembring of his body, for he hurt him nor, but with fome Convullion ar '· 2 ' fits (as it isfuppofed) then he threw them inthemidft, and made anhorridcry, andfo Vcr.• came out. 3f .From this Miracle, they all take fpecial notice of the Doctrine attefted by fo great a Mtracle,. Whatawordi<thu? or as the otherEvangelifl, Whatathinguthu? whatnewVer: J6. dof.rr:me u thu ? furely this was the great delign of all theMiracles ofChrifl to prove bis Mark 1. 271 mtfiton from God, to demonftrate his power unto men, to confirm his Gofpel, to endear Ius Precepts, to work in us faith to help us heaven-ward : Thefe jigns are wrmen that we might believe,---11nd that believing we might have life through his Name. . John :o.jl. I ~lave·.gtven you feveral Inflances of the Miracles of Chrifl in this fecond year ,; o.f Ills Muuflry; only a few words on this Dodrine of Miracles for our informaV;e .. tton, as r . What they are ? 2 . Why they are? 3. Whether they are chained and continued in this great tranfaCi:ion of our fouls falvauon? and I have done. -- - Fot
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=