in CQntrtbtiîg IN* an'.z ilettH11pit4n. 39'5 empted from Suffering, the priviledg ofDeath, nor en- Cha p. ao. joys the free power of doing, the effeát ofLife. Now the ejeEtingof this Enemy was above the force of any humane means ; no material applications had power over immaterial Spirits. But our Saviour by a Word commanded them forthoftheir Garrifons : and the E- vangelifts obferve that the fight of it affeEted thePeople, inan extraordinary manner abovewhat his other Mira- cles did. 'Tis faid, they were allamazectrinfomuch that MaSCI 2.7,29, they queftioned among themfelves,faying,what thing is this, 33' what new Docirine is this ' For with Authority, com- mandeth he even theunclean Spirits, and they obey him. His Empire over evil Spirits was more admired thano- ver Difeafes,or Death it felf, Thofe who were infenfible ofhis former Miracles, received impreffion from this : They were afionif%edat themighty Power ofGod,confeffing Mt. 9.33 that it was neverfofeen in Ifrael. And another time they faid, is not this theSon of David r i. e. theMeffiah. The Pharifees his obftinateenemies were more troubled about this,than any other a Lion ; and to elude the pre - fent conviétion that He came from God, afcribed it to . a fecret compact with Beelzebub, as if there were a col- lufion between the evil Spirits, a lefïfer Devil retired that the Prince might reign. But fogreat was the Evi- denceof the Spirit of God in that aët of JurifdiCion o- ver the Devils, that our Saviour charges themwith un- pardonable Guilt for their wilful denying it. The number of his Miracles was fo great, that St. Fohn faith, Ifallwere written, the world could not con- tain theBooks. We may in part conjeCurehow nume- rous theywere, by taking notice howmany heperform ed in one day. He dined with Matthew at Capernaum;iae. y. whileft Hewas there, lairus entreats him to go to his 2°, 25, IY. Daughter newly dead ; as He went the Woman with the bloody Iffue toucht the hemof his garment and was E e e z healed:,
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