41s Dc pannonp of Mt Zititit Ifttributtl -:hal, Supernatural Myrceries, when they are difguis'd under reproach and fad reprefentations, and effeeually to be- lieve them ; efpecially when the inferiour appetite is focontrary to Faith, 'T is a prodigy to raife the Dead, but 'tis more admirable to fanetìfie an habituated fin ner. For in comparing the quality of thofe Miracles, that is the greateft ,. in the performing whereof God is difcover'd to be the abfolute Lord ofthe greater. Naure : Now the intelle6tual Nature is filperiour to- the corporeal. Befides, there is no contradiction from a Dead body againft the Divine Power in railing it ; on the contrary, ifany Senfe were remaining,it would ar- dently delire tobe reftor'd to the full enjoyment ofLife: but corrupt Nature is molt oppofite to renewing Grace. And in this fence ourSaviour's promife to theDifciples was principally accomplifhed ; Verily Ifay unto you,HH that believes on me, the works that I do (hall he do alp, and greater works than therefhall he do, becaufe Igo to the father. For the ítrange Convert on of the Gentiles by the preaching of the Gofpel, was the molt divine and powerful work ofour Saviour in Glory, after his fend- ing the Holy Ghoft, and exceeded all the miraculous operations performed by him on the Earth. The glorious light of Truth fcattered the thick and ter- rible darknefs of Ignorance and Errour, that was fo univerfal. TheGofpel in its power and the quality ofits effects, was like thofewords, Let there be Light; which the EternalWord pronouncedupon theconfuted Chaos, and infufed a Soul and Life into the World. Theclear knowledg ofGod in his Nature,and Glorious Works ofCreation and Redemption, of the duty of Man,ofthe future ftate,was communicated to the mean- eftunderflandings. ndin proportion to the Light of Faith, fuck was the meafure of Piety and Holinefs. Idolatry that had Number, Antiquity, Authority of its
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