:z..6o \ V E C J1 V.•/. ---- nourifbed by fuperftition.Who knows not,how the fJmous Keotifh Idolmoved her cyes,and hands,by thofe fecretgimmers,which now every Puppet•playcanimitate! H'JV Saint wilfrtds needle opened to the peniteot, and clofed tt fdfc to the guilty ! How our Lady fbeds the tearesofa bleeding Vine!and doth mony ofherdaily fears, as B•l did ofold eatup his b•nquet, oras Picens the Eremite fa!icd forty daycs. But thefctwo every honc!i Papift will confclfc, with vgjuntary fbamc and griefe; and grant thAt it may grow a difpurablc qucfiion whcrhc1'Mountcbanks or Priefts arc the greater cozcnm.Yives,~yond hiswonc,vchcmcntly,tcrms the'!' cxecrabl_c and Satanical i_mpofiors. T~e thtrd arc_ true works ofGod un_dcra folfc mlr:qod gJVcs ~hem their bcmg.mcn rhett namc:unJuii,becaufc above thctt nature; wherem the Phrlofo· pher and rh< fuper!iicioufly-ignorant,arc contrarily txtrem<,wbile the one fccks our naturall caufcs of Gods immediate and mecaphyficali'Works;rhc other afcribcs •enl' anmil fuffacru&: trois yfutrinl comprtl.ttnt &crrmecinquepou:nces &jambes de: boisde perfonoet boytcufes yapponCcs au fculefp~cr de qu:atrc ov cinqucmois;HiJlaire&miraclcs,c.t~p.J4· nary clfdls to.fupcrnarural caufes.lfthe violence ofa difoafe ceafc,after avowmade roour Lady;ifa fouldicr,a med "'ith this vow,fcapegun-fhor,acapcive, prifon1awomancravdling,dc3th; the Yulgar(and I would they alone) cry our, A miracle. Load-ftonc bath more wonder in it,thcn a thoufand fuch events. Every thing draws a bafc mind toadmirarion.Fr•nci(C• del C•mpo(oncofthe Arch-Dukes Q~iryes)told us not without imporrunorrdcvotion, that in that fatall field of Newport, his vow to their Virgin he lpr him to fwim over alarge water, when the oarsofhis arms had never before tried any "aves. A doggeharh done moro, without acknowledgement any Saint. Fcare gives fuddcn in!iinCls ofskill, even without precept. Their own Clj/m14 durft fay,thar the cureofadifcafc is no miracle:His rcafon,becaufc ic may be .done by the pow<r ofnamrc,albc in alonger rime.*Yecld this,and what have Lipfim his two Ladies done~ wherefore fcrves all this clamor, from che two hilsl I alfenrcd OQC;neith<r will be herein rhus much their cncmie: For,as wdl the manner ofdoing, as thematter, makes a miraci<.If Petm handkerchiefe,or 0Jadow,hcalc a difeafe, iris miraculous, choughitmight .havcbecndoncby a potion. Many ofchcir recoveries (doubtlelfe) have beenwrought through chc ftrength ofNaturc in rhc Parient , not of vcrtuc in chc Saint. How many fick men have mended, with their phyfick in their pocket ? Though manyother alfo (I doubt nor) ofthofc cures havcfJilcn into the fourth head; which indeed is more knocry, and require a deeper difcourfe. Wherein, if! fballevince thefc two things,! thall (I hope) farisfic my Reader, and clearc the Trmh: One, that miracles are wrought by Satan; the other, that rhofe which t~ Romith Churchboafteth, arcofthis natur<, ofthis author. I contend not ofwords: we take miracles in Augujlints lorgc fcnfe 1 wherein is little difference betwixt a thing marvellous and miraculous1 fuch as chc SpiritofGod in either Inflmor.f' n1tl'> mcnt cals ;,,..,_.,, andn'\1~:JPtrhaps it would be more proper to fay,chat God works Lr,n,o, chcfc miraclc;s by Satan; for,as in che naturall and voluntary motions ofwicked men· fo in the fuptrnaturall ads ofevill fpirits (as they areaCts) thcrcis more then amce; pcrmiflion. Satan, by his tcmpcft, bereaves /Db ofhischildrco,yct J•b, lookino cr,faith,Tht Lorl.h•th t•ken.No fophi!iry can dude this proofe of M•fts1 thata phcc or drtamcr may give a true fignc or wonder,andyct fay, Ltt m got •ftcrjlr.ngt Dc"''l·•· g•l.s: nor that ofour Saviour, who forctds offalfe Chri!is, falfe Prophets that thall give ""PtiiL p.fyb.ttu17ipa.7.:t,ligns and wonders,& thofc great. There arc: fomc roo grear, I grant,for the hand ofall infernall powers: by which,our Saviour invincibly proves the truth of his Deity: Thcfc never graced falfehood, neither admic anyprecedent from our times: As to the re!i fo frequent and common; for me,! could not belccve the Church of Romt were Antichri!iian,ifit had not boa!icd ofrhcfc wonders. All theknot lies thenin the applicationof this to Romt, and our imaginary Lady : How fball it appear, that their miracles arc of this kind! Ludovi<ll4 Yivts gives fix noras to diflinguith Gods mirlclcs from Satam : Lipji~~< three: Both ofthem too might cafily be difcovcrcd by difcufliog ofparticulars. It is not fo much the grcarncffc ofthe work , northc bclccfcofwitoclfcs, nocthc quality nor ma•ncr ofthe aClion , nor truthofclfeocc, that candefcry the immediate hand which workc:th in ourmiracles.Thatalonc is the true and golden rulc,which lojllnM .r1yr(ifat lcaft that book be his) prcfcribcs in his ~tjlions and An{wm ; How fhall it be known
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