.Mauh.J·' Sermon in the ~'ildount. I 2')-') V.lZ. dcs::J.nd firH we arc to fee what a miracle is. A lA man or wo:11an, v:1!dfe th::y hauc true faith , 1 \Vh~t ~ mi· miracle is not oncly a fl:range workc donc,but / finccre repentance, and nn ,: obedience,,, herudeis. fuch a work as is abouc rhc lhengch ofall erea... by rhcy ctoc the will of God : for ..,-.+:::~t :w exI God~lo11e c.mworkc "lirJdC!o cures, and beyond the vvholc pov\'cr of erecellcm gift is it to be able to trach :wd l)rcach 1 atcd nacm·c;for it is done by the po\vcr ofGod the \o\'Ord of Go.:l ? wh:r a r<:rc thing is i:: to j himlClfimmcdio.rly, which i3aboue the fht=grh hauc hcarcl Chri!l him(clfc preach, ~nd to hane 1 ~ ofJil creatures: Cuch a ,,·orkc wa.;;: thcft4.ringof giuen him cnrenaitJctru.:nr? and y::r neither of thept;me, IoiU. ro. 13· and rhcgoir:g bacl:!w.'1Yd rheJC can ilue a m:m: ChriHC1ith herc,rhc apo·l I of thejhadowe of thcdi,tfl, 2. King, 20. 1 I. s_e. logic at' preaching Ol:tll doe men no gooC. ' :llld ~! ,ond!y, the LordGod alone is tb~ author ot a. the privilcdgc of caring and dnnking v irh I mir:l:I_c, wh~ neared hca:1cn and earth; as D.tChriHland ofhca1ing him teach in their ihc:crs> ! r:id fanh, 7/Jolf. •!rt grettt and doefl wondrwu v:il1 nothing a·vadc; Chriil will i;y 1 ncucr things ,thoJ&artGodaf,me 1 Pf:1!,86.Io. No ankncwcyou, Luk. J 3· 26, 27. It islikewifean gel, nor other crc:uurc in hc:tuen or C3.rth, no cxccllcm canhly'priuilcdgc to.be aliic&.\"-vn~o noc the manhood ofChrifi, though exalted aChriO;and yet Chrifi·prcfcrrcth fpirituali ij;,}_! bour. all creatures, is able-to worke a miracle. B red by flirh :md obedience farrc before ir , t Huw:nen Ho"" then, will fame fay, ·doe thc!Cmcn plead j f.tying to one rhattoldhim his mother :md his J workc miu.· their working of mir:-~clcs? Anf Not :13 au- ! b~crhr~n Hood V\_ithour, drfring to ~,rake I 1 cb. rbors, but as in!humem:sand miniHers \-\home I With hun, who (f.t~th he) ts m7morher ?andwho I the Lord vfcd in the working of them: ftu tlr~uJ} brethren?audpoiwing tohiJ Difci~leJ , he ~~~~~.;~:-+7· men \\'ark mir::!.dcs bybc!ccuing, on this 111<111- ·. [.tzd, bcho!d1nJ motha, andmJ IHethren; jnr_who- 1 1 . ~tirlelt1 1 1\0\Vc;C:lfed. ncr: FirH, they n:ceiuc a fpcciall in!hnd ~nrl in- ! /ocuer JbaN doe my f.'uhcrt w,//, the fome u m; 1 ward motion, that Godwill vfc rhc:n as inflru- ; brqrher, and fz.flcr, and mother. And \''l'irh re- · I mcnts in rhe working of a mirade, ifthey pray 1 .uert'ncc it may be UL~ely f.tid ofrhc virgin A-favmo him,and command the workc to be done: ric, that howfoeuer Jt was a wonderful! priuivpon this inftinCl:, they bdccuc that if they ledge vmo her to bee the mo!her of Chrilt lepray to God,and command in his n::unc)it (hall li1S, yet if(he had nor as well borne him in her Augufl.lill. be done: and JaltJy, theypray, :md commaund heart by f.1ith, as fhcc did in her bodic, f1 1 e had Jc'rirgihh·. according to this inltind, and 10 the thing 11cucr bccne Gucd: and therefore Paulf:1ith · they bcJccued is done. And rhus is th1s fpecch thortgh weehad /z.l1ot:vm Chrt!J after thejle/1; ,ye; eo be vndcrltood , H41!C Wt>ffotcaft out deui!lJ? hencefdrtG/z.nowewe himnomor·e: but 1 f a;j man &c. that is, rhou haft put an cxtraordinarit in- C be in·Chrrj},he U~.new crenwre, 2.Cor.;.16.and tlinCl: into our mindes, that ifweeprayed vnro iJt Chrifl;itithercircl!mcifo'f 4t·ai!eth any rhi 11 g, thee, and commanded rhc deuilis ·in thv·hamc nor vnr:irc11mcijion , but fHith which work§tbb; to depart, it {houidbe done: this we h;uc be- /oue. Gal.) .6. lecucd,andaccordinglyprad:ifcd, ~md fo hauc The confideration whereof, mull: tnooue vs call out deuilJs, and do·nc many great wonders all to Ilbourrobccome newe crcatLJrcs and ro by thy name. This git[ of miracles doth not get the graces o~G<:>ds childrtn who a:e rcgC~ J_1ow befall the Church of God; all chit the nerate, eucn true £1uh, true repentance, :m .;I Church now h:1th (forought that I fee) is rhe ncwc obedience, and not to rdl in other giftS gift of ptaycr,ioyncd with faHing, which.altO tho9gh they be moH excellent; · mu{l bee conditional!,. depending on c;ods • A\g:iinc, fiud'ent~ that h:mc agreat mcafure glorie, the good ofGodsChurch, and of the of Rn0wlcdgc ·~nd Cnher cxcd!erit pans ~·s partic troul~lcd: they may not pny ;:bfolutdy ~!et~or.ie~ Jtmgu11~~s ;·~c. muH),<;~_rnc, no~ )B for this workc of caHingour dcuils, or'fodbc be puffed v-p thct;~v.nh,{for ~oWledge puJ/i:th vp,, doing of fi1ch like miracles, much lcffcrmay -J .Cor.S. t :) blit-wuh ~~I to !;.C~rhc_ fauing grp; I they now giuc pcrcmptoric command for the 'ccs~bcforc named:,fbr wirho·\lt'~reptlf_t~ns a'nj} bceing of them. !fit be faid,that Gods church D ~CI~el!i'ng heait,all the gi-fts theyhauc will neharh all needfull gifts, aswell now as in·former de'r fatic them: nay rarh(.Ir thermuH ~c.:i.b<"Jf~d times: I anfwcr, it h:uh ill gifts needcfull to thereby, for witl1but true f.1uing' faith,all oth~r their faluation, & thcrtOrc praier in the churth gifts bee bur as fo m:<ny mil-fi_?n~J, to prd(c femes nowe either to dehucr thcpaniei:roubthenldccper into rhe pit ofdcHruCtit)n. · ~~ led, or dfc to procure as good a bleffing as deSecond f)_' ,here norc,thar many Je:il-ncd p~-e~ liuerahcc is, which is paticn'cc and repentance. chefs, "'~ho haue foundly handled the ;vord of And rhuswe fee what m~nncr of pcrfons they God for th'c conucrlion of others, fl1all y~~ be that fhall fay, Lord, Lord, and makeapolorhctrlfclues becondemned, like·to the Carpengic for themfclucs ar the laft day, 'and yet bee tqs rbar bnilt Ndalls Ark,and yet \'-.'ere dro"'\:- damncd; namely, fome that haue beencexcelned in rhc flood.t The' c_onlldcr~·(tOn ~whereof, lent preachers ofrhc word, :md fomc rhac hauc mull teach all Mjl]ificrs;·:lccording to the co\i.: had t::xtraord1nane power to caftom demlls, & fell ofthe Apofllc, ACl-."20, 28-. '"·talz.c l;e('dc, lafily, others rhat hauc wrought manr Hr:tnge firfl, ~vnto themf/!uc:r, :m~ then to t/;fir flot:k§s; E:-:ce!le"t cures amlmiraclcs by faiti1 in Chrifl:s 11:u~lc. fo ~;·1{1/bids 7~n1orhic, !:~~ hee~e Vi; to th; folfe, . 1 ;\ifts wil !lOt No.w he. \~CC • .,.,.(' lca~nc,firfl·, that n~oa·c· x.cel1: ana·v~troll'nrmng, c,onrmuttherem_; for il1 dnmg ~. ~_::~~~;,ci;:'· l l_:m.g~-~·_n not avadc to the faluaoon~fjnr- t'h~~_:,•;::~~<:e th)' fe!fe.' and ~;~: .
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