'f'hal Goo u. 49 ter flowing out of the Rockes, the miracles that were wrought-byE/iah, and Elifht~, they were all openly done in the view of all the people~ They were fuch miracles, as had a reali.tie ln , n.~:u. them ; falfe miracles ftand onely in appearance, they have oneiy a !hadow,and not the fubftance; ··they have no foliditie in them , as the miracles that Inchanters doe; they are but .,.uv~CJ-•'"• as wee call them ; they are one!yappearances, and·no mor~ : as, if they give money, it will afterwards prove but drie leaves;and fuch were the miracles of the Inchanters in ./Egypt: but looke upon the - miracles ofMofts,thr;ywere folide;as the Mann~h fed the people many yeeres; the water that came out of the Rocks, did_ refreth them; the plagues cif1Egypt were reall. The,miracles alfo ofChrifl were all ofufe to mankind: as, when bee turned water into wine, it was fuch as they were refrefhw ed by; fo,when bee healed the people, when hee gave ftght to the blinde,they were all ufefuli,and llad a realit'ie in them. Befides, -confider the miracles which were wroughtatthedeliverieoftheLaw,Exod. 19. as Exod.r 9 • the thunder,the lightning,the found oftrumpets, &c• .whatfoever was done then, all the people faw ir,and their fences were taken up about it; fa · that they could not be deceived~The Lawes that Numa Po-mpilim brought from the gods, bee related to the people; but they faw and heard no- . thing: butthefe miracles the peopl€ all faw; the . · M?unt burnt with fire,and thick darkneffe round about it; and there was thunder and lightning, E and ·· " .' (
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