On the P affio1!. ' and undervalue the n1iracles "vhich he performed, or elfe condetnn them as the unlaw– ful effecrs of n1agical 4<ill; that tho·ugh he carrze unto his 07VJt, yet his own receh;ed him · not :fr'cj though he fpake as never a1an fpake, and did fnch works as would have converted 7) 1 rc and Sidon yet did they baffic their owq reafon,. and perfifl: in their infidelity, becaufe, forfooth, they knew the place and 1nanner of his education; as though his being reputed the carpenter's fon had been a fuffi.cient anfwer to all that he could fay or do. rrhis was the occafion of his tears over that wretched and u·ngrateful ~ity: 0 Jerufolem, Jerufalenz, thott that ki!lejl the prophets, and (tonefl them that ore fen! tttzfo thee, how ofteJt would I have gathe[_ed tby children together, ·even a.r a ben gather_ethher chickeJJs under her rwings, and ye ;would not t! lf thou !Jadfl kno7JJn, e1xn thou, at leafl injthis thy day, the things 'which beio11g unto thy peace! but 11-ow they are hid frorn thine eyes t. We have no tin1e to refleCt on all tne fad pa!fages which occur, in the hifl:ory of our Saviour's life; let us fix our· eyes a li~- tle on fon1e of the lafl: fcenes, and we fhall' find then1 the blackefi that ever were acred ' on ~John i. u. t Matth. ~xiii. 27. :f: Luke xix. 4 ~~
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