Witness of the Holy-Ghost which I now chiefly design was that which was given to him after his Ascension into Heaven and was an evident Token that all power in Heaven and Earth was then committed to him I mean those Gifts of the Holy-Ghost which he showred down on his Apostles on the Day of Pentecost when being met together Acts 2.1 c. there came suddenly a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty Wind which filled all the House where they were sitting and there appeared unto them Cloven Tongues like as of Fire which sat upon each of them whereupon they wre all filled with the Holy-Ghost and began to speak with other Tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance And this Testimony of the Holy Ghost our Saviour promis'd before should be given to him Joh. xv 26. When the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of Truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testifie of me And the Testimony indeed was very plain and full for by this it clearly appear'd that all his former Miracles had been true and had been wrought by a divine Power when even after he had left this World he was still able to make good this Promise to his Disciples and to empower them to do greater Works in his Name than he himself had done while he was living upon Earth This was a clear Demonstration that he was the beloved Son of the Father and was as St. Peter says Act. 2.33 exalted at God's right hand when he did shed forth that wonderful power upon his Apostles of which all that then dwelt in Jerusalem or had come thither from all parts of the World to Worship were Eye and Ear-Witnesses And this Testimony of the Holy-Ghost was given to our Saviour not at that time only not one Day and no more but was continu'd to be given to him all the time of the Apostle's Preaching who were also enabled to communicate to others by laying on of Hands Act. 2.38.8.17.10.44.19.6 the same Miraculous Gifts of the Holy-Ghost which they themselves had receiv'd until they had finish'd their Ministery and planted Christian Churches in all the Countries of the then known World Thus I have briefly mention'd the great Evidence that the Gospel History affords of the Truth of our Saviour's Testimony of himself the Matters of Fact I have taken for granted as being parts of the Gospel-History the Truth of which has been I hope already sufficiently prov'd and the Evidence it self is so clear and full that I thought it needless to open it in more Words than I have done for that the Testimony which God did by all these ways give to our Saviour is a rational Inducement to believe the Truth of what he said concerning himself is what I think can't be doubted by those that allow themselves any time to consider things This I 'm sure I may say that if this strong Evidence that the Gospel-History affords of our Saviour's divine Mission be not sufficient to prove it there never yet has been sufficient Evidence of the Truth of any divine Revelation I had almost said nor ever can be but that I know it is not for us to say what Infinite Power and Wisdom can do But as some Jews in our Saviour's time said Joh. 7.31 when Christ cometh will he do more Miracles than these which this Man hath done So I may ask and I believe it will be very difficult to make answer to it when Christ cometh if indeed he be not already come if indeed that Jesus on whom we believe be not he how shall we do to know him What greater Assurance can he give us that he is the Christ than Jesus hath given What better Reason can we ever have to believe any Messenger that shall be sent from God than we have to believe our Saviour For we have as much Reason supposing the Gospel-History to be true to believe him to be sent from God as we have to believe any thing we are as secure that we are not deceiv'd in him as we are that we are not deceiv'd in the plainest Matters of sense For the best the only security that we have that our senses do not deceive us and that every thing in the World is not quite otherwise than it appears to us to be is the Goodness of God and this same security we have that we are not deceiv'd in our Saviour's divine Mission Nay we are more secure of this than we are of that because it is more plainly inconsistent with the Goodness of God to deceive us in a Matter on which our everlasting Welfare depends than in Matters only of this Life which are the chief things for which our bodily Senses are of use to us And if indeed we are deceiv'd in our Saviour it must be said that God himself has deceiv'd us having given us all the Reason imaginable to believe him to be as he said he was the Son of God And now having been so large in shewing the Evidence that there is from the Matters of Fact recorded in the History of the New Testament that our Saviour himself was a Teacher sent from God I shall not need to spend much time in shewing that his Apostles were likewise Commission'd by God to instruct the World and consequently that we ought also to receive all the Doctrines taught by them whether in their Epistles or in their Discourses interwoven by St. Luke with his History of their Acts as true and divine for 1. There is plainly no Reason why we should not receive them as such because they are the very same that our Saviour taught and no other Some Points of Christian Doctrine are indeed more largely explain'd and handled by the Apostles in their Epistles than they are in those Discourses of our Saviour that are recorded by the Evangelists but between the Doctrines taught by our Lord himself and those taught by the Apostles there is such a perfect Harmony and Agreement that if we had only their own Word for it that they spake and wrote by the Inspiration of the Spirit we might securely believe them for tho' one Man may without Inspiration say the same thing which another before him has spoken by Inspiration yet if the second says that he also is inspir'd there can be no Hurt tho' there may be a Mistake in believing him seeing whether the Man was Inspir'd or no 't is certain that the Doctrine was But 2. If there be any Doctrines taught by the Apostles which we do not see were taught before by our Saviour I say there is however from the History of the Gospel Evidence enough of their divine Mission also so that we may very securely take upon their Credit as true and divine any Doctrine which they have instructed us in For 1. That they were sent by our Saviour is past all Dispute if the Gospel-History be true Joh. xx 21. As
my Father hath sent me so send I you and again Mat. xxviii 19 20. Go ye and disciple all Nations Baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you And that he had Authority to grant them such a Commission he shews in the words before All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth Go ye therefore and teach all Nations c. And 2. That they were taught by God and enlightned by his Holy Spirit is what can't be doubted if we believe the power of our Saviour and the Truth of the Gospel for before our Lord went from them Joh 20.22 he breathed on them and said Receive ye the Holy Ghost And to what Purposes the Holy-Ghost was to be given them he had told them before Joh. 14.26 The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my Name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your Remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you And when he the Spirit of Truth is come Joh. 16.13 he will guide you into all Truth being thus therefore taught by the Spirit of Truth our Saviour might well say as he does Luke x. 16. He that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me And 3. Lastly We have all the reason in the World to receive them as Messengers from God and to believe that all that they have taught is the Will of God because they had the same Attestation of God to the truth of their Doctrine that our Saviour himself had to his I do not mean that God did bear them Witness all those ways by which he bare witness to our Saviour for that could not be but he bare witness to them all those ways by which it was proper for him to do it and by which he had born witness to any former Prophets For he bare witness to them that they were sent by him Joh. 13.22.20 21. by the Testimony of our Saviour as he had done to our Saviour by the Testimony of John And if the Testimony of a Prophet was credible concerning our Saviour much more is the Testimony of the Son of God highly credible concerning a Messenger sent by him He bare witness to them also by enduing them with the Gift of Prophecy Joh. 16.13 for when the Spirit of Truth is come says our Saviour he will shew you things to come And lastly he bare witness to them by that which is the most plain and sensible proof of a divine Mission Mar. 16.20 viz. By the Power of Miracles and manifold Gifts of the Holy-Ghost The Lord worked with them and confirmed their word with Signs following says St. Mark And with great Power says St. Luke gave Acts 4.33 the Apostles witness of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus And the greater part of the History of the Acts of the Apostles is spent in relating the wonderful Works that they did by the Name of Jesus and the Power of the Holy-Ghost in confirmation of the Truth of their Doctrine But St. Paul perhaps it will be said of whose Writing are most of the Epistles was not one of them not called by our Saviour to be an Apostle as they were nor so much as an Eye and Ear-witness of our Lord's Miracles and Doctrine what Reason then have we to receive his Writings as Portions of Holy Scripture I answer as good tho' not in every particular just the same that we have to receive the Writings of the other Apostles as such For he was Converted and Ordain'd to be an Apostle in a more wonderful manner than they were as you may see in Acts 9. And as our Lord himself gave witness to their Divine Mission so he did also to his Acts ix 15. He is says our Lord a chosen Vessel unto me to bear my Name before the Gentiles and Kings and the Children of Israel To him also as well as to them Act. 20.22 25.27.10 22. 2 Th. 2.3 c. 1 Tim. 4.1 c. 2 Tim. 3.1 c. the Spirit foreshew'd things to come several Proofs of which we may observe in the History of the Acts and in his Epistles And Lastly His Speech and his Preaching was 1 Cor. 2.4 2 Cor. 12.12 as theirs in Demonstration of the Spirit and of Power In him all the Signs of an Apostle were seen no less than in them viz. Signs and Wonders and mighty Deeds And of him with Barnabas in Company Acts 14.3 it is that St. Luke speaks when he says that the Lord gave Testimony to the word of his Grace and granted Signs and Wonders to be done by their Hands And the latter part of the History of the Acts from the 10th Chapter to the End contains little else but an account of St. Paul's Preaching and of the Miracles that were done by the Power of God to confirm the Truth of his Doctrine So that if we believe the Gospel-History we can no more doubt of his divine Mission and Inspiration than we can of theirs we must conclude that if they were Apostles so was he that if they were Ministers of Christ 2 Cor. 11.23 2 Cor. 11.5 2 Cor. 12.11 so was he too forasmuch as in nothing he was behind the very chiefest Apostles so that consequently we have as much Reason to believe his Writings to be Inspired as we have theirs And now by all that hath been said I hope I have fully made good the Point I was to prove viz. That if the Matters of Fact recorded in the New Testament are true they are sufficient Proofs of the Truth and divine Authority of all the Doctrines that are therein taught whether by Christ himself or by his Apostles For if it be true that they were sent by God to instruct the World and to declare the Will of God to Mankind and that they were is sufficiently prov'd by their Credential Letters which we have now perused and examin'd we can no more doubt the truth of those things which they as the Messengers and Ambassadors of God have deliver'd to us in his Name than if we had heard God himself uttering the same by a Voice from Heaven So that I cannot but perswade my self that the Proofs which have been offer'd in the foregoing Discourse of the Truth of all the Doctrines that are taught in the New Testament are sufficient to convince any Rational and Considering Man of the Truth of any Doctrine the Falsity whereof is not Notorious and Self-evident And therefore this I think is the only thing that can with any shew of Reason be pretended by any Person to justifie his not receiving the Gospel as a divine Revelation viz. That the Matter of it in some Particulars is such as will not admit of any Proof at all because no Arguments can make a
well be accounted a Martyr for the Testimony of Jesus no less than the other Apostles altho' he did not actually expire under his Sufferings as they did Now if it be supposed that a Man especially one who stands much upon his Credit may be willing after he has told a Lye to suffer a great Deal rather than own himself a Lyar tho' I think it cannot reasonably be supposed either that any Man would suffer so many other great Evils as the Apostles did only upon a Point of Honour or that the Apostles did stand so much upon their Honour yet when it is brought to this that a Man who has told a Lye must either retract it or die for it and that he may in all Probability save his Life by retracting it it is not to be supposed that any Man will be a Martyr for a known Falshood for it is a very true Saying and to which there is hardly any Exception tho' it was spoken by the Father of Lyes Job 2.4 that Skin for Skin yea all that a Man hath he will give for his Life 'T is not credible therefore that so much as one Man should be found so foolish as to sacrifice his Life to a known Lye and that too an unprofitable Lye to himself to his Family and to all The World and this only to save his Reputation It is much less credible that so many Men viz. all the Apostles and Evangelists and most if not all the rest of our Lord 's immediate Disciples should be guilty of such prodigious and unheard of Folly and it is least of all credible that among so many as there were that bore Witness of the Facts recorded in the Evangelical History not so much as one Man should be found that was honester and wiser than the rest not one that could be persuaded to give Glory to God by the Confession of his Fault and satisfaction to the World by a publick owning of the Cheat he had been engaged in not one that wou'd chuse to undergo the Disgrace of a Lyar rather than the shameful Death of a Malefactor These are in short the Evidences we have of the Honesty and Faithfulness of the Evangelical Historians those Evidences I mean which they themselves have given thereof and they are plainly as good as could be desired they are the best that could be given by Men. And putting together all that hath been said on this and the foregoing Heads now and in my last Discourse for the Proof of the Truth of the Evangelical History I think we may truly and confidently affirm that altho' we consider it only as a meer humane History we have much greater Reason to give Credit to it than to any History in the World besides But if we receive the witness of Men and who is there that does not 1 Joh. 5.9 the Witness of God is greater And therefore in Order to shew further that there is sufficient Reason to give full Credit to the Evangelical Historians in their Relations of those Matters of Fact which they have recorded I proposed to be considered in the Fifth and last Place 5 The Confirmation that was given to the Truth of their History by God himself For what St. Paul says of his own was likewise true of the Speech and Preaching of all the other Apostles viz. That it was in Demonstration of the Spirit and of Power 1 Cor. 2.4 5. that the Faith of their Hearers should not stand in the Wisdom of Men but in the Power of God And so St. Luke says Acts 4.33 With great Power gave the Apostles Witness of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus For at the same Time that they Witnessed the Miracles of their Master they gave Assurance to Men of the Truth of their Testimony by doing the like Miracles themselves healing the Sick casting out Devils raising the Dead c. just as Jesus himself had done And at the same time that pursuant to their Commission they preached the Gospel to Men of all Nations and Languages they plainly demonstrated both that they had such a Commission from God and that it was the Truth of God which they preached by speaking to every Man of every Nation in his own Tongue Thus as the Author to the Hebrews says Heb. 2.4 God did bear them Witness both with Signs and Wonders and with divers Miracles and Gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own Will And he might well say that God did hereby bear them Witness because that Power wherewith they were endued was so evidently from on high that none that saw their Works Luke 24.49 and considered withall the Purity and Excellence of the Doctrine of Christianity that was thereby establish'd could have any reasonable Doubt whether they were done by the Power of God or no. We know Joh. 3.2 said Nicodemus to our Saviour that thou art a Teacher sent from God for no Man can do the Miracles that thou doest except God be with him Joh. 14.12 But the same Works that Jesus did did his Disciples also after he had sent down the Promise of his Father upon them on the Day of Pentecost yea and greater Works than those did they do so that whoever beheld their Works might so far as Miracles are Evidences of a Divine Power be rather more certain that God was with them than Nicodemus could be that he was with our Lord himself For tho' their other Miracles that were of the same sort with those which our Saviour had done were such Proofs of Divine Assistance as could not with any Reason be gainsaid yet I think it may truly be affirm'd that the Gift of Tongues which was peculiar to them and wherein they did as we may say excell even our Lord himself was more convincing than any of them For he that saw one of their other Miracles might possibly entertain some little Doubt whether the Effect that appeared to him to be Miraculous might not yet be done by some secret Power of Natural Causes that was unknown to him But we all know the Power of Nature so well that we are sure the Knowledge of a Language cannot possibly be attained Naturally even by a Person of the quickest Parts and faithfullest Memory but in so much time at the least as it will necessarily take up to be told by Tutors or to learn from Lexicons what every particular word of the Language to be learnt is by the People of that Language designed to signifie because Words have not a Natural Relation to the Notions or Things thereby expressed but are meer arbitrary Signs thereof So that whoever knew the Education of the Apostles and that they were before altogether ignorant and unlearned and yet saw them every one on a sudden on the Day of Pentecost able to speak readily in all the Languages of all the Nations under Heaven from whence had come some of the Jews that were present at Jerusalem at that
words fall to the Ground all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that he was established to be a Prophet of the Lord. The before-named Exception having therefore no Place in our Saviour for his Doctrine was Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God Mat. 4.10 and him only shalt thou serve and there being not one of those many Predictions that he gave forth tho' several of them were concerning the most casual Events that could be which has not been in its due time fulfilled we may safely conclude that he was a true Prophet of God and consequently that he ought to be hearkned to in every thing that he said 5. Another Testimony that was given by God to the divine Mission of our Saviour was by the Power of working Miracles more and greater Miracles than ever had been done before since the beginning of the World the Relation of which makes up a great Part of the Gospel-History Mat. 11.4 5. Joh. 10.25 37 38.14.11.15.24 And to these our Saviour himself frequently appeals as to a most evident Proof that he was sent by God and that he was the Son of God Joh. v. 36. The Works which the Father hath given me to finish the same works that I do bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me And indeed what better Evidence can be desired that a Person speaking in the Name of God is sent by him than to see him do the Works of God that is such Works as cannot be done but by the Power of God And that our Saviour's Miracles were such cannot I think be doubted by those who believe they are truly related in the Gospel which it is now supposed they are And if to this it be said that the first Opposers of Christianity both Jews and Gentiles who either saw the Miracles of our Saviour or had such good Assurance thereof from Eye-Witnesses or Credible History that they could not deny them yet were not thereby convinc'd that he was a Prophet of God but rather thought that he did all his mighty Works by Magick Art and by the Help of the Devil I answer 1. That 't is a thing which we cannot be sure of that the true Reason why any of those who saw our Saviour's Miracles or were persuaded of the Truth of them did yet refuse to receive him as a Prophet sent from God was because they were not convinc'd that his Miracles were done by a divine Power for Men do not always act according to their Judgments for we read of some of the Chief Rulers in Joh. xii 42. that they believed on him that is they were convinc'd in their Judgments by the mighty Works that he did that he was the Person he pretended to be but they did not confess him lest they should be put out of the Synagogue for they loved the Praise of Men more than the Praise of God And therefore I think it most probable that they who attributed those Miracles of his which they could not deny to the working of the Devil did not nay could not believe what they said but only said it because they were resolv'd never to receive a Doctrine whatever Evidence was given of the Truth of it that was so contrary as our Saviour's was to their Prejudices Lusts and Worldly Interests and they could not tell what else to say to justifie themselves to the World But 2. If their Blasphemy in ascribing our Saviour's Miracles to the power of the Devil was not meerly malicious 't was however most evidently groundless For 1. Tho' the Devil be without doubt of much greater Power than we are and understanding better than we do the Force of Natural Causes can do many things which to the Eyes of Men may appear Miraculous because it may be past their Skill to give an Account of them by Natural Causes there is no reason however to believe that he can do a true Miracle that is that he can ever alter the Course of Nature or produce any Effect but by the Means of Natural Causes working in such a manner and by such Laws and Rules as God hath appointed And therefore the Apostle calls those strange Appearances which are done by the working of Satan 2 Thes 2.9 Lying Wonders But they were not Lying Wonders which were done by our Saviour they did not only seem to be done but were done and they were Miracles not only in appearance but in truth being many of them such Effects as were evidently above and beyond the Power of Nature and therefore such as could not be done but by a Power Superiour to Nature that is by God's For who but he only who at first brought all things out of nothing Mat. 14. Mark 6. Luke 9. John 6. could with five Loaves and two small Fishes satisfie the Hunger of more than five thousand Persons leaving a Remainder of more than twice the number of Baskets-full of Fragments that there had been of Loaves at the first Luk. 7.11 c. Joh. 11.39 c. Or who could restore to Life a dead Carkass that began to putrefie but he only who first form'd it out of the Dust of the Ground Who could call back the departed Soul and fix it to its former Residence but he only into whose Hands it was returned and who first breathed into our Bodies these Immortal Spirits And as to some other of his Works which may be thought to be such as might be produc'd by the working of Nature only the manner in which they were done plainly shews that they also were done by a Power Superior to Nature for thus a Sick Man may be restor'd to perfect Health in time and by degrees by the use of proper Medicines and such a Cure we reckon Natural But those were plainly Super-natural Cures which were wrought as our Saviour's for the most part were without the use of any Medicines only by a Word speaking and many times at a great distance and by which those who had been long Sick or Infirm or Cripples were restor'd to perfect Health and Strength in an instant of time To suppose therefore that the Devil can thus at his Will alter the Course of Nature is to attribute to him such a Power as is peculiar to the God of Nature who only doth great Wonders Ps 72.18.136.4 But 2. If the Miracles of our Saviour had been only such as we might reasonably think did not exceed the Devil's Power to do yet that they were not wrought by his Help and consequently that they were done by the Power of God is abundantly evident from the Design of them which was to establish a Doctrine the most contrary that could be to the Devil's Interest For to this Purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the Devil and he did it 1 Joh. 3.8 by preaching to Men to turn from the vanities of Idols to the worship and service of the Living God Act. 14.15
overbalance the other so that it may reasonably be hoped that some small Addition to the Proof of Religion no more than might be made to it without destroying either our Freedom of Choice or the Excellency of Faith and Virtue would prevail with these Half Christians And perhaps it might But God is wiser than we are and knows better than we what is fit for him to do towards the Conversion of Men. We ought therefore to conclude that he does all that is fit to be done tho' we do not see but that he might do more But this it may be will not be taken for an Answer but will rather be thought a way of avoiding a Difficulty too hard to be accounted for And therefore I say further and it was the third thing which I proposed to be considered 3. That if God should gratifie all Men in this Request working new Miracles every Day for the Conviction of particular Persons Sermon VII and as I have formerly noted there is no Reason in the World why any one Man should be gratified in this Request rather than others when they have all equal Reason and equal Right to desire it should God I say gratifie all Men in this Request the Abundance of the Miracles that must then be wrought woud be so far from adding to the Proof of Christianity that if would rather lessen or weaken that Proof of it which we have already because Miracles the properest Proof of a Publick Divine Revelation would not be then so convincing as they are now For that which most of all affects Men in a Miracle is the Unusualness of it because it is such a thing as was never or but rarely before ever seen or heard of As the Blind Man that had been Cured by our Saviour well observes Joh. ix 32. Since the Beginâ—ing of the World hath it not been heard that any Man hath opened the Eyes of one that was born Blind Had â—t been a common thing it would have been no Miracle I mean it would not have appeared so it would â—ot have been thought so by Men. For that which makes Men wonder even at a true Miracle is not so much because it is such an Operation as they cannot â—ive a fair account of by Natural Causes for this â—hey can't do I 'm confident I may say they have not â—et done it of many of the Works and Productions â—f Nature But they therefore conclude such a thing not to be a Natural Operation because it is not usual because it is such a thing as was never before known to be done And if the same thing which now for this Reason we should account a Miracle was done every Day the Virtuosi would presently set themselves to invent and would quickly fancy they had found out some Natural Solution of it And I believe there are not many Miracles that have been done which they might not after long Study be able to give as clear and probable an Account of by Natural Causes as they have done of Gravity of Fire of the Loadstone of Vision of the Production of Vegetables of the Generation of Animals and of many other things which yet are doubtless the Works and Effects of Natural Causes So that I say the most probable Consequence of having Miracles so very common as they must be if they were wrought for the Conviction of particular Men would be this that they wou'd cease to serve for that Purpose for which Miracles were designed because being common they would be disregarded or would quickly be looked upon to be the Effect of Natural Causes only There would not be wanting those that would offer to give an Account how they were done and all those would be despised by the Scorners of Religion as too much addicted to Superstition who rather than attribute the greatest Miracle to a Supernatural Power would not acquiesce in that Solution how silly soever that was given of it by meer Matter and Motion And in particular I question not but that if it was a common thing for dead Men after they had lain in their Graves for some time to come forth again and shew themselves alive to their Friends this wonderful Effect would be attributed by a great many to some Vital Principle in the Body which only Slept for a while as it does in Corn or other Seeds while they are kept dry and above Ground but afterwards when the Body was buried a while was excited by some Natural Virtue that was in the Earth to exert it self and so by its Plastick Power formed the Body into the same shape it was in before This I say would in all probability be the Effect that the greatest Miracles would have in the World if they were very common They'd only serve to set the Philosophers Wits to work to invent new Forms of Matter and new Laws of Motion by which to solve them and any Solution of them tho' never so improbable tho' only by Occult Qualities would serve turn and be thought better than to recur to an Almighty Power The Consequence of which would be that this which we desire as an additional Proof of Christianity would in effect destroy one of the best Proofs of it that we have already But 4. Lastly If it be supposed that Miracles would still be thought Miracles notwithstanding their Commonness yet Abraham might well deliver it as a General Truth to which there are none or very few Exceptions that he who is not wrought upon by a Standing Revelation of God's Will would not be persuaded by an extraordinary Message or a new Miracle because it is Matter of Fact and Experience that this last Method has been generally unsuccessful upon those who have not hearkned to nor been convinced by a Standing Revelation For this was the very Case of the Jews in our Saviour's time the Parable was literally fulfilled in them For as they would not believe Moses and the Prophets testifying of our Saviour so neither did they any more believe our Saviour himself when he came down to them from Heaven in the Power of God And as they did not believe him while he lived amongst them and went about Preaching and doing Miracles so neither did they believe him a jot more after he came again to them from the dead Never were there such Signs and Miracles wrought for Mens Conviction and yet never was there such a number of obstinate Infidels as then Very few even of those who were Eye-witnesses of our Saviour's Miracles were the better for them but many were a great deal worse wilfully blaspheming that Spirit by which he wrought them and attributing those Operations to the Help of the Devil which they were convinced in their own Judgments were done by the Power of God The opening the Eyes of the Blind Joh. 9.39.11.47.12.10 did but make those that saw the Miracle more blind than they were before And when once a dead Lazarus did come forth out of