Almighty Goodness could ever have given: but they were suited to the low and degraded state of the people, which was the case with the poor Israelites." p. 45.
Miracles were the great evidence of the divine mission of Christ, He appeals to the works which he wrought, as evidence so conclusive, as to leave wholly without excuse those who do not believe. But how awfully consistent is it, for him who presumptuously asserts the sufficiency of the inward light, to endeavour to undermine the authority of miracles!
| "I have greater witness than that of John: for 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." John, v. 36.
"The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not; because ye are not of my sheep." Jno. x. 25, 26. "If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him." Jno. x. 37, 38. "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?—The |
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake." Jno. xiv. 10, 11.
"Go, and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." Matt. xi. 4-6. "Now when he was in Jerusalem, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did," Jno. ii. 23. |
