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and he delivered him to his mother.–16. And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great Prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
The Miracles of our Saviour were uniformly works of mercy and compassion. That in the passage now read, is eminently so; and evidently points out Jesus as sent from God, to be the Saviour of mankind. In every age and country, Miracles, we find, have been allowed to be the most convincing proof of a divine mission; though many have pretended to such a power, who could not produce evidence, to the thorough conviction of judicious and candid spectators, that they acted under the immediate influence of heaven. A Miracle may be defined an extraordinary and wonderful effect, above the power of nature, wrought by God, to manifest his sovereign controul over it, or to give credit to some messenger sent from himself. Thus Jesus Christ evinced the truth of his divine mission; as his
