Christs miracles delivered in a sermon. By Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of…Christes miracles deliuered in a sermon. By Arthvr Dent, preacher of the word of…

Thirdly, a miracle must have this annexed unto it: for it must not be obscure, but apparent I mean not to the reason and judgement of man, but to mans sense, that is, to some of his senses, or to all of them, without controversy or doubting. This we shall see in all true miracles wrought by god, to be of this nature, namely clear and evident to mans senses: for either men did feel them, as the darkness in Egypt, or else they might touch them, taste them, or smell them. When the Lord brought his people of Israel from Egypt, all the miracles which he by his power had wrought among them were most apparent unto mans sense. As namely when they went through the read Sea, there he made the waters to divide themselves, and to stand like mighty mountains on each side ⟨image 7⟩of them, in such sort, that they did most manifestly see, and behold the same. So likewise they saw, when Moses stroke the stony Rock, so that thereout gushed water. So they saw most evidently the walls of Jericho fall down: and therefore if there be any miracle which is not apparent of itself, it is no miracle. Likewise what works so ever be done by Satan or any of his Angels, if it be not evident and to be discerned by mans sense, hence we know that it is no miracle. Let us by this property of a-true miracle, examine the miracle of the Altar of the Church of Rome, for in the Sacrament of the Altar, after the Priest hath said a few words as these, (Hoc est corpus meum) they teach that there a strange work is brought to pass, for the substance of the bread which was on the Altar, is gone and is changed into the body of Christ: if it were so, then indeed it were a miracle: but if it be a miracle, then men may discern it by one sense or other: For let them show me an instance where the lord wrought ⟨image 7⟩any miracle which he did not subject to the senses of man, but in this there is no miracle, which may be discerned by the senses: for the bread in the judgment of all the senses seemeth the same, that it was before to the sight, it seemeth to be the very same in substance, of the same quality and colour that it was of before, it hath the same taste it had before, to the handling it appeareth the same that it was before, and hath the same smelling that it had before, there is not any sense that judgeth now otherwise of it, then it did before, & therefore it can be no true miracle.

Thirdly, a miracle must haue this annexed vnto it: for it must not be obscure, but apparent I meane not to the reason and iudgement of man, but to mans sense, that is, to some of his senses, or to all of them, without controuersie or doubting. This we shall sée in all true miracles wrought by god, to be of this nature, namely cleare and euident to mans senses: for either men did féele them, as the darknesse in Egipt, or else they might touch them, taste them, or smell them. When the Lord brought his people of Israel from Egipt, all the miracles which hee by his power had wrought among them were most apparent vnto mans sense. As namely when they went through the redde Sea, there he made the waters to deuide themselues, and to stand like mighty mountaines on each side