The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

And this is it which the Apostle saith to the Hebrews, ^ythat God himself gave testimony to the preaching of the Apostles both by Signs and Wonders, and many powers, or powerful things, and distributions of the Holy Ghost. Wherefore Miracles (wherewith it pleased God to grace the extraordinary Ministries² of the Prophets and Apostles, are³ long since ceased, neither could they nowadays serve to any use, the truth being long ago abundantly confirmed by Christ and his Apostles.

And this is it which the Apostle saith to the Hebrewes, ^ythat God himselfe gaue testimony to the preaching of the Apostles both by Signes and Wonders, and many powers, or powerfull things, and distributions of the Holy Ghost. Wherefore Miracles (wherewith it pleased God to grace the extraordinarie Ministeries² of the Prophets and Apostles, are³ long since ceased, neither could they nowadayes serue to any vse, the truth being long agoe aboundantly confirmed by Christ and his Apostles.

1. yHeb. 2. 4.
2. 2Heresies and Errors. The Papists, which make Miracles a note of their Church, are 2. ways faulty: First, The Miracles they so brag and boast of, are false and feigned. Secondly, They use their Miracles (such as they be) to a wrong end, for advancing of erroneous and lying doctrines, and to shake the truth of the Gospel, for confirmation whereof all Miracles ought to serve. In which case their pretended Miracles (though they should be admitted true) are of no worth,