Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

7. Consider the miracles of Christ in pursuance of the Doctrine delivered in his blessed Sermons. Here's a world of matter to run over; such miracles are done by Christ as never man did before. Moses indeed smote the Rock, and the waters gushed out, but he could not turn Water into Wine; Elisha raised a Child that was dead, to life, but Jesus raised one who had been dead four days, yea who was buried and corrupted; Elijah and Samuel, and all the Prophets, and the succession of the high Priests in both the Temples, put all together, never did so many, and so great miracles as Jesus did: he turned water into Wine; he healed the Noble-mans Son even at the point of death; he cured the Leprous by his touch; he made the lame man to walk; and the crooked limbs to become straight; he made habitual diseases, and inveterate, of eighteen years continuance (and once of thirty eight years) to disappear at his speaking, even as darkness at the brightness of the Sun;¹ he fed thousands of People with two small fishes, and five loaves; he cast out Devils, and commanded them whithersoever he pleased; he restored sight to the blind; in a word, he did such miracles as no man else ever did; and the poor blind man proved it by instance of himself. It was never heard that any man opened the Eyes of one that was born blind. O my Soul, consider of these miracles, and believe that Doctrine which was ratified with Arguments from above! how shouldst thou but assent to all those mysterious truths which were so strongly confirmed by an Almighty hand?—What? dost thou think a meditation needless in this respect? art thou fully satisfied of the truth of Scriptures? It is well? I hope thou art; and yet who knows how soon thou mayst be put to it by an enemy, or a strong temptation? One can tell us in print, Some are now talking of a toleration of all Religions; and some desire that the Jews may have a free commerce amongst us: it is good therefore to be well armed at this point; and the best Argument to prove the verity of the Gospel, next to the inward testimony of the Spirit, is this demonstration, or common place of the miracles of Christ.

7. Consider the miracles of Christ in pursuance of the Doctrine delivered in his blessed Sermons. Here's a world of matter to run over; such miracles are done by Christ as never man did before. Moses indeed smote the Rock, and the waters gushed out, but he could not turn Water into Wine; Elisha raised a Child that was dead, to life, but Jesus raised one who had been dead four days, yea who was buried and corrupted; Elias and Samuel, and all the Prophets, and the succession of the high Priests in both the Temples, put all together, never did so many, and so great miracles as Jesus did: he turned water into Wine; he healed the Noble-mans Son even at the point of death; he cured the Leaprous by his touch; he made the lame man to walk; and the crooked limbs to become straight; he made habitual diseases, and inveterate, of eighteen years continuance (and once of thirty eight years) to disappear at his speaking, even as darkness at the brightness of the Sun;