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Obj. But Capernaum's case is not ours. Capernaum saw Christ in the Flesh, which we never did; they heard Doctrine preached from his own mouth, which we never did; they saw his Miracles wrought before their eyes, which we never saw. Had we had their advantages and privileges, we would not have done as they did, nor been impenitent as they were.

Obj. But Capernaum's case is not ours. Capernaum saw Christ in the Flesh, which we never did; they heard Doctrine preached from his own mouth, which we never did; they saw his Miracles wrought before their eyes, which we never saw. Had we had their advantages and priviledges, we would not have done as they did, nor been impenitent as they were.

Ans. This Evasion is much like that of the Scribes and Pharisees mentioned Matth. 23.30. Had we been in the days of our Fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets. When they at the same time were filled with that malice against Christ, which issued in the shedding of his precious blood. But I answer:

Ans. This Evasion is much like that of the Scribes and Pharisees mentioned Matth. 23.30. Had we been in the days of our Fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets. When they at the same time were fill'd with that malice against Christ, which issued in the shedding of his precious blood. But I answer:

1. Though we have not Christ with us in his fleshly Presence, yet we have his Doctrine still with us, and preached to us. And it was not his fleshly Presence that brought any Sinners to repentance, but his Doctrine.