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Full and easy satisfaction which is the true and safe religion in a conference between D. a doubter, P. a papist, and R. a reformed Catholic Christian : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.Full and easie satisfaction which is the true and safe religion in a conference between D. a doubter, P. a papist, and R. a reformed Catholick Christian : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nev. Simmons, 1674
Part 4 › Chapter 5: The Minor proved, viz. That these Miracles are false.
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3. And as to the Facility I said before, that [in his own Country, among his own kindred, he could do no mighty work save that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them, and he marvelled at their unbelief] Mark 6.4, 5, 6. And he some time groaned in spirit, and wept, (as for Lazarus). And the Disciples could not cast out a Devil, Mar. 9.18, 28. Luk. 9.40. It was not to be done but by fasting and prayer. Its like Paul would have cured Trophimus if he could, when he left him sick. And as holy men spake, not when, nor as they pleased, but when and as they were inspired by the ⟨p. 114⟩Holy Ghost: so did they work miracles, not arbitrarily, but at such times and in such manner as the spirit moved them.
3. And as to the Facility I said before, that [in his own Country, among his own kindred, he could do no mighty work save that he layed his hands on a few sick folk and healed them, and he marvelled at their unbelief] Mark 6.4, 5, 6. And he some time groaned in spirit, and wept, (as for Lazarus). And the Disciples could not cast out a Devil, Mar. 9.18, 28. Luk. 9.40. It was not to be done but by fasting and prayer. Its like Paul would have cured Trophimus if he could, when he left him sick. And as holy men spake, not when, nor as they pleased, but when and as they were inspired by the ⟨p. 114⟩Holy Ghost: so did they work miracles, not arbitrarily, but at such times and in such manner as the spirit moved them.