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And I am sorry, that the same hand in another Lecture, elsewhere publisheth, that [That any are brought to believe in Jesus, is as great a Miracle, as the Resurrection of Christ from the dead] p. 223. And after [There is not a greater Instance of the Power of God in the whole World, than this, in bringing over the heart of a sinner to believe in Christ.]

It grieveth my Soul to think what Scandals are thus given by good Men to Papists, Infidels and prejudiced Scorners, and what work they will make ⟨p. 63⟩with it. No doubt but Faith is a great and difficult Work, and wrought by Almighty Power: For God hath no other Power, but Omnipotency: omnis Dei Potentia est Omnipotentia, quia Infinita. Gods Power is his Essence: But the Instances and Demonstrations of it, are as various as the Effects. Your Finger or Tongue, moveth not, but by Omnipotency: But every Motion or Fly, is not as great an Instance or Demonstration of Power, as Faith is. Nor Faith so great an Instance as the making of Angels, Men, Heaven and Earth, Sun, Moon, and Stars, their Natures, Motion and Order: Divines have hitherto taught, that Power is eminently manifested in Creation and Natural Preservation, tho' with Wisdom and L•ve; and Wisdom Eminently manifested in Government, and Love in Glorifying (tho' they were conjunct in each) Man cannot work Miracles, and that so great. And I do not believe that God damneth all unbelievers, as for want of an Act as great as the motion of the Sun, or making the World.

And if it be a Miracle, and as great a one as Christ's Resurrection, How can any believer doubt at all? Why was Christ's Resurrection Preached by the Apostles, so much as the Proof of the Truth of Christianity, and not the Faith of every believer? Then we need not go far to prove the Christian V••ity: Every poor Boy or Woman that believeth, hath the fullest Proof, and as great and miraculous as Christ's Resurrection, Why send we not Infidels and Doubters to this Miracle, which is about them in all ages in thousands: Over-doing is undoing.