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Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either…
Speculum theologiæ in Christo, or, A view of some divine truths which are either practically exemplified in Jesus Christ, set forth in the Gospel, or may be reasonably deduced from thence / by Edward Polhill ..., Esq.
London: printed by A.M. and R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1678
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The last instance of the Divine Power, is in converting the world to Christianity, in raising up a People to God out of the ruins of the Fall. The ⟨p. 113⟩Son of God did not come in the flesh, merely to do Miracles upon the bodies of Men; No, his greatest work is upon their souls. Corporal Miracles were pledges of Spiritual. Some of them, as the enlightening of the blind, and raising of the dead, did, as Estius observes, type out the giving of the Vital Principles of Grace,1 to restore the fallen faculties in men. Some of them, as Peters walking on the Waters by the helping-hand of Christ, did shadow forth the giving of auxiliary Grace to Saints, to keep them from sinking under Temptations. As the external Miracles were wrought by the Power and Spirit of God, so are the internal also. When a blind mind is irradiated, there is a word of Power, such as at first commanded light out of darkness. When a dead sinner is raised up to a Divine Life, the Glory of God may be seen in it, even as it was upon Lazarus's coming out of the Grave. Now, that we may see some Rays of this glorious Power, several things are to be considered by us.
The last instance of the Divine Power, is in converting the world to Christianity, in raising up a People to God out of the ruins of the Fall. The ⟨p. 113⟩Son of God did not come in the flesh, meerly to do Miracles upon the bodies of Men; No, his greatest work is upon their souls. Corporal Miracles were pledges of Spiritual. Some of them, as the inlightning of the blind, and raising of the dead, did, as Estius observes, type out the giving of the Vital Principles of Grace,1 to restore the faln faculties in men. Some of them, as Peters walking on the Waters by the helping-hand of Christ, did shadow forth the giving of auxiliary Grace to Saints, to keep them from sinking under Temptations. As the external Miracles were wrought by the Power and Spirit of God, so are the internal also. When a blind mind is irradiated, there is a word of Power, such as at first commanded light out of darkness. When a dead sinner is raised up to a Divine Life, the Glory of God may be seen in it, even as it was upon Lazarus's coming out of the Grave. Now, that we may see some Rays of this glorious Power, several things are to be considered by us.