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Again; A Christian is convinced, That the Miracles wrought by our JESUS, could be wrought by none but the True Messiah. It is said of our JESUS, The Son of David, in Rom. 1.4. He was Declared to be the Son of God with power. The Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ, are called, Powers; and they may w•ll be called so, inasmuch as they are Expressive of Supernatural Powers over the Creation of God. Now, when ⟨p. 72⟩a Christian sees the Miracles done by our Blessed JESUS, he is convinced of our Lords Divinity, and convinced of our Lords Messiah-ship, immediately; and he cries out, Oh! This my JESUS, is the Son of God! The Christian is very sure, That our JESUS, wrought such Miracles, as are in the Gospel Related of Him: Stupendous Miracles wherein, The Blind Received their Sight, the Lame Walked, the Lepers were Cleansed, the Deaf heard, the Devils that were the Instruments of Inflicting such Calamities were cast out, and the Dead Raised up The Witnesses of those Miracles are Incontestable. The Obstinate and Enchanted Jews themselves do in their Talmuds own those Miracles. But then the Christian is very sure, That God would never have permitted such Miracles to be wrought by our JESUS, if He had not been the Messiah. Indeed, a False Prophet may have a Sign, accompanying of Him. Yet, such is the Compassion of the Good God unto the World, that something or other always adhaeres to the Miracles of a Lie, whereby the Delusion may be detected. Whereas the Miracles of our JESUS were such, that the more men Examine them, the more proofs will appear, of their being the Seals of the Great God, unto the Truth of all that He Declared. Our JESUS came, the Christian sees him coming, a man of Universal Holiness, and full of Endeavours to promote all that is Holy and Just and Good. He ⟨p. 73⟩Asserted Himself to be rhe Messiah; and for the Evidence of this Assertion, He not only did lesser Wonders, but also Raised the Dead, who had been divers Days putrefying in their Graves; and this in His own Name too: Yea, He Raised Himself also from the Dead, after He had been Stabbed through' the Heart, and Hung Six Hours on a Cross, and Lay in a Sepulchre for Three Days together. If any man should maliciously say, That all this was nothing but an Imposture of the Devil; God Almighty would never Pardon that man, throughout Eternal Ages!