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         Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
      
       
         
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             Digitus dei or God appearing in his wonderfull works For the conuiction of nullifidians.
             Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
             Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De civitate Dei. Book 22. Chapter 8. English. aut
          
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           DIGITUS
           DEI
           OR
           God
           appearing
           in
           his
           wonderfull
           Works
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Conuiction
           of
           Nullifidians
           .
        
         
           Quare
           miramur
           ?
           Quare
           non
           credimus
           ?
           Deus
           est
           qui
           fecit
           .
           
             
               St.
               Aug.
            
             serm
             .
             147.
             de
             Tempore
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           YOV
           have
           here
           in
           the
           first
           place
           a
           faithfull
           Translation
           of
           the
           eighth
           Chapt.
           of
           the
           22.
           
           Book
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God
           ,
           written
           by
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           in
           his
           latter
           days
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           as
           himself
           tells
           us
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           Retractations
           ,
           of
           the
           insolency
           of
           
           the
           Pagans
           ,
           who
           attributed
           the
           loss
           and
           saeking
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Rome
           by
           the
           Goths
           under
           Flavius
           to
           the
           just
           judgment
           of
           their
           false
           Gods
           upon
           Christianity
           and
           the
           Professors
           thereof
           .
           This
           insolence
           of
           theirs
           ,
           moved
           this
           zealous
           man
           to
           take
           greater
           pains
           then
           ordinary
           in
           22.
           
           Books
           to
           vindicate
           the
           cause
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           .
           'T
           were
           a
           happy
           thing
           if
           we
           had
           another
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           who
           could
           and
           would
           oppose
           himself
           as
           a
           wall
           for
           the
           house
           of
           God
           against
           so
           many
           insolencies
           as
           are
           practised
           now
           adays
           in
           defiance
           of
           it
           :
           but
           by
           none
           more
           freely
           than
           by
           those
           who
           
           are
           so
           farr
           from
           alleaging
           any
           thing
           of
           a
           hand
           of
           true
           or
           false
           God
           in
           what
           passes
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           too
           too
           shamefully
           presume
           publickly
           to
           own
           those
           blasphemies
           ,
           which
           in
           good
           
             King
             David's
          
           time
           ,
           some
           ,
           who
           perchance
           had
           so
           little
           witt
           and
           grace
           as
           to
           be
           of
           their
           opinion
           
             in
             their
             hearts
          
           ,
           yet
           were
           so
           wise
           and
           civill
           as
           to
           keep
           their
           thoughts
           to
           themselves
           .
           Against
           such
           Poyson
           this
           whole
           Tract
           of
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           is
           a
           most
           excellent
           Antidote
           ,
           But
           because
           the
           Dose
           possibly
           might
           seem
           too
           large
           ,
           I
           have
           elected
           this
           one
           Chapter
           ,
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           brevity
           and
           
           variety
           of
           accidents
           therein
           contained
           ,
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           be
           very
           easie
           and
           pleasant
           to
           take
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           I
           have
           added
           some
           of
           the
           Virtues
           of
           it
           ,
           chiefly
           against
           that
           desperate
           Epidemicall
           disease
           ,
           which
           reignes
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           too
           frequently
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           many
           other
           dangerous
           and
           fearfull
           distempers
           .
           If
           what
           was
           intended
           for
           a
           private
           friend
           ,
           prove
           any
           way
           beneficiall
           to
           the
           publick
           ,
           so
           farr
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           to
           work
           kindly
           with
           some
           one
           good
           person
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           cause
           him
           to
           mind
           the
           great
           business
           for
           which
           we
           are
           come
           into
           this
           world
           ,
           which
           
           is
           to
           believe
           in
           ,
           and
           serve
           and
           obey
           our
           great
           and
           good
           God
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           end
           ,
           and
           to
           God
           be
           the
           Glory
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           8th
           .
           Chap.
           of
           the
           22th
           .
           Book
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Of
           miracles
           which
           have
           been
           wrought
           for
           introducing
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           vet
           cease
           to
           be
           wrought
           ,
           in
           confirmation
           of
           the
           same
           faith
           already
           introduced
           .
        
         
           WHy
           say
           our
           adversaries
           ,
           do
           not
           such
           miracles
           appear
           in
           these
           our
           days
           ,
           as
           you
           pretend
           have
           been
           done
           in
           former
           times
           ?
           I
           might
           answer
           :
           that
           such
           miracles
           were
           necessary
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           that
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           might
           be
           established
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Whosoever
           now
           requires
           miracles
           for
           his
           faith
           seemes
           himself
           a
           
           Prodigy
           ,
           refusing
           to
           believe
           by
           the
           worlds
           generall
           example
           .
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           they
           who
           alleage
           such
           things
           ,
           have
           a
           design
           to
           introduce
           a
           
             dis
             belief
          
           even
           of
           such
           wonders
           as
           have
           formerly
           been
           done
           .
           How
           comes
           it
           then
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           so
           generally
           held
           and
           believed
           to
           have
           been
           taken
           in
           body
           into
           Heaven
           ?
           How
           happned
           it
           ,
           that
           in
           thase
           criticall
           times
           ,
           when
           men
           made
           such
           scruples
           of
           admitting
           any
           thing
           which
           seemed
           to
           carry
           impossibility
           with
           it
           ,
           they
           believed
           things
           notwithstanding
           ,
           even
           without
           the
           vouching
           of
           miracles
           ,
           which
           were
           extreamly
           incredible
           in
           themselves
           ?
           Will
           they
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           therefore
           believed
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           credible
           ?
           why
           then
           do
           they
           themselves
           refuse
           to
           believe
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           therfore
           I
           argue
           in
           brief
           :
           Either
           some
           things
           in
           themselves
           incredible
           and
           not
           seen
           ,
           came
           to
           be
           believed
           upon
           the
           evidence
           and
           attestation
           of
           other
           things
           seemingly
           also
           incredible
           ,
           which
           things
           ,
           notwithstanding
           ,
           were
           both
           done
           and
           seen
           to
           be
           done
           :
           or
           else
           those
           things
           were
           credible
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           stood
           in
           no
           need
           of
           miracles
           by
           way
           of
           further
           proof
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           ,
           are
           a
           convincing
           evidence
           against
           the
           incredulity
           of
           such
           Nullifidians
           .
           Thus
           
           much
           in
           order
           to
           the
           confuting
           of
           such
           vain
           sensless
           men
           .
           For
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           that
           many
           miracles
           have
           been
           wrought
           for
           the
           attesting
           that
           one
           great
           health-giving
           Miracle
           of
           the
           bodily
           Resurrection
           and
           Ascension
           of
           Christ
           into
           Heaven
           .
           For
           in
           the
           same
           most
           infallible
           writings
           are
           delivered
           both
           the
           wonders
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           faith
           intended
           to
           be
           established
           by
           them
           .
           These
           things
           were
           made
           known
           for
           the
           gaining
           belief
           ,
           and
           ,
           by
           that
           belief
           which
           they
           have
           gained
           ,
           are
           come
           to
           be
           better
           and
           more
           clearly
           known
           .
           For
           they
           are
           read
           to
           the
           people
           that
           they
           may
           be
           believed
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           would
           not
           be
           read
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           were
           they
           not
           believed
           .
           For
           even
           in
           our
           dayes
           miracles
           are
           wought
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           some
           by
           his
           most
           holy
           Sacramenes
           ,
           some
           by
           the
           prayers
           and
           reliques
           of
           his
           saints
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           not
           set
           forth
           with
           so
           much
           fame
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           spread
           about
           the
           world
           with
           the
           same
           glory
           which
           those
           others
           are
           .
           For
           it
           is
           the
           Books
           of
           Holy
           writ
           which
           were
           to
           be
           every
           where
           divulged
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           to
           be
           read
           and
           Fixt
           in
           the
           memories
           of
           all
           men
           .
           But
           these
           things
           are
           only
           known
           ,
           where
           they
           happen
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           scarce
           of
           a
           whole
           City
           ,
           or
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           plaee
           .
           Many
           hear
           nothing
           
           of
           them
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           happen
           in
           some
           great
           Town
           :
           And
           now
           when
           things
           are
           carried
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           they
           bear
           not
           so
           great
           an
           authority
           as
           to
           be
           believed
           without
           doubt
           or
           difficulty
           ,
           even
           although
           they
           be
           told
           by
           one
           Christian
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           miracle
           which
           happned
           at
           Millan
           ,
           when
           I
           my self
           was
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           by
           which
           a
           blind
           man
           was
           restored
           to
           his
           sight
           ,
           may
           indeed
           have
           been
           known
           by
           many
           ,
           because
           both
           the
           City
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           was
           then
           there
           ,
           and
           an
           infinity
           of
           People
           were
           witnesses
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           were
           come
           thither
           to
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           Gervasius
           and
           Protasius
           .
           which
           bodies
           being
           wholly
           concealed
           and
           unknown
           to
           any
           one
           ,
           were
           revealed
           to
           Ambrose
           the
           Bishop
           in
           his
           sleep
           ,
           and
           were
           found
           by
           him
           ;
           at
           which
           time
           and
           place
           the
           foresaid
           blind
           man
           recovered
           his
           sight
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           (
           unless
           it
           be
           some
           very
           few
           )
           who
           ever
           heard
           of
           the
           Cure
           done
           upon
           one
           Innocentius
           ?
           (
           who
           had
           born
           Office
           in
           those
           parts
           )
           at
           which
           my self
           was
           present
           ,
           and
           beheld
           it
           with
           mine
           own
           eyes
           .
           For
           he
           being
           a
           very
           pious
           and
           religious
           person
           ,
           was
           pleased
           to
           entertain
           me
           and
           my
           brother
           Alipius
           coming
           from
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           who
           
           although
           we
           were
           not
           yet
           in
           Orders
           ,
           had
           already
           dedicated
           our selves
           to
           Gods
           holy
           service
           ,
           and
           happened
           to
           be
           in
           his
           house
           when
           the
           thing
           fell
           out
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           now
           give
           you
           the
           relation
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           then
           under
           the
           Physicians
           hands
           for
           more
           then
           one
           very
           dangerous
           Fistula
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           in
           the
           lower
           and
           hinder-part
           of
           his
           body
           .
           They
           had
           already
           made
           incision
           and
           were
           now
           perfecting
           the
           cure
           by
           other
           applications
           .
           In
           the
           incision
           he
           had
           suffered
           very
           great
           and
           tedious
           pains
           ;
           But
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           one
           hollow
           turning
           there
           was
           which
           the
           Physicians
           had
           mist
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           so
           hidden
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           toucht
           it
           ,
           which
           ought
           also
           to
           have
           been
           laid
           open
           .
           In
           conclusion
           having
           now
           healed
           up
           the
           other
           wound
           ,
           that
           only
           place
           remained
           without
           remedy
           .
           He
           suspecting
           their
           delay
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           fearing
           to
           be
           cut
           again
           (
           which
           indeed
           another
           Physician
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           his
           houshold
           and
           could
           not
           be
           admitted
           by
           the
           others
           so
           much
           as
           to
           be
           present
           at
           his
           first
           cutting
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           see
           how
           they
           went
           about
           their
           work
           ,
           had
           foretold
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           he
           had
           turned
           him
           out
           of
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           was
           hardly
           brought
           to
           receive
           him
           in
           again
           )
           burst
           out
           into
           passion
           and
           cryed
           out
           :
           what
           will
           
           you
           cut
           me
           again
           ?
           I
           see
           I
           must
           come
           to
           what
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           whom
           you
           would
           not
           permit
           to
           be
           present
           at
           your
           doings
           .
           They
           mockt
           at
           the
           poor
           mans
           want
           of
           skill
           ;
           and
           comforted
           the
           Patient
           with
           all
           the
           good
           words
           and
           promises
           that
           might
           be
           .
           But
           many
           more
           dayes
           past
           ,
           and
           nothing
           was
           done
           by
           all
           their
           endeavours
           ;
           yet
           still
           the
           Physicians
           persisted
           in
           their
           promise
           that
           they
           would
           not
           cut
           him
           any
           more
           ,
           but
           would
           cure
           that
           place
           with
           other
           applications
           .
           To
           satisfie
           him
           ,
           they
           called
           another
           grave
           and
           very
           famous
           man
           in
           the
           Art
           ,
           one
           Ammonius
           then
           living
           ,
           who
           viewing
           the
           place
           ,
           promist
           him
           the
           Effect
           which
           the
           others
           with
           their
           art
           and
           diligence
           had
           assured
           him
           off
           .
           Vpon
           whose
           word
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           went
           well
           ,
           he
           now
           taking
           heart
           ,
           began
           cheerfully
           to
           make
           sport
           with
           his
           domestique
           friend
           ,
           who
           had
           told
           him
           so
           confidently
           of
           another
           incision
           .
           But
           at
           length
           ,
           after
           many
           dayes
           spent
           to
           no
           purpose
           or
           effect
           ,
           being
           now
           tyred
           out
           ,
           with
           much
           confusion
           they
           were
           forct
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           with
           no
           incision
           no
           cure
           could
           be
           wrought
           .
           At
           this
           (
           vnexpected
           news
           )
           being
           extreamly
           frighted
           ,
           be
           started
           and
           grew
           pale
           .
           But
           being
           come
           again
           to
           himself
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           was
           able
           to
           speak
           ,
           he
           bad
           them
           all
           begon
           ,
           
           and
           never
           more
           come
           neer
           him
           :
           And
           now
           there
           remained
           nothing
           for
           the
           poor
           man
           ,
           tyred
           quite
           out
           with
           grief
           ,
           to
           resolve
           upon
           in
           this
           sad
           condition
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           use
           of
           a
           certain
           rare
           chirurgion
           one
           of
           Alexandria
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           anger
           had
           made
           him
           resolve
           never
           to
           permit
           the
           others
           to
           do
           .
           But
           when
           he
           was
           come
           ,
           and
           had
           behold
           their
           work
           with
           the
           eyes
           of
           an
           Artist
           ,
           like
           an
           honest
           civil
           man
           ,
           he
           perswaded
           the
           Patient
           to
           leave
           the
           finishing
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           had
           already
           taken
           such
           pains
           about
           him
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           admiration
           :
           adding
           withall
           ,
           that
           without
           incision
           there
           could
           be
           little
           or
           no
           hope
           at
           all
           of
           a
           perfect
           cure
           .
           For
           his
           part
           it
           was
           much
           against
           his
           custome
           and
           inclination
           ,
           to
           deprive
           them
           of
           the
           honour
           they
           had
           deserved
           ,
           by
           some
           small
           addition
           which
           was
           still
           to
           be
           made
           to
           that
           great
           Art
           and
           Industry
           which
           they
           had
           shewed
           in
           those
           other
           wounds
           ,
           which
           he
           profest
           himself
           a
           great
           admirer
           of
           .
           By
           this
           he
           was
           something
           reconciled
           to
           them
           again
           ,
           and
           was
           contented
           (
           so
           he
           of
           Alexandria
           would
           be
           present
           and
           assisting
           )
           that
           the
           same
           men
           should
           lance
           the
           place
           ,
           which
           they
           all
           agreed
           was
           incurable
           without
           it
           .
           The
           business
           was
           deferred
           untill
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           
           but
           when
           they
           were
           gone
           ,
           the
           whole
           family
           fell
           into
           such
           a
           passion
           of
           grief
           for
           the
           sadness
           of
           their
           Master
           ,
           that
           it
           seemed
           a
           mourning
           at
           a
           funerall
           ,
           and
           admitted
           very
           little
           comfort
           from
           our
           endeavours
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           was
           dayly
           visited
           by
           certain
           Godly
           men
           ;
           by
           Saturninus
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           then
           Bishop
           of
           Valence
           ,
           and
           Gelosus
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Deacons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Carthage
           .
           Amongst
           whom
           and
           who
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           is
           now
           only
           living
           ,
           was
           
             Aurelius
             Bishop
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           cannot
           mention
           but
           with
           much
           reverence
           and
           respect
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           have
           since
           often
           spoken
           of
           this
           subject
           ,
           calling
           to
           mind
           the
           great
           wonders
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           I
           found
           that
           he
           did
           very
           well
           remember
           what
           we
           are
           now
           relating
           .
           These
           men
           then
           ,
           visiting
           him
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           custome
           ,
           he
           beg'd
           of
           them
           with
           teares
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           Vouchsafe
           to
           be
           present
           the
           next
           morning
           as
           spectators
           ,
           more
           likely
           ,
           of
           his
           last
           passage
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           torment
           he
           was
           to
           endure
           ,
           For
           he
           was
           struck
           with
           such
           a
           horrour
           from
           the
           paines
           he
           had
           formerly
           indured
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           no
           question
           but
           he
           should
           die
           under
           the
           Physicians
           hands
           .
           They
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           comfort
           him
           ,
           and
           exhorted
           
           him
           to
           have
           a
           confidence
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           undergo
           couragiously
           what
           the
           will
           of
           God
           did
           inflict
           upon
           him
           .
           From
           thence
           we
           went
           in
           to
           prayers
           ,
           where
           we
           Kneeling
           ,
           according
           to
           custome
           ,
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           he
           cast
           himself
           down
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           forct
           by
           some
           violent
           impulse
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           pray
           ▪
           But
           in
           what
           manner
           ,
           with
           what
           feeling
           ,
           and
           motion
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           with
           what
           abundance
           of
           tears
           ,
           with
           what
           sighs
           and
           grones
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           trembling
           of
           every
           joynt
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           so
           as
           ,
           almost
           ,
           to
           take
           his
           very
           breath
           from
           him
           ,
           is
           not
           for
           any
           man
           to
           express
           in
           words
           .
           Whether
           others
           did
           pray
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           suffer
           the
           same
           distraction
           by
           so
           sad
           an
           object
           as
           my self
           did
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           .
           For
           my
           own
           part
           I
           confess
           I
           was
           not
           able
           to
           pray
           at
           all
           .
           This
           only
           I
           remember
           I
           said
           in
           my
           heart
           .
           O
           Lord
           what
           prayers
           of
           thy
           poor
           servants
           wilt
           thou
           vouchsase
           to
           hearken
           unto
           ,
           if
           thou
           dost
           not
           hear
           these
           .
           For
           it
           seemed
           to
           me
           that
           nothing
           could
           be
           added
           to
           the
           earnestness
           he
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           unless
           he
           should
           even
           have
           expired
           with
           the
           force
           of
           praying
           .
           We
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           having
           received
           the
           Bishops
           blessing
           we
           departed
           from
           him
           ,
           he
           begging
           again
           that
           they
           would
           not
           fail
           to
           be
           present
           with
           him
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           and
           they
           exhorting
           him
           to
           courage
           and
           
           conformity
           .
           The
           day
           came
           he
           stood
           so
           much
           in
           fear
           of
           ,
           and
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           failed
           not
           to
           come
           according
           to
           their
           word
           .
           The
           Physicians
           also
           came
           :
           all
           things
           were
           prepared
           which
           the
           time
           and
           occasion
           required
           :
           the
           instruments
           also
           were
           laid
           in
           a
           readiness
           ,
           every
           one
           being
           in
           fear
           and
           expectation
           :
           those
           who
           were
           of
           greater
           power
           and
           authority
           stand
           neerest
           at
           hand
           to
           encourage
           him
           .
           He
           was
           now
           laid
           in
           his
           bedd
           ,
           the
           bands
           were
           loosened
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           laid
           open
           :
           The
           Physician
           ,
           with
           with
           his
           lancet
           in
           his
           hand
           lookes
           carefully
           to
           find
           the
           place
           affected
           .
           He
           makes
           use
           both
           of
           his
           sight
           and
           feeling
           to
           discover
           it
           .
           In
           fine
           tryes
           all
           experiments
           ,
           but
           finds
           nothing
           but
           the
           skar
           of
           a
           soare
           now
           perfectly
           healed
           .
           Vpon
           this
           discovery
           ,
           the
           joy
           which
           possest
           every
           ones
           heart
           ,
           and
           burst
           forth
           with
           tears
           into
           thankes-giving
           to
           ,
           and
           prayse
           of
           so
           mercifull
           and
           omnipotent
           a
           God
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           to
           every
           ones
           thoughts
           to
           imagine
           ,
           rather
           then
           presume
           to
           express
           in
           words
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           City
           of
           Carthage
           one
           Innocentia
           a
           most
           vertuous
           woman
           ▪
           and
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           Town
           had
           a
           Cancer
           in
           her
           brest
           ,
           a
           disease
           for
           which
           Physicians
           allow
           no
           remedy
           .
           The
           ordinary
           practise
           
           therefore
           is
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           part
           affected
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           or
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           may
           live
           a
           little
           the
           longer
           (
           for
           sooner
           or
           later
           nothing
           but
           death
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           it
           )
           according
           to
           Hippocrates
           all
           means
           of
           cure
           are
           to
           be
           wholly
           laid
           aside
           .
           Thus
           much
           she
           had
           vnderstood
           from
           a
           skilfull
           Physician
           of
           her
           very
           familiar
           acquaintance
           :
           And
           therefore
           had
           now
           wholy
           betaken
           her self
           to
           begg
           assistance
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           when
           behold
           ,
           Easter
           now
           drawing
           neere
           ,
           she
           is
           admonisht
           in
           her
           sleep
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           stand
           on
           that
           side
           of
           the
           Font
           appointed
           for
           the
           women
           ,
           and
           should
           cause
           the
           first
           that
           came
           from
           Holy
           Baptisme
           to
           sign
           the
           place
           with
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           she
           did
           so
           and
           was
           immediatly
           cured
           .
           Now
           the
           Physician
           who
           had
           advised
           her
           to
           forbear
           all
           padling
           with
           it
           ,
           if
           she
           intended
           to
           prolong
           her
           life
           ,
           looking
           afterwards
           upon
           her
           breast
           ,
           and
           finding
           her
           perfectly
           cured
           of
           the
           infirmity
           ,
           of
           which
           his
           own
           eyes
           had
           been
           witnesses
           ,
           was
           extream
           earnest
           with
           her
           to
           know
           what
           meanes
           she
           had
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           being
           very
           desirous
           ,
           as
           neer
           as
           we
           can
           guess
           ,
           to
           know
           that
           Receipt
           ,
           which
           might
           prove
           Hyppocrates
           his
           assertion
           false
           .
           But
           when
           he
           had
           heard
           what
           had
           past
           ,
           with
           a
           
           slighting
           kind
           of
           voice
           and
           countenance
           (
           so
           that
           the
           good
           woman
           began
           to
           fear
           least
           he
           should
           utter
           some
           unhandsome
           words
           in
           contempt
           of
           Christ
           )
           he
           is
           said
           to
           have
           replyed
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           a
           religious
           kind
           of
           raillery
           ;
           I
           thought
           said
           he
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           told
           me
           some
           great
           mattter
           .
           And
           she
           being
           now
           in
           a
           great
           fear
           and
           apprehension
           ,
           be
           presently
           added
           what
           great
           matter
           was
           it
           for
           Christ
           to
           cure
           a
           Cancer
           ,
           who
           raised
           to
           life
           one
           who
           had
           been
           four
           dayes
           dead
           ?
           When
           I
           heard
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           was
           very
           much
           troubled
           that
           so
           great
           a
           miracle
           wrought
           in
           such
           a
           City
           ,
           and
           upon
           a
           person
           of
           such
           note
           ,
           should
           be
           concealed
           ,
           and
           thought
           fitt
           both
           to
           admonish
           and
           almost
           to
           chide
           her
           for
           it
           .
           And
           she
           making
           answer
           that
           she
           had
           not
           concealed
           it
           ,
           I
           askt
           those
           Matrous
           her
           very
           familiar
           friends
           who
           happned
           then
           to
           be
           in
           her
           company
           ,
           whether
           they
           knew
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           before
           .
           They
           assured
           me
           they
           never
           had
           heard
           word
           of
           it
           .
           You
           may
           see
           then
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           whether
           you
           have
           not
           been
           too
           silent
           in
           the
           business
           ,
           since
           even
           these
           your
           familiars
           never
           had
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           then
           having
           desired
           her
           to
           make
           a
           short
           relation
           of
           the
           whole
           passage
           ,
           she
           did
           so
           in
           their
           hearing
           ,
           adding
           every
           materiall
           circumstance
           ,
           they
           much
           
           admiring
           and
           glorifying
           God
           therefore
           .
        
         
           And
           who
           perchance
           hath
           heard
           of
           a
           certain
           Physician
           in
           the
           same
           City
           ,
           who
           was
           troubled
           with
           the
           Gout
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           given
           his
           name
           in
           order
           to
           Baptisme
           ;
           the
           day
           before
           he
           was
           Christned
           ,
           was
           forbidd
           by
           certain
           black
           hairy
           boyes
           or
           negroes
           ,
           who
           appeared
           to
           him
           in
           his
           sleep
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           perceived
           to
           be
           devils
           ,
           to
           be
           baptized
           that
           year
           :
           and
           when
           he
           would
           not
           obey
           ,
           was
           kickt
           by
           them
           upon
           his
           feet
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           cause
           him
           a
           more
           grievous
           pain
           ,
           then
           ever
           he
           had
           felt
           before
           in
           his
           life
           .
           But
           he
           persisting
           the
           more
           resolutely
           to
           overcome
           them
           by
           those
           regenerating
           waters
           ,
           and
           being
           baptized
           according
           to
           the
           vow
           he
           had
           made
           ;
           in
           the
           very
           receiving
           that
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           freed
           from
           that
           more
           then
           ordinary
           torment
           ,
           which
           he
           then
           endured
           ,
           but
           was
           also
           quite
           freed
           from
           his
           Gout
           ,
           nor
           did
           ever
           ,
           during
           his
           whole
           life
           ,
           which
           continued
           many
           years
           after
           ,
           feel
           the
           least
           pain
           in
           his
           feet
           more
           ▪
           We
           indeed
           knew
           this
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           our
           brethren
           ,
           who
           lived
           not
           farr
           from
           the
           place
           where
           it
           happened
           .
        
         
           A
           certain
           man
           of
           the
           City
           called
           
           Curubis
           was
           freed
           by
           Baptism
           not
           only
           from
           a
           palsie
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           an
           extream
           swelling
           in
           his
           genetories
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           so
           freed
           ,
           that
           immediately
           be
           appeared
           as
           if
           he
           had
           had
           no
           such
           infirmities
           before
           .
           And
           who
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           had
           notice
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           only
           those
           of
           that
           Town
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           others
           who
           by
           accident
           heard
           of
           it
           ?
           But
           we
           having
           intelligence
           thereof
           ,
           by
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Holy
           Bishop
           Aurelius
           ,
           procured
           his
           coming
           to
           Carthage
           ,
           although
           we
           had
           our
           informations
           before
           ,
           from
           such
           ,
           whose
           credit
           was
           out
           of
           all
           question
           .
        
         
           Hesperius
           one
           of
           this
           place
           (
           a
           person
           of
           good
           quality
           )
           hath
           a
           farme
           called
           Zubed
           ,
           in
           the
           territory
           of
           Fusselen
           ;
           he
           having
           notice
           that
           his
           house
           there
           was
           haunted
           with
           evill
           spirits
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           disturbance
           of
           his
           cattell
           and
           servants
           ,
           my self
           happening
           to
           be
           absent
           ,
           earnestly
           desired
           of
           our
           Priests
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           them
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           go
           thither
           ,
           and
           drive
           the
           malignant
           spirits
           away
           by
           the
           force
           of
           their
           prayers
           .
           On
           of
           them
           went
           accordingly
           ,
           [
           
             Obtulit
             ibi
             Sacrificium
             Corporis
             Christi
          
           .
           ]
           
             offered
             there
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           praving
           most
           earnestly
           for
           the
           cessation
           of
           that
           great
           affliction
           ,
           
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           it
           presently
           ceased
           .
           Now
           Hesperius
           had
           received
           a
           present
           from
           a
           friend
           ,
           a
           parcell
           of
           Holy-earth
           brought
           from
           Hierusalem
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           place
           where
           Christ
           ,
           having
           been
           buried
           ,
           rose
           again
           the
           third
           day
           .
           This
           
             holy
             Earth
          
           he
           had
           hung
           up
           in
           his
           own
           chamber
           ,
           as
           a
           preservatiue
           for
           his
           own
           person
           .
           But
           now
           when
           his
           house
           was
           freed
           from
           the
           foresaid
           molestation
           ,
           he
           bethought
           himself
           how
           ,
           with
           decency
           ,
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           
             holy
             earth
          
           ,
           which
           ,
           out
           of
           reverence
           ,
           he
           thought
           not
           fitt
           to
           keep
           any
           longer
           in
           his
           chamber
           .
           It
           happened
           accidentally
           ,
           that
           my self
           ,
           and
           my
           then-companion
           Maximus
           Bishop
           of
           Synes
           were
           in
           a
           place
           not
           farr
           off
           .
           He
           intreated
           us
           to
           come
           unto
           him
           :
           which
           we
           refused
           not
           ,
           and
           having
           made
           us
           the
           whole
           relation
           ,
           he
           made
           it
           also
           his
           petition
           ,
           that
           the
           
             holy
             earth
          
           should
           be
           layd
           in
           some
           decent
           place
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           turned
           into
           a
           place
           of
           prayer
           ,
           where
           Christians
           might
           meete
           for
           performance
           of
           their
           devotions
           .
           We
           could
           not
           refuse
           him
           ;
           but
           did
           accordingly
           .
           And
           it
           fell
           out
           that
           a
           poor
           countryyouth
           ,
           who
           was
           struck
           with
           a
           palsy
           ,
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           beg'd
           of
           his
           parents
           that
           they
           would
           carry
           him
           to
           the
           holy
           place
           ,
           where
           having
           done
           his
           devotions
           ,
           he
           
           returned
           upon
           his
           own
           feete
           safe
           and
           sound
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           village
           called
           Victoriana
           some
           thirty
           miles
           distant
           from
           Hippo
           the
           Royall
           .
           There
           are
           Relickes
           of
           the
           
             Saints
             ,
             Gervasius
          
           and
           Protasius
           who
           were
           of
           Millan
           .
           Thither
           vvas
           carried
           a
           certain
           yong
           man
           ,
           vvho
           vvashing
           his
           horse
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Summer
           ,
           in
           the
           River
           ,
           the
           divell
           entred
           into
           him
           .
           In
           this
           place
           the
           poor
           creature
           lying
           neere
           dead
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           dead
           ,
           the
           Lady
           of
           the
           mannour
           ,
           as
           usually
           ,
           came
           vvith
           her
           maids
           and
           some
           
             Religious
             women
          
           to
           say
           their
           evening
           prayers
           .
           At
           their
           beginning
           to
           sing
           their
           hymnes
           ,
           the
           miserable
           creature
           ,
           as
           one
           suddenly
           struck
           ,
           started
           up
           ,
           and
           vvith
           a
           hideous
           out-cry
           ,
           daring
           not
           ,
           or
           having
           not
           povver
           to
           stirr
           the
           altar
           he
           had
           laid
           hold
           on
           ,
           he
           stood
           there
           as
           one
           fastned
           or
           bound
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           vvith
           a
           most
           horrid
           noise
           begging
           that
           they
           vvould
           spare
           him
           ,
           confest
           ,
           where
           and
           vvhen
           and
           in
           vvhat
           manner
           he
           had
           entred
           into
           the
           body
           of
           the
           miserable
           young
           man.
           At
           length
           promising
           to
           go
           out
           ,
           he
           named
           distinctly
           every
           part
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           vvhich
           he
           threatned
           to
           cutt
           off
           in
           his
           departure
           .
           And
           uttering
           these
           vvords
           he
           vvent
           out
           indeed
           .
           But
           one
           of
           his
           eyes
           
           fell
           out
           ,
           and
           hung
           upon
           his
           cheek
           fixt
           by
           a
           little
           string
           vvhich
           vvas
           fastned
           to
           the
           inner
           part
           of
           his
           eye
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           black
           of
           the
           eye
           vvas
           covered
           vvith
           a
           vvhite
           film
           .
           Those
           vvho
           vvere
           present
           and
           savv
           it
           ,
           (
           and
           novv
           many
           vvere
           come
           in
           ,
           upon
           the
           fearfull
           voice
           he
           had
           made
           )
           fell
           all
           to
           their
           prayers
           for
           him
           ?
           although
           they
           savv
           that
           he
           vvas
           novv
           perfectly
           come
           to
           himself
           :
           Yet
           being
           in
           great
           trouble
           about
           his
           eye
           ,
           vvere
           of
           opinion
           that
           a
           Physician
           vvas
           to
           be
           sent
           for
           .
           Vpon
           this
           ;
           his
           brother
           in-lavv
           ,
           vvho
           had
           married
           his
           sister
           ,
           and
           had
           conveighed
           him
           thither
           ,
           said
           ,
           Certainly
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           vvho
           ,
           through
           the
           prayers
           of
           his
           blessed
           Saints
           ,
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           chase
           avvay
           the
           Divell
           ,
           is
           able
           also
           to
           restore
           his
           eye
           unto
           him
           .
           And
           vvith
           that
           ,
           putt
           the
           eye
           ,
           vvhich
           vvas
           fallen
           out
           ,
           into
           its
           place
           again
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           his
           skill
           would
           serve
           him
           ,
           [
           Orario
           ,
           
             used
             for
             a
             stole
             by
          
           St
           ▪
           Hierome
           
             and
             others
          
           .
           ]
           and
           bound
           it
           up
           vvith
           a
           stole
           ,
           and
           so
           thought
           fitt
           to
           leave
           it
           for
           seaven
           dayes
           space
           .
           At
           the
           end
           of
           vvhich
           dayes
           opening
           his
           eye
           ,
           he
           found
           it
           perfectly
           recovered
           .
           Other
           cures
           vvere
           vvrought
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           vvhich
           brevity
           makes
           me
           not
           to
           mention
           .
        
         
           I
           my self
           knevv
           a
           yong
           maid
           of
           Hippo
           
           vvho
           vvas
           immediatly
           dispossest
           of
           the
           Divell
           by
           only
           anointing
           her self
           vvith
           the
           oyle
           ,
           into
           vvhich
           some
           of
           the
           teares
           of
           a
           
             good
             Priest
          
           had
           fallen
           ,
           vvhilst
           he
           vvas
           praying
           for
           her
           .
           I
           knovv
           also
           a
           Bishop
           vvho
           by
           his
           prayers
           for
           a
           young
           man
           ,
           vvhom
           he
           never
           savv
           ,
           delivered
           him
           from
           the
           povver
           of
           the
           Divell
           .
        
         
           There
           vvas
           an
           ancient
           man
           of
           Hippo
           called
           
             Florentius
             ▪
          
           a
           very
           devout
           creature
           ,
           but
           very
           poor
           ,
           vvho
           vvas
           by
           trade
           a
           tailour
           .
           This
           poor
           vvretch
           happened
           to
           lose
           his
           coate
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           in
           the
           vvorld
           vvherevvith
           all
           to
           buy
           him
           another
           .
           He
           makes
           his
           prayers
           to
           the
           
             twenty
             martyrs
          
           ,
           vvhose
           memory
           is
           very
           famous
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           and
           beggs
           of
           them
           ,
           vvith
           something
           a
           loud
           and
           earnest
           voice
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           help
           him
           to
           a
           coat
           .
           Certain
           gybing
           young
           fellowes
           who
           by
           chance
           were
           present
           ,
           and
           overheard
           him
           ,
           followed
           him
           as
           he
           went
           away
           ,
           scoffing
           at
           him
           for
           having
           beg'd
           fifty
           half-pence
           of
           the
           martyrs
           to
           buy
           him
           a
           garment
           .
           But
           he
           walking
           silently
           on
           ,
           espyed
           a
           great
           fish
           lying
           paunting
           upon
           the
           shoare
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           young
           man
           he
           took
           and
           sold
           to
           one
           Carchoso
           an
           honest
           Christian
           Cook
           ,
           for
           thirty
           pence
           ,
           telling
           him
           vvithall
           vvhat
           had
           happened
           ;
           and
           with
           this
           little
           money
           
           intending
           to
           buy
           vvool
           ,
           for
           his
           vvife
           to
           make
           him
           a
           coat
           vvith
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           she
           could
           ,
           But
           the
           cook
           opening
           the
           fish
           ,
           found
           of
           gold
           ring
           in
           the
           belly
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           meer
           commiseration
           ,
           and
           upon
           scruple
           of
           conscience
           restored
           it
           to
           the
           poor
           man
           ,
           Saying
           :
           behold
           how
           the
           
             twenty
             martyrs
          
           have
           furnisht
           thee
           with
           a
           garment
           .
        
         
           When
           Projectus
           Bishop
           brought
           the
           Reliques
           of
           the
           most
           glorious
           
             martyr
             St.
             Stephen
          
           to
           the
           Tibilitan
           waters
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           great
           meeting
           and
           flocking
           of
           people
           to
           the
           place
           in
           honour
           and
           memory
           of
           the
           Saint
           .
           There
           it
           happened
           that
           a
           blind
           woman
           beg'd
           that
           she
           might
           be
           led
           to
           the
           Bishop
           as
           he
           was
           carrying
           the
           
             holy
             relicks
          
           :
           she
           gave
           him
           certain
           flowers
           which
           she
           carryed
           a
           long
           with
           her
           :
           they
           were
           again
           returned
           to
           her
           ;
           she
           applyed
           them
           to
           her
           eyes
           ,
           and
           immediatly
           she
           saw
           .
           All
           the
           company
           being
           in
           a
           mazement
           ,
           she
           led
           the
           way
           alone
           ,
           and
           now
           had
           no
           need
           of
           any
           body
           to
           lead
           her
           .
        
         
           Lucillus
           Bishop
           of
           Synes
           happened
           to
           carry
           in
           procession
           a
           Relique
           of
           the
           same
           glorious
           Saint
           which
           is
           kept
           in
           a
           Castle
           of
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           not
           farr
           from
           Hippo
           ,
           the
           people
           ,
           some
           going
           before
           ,
           others
           following
           ;
           vvhen
           ,
           by
           the
           carrying
           of
           so
           holy
           a
           thing
           ,
           
           he
           vvas
           suddenly
           cured
           of
           a
           fistula
           ,
           vvhich
           had
           caused
           him
           much
           trouble
           for
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           and
           vvas
           novv
           in
           expectation
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           a
           Physician
           his
           particular
           friend
           ,
           for
           the
           lancing
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           Certain
           it
           is
           that
           from
           that
           very
           time
           he
           could
           never
           discover
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Eucharius
           a
           Priest
           ,
           a
           Spaniard
           by
           nation
           ,
           dvvelling
           at
           Calama
           ,
           by
           the
           Relickes
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Saint
           ,
           which
           the
           Bishop
           Possidius
           had
           brought
           thither
           ,
           was
           cured
           of
           an
           habitual
           infirmity
           of
           the
           stone
           .
           The
           same
           Person
           aftervvards
           falling
           into
           another
           violent
           fitt
           of
           sickness
           ,
           was
           so
           farr
           given
           for
           dead
           ,
           that
           they
           began
           to
           tye
           his
           thumbs
           together
           ,
           when
           his
           own
           gown
           which
           had
           been
           carryed
           to
           touch
           the
           Reliques
           of
           the
           forenamed
           Saint
           ,
           being
           brought
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           laid
           over
           his
           body
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           glorious
           Saint
           he
           was
           restored
           to
           life
           and
           health
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           certain
           man
           ,
           called
           Martialis
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           prime
           note
           amongst
           those
           of
           his
           quality
           ;
           he
           was
           now
           well
           in
           years
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           great
           aversion
           from
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           he
           had
           indeed
           a
           daughter
           who
           had
           embraced
           the
           faith
           ,
           and
           a
           son-in-law
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           baptized
           that
           very
           year
           .
           These
           ,
           when
           they
           found
           him
           
           struck
           with
           a
           dangerous
           sickness
           ,
           beg'd
           of
           him
           most
           earnestly
           ,
           with
           many
           teares
           that
           he
           would
           become
           a
           Christian
           .
           But
           he
           would
           by
           no
           means
           hear
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           putt
           them
           off
           with
           great
           indignation
           .
           His
           good
           son-in-law
           took
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           get
           to
           the
           place
           where
           the
           Reliks
           of
           Blessed
           
             St.
             Stephen
          
           were
           decently
           kept
           ,
           there
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           earnestness
           he
           could
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           inspire
           him
           with
           his
           holy
           grace
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           believe
           in
           Christ
           .
           He
           performed
           this
           with
           many
           sighs
           and
           teares
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           fervour
           of
           devotion
           .
           Then
           returning
           he
           took
           with
           him
           some
           of
           the
           flowres
           which
           lay
           upon
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           ,
           at
           night
           ,
           laid
           them
           under
           his
           pillow
           .
           He
           went
           to
           sleep
           :
           but
           before
           day
           he
           cryed
           out
           (
           with
           much
           earnestness
           )
           that
           they
           should
           make
           hast
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           accidently
           with
           me
           at
           Hippo.
           But
           having
           understood
           that
           the
           Bishop
           was
           absent
           ,
           he
           desired
           the
           Priests
           might
           come
           vnto
           him
           .
           They
           came
           ,
           and
           he
           presently
           declared
           that
           he
           did
           believe
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           great
           joy
           and
           astonishment
           of
           all
           ,
           was
           immediatly
           baptized
           .
           And
           (
           which
           was
           strange
           ▪
           so
           long
           as
           he
           lived
           after
           ,
           had
           these
           words
           perpetually
           in
           his
           mouth
           :
           
             Christ
             receive
             my
             soul
          
           :
           although
           
           he
           was
           wholy
           ignorant
           that
           these
           were
           the
           very
           last
           words
           which
           were
           uttered
           by
           the
           most
           blessed
           Martyr
           St.
           Stephen
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           stoned
           to
           death
           .
           These
           were
           also
           the
           last
           words
           of
           this
           happy
           man
           ,
           who
           lived
           not
           long
           after
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           also
           cured
           ,
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           the
           same
           Martyrs
           ,
           two
           who
           where
           sick
           of
           the
           Gout
           ,
           the
           one
           a
           citizen
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           stranger
           .
           But
           the
           citizen
           was
           absolutely
           cured
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           :
           the
           stranger
           ,
           as
           I
           understood
           ,
           had
           by
           revelation
           what
           he
           was
           to
           apply
           when
           the
           fitt
           took
           him
           ;
           So
           that
           upon
           application
           ,
           his
           pain
           immediatly
           ceased
           .
        
         
           At
           a
           place
           called
           Audituras
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           a
           Relique
           of
           
             St.
             Stephen
          
           ,
           a
           certain
           little
           boy
           being
           at
           play
           in
           the
           court-yard
           ,
           some
           resty
           oxen
           coming
           with
           a
           cart
           ,
           runne
           the
           wheel
           over
           the
           child
           ,
           who
           presently
           gasping
           ,
           dyed
           .
           His
           Mother
           immediatly
           took
           him
           ,
           carryed
           him
           to
           the
           
             holy
             Reliques
          
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           not
           only
           recover
           ,
           but
           seemed
           to
           have
           received
           no
           hurt
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           A
           certain
           Nunn
           at
           a
           house
           called
           Castiniana
           not
           farr
           from
           the
           same
           place
           falling
           very
           sick
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           given
           over
           by
           all
           ,
           They
           carryed
           her
           gown
           to
           the
           same
           
           Reliques
           ,
           but
           before
           it
           was
           brought
           back
           again
           ,
           she
           dyed
           .
           Notwithstanding
           her
           parents
           would
           needs
           lay
           the
           same
           gown
           over
           the
           dead
           corps
           ,
           upon
           which
           she
           ,
           recovering
           life
           ,
           became
           a
           sound
           woman
           .
        
         
           At
           Hippo
           one
           Bassus
           a
           Syrian
           made
           his
           earnest
           prayers
           at
           the
           shrine
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Martyr
           for
           a
           daughter
           of
           his
           who
           lay
           very
           weak
           and
           in
           great
           danger
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           brought
           with
           him
           one
           of
           her
           garments
           ;
           when
           ,
           behold
           ,
           some
           of
           his
           servants
           came
           in
           great
           hast
           to
           tell
           him
           that
           his
           daughter
           vvas
           dead
           ;
           but
           some
           of
           his
           friends
           meeting
           them
           ,
           vvhilst
           he
           vvas
           at
           his
           devotions
           ,
           forbad
           them
           to
           deliver
           their
           sad
           tydings
           ,
           lest
           he
           should
           not
           have
           been
           able
           to
           conceale
           his
           grief
           from
           the
           notice
           of
           the
           world
           .
           But
           coming
           home
           ,
           and
           finding
           all
           in
           lamention
           ,
           he
           cast
           his
           childs
           garment
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           was
           immediatly
           restored
           to
           life
           .
        
         
           Again
           in
           the
           same
           city
           of
           ours
           there
           dyed
           ,
           of
           sickness
           ,
           the
           son
           of
           one
           Ireneus
           a
           Collectour
           .
           And
           now
           when
           the
           dead
           Corps
           was
           laid
           out
           ,
           and
           some
           were
           mourning
           and
           lamenting
           ,
           whilst
           they
           were
           preparing
           for
           the
           funerall
           ,
           a
           friend
           of
           his
           amongst
           others
           who
           endeavoured
           to
           comfort
           the
           afflicted
           father
           ,
           suggested
           this
           
           advise
           ;
           that
           they
           should
           annoint
           the
           body
           with
           the
           oyl
           of
           the
           holy
           
             martyr
             (
             I
             suppose
             which
             was
             burning
             in
             the
             Lamp
             before
             his
             holy
             Reliques
             .
          
           )
           They
           did
           so
           ,
           and
           the
           young
           man
           came
           again
           to
           Life
           .
        
         
           With
           us
           also
           ,
           one
           Eleusinus
           ,
           who
           had
           born
           the
           office
           of
           Tribune
           ,
           layd
           his
           dead
           child
           upon
           the
           Reliques
           of
           the
           same
           Martyr
           ,
           which
           are
           kept
           in
           his
           house
           neere
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           there
           offering
           up
           his
           most
           earnest
           prayers
           ,
           accompanyed
           with
           many
           teares
           ,
           he
           received
           him
           again
           a
           live
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           say
           ,
           or
           do
           ?
           The
           desire
           I
           have
           of
           drawing
           to
           an
           end
           of
           this
           my
           intended
           ,
           Treatise
           ,
           gives
           me
           not
           leave
           to
           mention
           all
           I
           Know
           of
           this
           Kind
           :
           and
           without
           doubt
           ,
           most
           of
           my
           friends
           ,
           who
           shall
           happen
           to
           read
           what
           I
           have
           here
           sett
           down
           ,
           will
           resent
           my
           omitting
           so
           many
           other
           particulars
           which
           themselves
           are
           very
           well
           accquainted
           with
           as
           well
           as
           I.
           whose
           pardon
           I
           must
           begg
           ;
           and
           desire
           them
           to
           reflect
           what
           paines
           and
           labour
           it
           would
           require
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           work
           I
           have
           here
           vndertaken
           ,
           will
           by
           no
           meanes
           allow
           me
           .
           For
           to
           omitt
           others
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           now
           only
           sett
           down
           the
           miraculous
           healths
           restored
           to
           the
           sick
           by
           this
           
             Holy
             Martyr
          
           ,
           
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           most
           glorious
           
             St.
             Stephen
          
           )
           as
           well
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Calama
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           our
           own
           ,
           many
           books
           were
           to
           be
           written
           ,
           neither
           could
           we
           possibly
           make
           a
           perfect
           collection
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           but
           only
           of
           such
           as
           Memorials
           have
           been
           written
           of
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           be
           read
           to
           the
           people
           .
           For
           it
           was
           our
           desire
           to
           have
           it
           done
           so
           ,
           that
           since
           it
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           to
           honour
           this
           our
           age
           with
           miracles
           not
           inferiour
           to
           those
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           the
           Knowledge
           and
           memory
           of
           them
           might
           not
           be
           lost
           .
           It
           is
           not
           yet
           full
           two
           years
           since
           that
           
             Holy
             Relique
          
           was
           first
           plac't
           at
           Hippo
           the
           Royall
           ;
           and
           although
           it
           be
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           many
           miraculous
           things
           have
           happened
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           have
           been
           no
           Memorials
           given
           in
           ,
           yet
           the
           number
           of
           such
           as
           have
           been
           in
           that
           manner
           attested
           ,
           amounted
           to
           about
           threescore
           and
           ten
           ,
           at
           at
           such
           time
           as
           I
           was
           writing
           this
           .
           But
           at
           Calama
           ,
           where
           a
           Relique
           of
           the
           St.
           had
           been
           longer
           kept
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           good
           custome
           of
           giving
           in
           Memorialls
           ▪
           was
           more
           used
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           incomparably
           greater
           number
           .
           At
           Uzali
           also
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           farr
           from
           Utica
           ,
           we
           are
           assured
           of
           many
           strange
           things
           wrought
           by
           the
           same
           
             Holy
             martyr
          
           ,
           there
           having
           been
           placed
           a
           Relique
           of
           
           the
           said
           Saint
           by
           the
           Bishop
           Evodius
           ,
           a
           long
           time
           before
           we
           had
           any
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           the
           custome
           there
           to
           give
           in
           Memorials
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           rather
           say
           ,
           it
           has
           not
           been
           formerly
           ,
           though
           now
           ,
           happily
           they
           have
           also
           brought
           in
           that
           good
           practice
           .
           For
           ,
           we
           being
           lately
           there
           ,
           a
           certain
           noble
           woman
           ,
           called
           Petronia
           having
           been
           miraculously
           cured
           of
           a
           great
           and
           tedious
           sickness
           ,
           for
           remedy
           whereof
           all
           the
           art
           of
           Physick
           had
           come
           short
           ,
           we
           perswaded
           her
           ,
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           said
           place
           ,
           to
           give
           up
           a
           Memorial
           which
           might
           be
           read
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           she
           most
           readily
           complyed
           with
           our
           desires
           .
           In
           which
           Relation
           she
           inserted
           also
           this
           particular
           ,
           which
           I
           must
           not
           omitt
           ,
           although
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           make
           what
           hast
           I
           can
           towards
           a
           conclusion
           of
           this
           work
           .
           She
           tells
           us
           there
           how
           she
           was
           induced
           by
           a
           certain
           Jew
           to
           put
           a
           Ring
           upon
           a
           hair
           girdle
           ,
           and
           to
           weare
           it
           next
           her
           body
           ,
           vnder
           all
           her
           cloaths
           ,
           which
           Ring
           was
           to
           have
           ,
           vnder
           the
           other
           precious
           stone
           ,
           a
           stone
           found
           in
           the
           Reines
           of
           an
           oxe
           .
           Being
           thus
           girt
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           naturall
           remedy
           ,
           she
           came
           towards
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Martyr
          
           .
           But
           being
           come
           past
           Carthage
           ,
           and
           having
           lodged
           at
           a
           farm
           of
           hers
           neer
           the
           river
           Bagrada
           ,
           rising
           up
           
           to
           go
           on
           her
           Journey
           ,
           she
           saw
           the
           Ring
           lying
           before
           her
           feet
           ,
           and
           wondering
           ,
           she
           viewed
           the
           hair
           girdle
           ,
           which
           the
           Ring
           had
           been
           fastned
           upon
           ,
           and
           finding
           it
           as
           fast
           and
           firm
           as
           ever
           ,
           without
           any
           one
           knot
           being
           loosed
           ,
           she
           imagined
           the
           Ring
           it self
           might
           be
           crackt
           or
           broken
           ;
           but
           finding
           that
           also
           perfectly
           whole
           and
           entire
           ,
           she
           presumed
           to
           take
           that
           strange
           accident
           for
           a
           happy
           presage
           and
           pledge
           of
           her
           future
           miraculous
           recovery
           ,
           and
           untying
           the
           girdle
           ,
           threw
           it
           with
           the
           said
           Ring
           ,
           into
           the
           river
           .
           Those
           ,
           haply
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           believe
           our
           
             Lord
             Jesus
          
           to
           have
           been
           born
           without
           the
           least
           violation
           of
           the
           pure
           virginity
           of
           his
           B.
           Mother
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           come
           into
           the
           roome
           where
           his
           disciples
           were
           ,
           the
           doores
           being
           shutt
           ,
           will
           have
           much
           difficulty
           to
           believe
           what
           here
           is
           related
           .
           But
           let
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           ,
           make
           farther
           inquiry
           into
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           find
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           let
           them
           hereby
           be
           induced
           to
           believe
           those
           other
           things
           .
           She
           is
           a
           Lady
           of
           great
           quality
           ,
           nobly
           born
           ,
           and
           nobly
           married
           ,
           she
           is
           now
           dwelling
           at
           Carthage
           ;
           So
           famous
           a
           City
           ,
           so
           noted
           a
           Person
           ,
           must
           needs
           afford
           their
           curiosity
           full
           Satisfaction
           .
           Most
           undoubtedly
           the
           Holy
           Martyr
           himself
           ,
           by
           whose
           intercession
           she
           received
           health
           ,
           did
           
           did
           believe
           in
           the
           son
           of
           an
           ever-pure
           Virgin
           ;
           he
           did
           believe
           in
           him
           ,
           who
           came
           in
           to
           his
           disciples
           ,
           the
           doores
           remaining
           shut
           ;
           And
           finally
           (
           the
           truth
           whereof
           is
           the
           scope
           and
           aim
           of
           whatever
           we
           have
           here
           rehersed
           )
           he
           believed
           in
           him
           who
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           with
           the
           same
           flesh
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           rose
           again
           from
           the
           dead
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           worketh
           such
           great
           wonders
           ,
           because
           for
           that
           faith
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           lay
           down
           his
           life
           .
           Many
           miracles
           then
           are
           wrought
           even
           in
           these
           our
           dayes
           ;
           the
           same
           God
           working
           them
           by
           whom
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           meanes
           he
           pleases
           ,
           the
           same
           God
           who
           has
           wrought
           all
           these
           which
           we
           have
           read
           :
           But
           yet
           even
           these
           are
           not
           Known
           a
           like
           to
           all
           ,
           neither
           is
           there
           that
           care
           taken
           that
           by
           often
           reading
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           memory
           of
           them
           may
           not
           be
           forgotten
           .
           For
           even
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           now
           used
           by
           us
           )
           authentick
           Relations
           are
           given
           up
           ,
           by
           those
           who
           have
           received
           speciall
           favours
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           be
           read
           and
           notified
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           those
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           who
           happen
           to
           be
           then
           present
           ,
           hear
           the
           same
           read
           ;
           but
           many
           more
           prove
           to
           be
           absent
           .
           So
           that
           even
           those
           who
           were
           present
           ,
           do
           hardly
           remember
           ,
           after
           some
           short
           time
           ,
           what
           
           they
           heard
           ,
           and
           scarcely
           is
           there
           one
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           who
           takes
           the
           paines
           to
           give
           notice
           ,
           of
           what
           they
           had
           heard
           ,
           to
           others
           whom
           they
           know
           to
           be
           absent
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           there
           is
           which
           happened
           in
           our
           City
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           be
           not
           greater
           in
           it self
           then
           some
           of
           those
           things
           which
           I
           have
           already
           related
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           so
           clear
           and
           so
           noted
           a
           miracle
           ,
           that
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           one
           person
           in
           all
           Hippo
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           either
           see
           it
           with
           his
           own
           eyes
           ,
           or
           has
           not
           been
           sufficiently
           informed
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           as
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           by
           any
           .
           There
           were
           ten
           children
           ,
           seven
           brothers
           and
           three
           Sisters
           ,
           of
           good
           rank
           amongst
           the
           citizens
           of
           Cesarea
           in
           Cappadocia
           ,
           who
           ,
           by
           the
           curse
           of
           their
           mother
           ,
           who
           had
           extreamly
           resented
           an
           injury
           done
           her
           by
           her
           children
           ,
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           their
           father
           her
           husband
           ,
           had
           so
           heavy
           a
           punishment
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           by
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           went
           about
           miserably
           trembling
           and
           shaking
           every
           joynt
           of
           their
           bodies
           .
           In
           which
           wretched
           condition
           being
           not
           able
           to
           endure
           the
           sight
           of
           their
           fellow
           Citizens
           ,
           they
           went
           wandering
           over
           all
           the
           Roman
           dominions
           ,
           as
           each
           one
           thought
           best
           .
           Of
           this
           number
           two
           of
           them
           came
           into
           our
           City
           ,
           a
           brother
           and
           a
           Sister
           ,
           Paul
           and
           Palladia
           ,
           being
           now
           too
           
           much
           taken
           notice
           of
           in
           many
           other
           places
           by
           their
           own
           remarkable
           misery
           .
        
         
           They
           arrived
           here
           about
           a
           fort-night
           before
           Easter
           ;
           they
           were
           every
           day
           at
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           particularly
           at
           the
           Shrine
           of
           the
           most
           glorious
           
             St.
             Stephen
          
           ,
           they
           offered
           up
           their
           most
           fervent
           devotions
           ,
           begging
           pardon
           and
           mercy
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           humbly
           praying
           that
           they
           might
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           be
           restored
           to
           their
           former
           condition
           .
           And
           now
           even
           there
           ,
           and
           wheresoever
           they
           appeared
           ,
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           whole
           Town
           were
           upon
           them
           ,
           Some
           ,
           who
           had
           seen
           them
           in
           other
           parts
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           informed
           of
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           trembling
           ,
           gave
           notice
           thereof
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           able
           .
           Easter
           was
           now
           come
           ,
           and
           upon
           Sunday
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           were
           in
           great
           number
           present
           ,
           the
           young
           man
           who
           was
           holding
           by
           the
           railes
           of
           the
           chappel
           where
           the
           Reliques
           of
           the
           
             H.
             Martyr
          
           were
           kept
           ,
           and
           praying
           most
           earnestly
           ,
           upon
           a
           sudden
           fell
           down
           ,
           and
           lay
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           asleep
           .
           At
           which
           sight
           some
           who
           were
           present
           were
           struck
           with
           admiration
           ,
           Some
           were
           frighted
           ,
           others
           compassionated
           the
           poor
           creature's
           condition
           .
           And
           now
           some
           would
           have
           lifted
           him
           up
           ;
           others
           were
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           best
           to
           see
           what
           the
           event
           of
           
           the
           business
           would
           be
           ,
           when
           ,
           behold
           ,
           he
           rose
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           trembled
           no
           more
           ,
           being
           now
           cured
           ,
           and
           stood
           a
           sound
           man
           ,
           looking
           upon
           them
           who
           gazed
           upon
           him
           .
           Who
           ,
           think
           you
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           company
           ,
           could
           then
           contain
           himself
           from
           praising
           our
           great
           and
           good
           God
           ?
           The
           whole
           Church
           was
           filled
           with
           the
           cryes
           and
           acclamations
           of
           the
           people
           .
           From
           thence
           they
           ran
           up
           to
           me
           ,
           where
           I
           was
           sitting
           ready
           to
           go
           in
           procession
           .
           They
           crowd
           in
           upon
           me
           ,
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           every
           one
           as
           he
           came
           ,
           telling
           the
           same
           thing
           as
           new
           ,
           though
           we
           had
           heard
           it
           again
           and
           again
           from
           others
           before
           .
           And
           now
           when
           I
           was
           full
           of
           joy
           and
           rendering
           thanks
           unto
           Almighty
           God
           within
           my self
           ,
           the
           young
           man
           himself
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           accompanyed
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           and
           fell
           down
           at
           my
           knees
           ,
           whom
           I
           raised
           again
           with
           a
           kiss
           of
           peace
           .
           I
           went
           forward
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           Church
           was
           full
           ,
           nothing
           to
           be
           heard
           but
           loud
           expressions
           of
           joy
           ,
           of
           praise
           and
           thanks-giving
           to
           God
           ,
           no
           man
           being
           able
           to
           contain
           himself
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           crying
           out
           on
           all
           sides
           .
           I
           spoke
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           they
           fell
           again
           to
           their
           acclamations
           louder
           and
           louder
           .
           At
           length
           having
           obtained
           silence
           amongst
           them
           ,
           the
           lessons
           were
           read
           out
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Scripture
          
           
           according
           to
           the
           Feast
           .
           But
           when
           the
           time
           was
           come
           for
           me
           to
           preach
           ,
           I
           said
           but
           little
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           solemnity
           ,
           and
           the
           excess
           of
           joy
           in
           every
           one
           seemed
           to
           require
           ;
           for
           I
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           ponder
           the
           great
           power
           of
           God
           in
           his
           workes
           ,
           then
           to
           trouble
           them
           with
           eloquence
           of
           words
           .
           The
           young
           man
           dined
           with
           us
           that
           day
           ,
           related
           unto
           us
           exactly
           the
           whole
           passage
           of
           his
           mothers
           and
           his
           Brethrens
           calamities
           .
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           after
           Sermon
           ,
           he
           promised
           a
           narration
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           to
           be
           read
           the
           day
           following
           unto
           the
           people
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           accordingly
           on
           the
           Tuesday
           after
           Easter
           day
           ,
           I
           caus'd
           them
           both
           ,
           brother
           and
           sister
           ,
           to
           stand
           upon
           the
           stepps
           of
           the
           pulpit
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           was
           to
           preach
           ,
           whilst
           the
           narration
           was
           reading
           .
           All
           the
           people
           saw
           them
           ,
           one
           of
           each
           sex
           ;
           him
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           they
           beheld
           now
           free
           from
           that
           sad
           passion
           of
           trembling
           :
           which
           they
           saw
           as
           yet
           his
           poor
           sister
           tormented
           with
           in
           every
           joynt
           of
           her
           body
           .
           And
           they
           who
           had
           not
           happened
           to
           see
           him
           before
           ,
           saw
           in
           the
           sister
           what
           the
           great
           goodness
           of
           God
           had
           miraculously
           wrought
           in
           the
           Brother
           .
           They
           saw
           in
           him
           matter
           of
           joy
           and
           congratulation
           ;
           in
           her
           they
           beheld
           a
           subject
           of
           commiseration
           ,
           and
           what
           their
           fervent
           
           prayers
           were
           to
           be
           offered
           up
           for
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           their
           Relation
           having
           been
           read
           ,
           I
           bad
           them
           retire
           from
           the
           throng
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           frame
           a
           serious
           discourse
           concerning
           the
           whole
           business
           .
           when
           behold
           ,
           whilst
           I
           was
           speaking
           ,
           new
           exclamations
           of
           joy
           were
           heard
           from
           the
           chappel
           of
           the
           Martyr
           .
           Those
           who
           were
           hearkning
           to
           me
           ,
           turned
           themselves
           immediatly
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           run
           altogether
           towards
           the
           place
           .
           For
           the
           sister
           going
           from
           the
           stepps
           of
           the
           pulpit
           where
           she
           had
           stood
           ,
           went
           immediatly
           to
           make
           her
           prayers
           to
           the
           
             H.
             Martyr
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           she
           arrived
           at
           the
           railes
           ,
           fell
           down
           ,
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           sleep
           ,
           and
           rose
           perfectly
           cured
           ,
           Whilst
           then
           we
           were
           inquiring
           what
           the
           matter
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           cause
           of
           so
           great
           joy
           ,
           they
           came
           with
           her
           into
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           where
           we
           were
           ,
           bringing
           her
           from
           the
           Chappel
           of
           the
           Martyr
           whole
           and
           sound
           But
           then
           there
           began
           such
           an
           out
           cry
           of
           admiration
           in
           all
           the
           people
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           that
           it
           seemed
           the
           noyse
           and
           their
           teares
           would
           never
           have
           an
           end
           ,
           She
           vvas
           brought
           to
           the
           very
           place
           where
           she
           had
           stood
           shaking
           a
           little
           before
           .
           The
           people
           rejoyc'd
           to
           see
           her
           now
           become
           like
           unto
           her
           Brother
           ,
           whom
           they
           lamented
           before
           for
           remaining
           so
           unlike
           unto
           him
           .
           And
           they
           
           found
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           had
           accepted
           already
           of
           their
           good
           intentions
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           not
           yet
           actually
           offered
           up
           their
           intended
           devotions
           for
           her
           .
           The
           noyse
           of
           joy
           ,
           without
           any
           articulate
           expression
           of
           words
           ,
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           scarce
           able
           to
           endure
           it
           :
           And
           now
           ,
           what
           do
           you
           imagine
           vvas
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           those
           vvho
           in
           this
           manner
           did
           rejoyce
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           vvhich
           the
           
             Blessed
             St.
             Stephen
          
           had
           spent
           the
           last
           drop
           of
           his
           blood
           ?
        
      
       
         
         
           SOME
           FEW
           Reflexions
           upon
           the
           foregoing
           Relation
           ,
           presented
           to
           a
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           TO
           give
           you
           some
           testimony
           of
           my
           readiness
           to
           serve
           you
           in
           some
           weightier
           matter
           ,
           I
           here
           send
           you
           what
           I
           have
           done
           in
           complyance
           with
           your
           late
           commands
           .
           You
           have
           here
           therefore
           a
           faithfull
           and
           almost
           verball
           Translation
           of
           the
           8th
           .
           Chapt.
           of
           the
           22th
           .
           Book
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God
           ,
           into
           that
           language
           which
           the
           education
           of
           those
           you
           seem
           chiefly
           to
           desire
           it
           for
           ,
           has
           made
           them
           best
           acquainted
           with
           .
           Had
           that
           Gentleman
           who
           many
           years
           ago
           undertook
           the
           whole
           work
           (
           which
           is
           long
           since
           extant
           in
           print
           )
           been
           as
           true
           to
           his
           task
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           willing
           (
           according
           
           to
           the
           mode
           )
           to
           be
           favourable
           to
           his
           preresolv'd
           Principles
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           spared
           this
           little
           pain
           ,
           at
           least
           of
           translating
           ,
           though
           not
           of
           setting
           down
           in
           paper
           those
           few
           reflexions
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           formerly
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           heard
           me
           make
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           which
           because
           they
           were
           pleasing
           to
           you
           (
           at
           least
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           own
           them
           so
           )
           your
           farther
           request
           of
           having
           them
           read
           at
           your
           command
           ,
           for
           memories
           sake
           ,
           has
           obliged
           me
           not
           to
           spare
           my
           labour
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           unpleasant
           to
           me
           ,
           when
           any
           satisfaction
           of
           yours
           can
           be
           hoped
           for
           .
           If
           sometimes
           you
           find
           me
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           personally
           arguing
           the
           case
           with
           him
           or
           them
           whom
           I
           pretend
           to
           oppose
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           be
           offended
           at
           the
           method
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           unusuall
           ,
           in
           discourses
           of
           this
           nature
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           mind
           you
           that
           this
           whole
           Treatise
           of
           
             St.
             Aug.
          
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God
           is
           so
           universally
           ,
           both
           by
           ancient
           and
           modern
           Authours
           ,
           owned
           to
           be
           the
           genuine
           ofspring
           of
           that
           great
           wit
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           find
           any
           one
           so
           impudent
           (
           though
           it
           contain
           many
           points
           ,
           which
           some
           perchance
           would
           be
           willing
           enough
           
           to
           deny
           or
           conceale
           to
           have
           been
           this
           great
           Doctors
           opinions
           )
           who
           ever
           yet
           called
           this
           verity
           in
           question
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           that
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           himself
           in
           his
           2.
           
           Book
           of
           Retractations
           owns
           it
           as
           such
           ,
           alleaging
           also
           the
           reason
           of
           his
           vndertaking
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           making
           bold
           to
           call
           it
           
             Grande
             opus
          
           ,
           as
           most
           certainly
           it
           is
           ,
           in
           what
           acception
           soever
           you
           take
           it
           ,
           either
           of
           laborious
           or
           learned
           .
        
         
           Nay
           even
           those
           who
           seeme
           to
           have
           taken
           a
           resolution
           upon
           them
           to
           deny
           all
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           made
           it
           their
           business
           to
           pick
           up
           and
           cull
           out
           whatsoever
           may
           afford
           any
           possible
           matter
           of
           exceptions
           ;
           or
           be
           fitted
           ,
           with
           their
           pleasant
           glosses
           ,
           to
           make
           sport
           for
           a
           prophane
           Reader
           (
           such
           as
           possibly
           some
           one
           who
           would
           adventure
           to
           go
           a
           step
           or
           two
           farther
           ,
           might
           make
           with
           some
           passages
           of
           H.
           Writ
           it self
           )
           and
           who
           ,
           with
           great
           boldness
           have
           dared
           to
           lay
           Fanaticisme
           and
           fondness
           at
           the
           dores
           of
           the
           great
           
             St.
             Gregory
          
           ,
           venerable
           
             Bede
             &c
          
           ,
           whom
           the
           world
           hitherto
           had
           looked
           upon
           as
           worthy
           and
           creditable
           Persons
           :
           yet
           even
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           these
           daring
           men
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           keep
           themselves
           within
           some
           bounds
           of
           modesty
           
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           account
           of
           miracles
           made
           by
           
             St.
             Austin
          
           :
           nor
           have
           they
           (
           so
           farr
           as
           hitherto
           they
           have
           made
           the
           world
           acquainted
           with
           their
           thoughts
           )
           presumed
           to
           blast
           him
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Relation
           of
           his
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           with
           
             fond
             credulitie
          
           ,
           or
           proclaimed
           him
           a
           
             father
             of
             Legends
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           Now
           that
           which
           I
           remember
           raised
           admiration
           in
           us
           both
           ,
           upon
           the
           perusall
           of
           this
           whole
           Chapter
           ,
           was
           ,
           how
           any
           man
           can
           think
           the
           invocating
           of
           Saints
           ,
           the
           honouring
           their
           Relicks
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           &c.
           to
           be
           novelties
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           here
           mentioned
           by
           this
           ancient
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           having
           been
           of
           use
           in
           his
           dayes
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           the
           least
           contradiction
           of
           any
           Orthodox
           person
           then
           in
           being
           ;
           but
           rather
           with
           the
           attestation
           of
           ,
           and
           approbation
           by
           so
           many
           miraculous
           events
           from
           Heaven
           .
           The
           question
           is
           not
           here
           about
           doctrinall
           points
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           know
           some
           are
           very
           ready
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           to
           their
           purpose
           ,
           to
           allot
           even
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           themselves
           their
           errours
           and
           human
           failings
           ,
           but
           about
           
             matter
             of
             fact
          
           ,
           whither
           such
           things
           
           as
           are
           here
           related
           by
           this
           Holy
           and
           learned
           Saint
           ,
           did
           really
           happen
           so
           or
           no.
           If
           they
           pretend
           misinformations
           ,
           which
           this
           great
           Person
           might
           be
           subject
           to
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           men
           ;
           let
           me
           first
           intreat
           them
           to
           have
           so
           much
           respect
           ,
           at
           least
           for
           this
           great
           Doctor
           ,
           as
           to
           suppose
           him
           no
           fool
           .
           And
           secondly
           let
           me
           desire
           them
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           he
           writ
           in
           a
           time
           when
           the
           eyes
           of
           many
           friends
           and
           enemies
           ,
           
             Pelagians
             ,
             Manicheans
             ,
             Hathens
             &c.
          
           were
           upon
           him
           ;
           which
           consideration
           certainly
           would
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           stuff
           his
           writings
           with
           old
           wives
           tales
           ;
           but
           oblige
           him
           to
           make
           strict
           inquiry
           into
           the
           verity
           and
           certainty
           of
           such
           passages
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           to
           make
           use
           of
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           such
           Points
           of
           Christianity
           as
           were
           then
           in
           contest
           amongst
           them
           .
           But
           thirdly
           ,
           whatever
           his
           care
           was
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           the
           extrinsick
           attestations
           of
           the
           things
           related
           by
           him
           ,
           which
           in
           such
           a
           Person
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           circumstances
           we
           cannot
           well
           (
           without
           forfeiting
           both
           our
           charity
           and
           discretion
           )
           suspect
           to
           have
           been
           inferiour
           to
           the
           weight
           and
           importance
           of
           the
           matter
           ;
           yet
           cannot
           I
           see
           how
           we
           can
           ,
           with
           credit
           ,
           refuse
           him
           our
           belief
           
           of
           such
           particulars
           ,
           at
           least
           (
           and
           they
           are
           not
           a
           few
           )
           as
           his
           own
           eyes
           gave
           him
           evident
           information
           of
           ;
           unless
           we
           can
           find
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           give
           so
           great
           a
           man
           the
           downright
           lye
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           if
           all
           this
           ,
           to
           some
           wilfull
           pre-occupied
           person
           should
           prove
           uneffectuall
           ,
           at
           least
           this
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           St.
           Aug.
           without
           controule
           of
           any
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           which
           were
           above
           a
           thousand
           years
           ago
           ,
           speakes
           here
           very
           positively
           and
           confidently
           of
           many
           practices
           ,
           now
           stiled
           ,
           by
           some
           ,
           novelties
           and
           superstitions
           ,
           with
           approbation
           ,
           and
           miraculous
           attestation
           .
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           it
           a
           very
           pregnant
           proof
           ,
           or
           indeed
           ,
           demonstration
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           esteemed
           no
           novelties
           nor
           superstitions
           ,
           but
           lawfull
           and
           laudable
           practices
           ,
           by
           him
           and
           all
           others
           in
           his
           dayes
           ,
           so
           many
           years
           ago
           ,
           as
           may
           well
           serve
           to
           vindicate
           them
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           Novellisme
           .
           This
           ,
           only
           in
           passing
           ,
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           those
           who
           pretend
           a
           Zeal
           for
           purity
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           are
           offended
           at
           such
           passages
           as
           are
           found
           in
           St.
           Augustin
           ,
           and
           such
           illations
           as
           most
           connaturally
           flow
           from
           them
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           because
           they
           have
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           saint
           
           himself
           (
           whom
           at
           other
           times
           they
           would
           willingly
           perswade
           the
           world
           to
           suppose
           to
           be
           of
           their
           Party
           )
           as
           because
           Prejudice
           and
           Education
           have
           gotten
           possession
           of
           their
           understandings
           ,
           and
           are
           resolved
           to
           keep
           it
           in
           spite
           of
           Reason
           and
           most
           powerfull
           Authority
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           another
           sort
           of
           men
           whom
           I
           think
           equally
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           neerly
           concern'd
           in
           this
           Relation
           ;
           I
           mean
           your
           pretended
           great
           Masters
           of
           wit
           ,
           who
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           many
           times
           make
           not
           that
           use
           of
           so
           precious
           a
           treasure
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           truly
           capable
           of
           ,
           relying
           so
           much
           upon
           that
           which
           they
           call
           Reason
           ,
           that
           they
           wholly
           lose
           their
           way
           to
           Religion
           ;
           and
           whilst
           they
           please
           their
           fancies
           with
           some
           pretty
           nice
           speculatious
           ,
           become
           themselves
           meer
           scepticks
           ,
           and
           ,
           too
           too
           often
           ,
           downright
           Atheists
           .
           They
           are
           not
           altogether
           behind
           hand
           with
           that
           great
           ambitious
           Spirit
           ,
           who
           not
           being
           able
           to
           reduce
           to
           known
           naturall
           principles
           ,
           or
           comprehend
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           ebbing
           and
           flowing
           of
           the
           ;
           sea
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           have
           cast
           himself
           as
           a
           very
           rash
           Sacrifice
           into
           it
           .
           For
           these
           men
           finding
           the
           nature
           of
           God
           (
           as
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           supposed
           ,
           if
           we
           suppose
           him
           to
           be
           )
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           their
           capacity
           ;
           
           to
           make
           short
           work
           ,
           think
           it
           their
           readiest
           course
           to
           cast
           him
           quite
           off
           ;
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           make
           him
           so
           pittifull
           an
           one
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           model
           of
           things
           which
           their
           slender
           sense
           and
           experience
           has
           made
           them
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           have
           no
           care
           or
           providence
           of
           things
           of
           this
           world
           which
           are
           extrinsecall
           to
           his
           own
           being
           ,
           lest
           he
           put
           himself
           into
           a
           condition
           of
           perpetuall
           trouble
           and
           disquiet
           .
           Others
           ,
           whom
           I
           think
           all
           their
           kind
           ought
           to
           be
           highly
           offended
           at
           ,
           do
           so
           degrade
           ,
           and
           even
           un-man
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           race
           ,
           that
           they
           make
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           beginning
           and
           ending
           ,
           little
           (
           if
           at
           all
           )
           superiour
           to
           the
           meanest
           of
           those
           creatures
           which
           enjoy
           a
           sensible
           Being
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           feeling
           of
           those
           pleasures
           they
           are
           naturally
           capable
           of
           ,
           placing
           in
           them
           all
           their
           present
           ,
           and
           renouncing
           all
           expectation
           of
           any
           other
           future
           felicity
           .
           And
           so
           are
           not
           at
           all
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           ,
           if
           having
           taken
           up
           such
           Principles
           ,
           either
           upon
           trust
           or
           design
           ,
           they
           first
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           the
           chief
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           only
           thing
           they
           are
           to
           observe
           and
           gratify
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           as
           is
           too
           frequently
           seen
           ,
           become
           in
           their
           lives
           and
           pursuit's
           like
           unto
           those
           brutes
           ,
           
           whom
           they
           are
           by
           a
           very
           wise
           man
           rightly
           compared
           unto
           (
           
             sicut
             equus
             et
             mulus
             ,
             quibus
             non
             est
             intellectus
          
           )
           without
           understanding
           or
           reason
           ,
           wholly
           drowned
           in
           sensuality
           ,
           and
           absorp't
           in
           bestiality
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           only
           strange
           ,
           but
           monstrous
           also
           ,
           whil'st
           they
           thus
           become
           meer
           brutes
           in
           conversation
           ,
           pretend
           still
           to
           be
           the
           only
           masters
           of
           refined
           reason
           ,
           and
           speculation
           ;
           making
           it
           one
           great
           part
           of
           their
           witty
           and
           agreeable
           divertisements
           to
           devide
           ,
           and
           laugh
           at
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           having
           espoused
           better
           and
           nobler
           principles
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           devest
           themselves
           indeed
           of
           the
           Man
           ,
           not
           by
           degenerating
           into
           the
           Nature
           of
           beasts
           ,
           but
           by
           raising
           themselves
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           Angels
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           one
           day
           hope
           and
           expect
           to
           enjoy
           those
           pure
           delights
           which
           they
           know
           very
           well
           are
           not
           to
           be
           comprehended
           by
           poor
           mortalls
           here
           in
           banishment
           ,
           but
           believe
           they
           are
           prepared
           for
           those
           faithfull
           servants
           of
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           in
           whose
           power
           and
           will
           it
           is
           to
           provide
           for
           them
           never-fading
           ,
           yet
           always
           satiating
           delights
           ,
           when
           those
           their
           mortal
           bodies
           shall
           have
           put
           on
           Immortality
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           come
           close
           to
           what
           I
           
           would
           be
           at
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           of
           any
           indifferent
           person
           who
           has
           not
           quite
           abandoned
           his
           reason
           ,
           whether
           those
           great
           pretenders
           to
           ,
           and
           Monopolizers
           of
           wit
           be
           not
           at
           a
           great
           loss
           ,
           in
           case
           these
           things
           prove
           true
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           here
           seen
           related
           by
           the
           great
           St.
           Augustine
           ?
           whether
           here
           does
           not
           manifestly
           appear
           (
           so
           far
           as
           effects
           can
           manifest
           a
           cause
           )
           first
           that
           there
           is
           some
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           above
           ,
           or
           beyond
           nature
           :
           secondly
           that
           this
           
             some
             thing
          
           has
           a
           providence
           and
           kindness
           for
           mankiud
           :
           and
           thirdly
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           some
           thing
           remaining
           after
           death
           in
           those
           blessed
           Saints
           ,
           whose
           prayers
           and
           intercessions
           obtain
           of
           the
           living
           God
           such
           miraculous
           favours
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           humbly
           address
           themselves
           unto
           them
           ?
           Against
           the
           Verity
           ,
           or
           certainty
           of
           these
           things
           thus
           circumstanced
           by
           the
           person
           relating
           ,
           the
           witnesses
           attesting
           ,
           all
           succeeding
           Ages
           unquestionably
           accepting
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           worth
           the
           seeing
           what
           the
           dissenting
           party
           ,
           with
           some
           pretense
           of
           reason
           do
           usually
           object
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           take
           them
           for
           men
           of
           greater
           parts
           ,
           and
           knowledge
           of
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           world
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           then
           ,
           
           by
           their
           peremtory
           denying
           the
           whole
           story
           ,
           to
           pretend
           to
           oblige
           mankind
           to
           a
           tame
           subscription
           and
           Acquiescence
           to
           their
           Ipse-Dixit's
           :
           themselves
           having
           already
           banisht
           out
           of
           the
           world
           all
           Implicite
           faith
           of
           this
           nature
           at
           least
           :
           for
           in
           an
           other
           kind
           ,
           I
           presume
           ,
           when
           the
           health
           of
           their
           dear
           bodies
           is
           concern'd
           ,
           they
           will
           still
           think
           it
           necessary
           to
           advise
           with
           ,
           and
           rely
           upon
           their
           Physician
           in
           his
           art
           ,
           though
           themselves
           dive
           not
           into
           the
           reasons
           ,
           nor
           can
           give
           any
           just
           account
           of
           his
           proceedings
           .
           I
           presume
           also
           they
           will
           not
           apprehend
           that
           they
           have
           forfeited
           any
           share
           of
           their
           reason
           ,
           when
           they
           give
           credit
           to
           ,
           and
           rely
           upon
           their
           Councel
           in
           point
           of
           law
           ,
           though
           themselves
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           never
           read
           so
           much
           as
           Littleton
           ,
           or
           understand
           not
           the
           full
           import
           of
           all
           those
           great
           hard
           words
           those
           learned
           men
           insert
           into
           Conveyances
           &c.
           
           In
           these
           and
           the
           like
           cases
           the
           Great
           St.
           Augustine
           Confesses
           l.
           6.
           
           Confess
           c.
           5.
           that
           after
           many
           doubts
           and
           perplexities
           ,
           which
           himself
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           some
           others
           in
           his
           days
           had
           been
           subject
           to
           ,
           he
           found
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           Faith
           even
           in
           human
           ,
           proceedings
           ,
           much
           
           more
           was
           he
           convinced
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           it
           in
           things
           supernaturall
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           are
           
             ex
             terminis
          
           concluded
           to
           be
           above
           the
           reach
           and
           capacity
           of
           our
           weak-sighted
           Understandings
           .
           In
           things
           therefore
           of
           this
           high
           nature
           we
           may
           confide
           (
           though
           we
           penetrate
           not
           into
           the
           intrinsick
           Principles
           of
           the
           things
           proposed
           )
           that
           we
           proceed
           rationally
           ,
           and
           as
           becomes
           prudent
           men
           ,
           if
           ,
           having
           discovered
           sufficient
           motives
           of
           the
           credibility
           of
           the
           things
           offered
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           we
           submit
           ,
           and
           yeild
           assent
           ,
           regulating
           our
           judgments
           and
           behaviours
           accordingly
           .
           Thus
           much
           a
           good
           Christian
           knowes
           to
           be
           his
           duty
           when
           ever
           things
           appear
           vested
           with
           Gods
           revelation
           .
           But
           that
           only
           ,
           which
           in
           our
           present
           case
           (
           concerning
           things
           in
           themselves
           immediatly
           of
           an
           inferiour
           degree
           )
           I
           think
           reasonable
           to
           demand
           ,
           and
           necessary
           for
           the
           persons
           we
           are
           arguing
           with
           to
           grant
           ,
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           deny
           human
           or
           historicall
           faith
           ,
           at
           least
           to
           matters
           of
           fact
           proposed
           with
           so
           many
           circumstances
           of
           Unquestionable
           credibility
           ,
           that
           peremptorily
           to
           deny
           them
           ,
           without
           positive
           and
           clear
           evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           would
           make
           the
           world
           believe
           
           their
           whole
           soules
           were
           turn'd
           fancy
           ,
           or
           will
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           renounced
           all
           right
           to
           the
           noblest
           part
           of
           man
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Vnderstanding
           .
           Their
           only
           course
           then
           ,
           if
           they
           purpose
           to
           maintain
           their
           pretentions
           to
           Rationality
           ,
           must
           be
           to
           argue
           closely
           with
           convincing
           proofs
           ,
           both
           in
           matter
           and
           forme
           ,
           with
           undeniable
           Premises
           ,
           and
           fairely
           deduced
           Conclusions
           .
           One
           thing
           let
           me
           begg
           of
           them
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           please
           to
           be
           mindfull
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           highly
           against
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Rules
           of
           reasoning
           ,
           first
           to
           resolve
           upon
           and
           fix
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           and
           then
           come
           lamely
           in
           with
           the
           Premises
           .
           Thus
           may
           you
           have
           heard
           many
           a
           good
           woman
           prove
           her
           child
           to
           be
           the
           fairest
           ,
           
             because
             he
             is
          
           .
           Thus
           may
           you
           see
           many
           a
           cause
           menaged
           with
           great
           earnestness
           at
           the
           Barr
           ,
           though
           the
           Councell
           be
           not
           half
           so
           confident
           of
           his
           cause
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           pleased
           at
           the
           liberality
           of
           his
           Client
           .
           Affection
           ,
           Willfullness
           ,
           and
           Interest
           ,
           are
           the
           true
           Premises
           and
           Proofs
           in
           such
           Causes
           and
           conclusions
           .
           Many
           an
           odd
           argument
           is
           alleaged
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           proving
           the
           thing
           in
           question
           ,
           as
           evidencing
           our
           good
           will
           for
           it
           .
           But
           I
           
           expect
           better
           things
           from
           rationall
           men
           ,
           and
           pretended
           lovers
           of
           truth
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           they
           may
           perchance
           say
           ,
           
             St.
             Augustine
             was
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             might
             consequently
             both
             deceive
             ,
             and
             be
             deceived
             .
          
           That
           he
           was
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           no
           Angel
           ,
           is
           without
           question
           :
           but
           withall
           you
           may
           take
           notice
           that
           he
           is
           held
           by
           the
           whole
           world
           to
           have
           been
           an
           honest
           ,
           and
           a
           holy
           man
           ,
           therefore
           he
           did
           not
           go
           about
           
             to
             deceive
          
           :
           he
           was
           ever
           esteemed
           a
           learned
           and
           a
           discreet
           man
           ;
           he
           had
           the
           testimonies
           of
           unsuspected
           ,
           disinteressed
           persons
           ,
           of
           whole
           Communities
           ,
           of
           whole
           Cities
           ;
           nay
           of
           his
           own
           eyes
           in
           many
           remarkable
           particulars
           :
           Ergo
           he
           was
           
             not
             deceived
          
           .
           If
           this
           be
           not
           a
           better
           consequence
           then
           any
           your
           
             Might
             be
          
           can
           afford
           to
           your
           purpose
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           confess
           we
           are
           to
           seek
           for
           new
           Principles
           of
           arguing
           .
           For
           to
           affirm
           positively
           upon
           so
           remote
           a
           possibility
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           either
           deceiv'd
           ,
           or
           design'd
           to
           deceive
           ,
           would
           be
           a
           ready
           way
           indeed
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           very
           rash
           one
        
         
           For
           never
           was
           a
           meer
           Possibility
           yet
           admitted
           amongst
           rational
           men
           for
           a
           positive
           proof
           of
           either
           side
           of
           a
           contradiction
           ,
           which
           does
           admit
           of
           a
           contingency
           :
           
           Much
           less
           can
           it
           have
           place
           indifferently
           ,
           where
           one
           side
           is
           fortifyed
           with
           such
           proofs
           ,
           as
           greater
           cannot
           be
           required
           by
           any
           unbiassed
           judgement
           ,
           to
           a
           determination
           in
           the
           subject
           matter
           of
           inquiry
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           not
           allow'd
           as
           exactly
           rational
           ,
           then
           cannot
           I
           imagine
           upon
           what
           Principles
           we
           can
           be
           induced
           to
           apositive
           crediting
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           in
           any
           age
           of
           the
           world
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           they
           all
           being
           Contingencies
           ,
           and
           the
           positive
           and
           negative
           not
           being
           possible
           to
           coexist
           ,
           no
           
             Might
             be
          
           ,
           or
           
             May
             be
          
           can
           determine
           the
           judgement
           any
           further
           then
           to
           a
           meer
           suspension
           :
           which
           is
           not
           only
           prudent
           ,
           but
           necessary
           ,
           where
           proofs
           come
           equal
           on
           both
           sides
           .
           And
           as
           this
           is
           necessary
           ,
           upon
           equality
           ,
           so
           certainly
           is
           it
           most
           rational
           to
           incline
           to
           some
           one
           side
           upon
           the
           prevalency
           of
           motives
           ,
           or
           even
           absolutely
           to
           assent
           ,
           where
           they
           arrive
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           no
           wise
           man
           can
           find
           ,
           or
           hope
           to
           find
           greater
           in
           matters
           of
           this
           nature
           .
           Demonstratiuely
           ,
           no
           
             May
             be
          
           ,
           or
           
             Might
             be
          
           can
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           upon
           equall
           terms
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           I
           suspect
           may
           make
           
           you
           so
           backward
           in
           giving
           assent
           to
           this
           Relation
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           generall
           prejudice
           you
           have
           against
           all
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           .
           And
           this
           ,
           haply
           ,
           has
           been
           bred
           ,
           and
           nourish't
           in
           you
           by
           your
           aversion
           from
           those
           many
           Legends
           stuff't
           up
           ,
           as
           you
           imagin
           ,
           with
           such
           kind
           of
           old-wives
           tales
           ,
           which
           to
           you
           appear
           not
           only
           improbable
           by
           their
           number
           ,
           but
           also
           very
           lyable
           to
           exceptions
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           Circumstances
           .
           what
           if
           I
           should
           freely
           grant
           (
           as
           I
           shall
           not
           make
           much
           difficulty
           to
           do
           )
           what
           you
           seem
           here
           resolved
           to
           suppose
           :
           that
           there
           have
           been
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           perchance
           abuses
           in
           this
           kind
           ?
           what
           if
           I
           frankly
           own
           ,
           that
           some
           ignorant
           person
           has
           taken
           that
           for
           a
           miracle
           ,
           which
           some
           more
           understanding
           man
           knowes
           very
           well
           to
           be
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           nature
           ;
           or
           some
           strong-fancied
           creature
           has
           taken
           her
           devout
           dream
           for
           a
           Vision
           ?
           Will
           your
           inference
           hold
           ,
           
             Ergo
             all
             are
             such
             ;
             Ergo
             these
             related
             by
             St.
             Augustine
             are
             such
             ?
          
           Is
           there
           no
           true
           gold
           ,
           because
           some
           ,
           upon
           the
           touch
           ,
           has
           been
           found
           false
           ?
           Are
           there
           no
           true
           Diamonds
           ,
           because
           the
           skillfull
           eye
           of
           a
           Lapidary
           ,
           or
           the
           wheel
           has
           discovered
           some
           to
           be
           
           counterfeit
           ?
           Then
           I
           pray
           call
           to
           mind
           whom
           you
           deal
           with
           ,
           whose
           reputation
           you
           so
           severely
           call
           in
           question
           .
           It
           is
           that
           of
           St.
           Agustine
           ,
           out
           of
           whom
           I
           did
           purposely
           select
           these
           passages
           ,
           not
           that
           I
           doubt
           but
           there
           are
           a
           thousand
           as
           unquestionable
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           in
           other
           grave
           Authors
           ;
           but
           because
           I
           did
           suppose
           (
           and
           I
           imagined
           I
           had
           reason
           for
           it
           )
           that
           the
           great
           esteeme
           and
           respect
           the
           world
           generally
           has
           for
           this
           great
           man
           ,
           would
           gain
           him
           some
           credit
           with
           you
           also
           .
           'T
           is
           He
           that
           tells
           you
           here
           of
           many
           cures
           (
           such
           as
           whole
           Consults
           of
           Physicians
           esteemed
           incurable
           )
           wrought
           suddenly
           and
           permanently
           .
           'T
           is
           He
           that
           tells
           you
           of
           Devills
           cast
           out
           by
           the
           force
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Exorcismes
           .
           'T
           is
           He
           that
           tells
           you
           of
           many
           dead
           persons
           rays'd
           suddenly
           to
           life
           and
           health
           .
           'T
           is
           he
           that
           tells
           you
           he
           saw
           many
           of
           these
           things
           when
           they
           happened
           with
           his
           own
           eyes
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           he
           ,
           that
           tells
           you
           of
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           whole
           Communities
           ,
           whole
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           ,
           in
           proof
           of
           many
           particulars
           .
           'T
           is
           he
           that
           tells
           you
           of
           Memorialls
           given
           in
           ,
           and
           read
           publiquely
           ,
           and
           kept
           carefully
           ,
           that
           they
           
           might
           be
           confirmed
           ,
           or
           contradicted
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           occurr
           to
           any
           one
           of
           those
           thousands
           ,
           who
           saw
           ,
           or
           heard
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           he
           ,
           that
           tells
           you
           that
           there
           were
           so
           many
           other
           Miracles
           wrought
           in
           the
           places
           he
           mentions
           ,
           and
           known
           by
           his
           brethren
           then
           living
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           wrought
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           himself
           obliged
           to
           put
           down
           his
           excuse
           ,
           for
           not
           specifying
           them
           also
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           which
           he
           happens
           to
           mention
           .
           'T
           is
           he
           ,
           who
           writ
           these
           Things
           in
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           he
           could
           not
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           enemies
           enough
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           (
           Heathens
           and
           Heretiques
           ,
           Manicheans
           and
           Pelagians
           ,
           &c.
           )
           who
           would
           have
           been
           very
           glad
           of
           the
           opportunity
           of
           diminishing
           his
           credit
           ,
           and
           authority
           ,
           by
           disproving
           what
           he
           had
           writt
           with
           so
           much
           advantage
           to
           his
           own
           cause
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           prejudice
           of
           theirs
           .
           This
           certainly
           must
           needs
           have
           obliged
           so
           discreet
           ,
           and
           sober
           a
           person
           ,
           to
           have
           used
           more
           care
           then
           ordinary
           ,
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           those
           Things
           ,
           which
           he
           intended
           for
           publique
           view
           ,
           in
           proof
           of
           those
           great
           mysteries
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           
             The
             Resurrection
             ,
             and
             glorious
             Ascension
             of
             Christ
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             in
             Body
             
             into
             heaven
             .
          
           And
           here
           by
           the
           way
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           this
           ever
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           hour
           is
           ,
           the
           constant
           endeavour
           of
           Prelates
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           and
           it
           is
           their
           high
           obligation
           )
           that
           nothing
           of
           this
           kind
           be
           taken
           ,
           or
           divulged
           ,
           as
           miraculous
           ,
           but
           upon
           very
           strict
           examination
           ,
           authentique
           proofs
           ,
           and
           depositions
           of
           sworn
           witnesses
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           ,
           it
           cannot
           in
           reason
           be
           thought
           other
           ,
           then
           willfull
           rashness
           in
           any
           man
           ,
           positively
           to
           deny
           them
           all
           ,
           upon
           no
           better
           ground
           ,
           then
           meere
           prejudice
           ,
           or
           suspicion
           .
           I
           pray
           taken
           notice
           of
           what
           I
           said
           last
           ,
           
             to
             deny
             them
             all
          
           .
           For
           ,
           to
           come
           a
           little
           home
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           must
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           one
           of
           these
           hundred
           Miracles
           ,
           related
           here
           by
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           ,
           or
           any
           one
           of
           those
           thousands
           related
           ,
           examined
           ,
           and
           attested
           by
           others
           ,
           proves
           true
           ,
           your
           business
           is
           done
           ,
           You
           will
           be
           compelled
           to
           own
           something
           
             beyond
             the
             reach
             of
             your
             eyes
             ,
          
           or
           perchance
           ,
           understandings
           which
           has
           a
           beeing
           ,
           and
           a
           power
           ,
           above
           the
           force
           of
           nature
           ,
           manifesting
           it self
           abundantly
           in
           such
           admirable
           ,
           and
           Supernaturall
           operations
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           do
           you
           not
           find
           it
           
           smart
           ?
           Have
           I
           not
           touch'd
           the
           Apple
           of
           your
           eye
           ?
           For
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           pretended
           (
           as
           becomes
           a
           man
           indeed
           )
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           rationallity
           ,
           is
           not
           sense
           (
           
             id
             est
          
           ,
           Sensation
           ;
           )
           your
           Cheifest
           engine
           ;
           by
           which
           you
           would
           overthrow
           what
           the
           believing
           world
           submits
           unto
           .
           Some
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           own
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           fear
           there
           are
           too
           many
           ,
           who
           have
           it
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           great
           folly
           to
           believe
           any
           thing
           ,
           of
           which
           their
           eyes
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           of
           their
           material
           senses
           does
           not
           inform
           them
           .
           This
           indeed
           is
           plain
           English
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           makes
           them
           understood
           .
           It
           has
           enough
           of
           the
           ingenuity
           ,
           though
           little
           enough
           of
           the
           pretended
           Rationality
           .
           Yet
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           very
           language
           ,
           (
           as
           there
           is
           reason
           enough
           to
           imagine
           )
           which
           most
           of
           that
           Cabal
           would
           speak
           ,
           if
           they
           durst
           permit
           their
           tongues
           to
           be
           true
           to
           their
           thoughts
           ;
           and
           their
           reputation
           were
           not
           at
           Stake
           upon
           another
           pretended
           score
           .
           But
           let
           the
           whole
           Rationall
           world
           judge
           ,
           whether
           this
           be
           not
           the
           most
           desperate
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           abject
           spirit
           of
           levelling
           that
           ever
           was
           ;
           to
           leave
           man
           ,
           the
           noblest
           creature
           of
           this
           our
           sublunary
           world
           ,
           upon
           equall
           
           termes
           ,
           with
           the
           meanest
           of
           those
           others
           which
           enjoy
           the
           benefit
           of
           Sense
           :
           nay
           amongst
           which
           many
           (
           some
           in
           one
           ,
           some
           in
           another
           )
           so
           far
           surpass
           man
           ,
           that
           unless
           he
           were
           enabled
           to
           challenge
           a
           superiority
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           his
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Vnderstanding
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           forc'd
           ,
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           to
           yield
           precedency
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           pray
           ,
           had
           not
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           eyes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ?
           were
           all
           the
           Inhabitant's
           of
           
             Hippo
             ,
             Carthage
             ,
             Millan
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Towns
           ,
           and
           Cities
           ,
           blind
           ?
           To
           Suppose
           that
           ,
           would
           he
           very
           strange
           indeed
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           spirit
           of
           an
           only-illuminated
           Fanatique
           .
           To
           say
           they
           all
           conspired
           to
           cheat
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           body
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           concern
           was
           so
           deeply
           engag'd
           ,
           should
           discover
           the
           cheat
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           beyond
           wonder
           .
           And
           yet
           one
           of
           these
           you
           are
           necessarily
           reduc'd
           to
           ;
           unless
           you
           have
           stubbornly
           resolved
           ,
           that
           this
           alone
           must
           be
           your
           rule
           ,
           to
           believe
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           
             your
             own
             eyes
          
           are
           witnesses
           of
           .
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           I
           pray
           ,
           First
           ,
           Suppose
           that
           yon
           are
           subject
           to
           be
           dealt
           with
           in
           your
           own
           kind
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           or
           relied
           upon
           ,
           no
           further
           ,
           then
           men
           can
           measure
           you
           ,
           
           and
           your
           actions
           by
           their
           eyes
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           you
           are
           obliged
           never
           to
           mention
           Rome
           ,
           or
           
             Constantinople
             ,
             &c.
          
           unless
           you
           have
           taken
           the
           paines
           to
           travel
           to
           see
           them
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           never
           talk
           to
           us
           of
           your
           
             Aristotles
             ,
             Epicurus's
             &c.
          
           for
           we
           take
           them
           from
           you
           as
           meer
           Chimaeras
           .
           And
           fourthly
           ,
           let
           us
           entreat
           you
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           so
           much
           right
           ,
           as
           to
           renounce
           hereafter
           your
           unjust
           pretensions
           to
           both
           use
           ,
           and
           substance
           of
           Reason
           .
           This
           I
           apprehend
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           in
           good
           consequence
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           you
           may
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           it
           by
           deduction
           ,
           in
           as
           good
           form
           ,
           as
           any
           Logick
           is
           capable
           of
           .
           But
           that
           I
           may
           not
           appear
           too
           rigorous
           ,
           and
           may
           have
           some
           hopes
           to
           enter
           again
           into
           your
           favour
           ,
           I
           will
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           my
           apprehension
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           not
           all
           so
           black
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           painted
           ,
           whatever
           the
           world
           may
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           of
           you
           ,
           grounding
           themselves
           ▪
           upon
           the
           extravagant
           sallies
           of
           some
           desperado's
           of
           your
           Partie
           .
           For
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           if
           some
           of
           you
           were
           men
           of
           Trading
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           design
           of
           improving
           your
           estates
           ,
           you
           would
           either
           send
           ,
           or
           go
           ,
           up
           on
           likelyhood
           
           of
           advantage
           ,
           to
           
             Aleppo
             ,
             Scanderoon
          
           ,
           or
           
             Mexico
             ,
             &c.
          
           though
           you
           had
           never
           seen
           those
           hopefull
           places
           ,
           but
           by
           other
           mens
           eyes
           .
           You
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           do
           your
           King
           ,
           or
           Country
           ,
           service
           ,
           as
           Ambassadours
           ,
           or
           Agents
           ,
           either
           at
           Venice
           ,
           or
           Constantinople
           ,
           though
           you
           had
           hitherto
           never
           set
           foot
           out
           of
           little
           England
           ,
           to
           assure
           your selves
           of
           the
           existence
           of
           such
           places
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           or
           States
           resident
           therein
           .
        
         
           Be
           but
           consequent
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           we
           may
           be
           good
           friends
           again
           .
           You
           will
           send
           to
           
             Aleppo
             ,
             &c.
          
           by
           way
           of
           Trading
           :
           you
           will
           go
           to
           
             Constantinople
             ,
             &c.
          
           in
           Embassy
           :
           But
           where
           is
           your
           assurance
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           any
           such
           places
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           men
           here
           talk
           to
           you
           of
           ?
           And
           here
           I
           might
           alleadge
           all
           those
           seeming
           possiblities
           of
           being
           mistaken
           ,
           or
           deceived
           ,
           which
           are
           wont
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           (
           and
           is
           imagined
           with
           great
           applause
           )
           in
           matters
           now
           indispute
           ,
           much
           ,
           or
           altogether
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           .
           For
           ,
           how
           do
           you
           know
           ,
           but
           your
           factour
           ,
           (
           far
           enough
           out
           of
           your
           sight
           )
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           dispose
           of
           your
           goods
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           advantage
           ,
           in
           some
           other
           place
           ,
           better
           known
           to
           
           him
           ,
           then
           Aleppo
           is
           to
           you
           ?
           what
           certain
           ground
           have
           you
           for
           your
           confidence
           ,
           that
           your
           Prince
           has
           not
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           so
           sends
           you
           to
           some
           Utopia
           ,
           or
           other
           ?
           Is
           this
           possible
           ,
           or
           not
           ?
        
         
           You
           will
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           tell
           me
           ,
           you
           are
           so
           morally
           certain
           in
           these
           your
           undertakings
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           existence
           of
           place
           &c.
           all
           the
           world
           affirming
           it
           ,
           no
           sober
           man
           questioning
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           a
           spice
           of
           madness
           ,
           to
           entertain
           the
           least
           doubt
           concerning
           it
           .
           
             Morally
             certain
          
           !
           I
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           mean
           you
           by
           that
           ?
           I
           suppose
           ,
           you
           never
           saw
           the
           places
           with
           your
           own
           eyes
           .
           If
           you
           had
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           produced
           something
           more
           ,
           then
           
             Moral
             Certainty
          
           ,
           and
           would
           cut
           off
           all
           manner
           of
           doubt
           ,
           and
           apprehension
           of
           doubt
           indeed
           .
           But
           I
           do
           not
           find
           ,
           that
           your
           
             Moral
             Certainty
          
           ,
           is
           alwaies
           (
           if
           ever
           )
           of
           that
           efficacy
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           I
           am
           morally
           certain
           ,
           I
           saw
           such
           a
           man
           in
           the
           market-place
           ,
           whom
           I
           discovered
           by
           his
           stature
           ,
           complexion
           ,
           cloaths
           ,
           &c.
           and
           am
           emboldened
           thereby
           to
           affirm
           ,
           that
           I
           saw
           him
           ,
           though
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           but
           in
           passing
           ,
           and
           afarr
           off
           ;
           yet
           I
           will
           not
           venture
           my
           credit
           
           upon
           it
           .
           For
           one
           man
           may
           in
           stature
           ,
           complexion
           ,
           cloaths
           ,
           be
           like
           another
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           at
           a
           distance
           be
           mistaken
           .
           I
           hold
           such
           a
           man
           to
           be
           my
           friend
           ,
           and
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           and
           am
           
             morally
             certain
          
           he
           will
           not
           break
           his
           word
           with
           me
           upon
           loane
           of
           a
           hundred
           pounds
           ;
           but
           will
           pay
           it
           again
           exactly
           at
           the
           day
           appointed
           :
           but
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           I
           will
           not
           venture
           my
           money
           ,
           without
           some
           better
           security
           ,
           then
           his
           bare
           word
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           
             Moral
             Certainty
          
           you
           would
           be
           at
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           suppose
           a
           question
           started
           ,
           (
           in
           which
           your
           inheritance
           were
           concerned
           )
           whether
           such
           an
           one
           were
           your
           Father
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           put
           it
           on
           the
           surer
           side
           )
           such
           an
           one
           (
           so
           ever
           reputed
           by
           your self
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           generally
           )
           were
           your
           Mother
           ?
           Here
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           you
           would
           make
           out
           such
           a
           
             Moral
             certainty
          
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           suppose
           ,
           Physicall
           certainty
           you
           could
           have
           none
           ,
           either
           from
           self-evident
           principles
           ,
           or
           perceptibility
           of
           sensation
           )
           that
           you
           would
           venture
           your
           life
           ,
           and
           fortunes
           upon
           it
           .
           Here
           would
           be
           a
           certainty
           ,
           which
           might
           send
           you
           to
           Scanderoon
           or
           Mexico
           ,
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           or
           
             grand
             Signior
          
           ,
           rather
           then
           lose
           an
           inheritance
           
           descended
           to
           you
           by
           so
           sure
           a
           title
           .
           And
           you
           could
           not
           faile
           of
           the
           applause
           of
           all
           wise
           men
           for
           so
           doing
           .
           No
           man
           would
           censure
           you
           for
           it
           ,
           unless
           as
           full
           of
           malice
           and
           peevishness
           ,
           as
           he
           must
           needs
           be
           of
           rashness
           ,
           and
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           then
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           discovered
           severall
           sizes
           ,
           or
           degrees
           of
           Assurance
           ,
           in
           that
           you
           call
           
             Morall
             Certainty
          
           :
           of
           which
           though
           some
           is
           so
           weak
           ,
           as
           to
           admit
           ,
           both
           in
           speculation
           and
           practice
           ,
           some
           fear
           and
           dubitancy
           ;
           yet
           others
           come
           to
           such
           a
           height
           ,
           that
           albeit
           some
           detain
           them
           still
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           
             Moral
             Certainty
          
           ,
           (
           others
           allowing
           them
           something
           at
           least
           of
           a
           
             reductively
             Physical
          
           certainty
           )
           yet
           such
           an
           one
           ,
           most
           assuredly
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           leaves
           the
           subject
           of
           its
           inhesion
           ,
           in
           no
           more
           doubt
           ,
           or
           perplexity
           ,
           concerning
           the
           verity
           ,
           or
           certainty
           ,
           of
           its
           objects
           Existency
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           as
           prudently
           determined
           to
           act
           accordingly
           ,
           as
           if
           Cognizance
           thereof
           had
           been
           taken
           by
           the
           very
           eyes
           ,
           or
           senses
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           apprehend
           to
           be
           the
           very
           case
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           relation
           of
           the
           great
           
             Saint
             Augustin
          
           ;
           who
           affirms
           many
           of
           
           the
           things
           are
           here
           related
           ,
           upon
           the
           testimony
           of
           his
           own
           eyes
           ,
           (
           which
           to
           him
           was
           a
           
             Physical
             Certainty
          
           )
           and
           that
           of
           others
           ,
           whole
           Citties
           and
           townes
           ,
           no
           man
           of
           that
           age
           ,
           or
           many
           Subsequent
           ones
           ,
           contradicting
           ,
           or
           raising
           any
           doubt
           thereof
           :
           which
           to
           us
           is
           a
           most
           prudential
           ground
           ,
           of
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           
             Moral
             Certainty
          
           ,
           as
           things
           acted
           in
           former
           times
           are
           capable
           to
           derive
           unto
           following
           ages
           .
           And
           now
           I
           hope
           no
           man
           will
           undertake
           such
           a
           folly
           ,
           as
           to
           go
           about
           to
           make
           any
           materiall
           disparity
           between
           Time
           and
           Place
           .
           For
           certainly
           both
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           same
           exceptions
           ,
           where
           sense
           has
           not
           actually
           its
           operation
           ;
           and
           both
           equally
           to
           be
           assented
           unto
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           attended
           with
           the
           same
           strength
           ,
           and
           weight
           of
           probation
           .
           Unquestionably
           all
           Negative
           arguments
           ,
           
             of
             not
             seeing
             ,
             &c.
          
           must
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           doores
           ,
           as
           of
           no
           force
           ,
           or
           consideration
           imaginable
           ;
           unless
           you
           can
           think
           it
           reasonable
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           kind
           of
           proof
           ,
           or
           motive
           ,
           to
           deny
           the
           being
           of
           a
           Caesar
           ,
           or
           a
           Pompey
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           
             William
             the
             Conqueror
          
           ,
           or
           even
           of
           a
           
             Henry
             the
             Seventh
          
           ,
           or
           
             Eighth
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           to
           deal
           candidly
           ,
           and
           not
           
           slubber
           over
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           a
           probable
           disparity
           ,
           I
           imagin
           this
           may
           be
           one
           thing
           ,
           which
           by
           some
           may
           be
           reflected
           upon
           ;
           that
           though
           some
           former
           ages
           ,
           descending
           from
           St.
           Augustines
           daies
           ,
           did
           not
           at
           all
           question
           these
           things
           ,
           but
           allowed
           them
           as
           currant
           ,
           yet
           have
           there
           not
           been
           wanting
           some
           in
           these
           latter
           times
           ,
           (
           and
           those
           ,
           in
           profession
           at
           least
           ,
           not
           at
           all
           of
           the
           party
           in
           this
           present
           discourse
           look'd
           upon
           )
           who
           refuse
           to
           give
           credit
           to
           the
           things
           here
           related
           ;
           which
           by
           consequence
           become
           failing
           in
           a
           very
           materiall
           circumstance
           ,
           which
           those
           other
           mentioned
           instances
           are
           invested
           with
           ;
           
             that
             they
             are
             by
             some
             questioned
             ,
             and
             opposed
             .
          
           I
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           whose
           concern
           is
           so
           to
           do
           :
           But
           upon
           what
           grounds
           ,
           besides
           what
           have
           already
           been
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           any
           rationall
           man
           ,
           disproved
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           (
           supposing
           this
           to
           be
           the
           genuine
           work
           of
           
             Saint
             Agustin
          
           ;
           which
           I
           have
           not
           yet
           found
           any
           ,
           even
           of
           these
           dissenters
           to
           disallow
           )
           unless
           it
           be
           this
           one
           ;
           that
           
             this
             relation
             containes
             severall
             things
             ,
             and
             practices
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             supposed
             Orthodox
             
             faith
             ,
             or
             Reformation
             :
             wherefore
             there
             must
             be
             ,
             and
             is
             ,
             deceipt
             ,
             and
             mistakes
             in
             it
             .
          
           But
           I
           pray
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           mind
           such
           objectors
           of
           the
           caution
           I
           gave
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           concerning
           setling
           the
           Inference
           or
           conclusion
           ,
           before
           the
           Premises
           or
           proofs
           came
           under
           consideration
           ;
           which
           is
           an
           exact
           kind
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           which
           ,
           me
           thinks
           ,
           is
           worth
           the
           reflecting
           upon
           ,
           and
           is
           here
           punctually
           put
           in
           practice
           .
           whereas
           I
           apprehend
           ,
           the
           argument
           may
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           inverted
           ,
           and
           retorted
           thus
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Saint
           Augustin
           writes
           these
           things
           ,
           relates
           these
           practices
           confirmed
           by
           miracles
           done
           in
           his
           own
           sight
           ,
           attested
           by
           thousands
           of
           eye
           witnesses
           ;
           no
           man
           ,
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           disproving
           the
           matters
           of
           fact
           :
           Therefore
           these
           things
           are
           not
           contrary
           to
           Orthodox
           faith
           ,
           or
           true
           Reformation
           .
           
             If
             this
             be
             not
             a
             more
             rationall
             deduction
             ,
             then
             the
             former
             grounded
             upon
             meere
             conjectures
             ,
             or
             a
             supposall
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             let
             any
             impartiall
             man
             judge
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           yet
           one
           Reserve
           ;
           and
           that
           seemes
           to
           have
           divided
           it self
           into
           two
           wings
           .
           The
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           these
           things
           
           my
           possibly
           have
           been
           effected
           
             by
             the
             occult
             power
             of
             nature
             :
          
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           knowes
           the
           art
           of
           applying
           
             Actives
             to
             Passives
          
           ,
           (
           the
           devil
           ,
           God
           bless
           us
           )
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           them
           .
           The
           one
           savours
           strong
           of
           the
           Physitian
           ;
           the
           other
           smells
           rank
           of
           the
           Pharisee
           .
           But
           we
           must
           make
           as
           good
           a
           stand
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           able
           .
           And
           first
           ,
           me
           thinks
           ,
           this
           is
           just
           the
           proceeding
           of
           that
           peevish
           ,
           or
           ignorant
           boy
           ;
           who
           being
           bidd
           by
           his
           master
           to
           spell
           Hugh
           (
           a
           proper
           name
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           in
           Latin
           Hugo
           )
           first
           ,
           fell
           upon
           that
           which
           was
           most
           obvious
           ,
           
             H.
             V.
             Hu
          
           ;
           then
           Hew
           :
           But
           being
           told
           that
           he
           was
           quite
           out
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           a
           G.
           in
           it
           ,
           presently
           it
           was
           Hug
           ;
           then
           Huge
           :
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           right
           Hugh
           ;
           though
           this
           would
           have
           cost
           him
           as
           little
           breath
           as
           any
           ,
           or
           some
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           But
           ,
           for
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           (
           'T
           is
           that
           I
           wish
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           noblest
           exercise
           of
           your
           wills
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           much
           facilitate
           your
           understandings
           )
           if
           we
           must
           needs
           fly
           
             to
             occult
             meanes
             ,
             or
             qualities
             ,
          
           (
           of
           which
           we
           can
           give
           but
           a
           very
           slender
           account
           ,
           and
           can
           by
           such
           meanes
           only
           pretend
           to
           cloak
           our
           ignorance
           
           under
           certain
           pretty
           insignificant
           words
           ;
           
             Such
             occult
             meanes
             or
             qualities
          
           ,
           being
           things
           ,
           we
           only
           guess
           at
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           as
           remote
           from
           our
           sense
           ,
           and
           understanding
           ,
           as
           any
           thing
           we
           are
           press'd
           to
           )
           why
           should
           we
           not
           rather
           betake
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           whose
           Omnipotency
           once
           owned
           ,
           makes
           all
           things
           clear
           ?
           where
           as
           now
           we
           grope
           only
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           are
           apt
           to
           stumble
           at
           a
           thousand
           blocks
           ,
           before
           we
           are
           aware
           of
           them
           .
           Is
           not
           this
           one
           great
           one
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           
             that
             a
             body
             once
             dead
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           which
           had
           lost
           the
           principle
           of
           life
           ,
           
             should
             live
             again
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             experience
             ,
             which
             we
             our selves
             have
             noted
             in
             thousands
             ?
          
           nay
           ,
           as
           contrary
           to
           the
           inclination
           ,
           and
           necessary
           tendency
           of
           nature
           to
           corruption
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           be
           for
           fire
           to
           cool
           ,
           or
           ice
           to
           warm
           ?
           But
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           remarkable
           in
           our
           case
           ,
           that
           this
           should
           be
           effected
           ,
           by
           only
           laying
           a
           gown
           ,
           or
           garment
           ,
           upon
           the
           Shrine
           ,
           or
           Reliques
           ,
           of
           a
           deceased
           Saint
           ,
           (
           with
           invocation
           of
           God
           by
           his
           intercession
           )
           and
           then
           applying
           the
           said
           garment
           unto
           the
           party
           deceased
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           or
           she
           should
           immediately
           recover
           not
           only
           life
           ,
           but
           perfect
           health
           ,
           is
           so
           unheard-of
           an
           effect
           ,
           
           by
           way
           of
           any
           power
           ,
           or
           vertue
           ,
           which
           can
           be
           appropriated
           to
           pure
           nature
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           desperately
           resolved
           ,
           who
           dare
           allow
           it
           so
           much
           .
           as
           a
           probability
           ,
           or
           indeed
           possibility
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           the
           strange
           cures
           of
           those
           other
           diseases
           ,
           the
           Gout
           ,
           Palsy
           ,
           Canker
           ,
           Fistula
           ,
           &c.
           whereof
           some
           were
           held
           absolutely
           incurable
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           any
           naturall
           applications
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Aphorismes
           of
           the
           great
           masters
           in
           the
           art
           of
           Physick
           :
           to
           others
           ,
           all
           remedies
           ,
           though
           applied
           by
           very
           skilfull
           hands
           ,
           proved
           very
           unsuccessfull
           :
           yet
           these
           were
           cured
           setledly
           ,
           and
           permanently
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           most
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           suddenly
           :
           And
           that
           by
           such
           meanes
           ,
           as
           could
           not
           possibly
           be
           imagined
           ,
           to
           carry
           any
           natural
           proportion
           with
           such
           unexpected
           effects
           ;
           viz.
           by
           
             earnest
             prayer
          
           ,
           by
           
             the
             water
             of
             Baptisme
          
           ,
           by
           
             flowers
             ,
             which
             had
             only
             touch't
             the
             Bodies
             of
             holy
             men
             ,
             by
             the
             sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           You
           will
           say
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           that
           
             phansie
             can
             do
             much
          
           .
           Surely
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           go
           farr
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           phansie
           ,
           that
           such
           things
           as
           these
           were
           done
           by
           phancy
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           have
           hitherto
           
           taken
           fancy
           rather
           for
           a
           disease
           itself
           ,
           then
           a
           cure
           for
           any
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           some
           indeed
           ,
           who
           have
           fancied
           themselves
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Queens
           ,
           &c.
           but
           I
           never
           yet
           heard
           of
           any
           reall
           Crowns
           they
           got
           by
           that
           their
           fancy
           ;
           unless
           it
           were
           crack't
           ones
           in
           Bedlam
           .
           I
           have
           been
           told
           of
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           brought
           upon
           themselves
           very
           malignant
           diseases
           ,
           as
           the
           small
           pox
           ,
           &c.
           by
           apprehension
           ,
           or
           fancy
           :
           which
           I
           imagin
           very
           feasable
           ,
           by
           an
           oppression
           of
           the
           spirits
           ,
           weakening
           the
           resistance
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           might
           have
           been
           made
           against
           the
           infectious
           Atomes
           ;
           or
           through
           consent
           of
           parts
           ,
           disordering
           the
           humours
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           prepare
           it
           for
           any
           distemper
           ,
           which
           the
           aire
           was
           apt
           to
           infuse
           .
           But
           I
           never
           yet
           read
           ,
           or
           heard
           ,
           of
           a
           Gout
           ,
           Canker
           ,
           or
           fistula
           ,
           &c.
           which
           was
           either
           got
           ,
           or
           lost
           ,
           by
           the
           force
           of
           fancy
           ;
           especially
           in
           an
           instant
           :
           much
           less
           can
           it
           enter
           into
           any
           sober
           mans
           fancy
           ,
           how
           a
           dead
           man
           should
           rise
           from
           death
           to
           life
           ,
           and
           perfect
           health
           ,
           by
           that
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           immediately
           before
           ,
           as
           uncapable
           off
           ,
           as
           a
           stone
           is
           of
           smelling
           ,
           or
           understanding
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           such
           
           Philosophy
           ,
           or
           Divinity
           rather
           ,
           (
           for
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           something
           more
           then
           human
           in
           it
           )
           be
           once
           held
           forth
           as
           current
           ,
           our
           new
           sect
           of
           Fanaticks
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           a
           large
           encrease
           of
           proselytes
           .
           Great-bellyed
           women
           will
           fancy
           strongly
           for
           cherries
           in
           December
           ,
           and
           not
           lose
           their
           longing
           .
           No
           man
           will
           want
           wealth
           ,
           health
           ,
           or
           content
           ,
           if
           fancy
           can
           prove
           so
           omnipotent
           .
           But
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           take
           this
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           cannot
           believe
           it
           is
           intended
           for
           any
           other
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           the
           party
           make
           great
           flourishes
           upon
           it
           )
           for
           a
           meer
           shift
           ,
           or
           subterfuge
           or
           as
           a
           dark
           corner
           ,
           wherein
           they
           would
           faine
           hide
           their
           nakedness
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           discovered
           ;
           or
           rather
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           forced
           to
           discover
           him
           ,
           who
           has
           put
           boundaries
           to
           Nature
           universally
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           who
           has
           reserved
           unto
           himself
           the
           power
           of
           working
           such
           wonders
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Pharisees
           
             daemonium
             habet
          
           ,
           I
           beseech
           those
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           prayer
           ,
           and
           some
           Sacraments
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           reflect
           ,
           that
           these
           were
           not
           fit
           meanes
           ,
           or
           instruments
           ,
           for
           the
           sworn
           enemy
           
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           implacable
           hater
           of
           mankind
           to
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           so
           much
           good
           ,
           as
           the
           restoring
           health
           to
           the
           sick
           ,
           and
           confirming
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           spectators
           ,
           in
           the
           faith
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           took
           flesh
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           him
           and
           all
           his
           works
           .
           This
           carries
           high
           improbability
           with
           it
           ,
           if
           not
           impossibility
           .
           'T
           was
           never
           yet
           heard
           ,
           he
           intended
           so
           much
           ,
           even
           
             temperall
             good
          
           ,
           to
           any
           of
           our
           kind
           ,
           whatever
           his
           knowledge
           may
           possibly
           be
           of
           Actives
           and
           Passives
           .
           Besides
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           of
           these
           passages
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           acted
           directly
           against
           himself
           ,
           putting
           himself
           out
           of
           possession
           :
           And
           we
           know
           who
           tells
           us
           ,
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           ,
           
             Luke
             .
             11.
             18.
             that
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             so
             divided
             ,
             could
             not
             stand
             long
             :
          
           which
           certainly
           his
           intention
           ,
           and
           most
           malicious
           endeavours
           ever
           were
           ,
           and
           are
           ,
           to
           encrease
           ,
           not
           destroy
           .
           Again
           ,
           the
           restoring
           the
           dead
           to
           life
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           remote
           from
           his
           sphere
           of
           Activity
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           improper
           for
           his
           malice
           .
           
             For
             thou
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             art
             he
             ,
             in
             whom
             does
             reside
             the
             power
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             death
             .
             Sap.
          
           16.
           13.
           
           
             Thou
             art
             true
             ,
             and
             sole
             Authour
             of
             life
             .
             Acts.
             3.
             15.
             who
             wer
             't
             pleased
             to
             offer
             up
             
             thine
             own
             precious
             life
             upon
             the
             Cross
             ,
             to
             free
             us
             from
             the
             tyranny
             of
             this
             Prince
             of
             darkness
             ,
             and
             purchase
             for
             us
             a
             life
             free
             from
             all
             danger
             of
             ever
             dying
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           little
           has
           been
           but
           too
           much
           concerning
           this
           point
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           own
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           have
           any
           respect
           for
           the
           great
           servant
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Saint
             Augustin
          
           :
           who
           certainly
           never
           intended
           to
           set
           forth
           to
           the
           world
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           either
           did
           belong
           ,
           or
           could
           ▪
           with
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           just
           suspicion
           ,
           be
           ascribed
           to
           ,
           or
           esteemed
           the
           work
           ,
           of
           that
           inveterate
           enemy
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           whole
           Party
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           as
           to
           those
           others
           ,
           who
           are
           yet
           to
           seek
           Religion
           ,
           and
           perchance
           
             a
             God
          
           too
           ,
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           to
           hear
           an
           objection
           of
           ,
           this
           nature
           made
           by
           them
           .
           I
           should
           then
           hope
           ,
           they
           were
           something
           on
           their
           way
           towards
           the
           discovering
           something
           else
           about
           him
           ,
           if
           their
           eyes
           ,
           or
           fancies
           ,
           could
           once
           permit
           them
           to
           suppose
           a
           
             being
             of
             him
          
           ,
           whom
           this
           objection
           necessarily
           involves
           .
           But
           though
           an
           hundred
           publique
           Exorcismes
           ,
           a
           thousand
           convictions
           of
           witchcrafts
           at
           publique
           Assizes
           ,
           and
           other
           trials
           ,
           have
           long
           since
           made
           this
           evident
           enough
           ,
           yet
           I
           
           fear
           ,
           they
           will
           try
           an
           hundred
           Experiments
           more
           ,
           before
           they
           will
           own
           his
           person
           ,
           what
           ever
           kindness
           they
           may
           have
           for
           his
           works
           .
           Men
           of
           these
           very
           principles
           I
           imagine
           they
           were
           ,
           who
           came
           ,
           not
           many
           years
           since
           ,
           unto
           a
           worthy
           ,
           learned
           Gentleman
           ,
           (
           from
           whom
           I
           had
           the
           relation
           )
           and
           told
           him
           plainly
           ,
           
             that
             they
             were
             now
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             as
             a
             devil
             ,
             either
             on
             earth
             ,
             or
             in
             hell
             .
             For
             certainly
             if
             there
             had
             been
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             heard
             some
             newes
             of
             him
             .
             For
             they
             had
             tryed
             all
             the
             tricks
             ,
             charms
             ,
             conjurations
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             that
             ever
             they
             could
             hear
             ,
             or
             read
             of
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             books
             ,
             that
             ever
             they
             could
             light
             upon
             ,
             (
             and
             they
             were
             not
             a
             few
             )
             which
             had
             treated
             of
             that
             black
             art
             .
             But
             the
             devil
             of
             devil
             could
             they
             either
             see
             ,
             or
             hear
             of
             .
             O
             Gentlemen
             (
             replyed
             this
             discreet
             person
             )
             I
             thought
             you
             had
             had
             more
             witt
             ,
             then
             to
             imagin
             the
             devil
             such
             a
             foole
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             his
             appearance
             at
             your
             Summons
             ;
             (
             which
             no
             power
             of
             yours
             could
             oblige
             him
             to
             obey
             )
             that
             you
             might
             be
             induced
             thereby
             ,
          
           (
           for
           it
           seems
           they
           had
           expressed
           themselves
           so
           farr
           ,
           concerning
           their
           intentions
           )
           
             to
             believe
             ,
             or
             be
             confirmed
             in
             your
             belief
             of
             a
             God.
             I
             hope
             ,
             you
             have
             already
             found
             ,
             or
             may
             (
             I
             am
             sure
             )
             find
             better
             motives
             to
             ground
             your
             belief
             upon
             ,
             then
             
             any
             that
             father
             of
             lies
             can
             ,
             or
             will
             ,
             afford
             you
             .
          
           His
           discourse
           certainly
           was
           very
           congruous
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           I
           presume
           ,
           gave
           those
           gentlemen
           a
           much
           more
           pleasing
           satisfaction
           ,
           then
           if
           their
           bold
           curiosity
           had
           been
           complyed
           with
           in
           some
           false
           assumed
           shape
           ;
           which
           was
           all
           could
           possibly
           be
           expected
           from
           him
           ;
           who
           is
           a
           pure
           spirit
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           is
           (
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           own
           nature
           )
           no
           more
           the
           object
           of
           our
           corporal
           eyes
           ,
           then
           colour
           is
           of
           our
           ears
           ,
           or
           sound
           of
           our
           tast
           .
           But
           indeed
           ,
           in
           those
           circumstances
           ,
           they
           had
           little
           reason
           ,
           (
           whatever
           Pact
           ,
           or
           Compact
           they
           might
           pretend
           )
           to
           expect
           even
           so
           much
           from
           that
           false
           seducer
           ,
           when
           something
           was
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           or
           suspected
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           in
           any
           way
           ,
           beneficiall
           ,
           or
           advantageous
           to
           those
           ,
           whom
           he
           hates
           so
           mortally
           .
           Farr
           then
           be
           it
           from
           us
           to
           imagin
           ,
           
             that
             Fiends
          
           could
           have
           any
           hand
           ,
           or
           finger
           ,
           in
           such
           health
           and
           life-giving
           wonders
           ,
           as
           are
           here
           related
           by
           the
           holy
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           ,
           in
           confirmation
           of
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           One
           exception
           more
           I
           find
           made
           ,
           and
           much
           insisted
           upon
           by
           some
           ,
           by
           which
           (
           upon
           a
           supposition
           of
           the
           present
           )
           they
           would
           fain
           make
           the
           world
           believe
           ,
           they
           have
           
           some
           reason
           to
           deny
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           question
           things
           so
           long
           ago
           pass't
           .
           For
           why
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             if
             the
             same
             power
             be
             still
             in
             being
             ,
             are
             not
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             miraculous
             events
             ,
             heard
             of
             ,
             or
             seen
             in
             these
             our
             daies
             ,
             as
             did
             appear
             in
             the
             time
             of
             St.
             Augustin
             ,
             and
             other
             former
             ages
             ?
          
           This
           must
           needs
           be
           confess
           't
           a
           bold
           undertaking
           ,
           thus
           to
           demand
           an
           account
           of
           him
           ,
           whose
           will
           is
           his
           Essence
           ,
           and
           whose
           actions
           
             ad
             ertra
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           creatures
           )
           are
           all
           as
           free
           ,
           as
           his
           great
           Intrinsecall
           Attributes
           of
           
             Wisdome
             ,
             Goodness
             ,
             Omnipotency
             ,
             &c.
          
           are
           necessary
           ,
           and
           essentiall
           to
           his
           independent
           being
           .
           But
           it
           is
           noe
           improper
           result
           of
           that
           liberty
           these
           men
           assume
           unto
           themselves
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           libertinisme
           they
           profess
           ,
           and
           are
           such
           adorers
           of
           ,
           to
           oblige
           even
           God
           himself
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           being
           denyed
           ,
           or
           disavowed
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           shew
           himself
           to
           their
           eyes
           ,
           their
           corporal
           eyes
           I
           mean
           ;
           (
           for
           to
           their
           intellectual
           he
           does
           sufficiently
           manifest
           himself
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           wilfully
           shut
           them
           )
           when
           ,
           and
           where
           their
           humour
           thinks
           fit
           to
           demand
           it
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           remember
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           the
           very
           Heathenish
           question
           ,
           which
           was
           put
           to
           
             St.
             Augustin
          
           himself
           ,
           as
           he
           mentions
           it
           
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           his
           eighth
           Chapter
           ;
           and
           which
           he
           answers
           ,
           First
           with
           putting
           the
           prodigy
           upon
           them
           ,
           who
           now
           demand
           miracles
           for
           their
           belief
           ,
           having
           had
           sufficient
           testimonies
           of
           former
           miracles
           ;
           which
           have
           already
           setled
           the
           world
           (
           for
           the
           most
           ,
           and
           wisest
           part
           )
           in
           a
           state
           of
           credulity
           .
           You
           know
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           several
           relation
           of
           miracles
           ,
           wrought
           in
           those
           very
           times
           ,
           when
           this
           question
           was
           put
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           this
           chapter
           summed
           up
           together
           ,
           were
           
             ex
             abundante
          
           alleadged
           by
           this
           great
           Doctour
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           
             that
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             same
             omnipotent
             God
             was
             not
             abbreviated
             .
          
           And
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           have
           heard
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           passages
           of
           these
           our
           daies
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           preresolved
           to
           believe
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           eyes
           ,
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           the
           design
           I
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           only
           to
           set
           down
           my
           reflexions
           upon
           this
           one
           chapter
           of
           
             St.
             Agustine
          
           )
           would
           permit
           me
           to
           mention
           them
           ,
           be
           abundantly
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           such
           supernaturall
           works
           have
           been
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           
             and
             are
             still
          
           wrought
           by
           the
           same
           hand
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           meanes
           ,
           as
           may
           serve
           to
           convince
           any
           impartial
           sober
           man
           of
           the
           truth
           we
           are
           pleading
           for
           .
        
         
         
           And
           that
           I
           may
           not
           seem
           to
           say
           this
           meerly
           gratis
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           comply
           with
           that
           method
           ,
           which
           the
           great
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           though
           with
           some
           small
           encrease
           of
           unexpected
           paines
           ,
           (
           which
           may
           also
           engage
           you
           to
           an
           additionall
           of
           Patience
           )
           I
           will
           make
           bold
           to
           touch
           upon
           some
           few
           remarqueable
           passages
           ,
           (
           amongst
           many
           )
           in
           which
           either
           the
           undoubted
           authority
           ,
           or
           unquestionable
           impartiality
           of
           the
           writers
           ,
           or
           the
           things
           themselves
           so
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           as
           even
           to
           admit
           of
           living
           witnesses
           ,
           (
           some
           of
           them
           at
           least
           )
           may
           justify
           me
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           allowed
           to
           mention
           the
           miracles
           recorded
           by
           
             St.
             Gregory
             the
             great
          
           ,
           in
           his
           Dialogues
           ,
           and
           other
           works
           ,
           nor
           those
           of
           his
           Zealous
           ,
           missionaries
           ,
           sent
           for
           the
           Conversion
           of
           ,
           or
           establishing
           Religion
           in
           our
           Country
           ,
           although
           
             Mr.
             Fox
          
           himself
           ,
           in
           his
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           ,
           printed
           in
           the
           year
           1576.
           pag.
           117.
           saith
           of
           
             St.
             Austin
          
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           accompanied
           him
           in
           that
           great
           enterprise
           ,
           
             that
             the
             King
             was
             moved
             with
             the
             miracles
             ,
             wrought
             through
             Gods
             hand
             by
             them
             &c.
          
           and
           although
           the
           same
           are
           attested
           by
           many
           of
           the
           same
           age
           ,
           and
           
           particularly
           by
           our
           venerable
           Country-man
           ,
           Bede
           ,
           in
           the
           age
           following
           ,
           who
           adds
           many
           more
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           knowledge
           some
           ,
           others
           of
           unquestionable
           authority
           .
           Those
           recorded
           by
           
             St.
             Hierom
             ,
             St
             Ambrose
             ,
             St.
             Chrisostome
             ,
             St.
             Athanasius
             ,
             Palladius
             ,
             Theodoret
             ,
             Lactantius
             ,
             Epiphanius
             ,
             St.
             Cyprian
             ,
             Eusebius
             ,
             Evagrius
             ,
             &c.
          
           all
           men
           of
           great
           prudence
           ,
           and
           integrity
           ;
           although
           many
           of
           the
           particulars
           written
           by
           them
           ,
           are
           owned
           by
           Osiander
           and
           the
           
             Centurists
             ,
             &c.
          
           (
           no
           friends
           of
           such
           wonders
           ,
           which
           both
           in
           substance
           ,
           and
           manner
           ,
           make
           highly
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           up-start
           tenets
           )
           would
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           be
           subject
           to
           the
           same
           exception
           ,
           as
           being
           of
           too
           stale
           a
           date
           .
           And
           those
           of
           
             St.
             Malachy
          
           ,
           written
           by
           his
           samiliar
           friend
           ,
           
             St.
             Bernard
          
           ;
           as
           also
           those
           of
           
             St.
             Bernard
          
           himself
           ,
           written
           by
           his
           contemporary
           ,
           and
           scholar
           ,
           Godefridus
           :
           as
           also
           those
           wrought
           by
           the
           two
           great
           founders
           of
           Religious
           life
           ,
           and
           Orders
           ,
           
             St.
             Francis
          
           ,
           and
           
             St.
             Dominick
          
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           though
           not
           many
           ages
           since
           ,
           yet
           because
           something
           at
           least
           out
           of
           ours
           ,
           and
           our
           fathers
           memories
           ,
           will
           hardly
           be
           admitted
           as
           current
           .
           But
           why
           those
           miracles
           wrought
           almost
           in
           our
           own
           daies
           ,
           at
           the
           conversion
           of
           Congo
           ,
           a
           region
           of
           
           Afrique
           ,
           which
           are
           recorded
           by
           Mr.
           
             Abraham
             Hartwell
          
           ,
           in
           his
           book
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Archbishop
           ,
           
             Anno
             1597.
             and
             done
             by
             Gods
             omnipotency
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             a
             whole
             Army
             ;
             (
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
          
           3.
           )
           
             and
             the
             same
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             acknowledged
             by
          
           Mr.
           John
           Porey
           ,
           
             not
             long
             since
             of
             Gonvil
             and
             Cajus
             Colledge
             in
             Cambridge
             ,
             in
             his
             Geographicall
             description
             of
             Africa
             ,
             published
             in
             the
             year
             1610.
             pag.
             410.
             413.
             where
             he
             approves
             of
             ,
             and
             commends
          
           Mr.
           Hartwell
           
             for
             publishing
             his
             foresaid
          
           Treatise
           ;
           why
           these
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           should
           now
           be
           disputed
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           ground
           ,
           or
           reason
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           of
           credit
           ,
           or
           belief
           ,
           left
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Again
           ,
           those
           many
           miraculous
           passages
           ,
           which
           have
           happened
           at
           Lorett●
           ,
           at
           our
           Ladies
           of
           
             Sichem
             &c.
          
           are
           so
           witnessed
           ,
           and
           owned
           ,
           by
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           ,
           as
           evident
           supernatural
           works
           of
           the
           omnipotent
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           should
           now
           go
           about
           to
           contradict
           them
           ,
           we
           might
           with
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           say
           ,
           what
           the
           great
           
             Justus
             Lipsius
          
           has
           ,
           in
           the
           preface
           of
           his
           
             Diva
             Sichemensis
             ,
             or
             Aspricollis
             ,
             printed
             at
             Antwerp
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             1605.
             
             Quid
             enim
             de
             hominibus
             dicam
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             what
             shall
             I
             say
             of
             such
             men
             who
             should
             go
             about
             to
             deny
             ,
             
             or
             so
             much
             as
             doubt
             of
             these
             so
             evident
             things
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             not
             men
             ?
             or
             ,
             that
             they
             wilfully
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             see
             so
             clear
             a
             sun-shine
             of
             truth
             ?
             For
             ,
             most
             of
             these
             things
             have
             been
             evident
             to
             our
             very
             senses
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           fifth
           chapter
           ;
           
             Behold
             ,
             these
             things
             were
             done
             in
             our
             very
             sight
             ,
             and
             hearing
             .
             They
             were
             celebrated
             with
             the
             concourse
             ,
             applause
             ,
             and
             spiritual
             profit
             of
             nations
             .
             what
             credit
             can
             be
             given
             to
             human
             things
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             here
             denyed
             ?
          
           I
           cannot
           omit
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           one
           particular
           passage
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           have
           met
           with
           in
           this
           Author
           ,
           
             chap.
             45.
             concerning
             one
             
               John
               Clement
            
             ,
             native
             of
             Bruxelles
             ,
             who
             was
             of
             so
             deformed
             a
             shape
             ,
             his
             thighs
             and
             his
             feet
             being
             contracted
             and
             turn'd
             upwards
             towards
             the
             fore-part
             of
             his
             breast
             ,
             so
             as
             his
             knees
             did
             grow
             ,
             and
             stick
             thereto
             ,
             his
             body
             round
             ,
             or
             sphericall
             ,
             unfit
             to
             stand
             ,
             lie
             ,
             or
             go
             ;
             and
             had
             been
             so
             ,
             and
             known
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             by
             the
             whole
             town
             of
             Bruxelles
             ,
             for
             twenty
             years
             ;
             that
             was
             ,
             from
             his
             nativity
             ,
             or
             rather
             from
             the
             time
             of
             his
             being
             cut
             out
             of
             his
             mothers
             womb
             ,
             after
             she
             was
             dead
             in
             labour
             of
             so
             monstrous
             a
             creature
             .
             This
             poor
             man
             then
             ,
             as
             
               Justus
               Lipsius
            
             relates
             
             in
             his
             foresaid
             book
             ,
             and
             fourty
             fifth
             chapter
             ,
             in
             the
             year
             of
             our
             Lord
             1603.
             and
             moneth
             of
             July
             ,
             being
             moved
             in
             his
             mind
             to
             go
             to
             our
             Ladies
             Chappel
             at
             
               Sichem
               in
               Brabant
            
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             heard
             of
             many
             miraculous
             cures
             reported
             to
             have
             been
             done
             ,
             was
             carried
             thither
             in
             a
             wagon
             ,
             and
             having
             done
             his
             devotions
             with
             much
             fervour
             ,
             and
             confidence
             ,
             in
             conclusion
             he
             felt
             his
             contracted
             ,
             and
             bound
             up
             thighs
             and
             feet
             to
             be
             loosed
             ,
             and
             stretched
             forth
             ,
             so
             as
             presently
             he
             stood
             on
             his
             feet
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             amazement
             both
             of
             himself
             and
             the
             beholders
             ,
             who
             had
             seen
             in
             what
             a
             sad
             condition
             he
             had
             entred
             into
             the
             holy
             place
             that
             very
             day
             .
             Lipsius
             professeth
             ,
             that
             he
             himself
             examined
             the
             ablest
             physicians
             he
             could
             meet
             with
             ,
             about
             this
             accident
             ,
             and
             they
             all
             confessed
             ,
             (
             though
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             saies
             he
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             credulous
             of
             things
             of
             this
             nature
             )
             that
             this
             was
             certainly
             an
             effect
             of
             the
             powerfull
             hand
             of
             God.
             And
             the
             thing
             was
             made
             so
             publique
             by
             the
             discourse
             of
             all
             ,
             that
             sundry
             gentlemen
             ,
             attendants
             of
             the
             
               Earle
               of
               Hartford
            
             ,
             then
             Ambassadour
             in
             those
             parts
             made
             it
             their
             business
             to
             be
             satisfied
             of
             the
             truth
             
             of
             things
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             seeing
             ,
             and
             interrogating
             the
             party
             himself
             ,
             as
             by
             other
             publick
             ,
             and
             authentique
             testimonies
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             discover
             any
             thing
             with
             reason
             to
             except
             against
             .
             This
             is
             fresh
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             say
             ;
             having
             happened
             in
             the
             very
             age
             we
             live
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             might
             also
             think
             it
             very
             reasonable
             ,
             to
             exact
             some
             credit
             to
             be
             given
             to
             those
             strange
             things
             done
             in
             the
             other
             world
             ,
             I
             mean
             in
             the
          
           Indies
           ,
           
             by
             the
             meanes
             ,
             and
             intercession
             of
             the
             great
             Apostle
             of
             those
             parts
             ,
          
           St.
           Francis
           Xaverius
           ,
           
             in
             the
             times
             neighbouring
             close
             to
             our
             age
             also
             :
             The
             particulars
             whereof
             were
             examined
             with
             very
             great
             strictness
             ,
             by
             the
             express
             command
             of
             the
             king
             of
          
           Portugall
           ,
           
             and
             attested
             by
             the
             oaths
             of
             so
             many
             persons
             of
             worth
             ,
             and
             reputation
             ,
             that
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             book
             called
          
           Rerum
           in
           Oriente
           gestarum
           Commentarius
           ,
           
             may
             well
             be
             allowed
             to
             say
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             pag.
             8.
             and
             be
             believed
             ,
          
           that
           upon
           execution
           of
           the
           said
           King
           of
           Portugalls
           commission
           to
           his
           Viceroy
           ,
           for
           examining
           the
           said
           miracles
           &c.
           and
           Certificate
           thereupon
           being
           made
           ,
           it
           did
           appear
           ,
           that
           Xaverius
           ,
           in
           testimony
           and
           proof
           of
           the
           Christian
           faith
           ,
           by
           him
           then
           preached
           ,
           and
           taught
           ,
           cured
           miraculously
           
           the
           dumb
           ,
           the
           lame
           ,
           the
           deaf
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           word
           healed
           the
           sick
           :
           and
           (
           fol.
           9.
           )
           raised
           sundry
           dead
           persons
           to
           life
           ;
           and
           that
           after
           his
           death
           ;
           (
           
             as
             is
             there
             related
             ,
             fol.
          
           14
           )
           Anno
           1552.
           the
           grave
           being
           opened
           wherein
           his
           dead
           body
           for
           a
           time
           had
           lain
           buried
           in
           lime
           to
           the
           end
           his
           naked
           bones
           might
           be
           carried
           from
           thence
           to
           Goa
           (
           fol.
           15.
           )
           they
           found
           his
           body
           not
           only
           unconsum'd
           ,
           but
           also
           yeilding
           forth
           fragrant
           smells
           ;
           although
           in
           the
           severe
           triall
           ,
           and
           search
           ,
           made
           by
           command
           of
           some
           great-ones
           ,
           it
           was
           found
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           neither
           embalmed
           ,
           nor
           bowelled
           .
           His
           body
           is
           still
           kept
           at
           Goa
           ;
           Where
           to
           this
           day
           (
           sayes
           the
           Commentary
           )
           it
           remaineth
           free
           from
           corruption
           :
           witness
           whereof
           (
           saith
           the
           said
           Treatise
           )
           are
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           and
           travellers
           ,
           that
           repaire
           thither
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           many
           years
           since
           that
           Commentary
           was
           written
           ;
           which
           speaks
           in
           this
           manner
           of
           that
           holy
           Saints
           body
           ,
           remaining
           
             incorrupt
             to
             that
             very
             day
          
           .
           And
           to
           our
           comfort
           the
           same
           wonder
           still
           continues
           even
           in
           our
           daies
           ,
           as
           very
           late
           information
           assures
           us
           ,
           especially
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           worthy
           grave
           person
           ,
           whose
           care
           it
           was
           ,
           for
           five
           years
           together
           ,
           to
           see
           it
           decently
           kept
           ;
           and
           who
           
           was
           a
           daily
           Eye-witness
           ,
           during
           that
           time
           ,
           of
           the
           miracle
           .
        
         
           Neither
           has
           Almighty
           God
           been
           backward
           in
           his
           favours
           to
           Europe
           also
           ,
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           the
           same
           great
           Apostle
           ;
           as
           might
           be
           evidenced
           by
           most
           authentique
           proofs
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           transgress'd
           too
           farr
           in
           this
           point
           already
           .
           And
           yet
           in
           this
           (
           I
           hope
           no
           very
           unpleasant
           )
           subject
           ,
           I
           must
           beg
           your
           leave
           to
           insist
           a
           little
           longer
           ;
           at
           least
           till
           I
           have
           minded
           you
           of
           that
           famous
           miracle
           ,
           wrought
           upon
           the
           person
           of
           
             Marcello
             Mastrilli
          
           in
           Naples
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1584.
           on
           the
           third
           of
           Jan.
           in
           some
           of
           our
           memories
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           it
           .
           You
           may
           see
           it
           more
           at
           large
           in
           Bartoli
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           late
           learned
           Treatise
           of
           
             Reason
             and
             Religion
          
           ,
           written
           by
           E.
           W.
           with
           the
           proofs
           ,
           and
           unquestionable
           testimonies
           thereof
           .
           There
           are
           those
           yet
           living
           ,
           (
           as
           you
           may
           easily
           guess
           )
           who
           were
           witnesses
           of
           the
           wonder
           ,
           and
           saw
           with
           their
           eyes
           a
           man
           despaired
           of
           by
           all
           the
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           surgeons
           ;
           who
           having
           layn
           most
           dangerously
           sick
           of
           a
           violent
           feavour
           ,
           caused
           by
           a
           terrible
           wound
           received
           in
           his
           head
           ,
           twenty-four-dayes
           together
           ,
           withall
           the
           symptoms
           imaginable
           of
           death
           upon
           him
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           all
           things
           
           necessary
           for
           his
           buriall
           were
           put
           in
           a
           readiness
           ,
           upon
           a
           sudden
           ,
           and
           almost
           in
           a
           moment
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           by
           a
           visible
           apparition
           of
           that
           great
           Apostle
           ,
           
             St.
             Francis
             Xaverius
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           application
           only
           of
           certain
           holy
           relicks
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           said
           Saint
           ,
           so
           perfectly
           restored
           to
           health
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           for
           many
           daies
           before
           had
           not
           been
           able
           to
           turn
           ,
           or
           stirr
           himself
           in
           his
           bed
           ,
           immediately
           rose
           nimbly
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           threw
           off
           the
           linnen
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           wound
           of
           his
           head
           was
           bound
           up
           ,
           cast
           himself
           down
           upon
           his
           knees
           ,
           to
           give
           God
           thanks
           for
           his
           miraculous
           restauration
           ,
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           his
           holy
           patron
           ;
           and
           then
           refreshed
           himself
           with
           eating
           some
           thing
           ,
           whereas
           he
           had
           not
           been
           able
           for
           many
           dayes
           before
           ,
           to
           swallow
           so
           much
           as
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           .
           That
           very
           night
           he
           writ
           the
           whole
           relation
           ,
           of
           what
           had
           pass't
           with
           him
           and
           the
           blessed
           Saint
           ,
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           said
           mass
           in
           the
           Church
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           day
           ,
           for
           many
           hours
           together
           ,
           was
           obliged
           to
           be
           present
           at
           the
           juridicall
           examination
           of
           the
           fact
           ,
           before
           the
           Cardinall
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           the
           place
           :
           And
           all
           this
           after
           such
           extremity
           of
           weakness
           ,
           both
           from
           his
           long
           
           sickness
           ,
           and
           almost
           continuall
           fits
           of
           Convulsion
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           difficulty
           ,
           or
           decay
           of
           spirits
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           ,
           having
           first
           assisted
           the
           Lady
           ,
           his
           mother
           ,
           in
           her
           last
           sickness
           ,
           he
           prepared
           himself
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           vow
           he
           had
           made
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           his
           danger
           ,
           (
           and
           which
           the
           blessed
           Saint
           ,
           who
           appeared
           to
           him
           ,
           caused
           him
           to
           renew
           in
           his
           presence
           )
           of
           dedicating
           himself
           to
           the
           assistance
           of
           poor
           soules
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           where
           (
           as
           now
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           cure
           foretold
           him
           by
           the
           H.
           Saint
           )
           he
           ,
           some
           few
           years
           after
           ,
           suffer'd
           martyrdome
           for
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           :
           which
           also
           was
           not
           without
           miracle
           .
           for
           ,
           having
           by
           the
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           escaped
           the
           ordinary
           cruel
           torture
           of
           water
           ,
           used
           by
           those
           Barbarians
           ,
           and
           which
           none
           use
           to
           pass
           without
           certain
           death
           ,
           he
           was
           at
           length
           beheaded
           ,
           after
           the
           executioner
           had
           several
           times
           endeavoured
           to
           do
           his
           office
           ,
           but
           without
           effect
           ;
           his
           strength
           failing
           him
           ,
           till
           the
           holy
           man
           himself
           gave
           him
           leave
           ,
           or
           commission
           ,
           for
           it
           .
           And
           of
           this
           prophesie
           concerning
           his
           dying
           for
           Christ
           ,
           (
           which
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           all-seeing
           providence
           of
           God
           )
           there
           are
           many
           yet
           living
           ,
           and
           among
           others
           my
           
           unworthy
           self
           ,
           who
           can
           declare
           upon
           oath
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           some
           years
           before
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           .
           In
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           as
           I
           have
           been
           informed
           from
           a
           very
           good
           hand
           ,
           the
           late
           Lord
           of
           Caernarvan
           ,
           that
           valiant
           and
           worthy
           person
           ,
           who
           afterwards
           testified
           his
           loyalty
           to
           his
           prince
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           happening
           to
           be
           in
           the
           court
           of
           Spain
           ,
           when
           Mastrilli
           pass't
           by
           Madrid
           in
           his
           way
           to
           take
           shipping
           for
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           command
           of
           the
           king
           of
           Spain
           ,
           was
           obliged
           to
           make
           relation
           of
           the
           whole
           passage
           of
           his
           miraculous
           cure
           ,
           the
           said
           Lord
           of
           Caernarvan
           was
           heard
           to
           say
           ,
           
             that
             if
             the
             man
             did
             go
             into
             the
             Indies
             ,
             and
             there
             lose
             his
             life
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             said
             was
             foretold
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             believe
             all
             he
             said
             for
             scripture
             .
             I
             would
             to
             God
             some
             of
             our
             Nullifidians
             could
             be
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             it
             ,
             at
             least
             as
             farr
             ,
             as
             human
             faith
             seems
             to
             oblige
             them
             .
          
           I
           should
           hope
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           step
           ,
           or
           disposition
           toward
           their
           believing
           something
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           are
           more
           nearly
           concerned
           .
        
         
           But
           against
           much
           of
           this
           I
           hear
           there
           is
           a
           certain
           English
           Doctour
           ,
           (
           who
           notwithstanding
           would
           gladly
           
             see
             some
             of
             these
             things
             with
             his
             own
             eyes
             ;
             and
             then
             
             he
             would
             tell
             us
             more
             of
             his
             mind
          
           )
           who
           for
           once
           is
           contented
           to
           enter
           into
           league
           with
           a
           Roman
           Doctour
           ;
           though
           otherwise
           he
           seems
           to
           hate
           (
           as
           bad
           as
           Hell
           does
           Holy-water
           )
           any
           thing
           ,
           that
           has
           relation
           to
           that
           superstitious
           place
           ;
           and
           he
           tells
           us
           from
           his
           Roman
           Dr.
           
           
             that
             it
             is
             so
             ordinary
             an
             effect
             of
             nature
             to
             preserve
             bodies
             a
             long
             time
             from
             corruption
             ,
             by
             the
             use
             of
             lime
             ,
             &c.
             that
             it
             is
             meere
             ignorance
             to
             take
             the
             late
             mentioned
             incorruption
             of
             the
             body
             of
             St.
             Francis
             Xavier
             ,
          
           (
           which
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           so
           much
           admires
           ,
           as
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           divine
           goodness
           to
           that
           Apostolical
           man
           )
           
             for
             any
             thing
             extraordinary
          
           ,
           and
           praeternatural
           .
           But
           with
           this
           Doctours
           good
           leave
           ,
           the
           general
           perswasion
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           (
           amongst
           whom
           we
           find
           some
           Doctours
           also
           )
           grounded
           upon
           experience
           ,
           and
           the
           corroding
           ,
           or
           rather
           Caustick
           ,
           quality
           ,
           and
           force
           of
           
             unsleck't
             lime
          
           ,
           (
           not
           so
           properly
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           expressed
           by
           the
           Roman
           Doctours
           single
           word
           Calx
           )
           with
           which
           the
           body
           of
           
             St.
             Xaverius
          
           was
           twice
           covered
           ,
           
           is
           contrary
           .
           But
           then
           we
           would
           gladly
           know
           ,
           from
           this
           learned
           empirick
           ,
           how
           this
           dead
           body
           of
           the
           Saint
           came
           to
           be
           preserv'd
           entire
           ,
           fresh
           ,
           moist
           ,
           and
           sweet
           ,
           (
           more
           then
           ordinary
           living
           bodies
           )
           many
           moneths
           ,
           nay
           years
           ,
           after
           that
           
             natural
             preserver
          
           of
           his
           was
           taken
           from
           it
           :
           or
           whether
           he
           has
           any
           thing
           in
           his
           own
           ,
           or
           his
           Roman
           Doctours
           experience
           ,
           which
           tells
           him
           ,
           that
           bodies
           once
           covered
           with
           lime
           ,
           do
           afterwards
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           or
           are
           preserved
           by
           some
           relict
           quality
           ,
           from
           the
           lime
           for
           moneths
           and
           years
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           would
           be
           new
           ,
           and
           worth
           so
           great
           an
           English
           Doctours
           invention
           .
           For
           his
           Roman
           Doctour
           does
           here
           absolutely
           desert
           him
           ;
           who
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           and
           number
           cited
           by
           our
           English
           Doctour
           ,
           concludes
           it
           to
           be
           miraculous
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           found
           such
           circumstances
           ,
           as
           were
           discovered
           by
           many
           curious
           Inspectours
           into
           the
           incorrupt
           body
           of
           St.
           
             Francis
             Xavier
          
           .
           But
           any
           thing
           must
           pass
           ,
           rather
           then
           God
           should
           seem
           to
           have
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Saints
           ,
           or
           any
           miraculous
           thing
           be
           done
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           at
           their
           intercession
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           am
           half
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           this
           good
           Gentleman
           ,
           (
           whether
           before
           
           he
           was
           well
           awars
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           cannot
           well
           tell
           )
           had
           some
           more
           respect
           then
           ordinary
           ,
           for
           this
           great
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Indies
           ;
           seeing
           he
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           own
           ,
           
           
             that
             if
             it
             were
             at
             any
             time
             reasonable
             to
             expect
             a
             power
             of
             miracles
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             for
             the
             conversion
             of
             Infidels
             ;
             and
             Xaverius
             ,
             and
             his
             companions
             (
             poor
             Romish
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             )
             going
             upon
             so
             generous
             a
             design
             ,
             might
             be
             favoured
             in
             it
             by
             some
             extraordinary
             effects
             of
             divine
             power
             .
          
           Only
           he
           (
           the
           good
           Doctour
           )
           would
           willingly
           have
           appointed
           God
           ,
           what
           miracles
           he
           should
           have
           empowered
           them
           to
           work
           ,
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           occasions
           .
           
             Vtinam
             saperet
             ,
             &
             intelligeret
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           scene
           is
           altered
           again
           .
           
             For
             as
             to
             all
             those
             miracles
             ,
             whose
             relation
             we
             have
             from
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
          
           
           
             we
             are
             (
             saies
             he
             )
             to
             consider
             ,
             what
             credit
             their
             testimony
             deserves
             with
             us
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             men
             ,
             who
             think
             it
             lawful
             to
             lie
             for
             a
             good
             cause
             ,
             (
             as
             no
             doubt
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             society
             is
             such
             with
             them
             )
             how
             can
             we
             with
             any
             tolerable
             discretion
             relie
             upon
             their
             words
             ?
          
           Thus
           
           this
           severe
           Doctour
           is
           pleased
           to
           preingage
           his
           Reader
           .
           What
           credit
           they
           may
           have
           with
           such
           pre-resolv'd
           Gentlemen
           ,
           as
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           like
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           :
           But
           we
           have
           a
           very
           ill
           account
           of
           things
           abroad
           ,
           if
           very
           many
           (
           who
           think
           themselves
           no
           fools
           neither
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           had
           some
           reason
           to
           be
           better
           acquainted
           with
           these
           mens
           principles
           ,
           and
           proceedings
           ,
           then
           he
           ,
           who
           (
           for
           all
           that
           we
           know
           )
           never
           saw
           ,
           or
           convers'd
           with
           any
           of
           them
           in
           his
           life
           ,
           )
           have
           not
           another
           opinion
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           character
           here
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           seemes
           to
           allow
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           perceive
           the
           man
           is
           something
           wary
           too
           ,
           and
           ushers
           in
           this
           pretty
           piece
           of
           Civility
           of
           his
           with
           an
           
             If.
             If
             they
             are
             men
             ,
             who
             think
             it
             lawfull
             to
             lye
             for
             a
             good
             cause
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           It
           would
           be
           something
           satisfactory
           ,
           to
           see
           in
           what
           Authour
           of
           theirs
           (
           and
           it
           is
           ten
           to
           one
           ,
           he
           has
           seen
           more
           then
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           libraries
           of
           the
           universities
           ,
           or
           perchance
           in
           his
           own
           closet
           )
           he
           finds
           this
           supposed
           doctrin
           of
           theirs
           ,
           
             that
             it
             is
             lawfull
             to
             lie
             for
             a
             good
             cause
             .
          
           Thus
           much
           I
           promise
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           can
           prove
           this
           to
           be
           their
           doctrin
           ,
           I
           will
           joyn
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           proclaim
           them
           not
           only
           knaves
           ,
           but
           very
           fools
           also
           :
           (
           and
           that
           is
           
           not
           the
           Character
           the
           world
           generally
           gives
           them
           :
           )
           For
           though
           a
           lie
           may
           take
           for
           once
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           handsomely
           told
           ,
           and
           may
           bring
           some
           advantage
           with
           it
           ;
           yet
           to
           make
           a
           trade
           ,
           and
           open
           profession
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           supposed
           to
           do
           ,
           who
           hold
           it
           lawfull
           &c.
           )
           and
           hope
           to
           thrive
           by
           it
           ,
           were
           to
           take
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           to
           be
           of
           very
           weak
           capacities
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           about
           to
           impose
           upon
           all
           mankind
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           effect
           to
           declare
           themselves
           ,
           utterly
           void
           of
           all
           wit
           ,
           and
           unfit
           for
           human
           conversation
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           
             Omnis
             homo
             mendax
          
           .
           Every
           man
           ,
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           by
           the
           common
           corruption
           of
           nature
           ,
           is
           subject
           to
           be
           false
           to
           his
           principles
           ;
           and
           to
           offend
           against
           some
           known
           verity
           :
           neither
           do
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           
             Black
             coates
          
           are
           excepted
           in
           the
           general
           clause
           .
           But
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           hold
           it
           
             lawfull
             to
             lie
             ,
             for
             a
             good
             ,
             or
             bad
             cause
             ,
          
           is
           a
           thing
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           am
           pretty
           sure
           ,
           none
           of
           their
           Authors
           can
           be
           quoted
           ,
           whom
           the
           Doctour
           is
           so
           civilly
           pleased
           to
           father
           it
           upon
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           pretty
           odd
           passage
           (
           especially
           with
           those
           pleasant
           Comments
           upon
           it
           )
           which
           the
           Doctour
           ,
           upon
           the
           back
           of
           this
           his
           
           unexpected
           Caution
           ,
           fetches
           as
           farr
           as
           Persia
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           find
           the
           Doctour
           himself
           is
           pleased
           to
           furnish
           
             Hierom
             Xavier
          
           with
           several
           Authors
           ,
           (
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           now
           in
           humour
           to
           dispute
           ;
           for
           so
           much
           as
           his
           talent
           of
           inventing
           untruths
           is
           concern'd
           )
           for
           part
           of
           which
           this
           one
           (
           very
           possibly
           indiscreet
           )
           Jesuit
           did
           utter
           ;
           the
           Doctour
           himself
           making
           up
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           story
           with
           several
           interpolations
           from
           others
           ,
           whom
           we
           take
           to
           be
           none
           of
           Xavier's
           tribe
           .
           But
           yet
           we
           do
           not
           find
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           either
           so
           impious
           as
           to
           promulge
           this
           by
           way
           of
           
             a
             new
             Gospel
          
           ,
           or
           so
           insolent
           ,
           as
           to
           insert
           many
           things
           ,
           taking
           them
           even
           from
           the
           Doctours
           own
           relation
           ,
           (
           which
           notwithstanding
           I
           begg
           his
           leave
           ,
           with
           time
           and
           opportunity
           to
           examin
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           before
           I
           enter
           it
           into
           my
           Creed
           )
           so
           maliciously
           false
           ,
           as
           to
           ground
           so
           general
           a
           supposal
           ,
           
             that
             those
             of
             his
             calling
             think
             it
             lawfull
             to
             lie
             for
             a
             good
             cause
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           remarkably
           the
           fortune
           of
           this
           great
           Doctour
           ,
           to
           be
           alwaies
           undertaking
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           at
           great
           and
           extraordinary
           things
           :
           such
           as
           indeed
           many
           have
           soberly
           questioned
           ,
           whether
           himself
           did
           
           in
           reality
           hold
           to
           be
           such
           Truths
           ,
           as
           he
           seems
           to
           set
           them
           out
           for
           .
        
         
           Sure
           we
           are
           ,
           most
           ,
           or
           many
           of
           his
           own
           pretended
           Party
           do
           not
           think
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           or
           believe
           them
           as
           such
           .
           
             Qui
             nimium
             probat
             ,
             nihil
             probat
             ,
          
           is
           an
           Axiome
           ,
           which
           every
           fresh
           man
           is
           soon
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           knowes
           ,
           by
           the
           very
           light
           of
           nature
           ,
           what
           such
           Proofs
           amount
           to
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           particular
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Jesuits
             holding
             it
             lawfull
             to
             lie
             for
             a
             good
             cause
             ,
          
           the
           thing
           appearing
           to
           me
           to
           be
           
             matter
             of
             Fact
          
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           good
           either
           out
           of
           their
           Books
           ,
           Lessons
           ,
           Sermons
           ,
           &c.
           or
           notorious
           general
           practice
           ,
           me
           thinks
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           expect
           something
           more
           home
           ,
           and
           positive
           ,
           then
           has
           hitherto
           been
           alleaged
           ,
           or
           brought
           to
           light
           .
           Till
           this
           be
           effectually
           done
           ,
           I
           must
           believe
           ,
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           confirm
           my
           judgment
           to
           that
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           knowing
           men
           ;
           who
           have
           heard
           them
           so
           often
           teach
           much
           better
           things
           in
           their
           Schools
           and
           Pulpits
           ;
           and
           who
           have
           found
           them
           more
           civil
           in
           their
           conversation
           ,
           then
           either
           to
           practise
           any
           such
           thing
           themselves
           ,
           or
           brand
           a
           
           large
           community
           with
           it
           :
           in
           which
           there
           be
           many
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           quality
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           Gentlemen
           ,
           deserve
           more
           civil
           treatment
           ,
           from
           those
           ,
           who
           know
           ,
           what
           Breeding
           is
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           others
           of
           them
           I
           find
           the
           forementioned
           
             Marcello
             Mastrilli
          
           ;
           upon
           whom
           was
           wrought
           that
           remarkable
           cure
           ,
           described
           so
           lately
           ,
           and
           which
           happened
           so
           few
           years
           ago
           .
           This
           good
           man
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           ,
           owned
           by
           the
           chief
           nobility
           of
           Naples
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           a
           near
           relation
           of
           theirs
           ;
           and
           one
           ,
           who
           by
           his
           actions
           brought
           no
           stain
           upon
           his
           family
           :
           And
           yet
           he
           also
           must
           fall
           under
           the
           general
           censure
           of
           our
           kind
           Doctour
           ,
           and
           be
           reckoned
           among
           those
           ,
           who
           make
           no
           scruple
           
             to
             lie
             for
             a
             good
             cause
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           could
           the
           Doctour
           make
           this
           action
           good
           ,
           
             of
             his
             being
             a
             lier
          
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           stick
           to
           enter
           that
           other
           ,
           
             of
             his
             being
             a
             fool
          
           .
           For
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           should
           stretch
           a
           little
           too
           farr
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           some
           profit
           ,
           or
           preferment
           ,
           is
           that
           ,
           which
           perchance
           may
           pass
           
             for
             wit
          
           ,
           as
           the
           world
           goes
           now
           a
           dayes
           .
           But
           that
           a
           man
           should
           invent
           a
           story
           ,
           which
           should
           oblige
           him
           to
           leave
           his
           native
           
           country
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           in
           good
           esteem
           ,
           both
           for
           his
           birth
           ,
           and
           parts
           ;
           which
           in
           probability
           had
           been
           attended
           with
           a
           fortune
           answerable
           ,
           before
           he
           abandoned
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           more
           are
           known
           to
           have
           done
           )
           upon
           better
           motives
           ,
           as
           may
           well
           be
           imagined
           ,
           then
           to
           take
           up
           a
           trade
           of
           lying
           .
           That
           he
           should
           (
           I
           say
           )
           in
           this
           manner
           oblige
           himself
           to
           quit
           all
           these
           advantages
           ,
           and
           expose
           his
           person
           to
           a
           long
           and
           dangerous
           Journey
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           cruelty
           of
           a
           savage
           people
           ,
           from
           whom
           he
           could
           expect
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           he
           found
           ,
           barbarous
           usage
           ,
           and
           a
           cruel
           death
           ,
           is
           beyond
           any
           maxims
           of
           modern
           wit
           ,
           or
           discretion
           .
           But
           the
           piercing
           Doctour
           will
           (
           perhaps
           )
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             that
             the
             honour
             of
             his
             society
             was
             the
             good
             cause
             ,
          
           which
           put
           him
           upon
           the
           contrivance
           ,
           and
           obliged
           him
           to
           the
           execution
           accordingly
           .
           If
           this
           could
           be
           made
           out
           ,
           I
           should
           confess
           ,
           it
           were
           something
           to
           be
           admired
           indeed
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           in
           this
           age
           ,
           for
           such
           meer
           human
           respects
           ,
           should
           become
           so
           great
           a
           
             self
             denier
          
           :
           But
           I
           doubt
           ,
           would
           hardly
           be
           imitated
           by
           any
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           his
           own
           party
           ;
           who
           by
           his
           example
           have
           been
           moved
           to
           
           abandon
           likewise
           their
           native
           countries
           ,
           and
           comforts
           ,
           and
           venture
           their
           lives
           through
           sea
           and
           land
           ,
           upon
           the
           only
           score
           of
           relieving
           the
           spiritual
           necessities
           of
           those
           poor
           desolate
           Nations
           .
           Could
           we
           once
           see
           an
           example
           of
           this
           kind
           in
           some
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           pretend
           so
           much
           Zeale
           for
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           we
           might
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           be
           moved
           to
           think
           better
           of
           
             their
             Principles
          
           .
           But
           though
           their
           merchants
           ,
           and
           factours
           ,
           venture
           indeeed
           yearly
           into
           those
           Eastern
           ,
           and
           Western
           parts
           ,
           to
           fetch
           us
           home
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           and
           silks
           ,
           and
           spices
           ,
           and
           Jewels
           ,
           &c.
           
           Yet
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           any
           of
           the
           good
           Doctours
           Partizans
           ,
           who
           ventur'd
           (
           without
           ,
           or
           with
           a
           Viaticum
           )
           to
           go
           to
           those
           remote
           parts
           upon
           the
           bare
           hopes
           of
           encreasing
           the
           flock
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           improving
           their
           stock
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           by
           suffering
           all
           manner
           of
           evil
           usages
           ,
           dangers
           ,
           wants
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           death
           it self
           .
        
         
           But
           not
           to
           wrong
           the
           good
           Doctour
           ,
           nor
           put
           more
           incivility
           upon
           him
           ,
           then
           some
           ,
           perchance
           may
           apprehend
           he
           deserves
           ,
           I
           must
           own
           ,
           that
           I
           find
           him
           sometimes
           inclined
           (
           as
           
             pag.
             684.
             
             of
             his
             Second
             discourse
          
           )
           to
           suppose
           this
           passage
           of
           Mastrilli's
           miraculous
           cure
           to
           have
           something
           of
           truth
           in
           it
           :
           and
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           he
           has
           some
           reason
           for
           it
           ;
           there
           being
           such
           irrefragable
           testimonies
           of
           many
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           Jesuits
           ,
           for
           the
           positive
           verity
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           to
           be
           said
           for
           the
           negative
           .
           For
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           could
           it
           have
           been
           done
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           found
           some
           curious
           wel-willers
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           been
           industrious
           and
           ready
           enough
           to
           have
           furnished
           materials
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           he
           comes
           off
           again
           with
           E.
           W.
           And
           asks
           him
           ,
           
             what
             this
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             would
             make
             to
             the
             proof
             of
             Pope
             Pius
             the
             fourth's
             Creed
             ?
          
           As
           to
           that
           I
           shall
           leave
           him
           to
           E.
           W.
           and
           others
           ;
           who
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           will
           do
           him
           reason
           .
           But
           I
           must
           entreat
           him
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           his
           animosity
           against
           E.
           W.
           he
           will
           not
           deprive
           us
           of
           such
           grounds
           ,
           as
           make
           against
           Atheism
           for
           Christianity
           ;
           the
           supporting
           of
           which
           was
           my
           only
           design
           ,
           whilest
           I
           mention
           this
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           other
           late
           passages
           :
           some
           of
           which
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           kind
           Doctour
           will
           
           not
           be
           two
           earnest
           against
           ,
           but
           think
           well
           of
           ,
           and
           allow
           ;
           at
           least
           of
           those
           mentioned
           by
           
             Saint
             Augustine
          
           :
           And
           then
           I
           have
           my
           end
           in
           substance
           :
           though
           these
           others
           ,
           alleaged
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           
             ex
             abundante
          
           ,
           should
           fall
           under
           stronger
           exceptions
           ,
           then
           I
           find
           as
           yet
           brought
           by
           any
           body
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           Having
           made
           so
           good
           a
           return
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           ,
           out
           of
           these
           forreign
           parts
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           ingage
           your
           patience
           once
           more
           ,
           whilest
           I
           touch
           upon
           that
           ,
           which
           happened
           so
           lately
           in
           Spain
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1640.
           to
           one
           
             Michael
             Pellicer
          
           ,
           who
           had
           his
           leg
           restored
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           our
           blessed
           Lady
           ,
           after
           it
           had
           been
           cut
           off
           ,
           some
           four
           fingers
           below
           the
           knee
           ,
           and
           buried
           in
           the
           ground
           ,
           above
           two
           whole
           years
           before
           .
           The
           particulars
           you
           may
           find
           also
           more
           at
           large
           ,
           in
           the
           forecited
           
             Reason
             and
             Religion
             ,
             pag.
          
           328.
           
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           many
           grave
           persons
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           there
           read
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Examination
           of
           the
           business
           ,
           many
           ,
           who
           knew
           the
           young
           man
           ,
           whilest
           he
           was
           lame
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           leg
           .
           (
           the
           Surgeon
           also
           well
           known
           ,
           who
           cut
           it
           off
           )
           as
           
           also
           when
           he
           went
           perfectly
           ,
           and
           sound
           afterwards
           ,
           upon
           both
           his
           legs
           ;
           the
           one
           being
           suddenly
           restored
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin.
           Certainly
           if
           this
           was
           so
           ,
           it
           does
           demonstrate
           a
           power
           more
           then
           human
           ,
           and
           above
           nature
           .
           That
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           after
           the
           testimonies
           of
           so
           many
           eye-witnesses
           ,
           and
           the
           strict
           examination
           made
           ,
           and
           subscribed
           by
           so
           many
           grave
           persons
           ,
           I
           cannot
           imagin
           ,
           how
           any
           man
           in
           reason
           ,
           or
           prudence
           ,
           can
           call
           in
           question
           .
           I
           know
           ,
           there
           have
           been
           those
           ,
           who
           being
           very
           loath
           ,
           (
           God
           knowes
           ,
           upon
           what
           motives
           ;
           they
           must
           one
           day
           give
           him
           a
           very
           severe
           account
           of
           them
           )
           to
           own
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           and
           having
           nothing
           ,
           either
           of
           authority
           ,
           or
           reason
           ,
           but
           only
           their
           own
           fancy
           ,
           and
           prejudice
           ,
           to
           object
           against
           it
           ,
           have
           (
           according
           to
           their
           custome
           in
           things
           of
           difficulty
           ,
           or
           evidence
           brought
           against
           them
           )
           endeavoured
           to
           avoid
           the
           force
           of
           it
           by
           a
           pretty
           piece
           of
           drollery
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             an
             easie
             thing
             for
             a
             stump
             to
             grow
             a
             leg
             ,
             in
             its
             passage
             from
             Spain
             hither
             .
          
           Such
           Raillery
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           from
           a
           man
           of
           mirth
           
           upon
           the
           stage
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           tavern
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           not
           unusual
           for
           such
           slipperytong'd
           blades
           to
           make
           bold
           with
           the
           most
           serious
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           sacred
           things
           ,
           if
           they
           chance
           to
           come
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           afford
           them
           any
           subject
           of
           divertisement
           ,
           or
           exercise
           of
           wit.
           But
           ,
           that
           a
           grave
           Doctour
           ,
           in
           so
           serious
           a
           matter
           should
           have
           no
           other
           shift
           ,
           and
           should
           dare
           to
           make
           use
           of
           so
           slight
           an
           one
           ,
           or
           imagin
           any
           sober
           understanding
           man
           should
           be
           satisfied
           with
           it
           ,
           is
           very
           strange
           ,
           and
           indeed
           something
           prodigious
           .
           But
           I
           leave
           him
           to
           make
           his
           best
           of
           it
           :
           Though
           I
           cannot
           but
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           both
           he
           and
           others
           would
           make
           that
           use
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           events
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           like
           kind
           ,
           (
           which
           might
           have
           been
           alleaged
           )
           for
           which
           they
           were
           intended
           by
           the
           Omnipotent
           worker
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           certainly
           was
           ,
           to
           raise
           in
           us
           a
           lively
           faith
           of
           the
           greatness
           and
           power
           of
           God
           above
           nature
           ;
           and
           consequently
           a
           resolution
           to
           observe
           the
           will
           ,
           and
           commands
           of
           this
           our
           great
           ,
           and
           good
           God
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           necessary
           for
           this
           end
           ,
           to
           renounce
           those
           inclinations
           of
           flesh
           ,
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           sense
           ,
           which
           are
           (
           as
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           )
           
           the
           real
           grounds
           ,
           and
           motives
           of
           our
           denying
           ,
           or
           waving
           such
           other
           principles
           ,
           as
           do
           much
           more
           become
           the
           dignity
           ,
           and
           worth
           of
           those
           Rational
           soules
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           has
           endowed
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           I
           must
           make
           a
           discovery
           ,
           and
           speak
           plainly
           my
           sense
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           ,
           that
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           our
           cure
           ,
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           disease
           .
           The
           consideration
           of
           these
           extraordinary
           ,
           Supernatural
           works
           of
           God
           ought
           in
           reason
           to
           move
           us
           to
           reverence
           ,
           and
           adore
           his
           greatness
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           check
           our
           unruly
           natures
           ,
           in
           obedience
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           commands
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Authour
           of
           nature
           .
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           it
           falls
           out
           too
           too
           often
           ,
           that
           discovering
           him
           ,
           by
           these
           great
           works
           of
           his
           ,
           to
           stand
           in
           our
           way
           ,
           though
           our
           understandings
           (
           at
           first
           at
           least
           )
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           think
           it
           reasonable
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           duty
           we
           owe
           to
           so
           great
           a
           God
           ,
           his
           positive
           laws
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           nature
           ,
           obliging
           us
           to
           it
           ;
           yet
           the
           love
           we
           have
           of
           our
           own
           wills
           ,
           and
           the
           extraordinary
           kindness
           we
           have
           for
           the
           sensual
           inclinations
           of
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           work
           so
           powerfully
           ,
           by
           
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           begin
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           deny
           him
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           due
           subjection
           ,
           but
           even
           a
           common
           being
           amongst
           ,
           and
           providence
           over
           his
           creatures
           .
           For
           I
           take
           it
           to
           be
           as
           great
           a
           truth
           ,
           as
           any
           in
           morality
           ,
           that
           
             Atheism
             seldome
             ,
             or
             never
             ,
             begins
             in
             the
             understanding
          
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           is
           bred
           ,
           and
           born
           
             in
             the
             will
          
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           men
           are
           once
           resolved
           to
           abandon
           themselves
           to
           liberty
           ,
           and
           sense
           ,
           then
           they
           cast
           about
           ,
           how
           to
           rid
           themselves
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           may
           check
           them
           in
           this
           their
           pleasant
           course
           .
           And
           then
           away
           with
           reason
           ,
           away
           with
           honour
           ,
           away
           with
           conscience
           ,
           away
           with
           God
           himself
           .
           And
           when
           they
           are
           once
           come
           thus
           farr
           ,
           and
           feel
           something
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           
             sweet
             Liberty
          
           ,
           what
           wonder
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           themselves
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           farr
           as
           it
           will
           go
           ,
           and
           as
           long
           as
           it
           is
           capable
           of
           pleasing
           them
           ;
           and
           laugh
           at
           ,
           and
           make
           sport
           with
           those
           ,
           who
           take
           a
           more
           sober
           ,
           and
           serious
           course
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           never
           forget
           that
           pleasant
           passage
           between
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Moor's
             Cavilier
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             honest
             Frier
          
           .
           I
           pray
           pardon
           me
           for
           troubling
           you
           with
           a
           
           story
           ,
           (
           or
           tale
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           to
           call
           it
           so
           )
           which
           is
           so
           well
           known
           ;
           I
           wish
           only
           ,
           the
           import
           of
           it
           were
           as
           commonly
           reflected
           upon
           .
           
             The
             good
             Frier
             ,
             going
             one
             day
             abroad
             into
             the
             country
             ,
             either
             to
             beg
             relief
             for
             his
             Convent
             ,
             or
             about
             some
             Charitable
             employment
             ,
             for
             the
             spiritual
             assistance
             of
             his
             neighbour
             ,
             was
             met
             accidentally
             by
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             well
             mounted
             ,
             and
             well
             and
             warmly
             clad
             ,
             as
             the
             season
             of
             the
             year
             required
             .
             The
             poor
             Frier
             was
             fain
             to
             make
             use
             of
             his
             own
             legs
             ,
             and
             had
             but
             his
             single
             garment
             ;
             which
             ,
             though
             course
             enough
             ,
             yet
             was
             too
             thin
             to
             guard
             him
             sufficiently
             from
             the
             cold
             weather
             :
             his
             legs
             and
             feet
             bare
             ,
             only
             saved
             harmless
             from
             the
             stones
             by
             a
             paire
             of
             woodden
             clogs
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             frolick
             Gentleman
             thought
             this
             a
             fit
             subject
             for
             his
             drollery
             ,
             and
             so
             accosted
             him
             with
             the
             usual
             salute
             ,
          
           of
           well
           met
           ,
           Father
           :
           how
           do
           you
           do
           ?
           
             The
             good
          
           Frier
           
             had
             nothing
             to
             complain
             of
             ;
             and
             thanking
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             worship
             ,
             told
             him
          
           he
           was
           very
           well
           .
           Ay
           ,
           but
           father
           ,
           
             replyed
             the
             Gentleman
          
           ,
           are
           you
           not
           a
           little
           cold
           ,
           and
           something
           
           wet
           too
           ?
           Me
           thinks
           that
           garment
           were
           fitter
           for
           warmer
           weather
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           your
           stockings
           (
           I
           doubt
           )
           do
           not
           bear
           out
           the
           wet
           and
           dirt
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           the
           upper
           part
           of
           your
           shoes
           ;
           (
           
             his
             feet
             were
             bare
             ,
             the
             clogs
             being
             only
             made
             fast
             with
             a
             strap
             ,
             which
             came
             over
             his
             foot
          
           )
           which
           seemes
           to
           be
           made
           of
           Calves
           leather
           .
           I
           can
           but
           thank
           you
           ,
           kind
           Sir
           ,
           for
           the
           calfe
           you
           so
           charitably
           bestow
           upon
           me
           ,
           replyed
           the
           Frier
           :
           But
           as
           for
           the
           wet
           and
           cold
           I
           meet
           with
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           may
           very
           well
           be
           endured
           for
           Gods
           sake
           .
           Heaven
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           worth
           this
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           .
           Ay
           ,
           marry
           ,
           
             replies
             the
             Gentleman
          
           ;
           now
           you
           say
           something
           indeed
           .
           But
           what
           if
           there
           be
           neither
           God
           ,
           nor
           Heaven
           ;
           where
           are
           you
           then
           ?
           
             The
             good
             ,
             zealous
          
           Frier
           
             was
             quick
             to
             this
             ,
             saying
             ,
          
           Ay
           but
           ,
           my
           dear
           Sir
           ,
           If
           there
           be
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           a
           Hell
           ,
           where
           's
           your
           worship
           then
           ?
           
             My
             good
             Gentleman
             had
             no
             more
             to
             reply
             ,
             but
             march't
             fairly
             off
             ,
             rubbing
             his
             hands
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             met
             with
             a
             nettle
             .
          
        
         
           Will
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           insist
           a
           little
           upon
           this
           Zealous
           Reparty
           of
           the
           good
           Frier
           ?
           You
           are
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           a
           
           pleasant-humour'd
           Gentleman
           ,
           of
           a
           plentifull
           Fortune
           ,
           of
           a
           handsome
           feature
           ,
           and
           healthy
           constitution
           ,
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           your
           youth
           ,
           in
           the
           prime
           of
           your
           age
           :
           You
           are
           unwilling
           to
           let
           any
           field
           ,
           or
           place
           ,
           or
           opportunity
           pass
           ,
           without
           tasting
           ,
           or
           taking
           your
           fill
           of
           all
           the
           pleasures
           they
           afford
           you
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           with
           the
           allowance
           ,
           or
           against
           the
           express
           command
           ,
           and
           order
           of
           the
           living
           God.
           And
           for
           your
           greater
           encouragement
           in
           this
           ,
           which
           you
           use
           to
           call
           
             enjoying
             your self
          
           ,
           you
           say
           (
           perchance
           )
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           
             why
             not
             ?
             whom
             am
             I
             to
             please
             ,
             but
             my self
             ?
             It
             may
             be
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             as
             simple
             ,
             or
             fearfull
             men
             talk
             of
             a
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             those
             ,
             who
             live
             otherwise
             then
             I
             do
             ;
             or
             a
             Hell
             for
             those
             ,
             who
             think
             well
             of
             ,
             and
             follow
             my
             pleasant
             practice
             :
             nay
             ,
             perchance
             not
             so
             much
             as
             a
             God
             ,
             who
             takes
             notice
             of
             these
             my
             waies
             ,
             and
             intends
             to
             dispose
             of
             me
             hereafter
             accordingly
             .
          
           But
           now
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           if
           there
           be
           ?
           what
           if
           there
           be
           an
           eternity
           of
           restraint
           ,
           and
           torment
           ,
           reserved
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           take
           the
           liberty
           you
           do
           ?
           what
           if
           there
           be
           endless
           joys
           and
           delights
           ,
           prepared
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           voluntarily
           
           abandon
           these
           fleeting
           ,
           momentary
           pleasures
           ,
           you
           so
           earnestly
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           say
           childishly
           )
           pursue
           ?
           what
           〈◊〉
           there
           be
           an
           all-seeing
           eye
           over
           you
           which
           takes
           cognizance
           of
           each
           thoug●
           word
           ,
           and
           deed
           ?
           and
           whos
           's
           Just●●●
           essentially
           obliges
           him
           to
           deal
           with
           y●●
           accordingly
           ?
           and
           you
           know
           not
           ,
           〈◊〉
           all
           your
           wealth
           ,
           and
           your
           health
           ,
           a●●
           your
           mirth
           ,
           and
           your
           Jollity
           ,
           h●●
           soon
           you
           are
           to
           come
           to
           an
           unavoidab●●
           tryal
           of
           it
           ?
           Are
           you
           sure
           this
           is
           〈◊〉
           true
           ?
           Is
           there
           any
           friend
           of
           you●●
           who
           pretends
           a
           demonstration
           ,
           or
           〈◊〉
           much
           as
           a
           sober
           ,
           solid
           ,
           argument
           ●gainst
           it
           ?
           All
           your
           wilful
           sophist●●
           and
           weaker
           Perhaps
           ,
           will
           then
           lit●●●
           availe
           you
           .
           For
           the
           love
           of
           God
           th●●
           or
           (
           if
           you
           will
           needs
           have
           it
           so
           )
           〈◊〉
           the
           love
           of
           your
           dear
           self
           ,
           be
           a
           lit●●●
           serious
           ,
           and
           circumsp●ct
           .
           I
           shou●
           willingly
           wish
           you
           a
           man
           of
           so
           mu●●
           prudence
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           were
           told
           by
           〈◊〉
           sober
           wel-wisher
           ,
           that
           the
           Infecti●●
           were
           in
           such
           a
           house
           ,
           you
           should
           〈◊〉
           venture
           into
           it
           without
           better
           securi●●
           then
           your
           
             Perhaps
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             :
          
           or
           you
           were
           told
           from
           a
           good
           hand
           o●
           Jewel
           of
           enestimable
           value
           ,
           intend●●●
           
           you
           for
           the
           going
           for
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           would
           in
           prudence
           leave
           your
           game
           at
           Tennis
           ,
           or
           what
           other
           pastime
           you
           please
           ,
           though
           you
           loved
           the
           sport
           never
           so
           well
           ,
           rather
           then
           forego
           the
           hopes
           of
           being
           made
           for
           ever
           .
           Again
           if
           you
           were
           told
           ,
           you
           were
           the
           son
           of
           a
           great
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           King
           ,
           though
           never
           yet
           seen
           by
           you
           ,
           had
           alwaies
           had
           a
           ●are
           of
           you
           ,
           had
           given
           charge
           of
           you
           ●o
           his
           trusty
           servants
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           this
           ●eanes
           you
           came
           to
           be
           so
           well
           provided
           〈◊〉
           present
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           also
           intended
           ●ou
           a
           considerable
           part
           in
           his
           kingdome
           ●●terwards
           :
           would
           you
           ,
           upon
           some
           ●●ght
           ,
           groundless
           suspicion
           ,
           of
           a
           cheat
           ●●tended
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           you
           in
           some
           ●mall
           trifle
           ,
           renounce
           your
           father
           ,
           or
           〈◊〉
           your
           inheritance
           for
           a
           mess
           of
           pot●●ge
           ?
           I
           cannot
           take
           you
           for
           one
           ,
           who
           ●●ve
           your self
           so
           meanly
           ,
           or
           have
           so
           ●●●tle
           regard
           to
           your
           own
           interest
           .
           You
           ●●ould
           certainly
           ,
           even
           in
           ordinary
           pru●●nce
           ,
           take
           better
           resolves
           in
           a
           matter
           〈◊〉
           so
           great
           concern
           ;
           although
           you
           had
           〈◊〉
           notice
           of
           your
           danger
           ,
           or
           hopes
           ,
           〈◊〉
           from
           some
           one
           ordinary
           person
           :
           〈◊〉
           although
           you
           might
           possibly
           have
           〈◊〉
           ground
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           
           have
           his
           little
           ends
           in
           it
           also
           .
           But
           now
           our
           case
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           both
           substance
           and
           circumstance
           ,
           is
           infinitely
           different
           ,
           infinitely
           more
           considerable
           .
           Our
           danger
           ,
           or
           hopes
           ,
           are
           of
           no
           less
           ,
           then
           eternal
           consequence
           .
           The
           happiness
           or
           misfortune
           ,
           excessive
           ,
           and
           beyond
           all
           imagination
           :
           and
           this
           depending
           upon
           his
           decree
           ,
           or
           doome
           ,
           by
           whom
           all
           things
           have
           their
           being
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           essentially
           ,
           eternally
           ,
           infinitely
           ,
           his
           own
           never-begun
           ,
           and
           never-ending
           being
           .
        
         
           Our
           intelligence
           of
           these
           great
           things
           is
           not
           from
           one
           Sceptick
           ,
           or
           other
           ,
           who
           talks
           only
           of
           possibilities
           ,
           or
           probabilities
           ;
           but
           from
           the
           consent
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           from
           this
           great
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           universe
           ,
           which
           none
           ,
           but
           an
           Omnipotent
           hand
           could
           have
           fram'd
           ,
           and
           designed
           with
           such
           order
           ,
           and
           oeconomie
           ,
           as
           even
           our
           very
           Reason
           ,
           well
           and
           closely
           managed
           ,
           must
           needs
           convince
           us
           :
           whatsoever
           Chance
           ,
           or
           Atomes
           ,
           (
           things
           ten
           thousand
           times
           harder
           to
           conceive
           )
           some
           silly
           Philosophers
           may
           have
           dream't
           of
           .
           And
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           those
           several
           supernatural
           wonders
           ,
           attested
           by
           innumerable
           ,
           sober
           ,
           understanding
           persons
           ,
           and
           particularly
           (
           which
           
           was
           my
           chief
           design
           from
           the
           beginning
           )
           these
           miraculous
           events
           here
           alleaged
           by
           the
           great
           
             St.
             Augustin
          
           ;
           which
           no
           sober
           man
           can
           ,
           with
           any
           sh●w
           of
           reason
           ,
           call
           in
           question
           ,
           evidence
           ,
           and
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           superiour
           Power
           to
           all
           that
           nature
           is
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           paternall
           care
           ,
           and
           providence
           over
           his
           creatures
           ;
           as
           also
           a
           special
           kindness
           ,
           and
           respect
           for
           his
           servants
           ,
           now
           stated
           with
           him
           in
           eternal
           bliss
           :
           at
           whose
           intercession
           ,
           and
           by
           whose
           meanes
           ,
           he
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           such
           extraordinary
           favours
           upon
           some
           needfull
           mortals
           .
        
         
           To
           him
           be
           all
           Glory
           and
           Praise
           both
           now
           and
           ever-more
           .
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26209-e2180
           
             
               Dr.
               Stillingfleet
            
             ,
             in
             his
             2.
             discourse
             ,
             in
             vindication
             of
             the
             Protestant
             grounds
             of
             faith
             :
             
               pag.
               685.
               and
               pag.
            
             617.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Stillingfleet
             ,
             ibid.
             pag.
             615.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Stillingfleet
             ,
             ibid.
             pag.
             617.
             
          
        
      
    
  

