14 And he came and touched the |; biere, and they that bare him ſtood itil] - And hefſaid, Young man, I ſay unto thee, * Ariſe,
15 And he that was dead, fat up, aud began to ireak : And he delivered him to his mother.
Live alone Fives vs an «count of this Miracle of our Saviour's,
Matthew mentioneth only the raifing from the dead of Zi his:
Daughter, Like addeti ris, Fohn adds that of Laguus, 7:ln 11% by which our Lord did mightily fſhew his Divine Power, and gave us fone firft Fruits of the more general Refurrettion, as weil as de- Clared himſclf to be, as he etewnere ſaith, the Reſurredi;n and the Life. The p'ace where this Miracle was done, was cailed Main. H. Stephen Heb, Cald. Gr. UT Lat. nomina, &c. teils us it was a City or Tov/n about two f1'cs from-AMount Taber, at the Foot of the leſſer Mount #Z2r::5n, near to /2ndor, It was the Cuſtom of the Jew; to bury their Lead without their Cities, Chritt met this Dead Bod\ carrying out. He was it ſeems her only Child, and ſhe was a Wi- dow, fo under a great &midtion; God by this Providence having queneved the only 7out, {2 had lefs in rack, | And when the Lord ſaw her (the Text faith) be bud compaſſion on her, and jail unto her, 31 cef not, | None muycd jim on the behalf of the- Widow, neither do
Judea, anu throughout all the region round about. The People hore ſaw. the Divine Power, manifeſtly exerted; for
' the Revs of the Cicuds, the Womb, and the Grave are three Keys, ' Whic:. tF.ir Teachers had taught. them were kept in God's Hind J'O0ne. 4.1 ſenſe of the Divine Preſence Naturally fills us with , fezr. Some, even the worſt of Men, are flled with a ſtupid fear , of Aftonifſiument and Amazement. Pious Perſons, or thoſe tit are 411c.1.ed to Picty, are filled with a Fear of Reverence, ſuch a Fear xe read of, Chap. 1. 65. ſuch was this; for it iſſued in a predication of he Name of God, and a giving to him Praiſe, and Glory. For that aGreat Prophet was riſen among(# them © Thus far God Bleſſcd this ' Miracle to make them look upon Chriſt as a Prophet, a Great Pr1pjzt, ; and to look upon God's A in his ſending him, as an A of rex kindneſs to the Jews, for that is here plainly underſtood by th:m, ſaying, God h.th viſited his Peavle, as before, Lahe 1.53. and this Riimour was toread abroad all that Country, ' 18 And the diſciples of John ſhewed him of all the{s things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his diſciples, {n: t:em unto Jeſus, ſaying, Art thou he that ſhould come, ot | look we for another ?
20 When the men were come unto him, they faid, Join Baptiſt hath ſent us unto thee, ſaying, Art thou he tht ſhould come, or look we for another ?
21 And in that fame hour he cured many of :hejr inir- mities, and plagues, and of evil ſpirics, and unto many tic were blind he gaye ſight.
how that the blind ſee, the lame walk, the lepers are clean: {ed, the deaf hear, the dead are raiſed, to the poor the gol- pel is preached.
23 Andbleſfſed ishe whoſoever ſhall not be offended in me.
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24 And when the meſſengers of John were departed, he began to ſpeak unto the People concerning John, What went ye our into the wilderneſs for to ſee ? A reed ſhaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out for to ſee? A man cloathed in ſoft rayment ? Behold they which are gorgeouſly apP3* relled, and live delicately, are in kings courts.
26 But whrt went ye out for to ſee? A prophet? Yea ſay unto you, and much more than a prophet.
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