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Ys workin of Miracles) was ative, viz. In a certain periwafion that the tick Pericn ſhould be healed. x Reftore to health (it God ſee ;© 5, and the health of the Body be good tor the Soul) Mark 10. 52, {hs 7.590. and 18.42, y The Elders pray, but the Lord raiſeth up, z The ſamic as ſaving betore, only the VWurd ſeems to reſpet the fick Man's lying upon his Bed, trom which he rifeth when he 1s healed, Mark 1.31. a It he have by his Sins procured his Sickneſs; or thoſe Sins, tor which particularly God vi- {:t: him with Sickneſs; Sin being often the cauſe of Sicknels, Matth. D. 2. 14. and 1 Cor. 11. 30. thc. not always, 7ohn 9g. 2. b Gou will take away the cauſe as well as the effet; heal the Soul as well as the Body, and Prayer is the means ot obtaining both.
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