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fhape, and in the fame day he is feen angry and
pleas'd by all that are in the Temple.
Afi/w, I. It is beneath the Majefty of the Supreme
Being to appear (and that frequently) in
the fhape of fuch wild and ravenous Creatures, as
a Lion, Cfc,
2. This feems rather to be a Cheat of the
PrieftSj for they change the Scene, and fhur up
the place, whilft one Beaft is led back, and another
brought from his Den to be (hewn to the
People. 2. They will not fufFer any of the Congregation
to come near it ^ but if it were the Almighty
God that thus changes himfelf, he would
not do it privately, but publickly before all the
People. So that before a Man can believe this^
he muft fee a Cloud of Miracles to confirm it.
ObjelL $. Ireply'd^ For the fame Reafon I may
deny theRefurreQion of Chrift^ for if he really
rofe from the dead, why did he not appear to
his Enemies > But fince he was feen only by his
Difciples, I may with the Jews fay, that they
eame by Night and ftole him away, and then
gave out that he was rifen from the dead. So
that this Miracle wants other Miracles to confirm
it.
An/w. I.
The Apoftles did many Miracles in
confirmation of it ^ for when they raifed the
Dead, or cured the Sick, CvV. it was always in
the Name of JefusChrlft, whom God hath raifed
from ths dead.
2. We may as well ask why God did not tranflate
the Enemies of Chrift into Heaven, and (hew
him fitting at -his right hand ^ for I am confident,
had the Jews feen him after his RefurreQion,
they would have faid ( as upon another occafion)
it is a Spirir^. an Apparition, or lomerhing like
it : For if they believed not the innumerable
Miracles