Christian Faith, concerning the Resurrection of Christ, and generally tends to the obstructing of Godliness and Piety.
And Mr. Wagstaffe loads it with as dreadful Imputations in his Preface; as that it doth necessarily infer plurality of Gods, by attributing Omnipotent effects to more than one, and that it supposeth many Omnipotents, and many Omniscients. If any thing of this be so, certainly our Saviour's inspired Historians would not have connived at, much less would they have spoken in the Phrase, that supposeth and encourageth a common Error, that leads to such an horrid Opinion.
SECT. VIII.
An Answer to an Objection, from Christ's not mentioning his casting out Devils to John's Disciples, amongst other Miracles.
But saith the Author of the Grand Apostasie, p. 34. our Saviour himself in his Answer to the Disciples of John the Baptist, Luke 7. doth not pretend to the casting out Devils, but only the cure of Diseases, and raising the Dead. To which I say, First, We may not argue Negatively from Scripture in such Matters, and certainly we ought not to argue from silence in one place, against plain Affirmations in many.
Secondly, our Saviour Answers in reference to the things he was then doing; when the Disciples of John came to him, v. 21. And in that same hour, he cured many of their Infirmities and Plagues. Evil Spirits, it must be confessed, are also mentioned. Some of those Diseases, 'tis like, were occasioned by Evil Spirits, as Mat. 12. 22. the Blindness and Dumbness of the possessed Person there was. And then the Ejection of the Evil Spirit is implyed, when the Disease is said to be Cured.
Thirdly, The Business of John's Disciples, was to enquire whether he was the Messiah, and it was fit our Saviour in his Answer, should give such Proofs of his being so, as were plain and palpable. Go your way, saith he, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard, Luke 7. 22. They had heard him Preach the Gospel it is like, and had seen him Cure Diseases. These things were plain and sensible, and could admit of no
