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A35963	Miracles not ceas'd to His Grace George Duke of Buckingham &c., of his miraculous cure and of the rest of all the most wonderfull and glorious miracles and cures wrought by a Roman Catholick priest in and about the cities of London and Westminister, in the moneths of Iune and Iuly 1663, in confirmation of the holy Roman Catholick faith / by A.S.	A. S.; Digby, John.; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.	1663 (1663)	Wing D1420; ESTC R26481	13,205	36

answered 1. SUch as desire to hear and know more of those admirable wonders of our Lord let them hearken to publick Fame and enquire of Mr. Sheldon at the Queens Chappel and of Mr. Digby in Queens-Street and others that have taken particular Lists of many of them and they may further inform them if they please as they ought for the great Mercies and admirable Wonders of God are not to be concealed or hid under a Bnshel I said of many of them because they could not of all for this man of God has wrought innumerable other Mirac●es also in the face of the Church and in the view of the World which are not written in this little Paper nor in their Lists and these are written that you may believe in the Holy Ghost the Holy catholick-Catholick-Church and that believing you may have life everlasting Amen 2. Here I could and would check all such as stiff-necked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears do alwaies resist the Holy Ghost had I not stinted my self to the August capacity or inscription of this little Book a great volume in Folio being ready to come forth Entituled The most remarkable Miracles wrought by the Reverend Fathhr J. O. E. wherein all such Backbiters and Murmurers are clearly confuted 3. In the mean time to such as say First That he is a Cheater and Deluder and that what he does is but Sorcery and Witchcraft Secondly That many comes to him he cannot eure at all Thirdly That to some he gives but little ease or partly cures them not wholly Fourthly and lastly That others whom he hath cured whether partly or wholly do continue so but a little while and fall back again into a relapse and are afterwards as ill or worse then they were before to all which one after another I answer 4. To the First The Jews said to Christ that in Beelzebub Prince of the Devils he cast out Devils who then can wonder hat Jewish Hereticks should say the like to the Servant of Christ If they called Christ Beelzebub Sedueer and Cheater who can think that their Successours the Hereticks should give better Language to his Disciple Let them therefore say what they will and think what they please what then they can prove nothing of what they say nor yet disprove what is said and done against them Certainly if this holy man of God were a Seducer or Cheater as indeed he is not he does not seduce nor cheat us for in casting out Devils and in all his Cures he useth no Charms nor unknown words but he useth the Prayers of the Holy Catholick-Church the Sign of the Cross and the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost so that if he were I say a Deluder he does not delude us but the Church and Christ who commands us to hear and obey her But Christ and his Church cannot delude or deceive us therefore he is no Deluder nor Deceiver We never yet heard nor read that Seducers or Cheaters or Thieves or Murderers or Witches or Wizards or False Prophets or Priests of Baal could or did work Wonders by the Sign of the Cross and in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost as he does Nay it 's impossible they should as we proved in the Reconciler of Religions chap 3. num 9. and elsewhere Whence we conclude with the holy Scripture Iohn 9. 33. If this man were not of God he could not do any thing 5. To the second I answer did those whom he could not cure at all deserve to be cured had they requisite faith to be cured was it to the glory of God and good of their souls that they should be cured forsooth you know not why then do you murmure is' t because some were cured all must be cured is it because God is good you must be nought cannot God distribute his gifts as he will and to whom he please why then say you does he pretend to cure all I answer you mistake Sir he does not pretend nor profess to cure all no nor any at all but through the bowels of Charity he receiveth all and refuseth none and cures only such as please God He is not to the right or left hand of their cure but as please God whence to whom God please to give little he gives little and to whom God is willing to give much he gives much and that freely and gratis 6. To the third I answer were they who received but a little cure worthy of greater was the faith they had greater then the cure they received was it to the glory of God and to the good of their souls that they should receive more neither this do you know why then do you backbite was not the least cure or benefit they had by him supernatural and consequently miraculous and from God yes you will say why then do you despise or undervalue it forsooth because you are envious or ignorant or both No say you but Gods works are perfect Deut. 32. 4. I answer Gods works are perfect indeed every work in its own kind and therefore when he gives a little ease it s his perfect work as well as when he gives much or wholly cures otherwise a man that 's born blind should not be the work of God which to affirm were absurd Read Iohn 9. 1 3. and Mark 8. 24 25 26. and see my former answers to such objections in the Epistle Dedicatory of the reconciler of Religions 7. To the fourth and last I answer did they who were once cured and afterwards fall into a relapse give due thanks and glory to God for his benefits bountifully and gratis bestowed on them did they amend their life and conversation did their good works abound did their faith continue or persevere longer then their cure lasted did not St. Peter walk upon the water while his faith was strong but when he staggered did he not begin to sink did he not hear said to him you of little faith why didst thou doubt Let themselves lay hand on their brest and answer to this for your part you know nothing of it therefore you may sit down hold your peace and admire the wonderfull works of the holy Ghost 8. But all such as have received any benefit by him let them stand up and bless God and before all the world confess unto him for whether they have been cured partly or wholly God hath shewed them his mercies according to his good will and perhaps also according to their preparation or merit de congruo And if afterwards any of them has fallen into a relapse it was not Gods fault nor in any wise to be imputed to his servant by whom he hath once so cured them but either to themselves or to their demerits de condigno or may be to the further mercies and goodness of God towards them for his greater glory and everlasting good of their souls Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit Rom. 11. 34. Alleluia ThrICe bLesseD be JehoVa JesUs aMen The Father and the Son and the holy Ghost holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Alleluia Amen Alleluia without END An Additional Advertisement to § 8. of CHAP. V. NOte here That this poor man Thomas Elder being cured and glorifying God like him that was cured by Christ and examined by the Jews Iohn 9. was brought to Hixe's-Hall and there publickly examined How were your eyes opened how did you see He answered The Holy man of God cured me They like the Jews replyed We know he is not a man of God but rather of the Divel a Papist Priest a Seducer a Witch a Cheater c. and therefore we command thee speak no more of him for if you tell any man that he cured thee we will put thee in prison O potent Command O wise Threatning Put me in prison said he You may indeed imprison my body if you please but you cannot imprison confine or coarct my soul. While I have breath in my body said he I shall openly acknowledg and confess God's admirable Wonders and respect and honour his Servant whom he made an Instrument and Minister of his Mercies unto me c. Ask himself he is alive still Ask his neighbours Ask them at Hixe's-Hall To the King and Parliament HOw long my Liege how long my Lords and Gentlemen how long will you halt in parts If Jesus Christ be God follow him and observe his Commands but if Baal be God follow Baal If the holy Roman Catholick Religion be the true and onely way to salvation be of it But if the Sectarian or heretical Protestant be it remain Sectaries and Hereticks If all the Sectarian and Protestant Bishops and Ministers in England can disprove and falsifie what I say let me suffer what you please But if all what I say be substantially true let the Priests of Baal let the Ministers of Satan let the Enemies of God and of your Souls dye and perish if they will not be converted and live Si veritatem dico quaren on creditis mihi Why would you damne your selves and the whole Nation committed by God to your Charge Operibus credite Exurgat Deus dissipentur inimici ejus fugiant qui oderunt eum à facie ejus Amen A Commemoration for the King Antiphona God save the king and convert his Enemies the Sectaries and Hereticks of England Ireland and Scotland V Lord give thy Judgement to the King R And thy Justice to the King's Son Let us pray O God in whose hand is the Kings heart and who canst turn it as you will grant we beseech thee to our King Charles the Second Holiness in His Head Urim and Thummim in His Breast Booz at His Side and Jachin on His right Hand that He may know and do sweetly and strongly what is pleasing to thee and Good for Himself and His Loyal Subjects through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen IESVS MARIA EASVS VIRGO Iesu Fili Dei vivi miserere nobis Sancta Maria Mater Dei Virgo perpetua ora pro nobis α ω AMEN FINIS