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life_n	bread_n	eat_v	manna_n	4,436	5	12.4770	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52817	The signs of the times, or, VVonderful signs of wonderful times being a faithful collection and impartial relation of several signs and wonders, call'd properly prodigies, (together with some philosophical and theological descants upon them) which have been seen in the heavens, on the earth, and on the waters, as they have been testifyed by very credible hands, all of which have hapned within the compass of this last year 1680 : which may well be called another annus mirabilis, or wonderful year, wherein the Lord hath given us loud warnings to repent of our sins and return to him, that he may have mercy upon us / by C. N.	Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.	1681 (1681)	Wing N463; ESTC R32306	68,903	90

may well wonder at and more observable than either the most are aware of or affected with 'T is manifest That Jehovah is the true and only Thaumaturgus the great and ordinary Wonder-worker To omit the Wonders of the Creation for which see Psalm 136 4 5 6 7. and my little Book aforesaid upon Meditation pag. 125. to 145. and give but a Specimen or small Scantling of them 1. 'T is a Wonder to be wondred at How the Bones grow in her that is with Child Eccles 11.5 Solomon himself who was Natures Secretary wonders at this and so did David before him Psalm 139.14 2. The double Motion of the Lungs call'd Systole and Diastole and of the Pulse in mans Body is a Wonder which that Famous Physician Galen tho an Heathen was so amazed with that he would needs offer Sacrifices to that God whom he knew not who yet as he supposed must be the Original of that Wonder 3. The Strength of the Nether Chap is a Wonder whereof no man could ever give a Sufficient Natural Reason Nor 4. of the Heat in the Stomach for Digestion of all Meats in Succum Sanguinem into juice and Blood in a little time Nor. 5. Of the various Colours in the Rain-bow Nor 6. of the Flux and Reflux of the Sea Nor 7. of the Magnetick Virtues of the Loadstone to let pass many others that are Wonders all though ordinary No nor 8. of this common case that Chaff should be so cold as to keep Snow hid within it from melting and yet so warm as to hasten the Ripning of Apples which are coverd with it Gods wonders are without Number But 2. Instances more The 9th wonder is God's turning water into Wine as his Daily Work 'T is true this is called The Beginning of Christs Miracles Joh. 2.11 and 't was a mighty Miracle yea better than that of Moses for the Giver of the Law turn'd Water into Blood but the Giver of the Gospel turn'd Water into Wine the former could not be drank without danger of dying the latter was delightful to Drink and Heart-Reviving yet this VVonder of turning water into VVine is a daily work with God as Augustin excellently observeth Inasmuch as the Rain water which falls upon the Root of the Vine and nourisheth the Tree Doth in time turn into the Grape The Juice Blood or VVine is originally VVater In the 10th and last place Augustin excellently also maketh Gods multiplying a grain of Corn sown in the Earth to 30 60 or 100 Corns a more miraculous wonder than Christs multiplying the few Loves to feed 5000 persons his words are mirabilior est Grani in Terra multiplicatio quam illa quinque panum Tract 24. in Joh. 6.9 10 11. yet was that miracle of the 5 loaves exceeding marvelous Inasmuch as the Loaves by a strange kind of Arithmetick were Multiplied by Division as they were distributed among the Multitude and an Addition to them was made by Substraction As each person had his piece subtracted from the Loaves yet were they augmented thereby Notwithstanding all this That Reverend Father prefers the common Experience of every Husband-man the multiplying of one grain as a greater wonder Thus something may be known of God in the whole Creation Rom. 1.19 and much more in Divine Providence God never leaves himself without Witness Acts 14.17 yet leaves he all men without excuse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without any Apology Rom. 1.20 for though natural light is not available to bring faln Man into the Favour of God yet it is sufficient to convince him of Moral wickedness both against God and Man oh then what pity it is that Christ should still say Ye will not believe except ye see Signs and Wonders whereas men live in the very midst of many such like Signs and wonders as are the aforesaid c. yet they come not up to so much as amounts to an Old Testament Faith of Believing in GOD though a New Testament Faith is requisite also as Christ saith Ye believe in God believe also in Me John 14.1 but are Intoxicated with Atheism and live according to their Lusts as if they were all become David's Fools which say in their Heart There is no God though they Daily see God sufficiently sealing up his General Goodness to Man in doing him Good pro victu amictu bestowing upon him Daily Bread and Daily Cloathing 2. Besides those Ordinary God hath also his Extraordinary Wonders The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the very great and Wonderful Works of GOD Act. 2.11 for though the Great GOD doth limit Nature to her Common Products yet will he never limit himself but Will Do whatever pleaseth him Psal 115.3 without either the Help or the Hindrance of any Whether it be Miracles or Marvels or Ordinanary Occurrences As to the first of those I have spoke so largely already and shall only add that there were never any Miracles for Weight Measure and Number for God is said to do all things pondere mensura Numero equal to those in the time of the Gospel none of those either before or under the Law can be parralel'd with those under the Gospel upon all those three accounts they are not like them for weight measure and number It may easily be Demonstrated how far Law-Miracles come short of Gospel Miracles in all these respects To Instance only in that one asorenamed Moses indeed turned Water into Blood but the Messiah turned Water into Wine and how much the latter exceeds and excels the former is obvious to every ordinary understanding inasmuch as the former was made pestiferous the latter salutiferous Drink therefore the captious and carnal Jews were exceedingly irrational in rejecting those Miracles the Messiah wrought amongst them and requesting some such as Moses had wrought for their Forefathers as giving them Manna from Heaven c. Seeing those of the Messiah did far surmount those of Moses both in quality and quantity and in ponderesity Inasmuch as that Manna Moses gave their Forefathers melted putrified bred Worms and perished in the using but the Messiah gave himself the true Bread from Heaven to feed them up to Everlasting Life his own Flesh for them to eat and his own Blood for them to Drink a Meat and Drink that must last without putrifying so long as the World doth last Manna was but the Type which is always the lesser Christ is the Antitype which is always the greater and better If our Saviour say of himself that he is greater than Solomon Matth. 12.42 We may likewise say of him he is greater and better than Manna Moreover that which more aggravated the Jews Contempt of Christs person and his Miracles is that their knowledge of Moses's Miracles they had upon Credit only they received it by Tradition from their Forefathers But as to the Miracles of our Blessed Messiah they received them not by Hear-say but were personal Eye-witnesses of them therefore doth the Apostle Peter make his