5. Cyril of Alexandria ... 6. Austin and his companions 7. Gregory (the great) Denies the entire withdrawal of miracles His views misrepresented by interpolation, in an edi- Examination of Mosheim's testimony, unfavourable to His testimony favourable to miracles in the fourth CHAPTER III.-The Waldenses, &c. i. Mr. Noel's citations, unfavourable to miracles 1. The Waldenses .... ...... The citation respecting them insufficient, and not to Additional extracts, proving that the Waldenses be- Especially in gifts of healing ............... Miraculous faith of the Waldenses, subsequent to the ......... Judgments on persecutors, &c.. ... ... The extract against miracles from Huss, five words ex- Miracles admitted and asserted, in the context, by Ditto from the passage from which is taken the extract Imprudence of Huss and his Bohemians Prediction of Jerome of Prague, applied to Luther, Further proofs that Huss believed in miracles from Augustine (p. 22) apparently unfavourable to Prophetic dreams of Huss Reference, by the Bohemian Brethren, in doubtful ... Miraculous judgments, wrought on their behalf, e. g. The chief chancellor of Bohemia drowned in the Danube .... Signs and prodigies ..... 86 87 ii. Additional extracts, chiefly prophecies of the coming Reformation..... Predictions of Wesel, the canon Sebastian, &c. Of Dr. A. Proles, of Hultens, a Franciscan monk .... Prophecy of Hildegardis, recorded by Fox 888 87 89 CHAPTER IV.-The Reformers PART I. (General principles on which expressions in the Reformers, apparently unfavourable to miracles, may be accounted for)......... i. The views, commonly prevalent among them, on the Hence they thought little of missions, and looked for little A distinction. Established writers, who advocate modern efforts for propagating the Gospel, also advocate modern He advocates the former. The latter (So also Lucas Brugensis, a Roman-Catholic writer, ad- See also the example of Bullinger, p. 151. Other writers, occasionally less decided in favour of modern Beza: Calvin Fuller: Poole's Annotations·· Melancthon's view of the Apostolic commission. C. Peucer's opinion, that the church would then be small.. Such expressions by no means justify the rejection of mira- Calvin... Luther Jewel: Fox: Fuller Yet they did not reject all miracles iii. The continual challenges, addressed to them by their opponents, to prove by miracles the truth of their doctrines.... To attempt this, would have been to confess their doctrine 107 new ib. Specimens of such challenges: Lucas Brugensis: The 112 ... How the Reformers met them: Calvin: Cartwright: (so 113 (See also a passage from Musculus, p. 211.) But without disowning all miracles 114 PART II. (The investigation resumed) i. Consideration of Mr. Noel's citations, unfavour Restoration of a word of the original, substantially affecting Pagc the sense.... 118 The passage given with the context Calvin regarded Satanic wonders as supernatural and real, not mere sleights ..... 122 Describes a miraculous preservation Occasionally predicted future events... ib. 2. P. Martyr .... 3. Bucer Was miraculously made acquainted, at Geneva, with a battle fought near Paris, at the time when it took place This fact attested by Beza General observations on the views of Calvin and other ... Some clauses more closely rendered Does not mean that miracles have entirely ceased The same passage given correctly, and at full length... Believed in miracles.... In demoniacal possession, and in dispossession 4. Pellican 137 He believed in miracles ib. ....... The same apparent, from the context of the passage, cited to disprove it ib. Expressly asserts miracles, "in former times and now," in a passage immediately preceding. Appeals to J. Faber Stapulensis, in proof Recognizes demoniacal possession-brutes, idols, and corpses speaking by means of unclean spirits 141 His expressions, apparently unfavourable to miracles, accounted for..... 143 His views further illustrated, from his annotations on the 145 6. Bullinger 149 Account of the passage referred to: does not disprove Bul- The passage examined at length: proves his belief in demoniacal possession, in dispossession, and in our Lord's promises of miracles to his church as standing good.. ib. ... Unfair proceedings of opponents 169 He by no means denies all . Examination of other passages, apparently unfavourable to His advice, in a case of possession, successful Page a. Satanic agency Extraordinary phenomena, attributed by Luther to b. Predictions Relates a prediction respecting himself..... ... His prediction respecting the Emperor Charles ... Death of a persecutor at Utrecht, under similar cir cumstances Luther records a prophetic saying, afterwards ful- 177 178 179 ib. ib. 182 183 ... 184 186 187 (note) ib. 188 Foretels the partial restoration of Popery ... 189 ib. Foretels a change of doctrine at Wittemberg. Foretels his own death previous to the coming c. Views of prayer Attributes to prayer his instantaneous recovery when ib. 190 ib. 192 at the point of death ... ib. Raises Mecum, who was at the point of death, and Mecum afterwards considered himself detained in life 197 Luther's death, according to his prediction, before Expressions of Musculus, apparently unfavourable to mira- Yet Musculus believed in some miraculous occurrences. Employs, like the other Reformers, some expressions ap- 215 |