Andthus, inregardtotheirprophets, theyhadallthosereasonswhichwehaveforrefusingtobelievetheworkersofmiracles.
Andyettheywereverysinfulinrejectingtheprophets, andJesusChrist, becauseoftheirmiracles; andtheywouldnothavebeenculpable, ...peccatumnonhaberent.[321] Thereforeallbeliefrestsuponmiracles.
Prophecyisnotcalledmiracle; asSaintJohnspeaksofthefirstmiracleinCana, andthenofwhatJesusChristsaystothewomanofSamaria, ’sson; andSaintJohncallsthis "thesecondmiracle."[322]
808
Thecombinationsofmiracles.
809
Thesecondmiraclecansupposethefirst, butthefirstcannotsupposethesecond.
810
Haditnotbeenforthemiracles, therewouldhavebeennosininnotbelievinginJesusChrist.
811
IshouldnotbeaChristian, butforthemiracles, saidSaintAugustine.
812
Miracles.—HowIhatethosewhomakemendoubtofmiracles! Montaigne[323] , weseehowcarefulheis; andyet, intheother, hebelieves, andmakessportofunbelievers.
Howeveritmaybe, theChurchiswithoutproofsiftheyareright.
813
Montaigneagainstmiracles.
Montaigneformiracles.
814
Itisnotpossibletohaveareasonablebeliefagainstmiracles.
815
, inordernottobelievethoseofMoses.
816
