* he charged.
1:43 3:12 7:36 Mt 8:4 9:30 12:16-18 17:9 Lu 5:14 8:56 Joh 5:41
* and commanded.
This was to shew that she had not only returned to life, but
was also restored to perfect health; and to intimate, that
though raised to life by extraordinary power, she must be
continued in existence, as before, by the use of ordinary
means. The advice of a heathen, on another subject, is quite
applicable: {Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus
inciderit.} "When the miraculous power of God is necessary,
let it be resorted to; when not necessary, let the ordinary
means be used." To act otherwise would be to tempt God.
* Given.
Lu 24:30,42,43 Ac 10:41
|