Fathers, Waldenses, Hussites, Reformers, United Brethren, &c.

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH,

SUGGESTED BY THE HON. AND REV. B. W. NOEL'S “REMARKS ON THE
REVIVAL OF MIRACULOUS POWERS IN THE CHURCH.”

BY THE REV. THOMAS BOYS, M.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

"Quoties incidunt tempora necessarii respectus ad rem ecclesiasticam, et cura suscipienda
est corrigendi vitia, non aliunde incipi negotium oportet, quam veritate doctrinæ
restituenda, et removendis erroribus, qui in illam vel ignorantia vel malitia implicati
fuerunt."-CAMERARIUS.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.-Introduction .....

Various definitions of a miracle
Some extraordinary occurrences not strictly mira-
culous

Miraculous occurrences of two sorts......

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1. Those which have their origin immediately from God
2. Those which are traced to Satan
Scriptural argument for the former from the latter

Unfair proceedings of opponents

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The objection considered, that some miracles are
"merely" answers to prayer...................
Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel's pamphlet

CHAPTER II.-The Fathers........

i. Mr. Noel's citations unfavourable to miracles.

1. Augustine.....

Augustine totally misrepresented by Fuller, from
whom Mr. Noel quotes him

The Isidore really cited by Mr. Noel from Huss, a

Miracle in the fifth century, recorded by Milner

ii. Additional extracts, proving that the Fathers be

Affecting narrative of the miraculous cure of Inno-
centius

2. J. Martyr, Irenæus, Origen, Tertullian, Minutius
Felix, Lactantius: their testimony respecting demo-
niacal possession, and respecting dispossession

3. Athanasius. The death of Arius ......
Farther evidence that Athanasius recognized miracles

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