331          The Deity of Jeſus Chriſt Sect.       VI

ſenſible and ſo wonderful, without ſaying
any thing about the incarnation. Nor is it
at all amazing that the ſame apoſtle, after
he had healed the poor beggar who lay at
the gate of the temple, and perceived the
aſtoniſhment of the people, ſhould take oc-
caſion to ſpeak of our Lord's reſurrection, in
whoſe name he wrought the miracle ; and
that he ſhould inſiſt on the leading circum-
ſtances of the life and death of his Divine
Maſter, as being adapted to enlighten their
minds and alarm their conſciences, to ſof-
ten their hearts and ſubdue their pride-
much better adapted, to anſwer theſe impor-
tant ends, than a diſcourſe on the myſteri-
ous hypoſtatical union would have been.
The ſame remark may be made on the con-
duct of Paul, on ſimilar occaſions.-The
ſilence objected againſt us is frequently to
be aſcribed to the marvellous condeſcenſion
of God, in proportioning his inſtructions
to our capacities. As it is written, ' I have
'  yet many things to ſay unto you, but ye
'  cannot bear them now.' And again, ' We
' have many things to ſay and hard to be
'  uttered, ſeeing ye are dull of hearing.'
Theſe aſſertions, and the reaſon on which
they proceed, ſhew the propriety of Peter's
conduct and that of other apoſtles, when
ſpeaking to ſinners not yet converted, or to
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