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Discourses on the principal miracles of our lord
Discourses on the principal miracles of our lord Author:James Knight Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DISCOURSE III. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT CURED. MATTHEW VIII. 13. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way ; and as thou hast believed, so be it done... more » unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self-same hour. Sympathy excited by the distresses of others is one of the most engaging affections of which the human hreast is susceptible. It assimilates those who are under its genuine influence to the moral character of God himself, in one of its most interesting and endearing developements. When connected with suitable feelings of piety, and confidence in Him who alone can alleviate or remove the sorrows by which it is brought into exercise, it raises its possessor to an elevated distinction, in which he is presented as an object at once commanding esteem and urging imitation. Such an instance is placed before us in the narrative to which our attention is now to be directed. In many respects it resembles that which we recently contemplated in the case of the nobleman whoapplied to our Lord in behalf of his son who lay sick at Capernaum. The present instance, however, exhibits a stronger degree of faith than the former ; —such a degree indeed as attracted the especial notice of our Lord, and drew from his lips a striking attestation in its favour. It may be proper to recite the whole narrative as it is here detailed by this Evangelist ; in connection with which we shall have to notice in our subsequent observations the account which is given by St. Luke. The narrative is as follows: " And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy t...« less