* 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|
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