Excerpt from Eight Discourses: Preached Before the University of Cambridge in the Year MDCCCXLIVAccording, then, to the popular definition of a miracle, the great question which presented itself to the Jews of Old was, -whether the immediate agency in the production of the miracles of Jesus, was that of the Almighty, or of demons. Or, - if it be under stood that a miracle cannot be wrought without the direct interposition of God, - whether the works of Jesus were miracles, or not. This question it is now proposed to investigate. We are about to examine how far those unhappy men were justified in acting, as they did, on the assumption that the works which were exhibited before their eyes, -such being the character of him who wrought them, - such the character of his teaching, -and such the character of the works themselves, - were merely Satan's devices to under mine their faith, and to seduce them from their alle giance to Jehovah.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.