47. Now when the Centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous Man.
TO make a right Construction of Things, is the Way to Spiritual Wisdom. This Man justly concluded, that Heaven could not possibly shew it self so much con∣cern'd about a Person, if he were not an extraordinary Favourite. He judged rationally, and this brought him to a true Knowledge of Christ, and to an open Confes∣sion and Declaration of the Sufferer's Innocence. O my Soul, Consider by what Miracles and Testimonies, that Truth thou professest, hath been confirmed, and conclude it is Divine. No Religion hath those Eviden∣ces of its Divinity, and Celestial Original, that the Chri∣stian hath; and coming from God, thou hast the grea∣test Reason to believe, that all its Promises and Threat∣nings will be fulfilled; and seeing that all these shall be fulfilled, what manner of Person oughtest thou to be in all holy Conversation and Godliness?