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 things, false  though  they  be,  and  doubly  false  since claiming falsely  to  be  miracles  and  used  to  prop  up falsehood. But it  is  of  the  very  essence  of  a  true miracle that  the  performing  of  it  fall  within  the power of  God  alone. Not only  to  men,  but  to  devils and angels  as  well,  does  a  true  miracle  bring  wonder and amaze,  for  the  cause  thereof  lies  not  in  Nature but in  God  alone. Since, therefore,  God  can  neither deceive nor  be  deceived,  and  since  the  working  of true  miracles  is  His  exclusive  prerogative,  whatever assertion He  confirms  with  a  real  miracle  must essentially be  true. See, then,  what  proof  we  have of His  divinity. " Go,"  He  says,  "  and  relate  to  John what  you  have  heard  and  seen.  The  blind  see,  the lame  walk,  the  lepers  are  cleansed,  the  deaf  hear  and the  dead  rise  again." And not  alone  those  seen  by John's  two  disciples,  not  alone  those  recorded  in  the Gospels, but  such  numberless  others,  says  St.  John the Evangelist,  that  were  they  each  recorded  and described not  the  world  itself  would  hold  the  books they would  fill. They are  as  countless  as  the  stars of heaven,  and  the  glory  of  them  outshines  those  of all  the  saints  as  does  the  noonday  sun  the  other luminaries. It was  Christ's  strongest  indictment against the  Jews  that  having  done  works  such  as  no man  ever  did  before,  they  still  rejected  Him. His very enemies  confessed  His  power,  for  while  refusing to  believe  Him  the  Messias,  they  were  secretly whispering one  to  the  other:  "When  Christ  really comes,  will  He,  think  you,  do  greater  miracles  than these  ?  "