A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 56
56 my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. ’ And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet, ∗ and they gave him meat and he ate it, and yet ye do not believe that God saved him from the accursed death of the cross and showed the sign of the prophet Jonas by causing him to appear as one dead and sent him to seek the lost sheep of Israel and to give them the tidings of the Kingdom of God. ” In short, this prophet spoke of these things and expressed them in many ways and preached them to the people in writing and by word of mouth, and spoke many other words of wisdom and invited people of other faiths to the Truth and made plain the error of their ways, and preached the Word of God to them. When he wrote or spoke, so many words of wisdom issued from his pen and tongue that the people marvelled and some were afraid in their hearts and said, All his words are Truth; and many followed the priests and divines and said, “He speaks not from himself but some men teach him that which he speaks,” and thus admitted that the words that he spoke were beyond his own power to utter; but they strove to cast doubts on them and increased in their rebellion. When the priests saw that his words had power over men and that those who heard him were affected, they said to the people, “Listen not to his words, nor read his books; for he hath all this from Satan and turneth the hearts of men by magic and causeth falsehood to appear as truth. ” ∗ Luke xxiv: 39, 40.