The Miracle, which consisted literally in the Cure of a blind Man by the use of an Ointment made of _Dirt_ and _Spittle_, is absurd, sensless and unaccountable; but in the Mystery, there is Wisdom and Reason. And the Cure of Mankind of the Blindness of his Understanding, by the _Spirit_'s being temper'd with the _Letter_ of the Scriptures, which is the mystical _Eye-Salve_, will not only be a most stupendous Miracle, but a Proof of _Jesus_'s _Messiahship_ beyond all contradiction, in as much as by such an opening of the Eyes of our Understandings, which have been hitherto dark, we shall see, how he is the Accomplishment of the Law and the Prophets. And so I pass to a 10. Tenth Miracle of Jesus, _viz._[231] _That of his turning Water into Wine, at a Marriage in_ Cana _of_ Galilee. This is call'd the beginning of _Jesus_'s Miracles; but whether it is to be understood of the _First_ of his whole Life, or of the _First_ that he wrought in _Cana_ of _Galilee_, is not agreed amongst _Divines_. I shall not enter into the Dispute, which as it is of no Consequence to my Cause in hand; so I shall pass it by, and not urge any Arguments for or against either side of it. Tho' I would not for the World be so impious and profane as to believe, what is contain'd and imply'd in the Letter of this Story; yet I am still too grave to handle it as ludicrously as I ought; and it is now against the grain, that I write so freely, as I shall against it, being unwilling, not only to put the _Clergy_ out of all Temper, but, to give _Scoffers_ and _Infidels_ so great an Advantage against their Ministry of the Letter. Some may wonder that I, who have gone so far in the ludicrous display of the gross Absurdities of some other Miracles, should boggle at this. But to be ingenuous, and speak the Truth sincerely, I am still a Christian (for all what the _Bishop_ of St. _David_'s,[232] _Archdeacon Stubbs_, and others would make of me) upon the Principles of the Fathers, and have a greater Veneration for the Person of the Holy _Jesus_, than to be forward to make such sport with him, his Mother, and his Disciples, as this Story affords Scope for. And if it was not for the necessity of turning the _Clergy_'s Heads to the Consideration of Mysteries; this Miracle should have been pass'd by in silence.