The People, it seems, so press'd and throng'd about the Door of the House, where _Jesus_ was, that the Paralytick and his Bearers could not get near it. What did they so throng and press for? Was it to see _Jesus_, who was _without Form and Comeliness_, according to the Prophet _Isaiah_; or, who was one of the most graceful of the Sons of Men, as _Painters_ and _Publius Lentulus_ do describe him? This could not be the Reason of the Croud. Tho' a Person extraordinary, either for Beauty or Deformity may attract the Eyes of the People, and occasion too a Throng about him; yet this could be no Reason for a _Press_ about _Jesus_, at _Capernaum_, where he dwelt, and was commonly seen and well known. Was it then to hear him preach? Nor this neither. Tho' an excellent Preacher does sometimes, and a very indifferent one does oftener draw multitudes after him; yet _Jesus_, as a Prophet, was without Honour at _Capernaum_, his own Country; consequently, it is not to be supposed that, for his Doctrine, he was so much follow'd here, tho' we read, that he _preach'd the Word unto them_. Was it then to behold him working of Miracles and curing of the diseased? This is the likeliest Reason of the Crouds and Throng about him. And perhaps it was a Day appointed beforehand for his healing of the diseased, which might occasion a more than ordinary Concourse of the People. But then this Reason would have induced the People to make way for the _Lame_, _Blind_, and _Paralyticks_ to come to _Jesus_; for they frustrated their own Hopes and Expectations of seeing Miracles wrought; and acted more unreasonably than ever Mob did, or can be supposed to do. But whatever was the Reason of this tumultuous Crouding, which is hard to be accounted for; it's said, the poor _Paralytick_ with his Bearers could not get to the Door of the House for the _Press_, and therefore in all haste is he haul'd to the Top of the House, and let down, thro' a breach of the Roof, into the Room where _Jesus_ was. What need was there of such Haste and Pains to get to _Jesus_ for a Cure? It was but waiting a while, not many Hours, and in all probability the Tumult would be appeas'd, and access easily had to him. But that the Bearers of the poor Man should enterprise a trouble and difficulty, that could not require less Time, than the Tumult could be supposed to last, is a little strange and somewhat incredible.