When your _Lordship_ is call'd upon for another Edition of your _Book_, vouchsafe me the Favour of making some marginal Remarks on it, which shall not be without their good Use. As you know, savoury Sawce makes some sort of Food go down the better; so a little more of that Salt, which Mr. _Scheme_ has too sparingly sprinkled on your _Work_, will give your _Readers_, a right Relish of it: But whether I am indulg'd this Favour or not; I than take another opportunity, according to Promise elsewhere made, of testifying to the World, how much I am, [Sidenote: October 25. 1728.] _My LORD, The Admirer of Your_ Use _and_ Intent _of Prophecy_, _Thomas Woolston_. [Illustration] A FIFTH DISCOURSE ON THE MIRACLES OF OUR _SAVIOUR_, &c. According to Promise in my last _Discourse_, I am in _this_ to take into Examination the three Miracles of _Jesus_'s raising the dead, _viz._ Of _Iairus_'s Daughter[270]; of the Widow of _Naim_'s Son[271]; and of _Lazarus_[272]: The literal Stories of which I shall show to consist of Absurdities, Improbabilities and Incredibilities, in Order to the mystical Interpretation of them: And because some of our _Bishops_ and _Clergy_ were a little disgusted at the ludicrous Treatment of the _Letter_ of some foregoing Miracles, I will handle these with the more Caution; being as unwilling, as any Man of my primitive Faith can be, to offend weak Brethren. Whether _Jesus_ rais'd any more from the dead, besides the foresaid three Persons is uncertain from the Evangelical History. St. _Augustin_[273] thinks, he rais'd many others; and he founds his Opinion on the modest _Hyperbole_ of St. _John_, who supposes[274] _the World it self could not contain the Books that might be Written of Jesus_. And _Eusebius Gallicanus_, of whose Mind entirely I am, says[275] the Reason lies in the Mystery, why these _three_, and no more than these _three_ Miracles of this Kind are recorded by the _Evangelists_. But since our _Divines_ are averse to Mysteries on Miracles, I would gladly know their Opinion, whether _Jesus_ rais'd any others from the dead, or not: I have made some search into modern Writers for their Opinion in this Case, but can't find it: And unless I knew their Opinion, it would be lost Labour to argue against either Side of the Question, and much more against both Sides of it: But I can assure our _Divines_, that, which Side of the Question soever they should hold, the Consequence upon the Argument would be neither better nor worse, than that they must of necessity espouse the mystical and allegorical Interpretation of these Miracles, or grant that _Jesus_ literally rais'd none from the dead at all.