I confess, that none of our Protestant _Divines_, whom I know do embrace the foresaid Exposition of the Fathers, but it may be nothing the worse for all that: And tho' their Exposition may be very disagreeable to the Priesthood of this Age, yet I can tell them of the greatest Man of these last Ages, and that was _Erasmus_, who, cautiously expressing himself for fear of giving Offence to the _Clergy_, is of the same Mind with the Fathers; or he would not say that[39] _that Work of_ Jesus _did prefigure somewhat else: For_ Jesus _could not be zealous against the Prophanation of that Temple of the_ Jews, _which was soon to be destroy'd, but meant to shew his Dislike and Hatred of ecclesiastical Covetousness, which, after the Way of the Type, he would take his Opportunity to rid the Church of._ Before I dismiss this Miracle, I must observe, that if the Fathers are right above, then our _Latin_ and _English_ Translations of the Place in St. _Matthew_ err in a main Point. Instead of reading, _and Jesus cast out them that sold and bought_, it should be, _those who sold and preach'd_; that is sold what they preach'd: For the Word [Greek: agorazein], does more properly signify to _preach_ than to _buy_; and in this Sense here, according to the Fathers, it should be construed. Again, I must observe, that our Commentators are a little perplex'd to know who, and what those [Greek: kollybistôn], _Money-Changers_, were. The Greek[40] Word does import those who have a Knack to barter away little base and Brass Money, with the Effigies of an Ox or Bull on it, in exchange for good Coin. How applicable the Word was to any Merchants of the old Temple at _Jerusalem_, is hard to conceive. But it is very agreeable to our ecclesiastical _Collybists_, who, as I may appeal to Freethinkers, vend their brasen-faced Bulls and Blunders at an extravagant and great Price. And if [Greek: trapezas], which is translated _Tables_, does properly signify[41] _Pulpits_, who can help it? So much then on the Miracle of _Jesus_'s driving the _Sellers_ and _Buyers_ out of the Temple. And how I appeal to our _Divines_, whether it be not an absurd, improbable, and incredible Story according to the Letter, and whether it be any other than, as the Fathers said of it, a prophetical and parabolical Narrative of what would be mysteriously and more wonderfully done by _Jesus_. And so I come to speak to a 2. Second Miracle of Jesus, and that is, that of his[42] _casting the Devils out of the Madman or Madmen, and permitting them to enter into the Herd of Swine, which thereupon ran down a Precipice, and were all choaked in the Sea_.