3. By way of Objection to the _Letter_ of these three Miracles, let us consider the Condition of the Persons rais'd from the dead; and whether they were at all proper Persons for _Jesus_ to work such a Miracle upon, in Testimony of his divine Power. If they were improper Persons according to the _Letter_, it's not credible that He, who was the Wisdom of God, would raise them; or if he did, it was because they were the properest to make mystical Emblems of their Stories. That _Jesus_ ought to have rais'd all that dy'd, where-ever he came, during the Time of his Ministry, none, I presume, can hold. Two or three Instances of his almighty and miraculous Power of this Kind will be allow'd to be sufficient: But then they must be wisely and judiciously made Choice of, out of a vast Number of Persons, that must needs die in that Time. Where then was his Wisdom and Prudence to chuse these three Persons above others to that Honour? Why were all of them, or indeed any one of them preferr'd to other Persons of a different Age and Condition in the World? Nay, if the _Letter_ of their Stories is only to be regarded, were not all these three Persons almost the improperest and most unfit of any for _Jesus_ to exercise that Power on? _Jairus_'s Daughter was an insignificant _Girl_ of twelve Years old: And there could be no Reason for raising her, but to wipe sorrow from the Hearts, and Tears from the Eyes of her Parents, who ought to have been better Philosophers, than immoderately to grieve for her. And was here a good Reason for _Jesus_ to interpose with his Almighty Power? No certainly; a Lecture of Patience and Resignation this Case had been enough. And tho' _Jesus_ could raise her from the dead; yet for as much as that Favour was to be conferr'd but on a few; and his Miracles ought to be useful as well as conspicuous, she should have been pass'd by, as an improper Object of his Power, in Comparison of many others, presently to be named. If therefore a better Reason, than what's discernible in the _Letter_, is not to be fetch'd from the Mystery; I can't suppose that _Jesus_, the Wisdom of God would raise this _Girl_; but that the modern Belief of her Resuscitation, exclusive of the mystical Signification, is, as shall be by and by argued, altogether groundless.