The Widow of _Naim_'s Son too was but a [Greek: neaniskos] _Youth_, and whether any thing older than the _Girl_ above is doubtful; but his Life certainly was of no more Importance to the World after, than before his Resurrection. And why was he then one of the _three_ to be rais'd from the dead? Why had he this Honour done him, before others of greater Age, Worth, and Use to Mankind? Some will say, for the Comfort or his sorrowful Mother. And is this Reason sufficient? A Discourse on the Pleasures of _Abraham_'s Bosom, where she would e'er long meet her Son, had been enough to chear her Heart. If therefore the Fathers don't help me to a solid mystical Reason, why the Son and _only Son_ of a Widow was to be rais'd by _Jesus_, as they were carrying him to his Burial, I'll not believe, He would raise this dead _Boy_ rather than many others, for the Manifestation of his Power; but that the Story of his Resurrection, as shall soon be reasonably proved, was all Sham and Cheat. _Lazarus_ indeed was _Jesus_'s Friend, whom he Loved; and as I will not question but _Jesus_'s Affection was wisely and deservedly placed on him; so here, to Appearance, was a better Reason for the raising of him, than of either of the other Two. But even this Reason, supposing _Jesus_ was to raise but three Persons, is not sufficient against the Cases of many others, that may be put for the Manifestation of his Power, for the Illustration of his Wisdom and Goodness, and for the Conversion of Unbelievers: Consequently, if this Story of _Lazarus_ be not parabolical, the litteral Fact is disputable, and obnoxious to such Exceptions presently to be observed against it, as will not be easily got over.