I consider'd lately, that _Easter_ drew nigh, when it was usual for our _Divines_ in their Pulpits, to insist on the Proof of _Jesus_'s Resurrection; and therefore I hasten'd the Publication of this _Discourse_, that they might have these two peculiar Texts, _viz._ of _sealing the Stone_ of the Sepulchre, and of _the last Error_ or Imposture _will be worse than the first_, to treat on. He that produces a Sermon or Sermons, wresting the foresaid Texts out of the Hands of my _Rabbi_, and putting another Sense on them, to the Credit of _Jesus_'s and _Lazarus_'s Resurrection, _Erit mihi magnus Apollo_, and by my Consent shall be the next _Arch-Bishop_ of _Canterbury_. But my Heart aches a little for our _Divines_, and I almost despair of their clean Solutions of the foresaid two Difficulties. What must they do then? Why, they must give up their _Religion_ as well as their _Church_, or go along with me to the Fathers for their mystical Interpretation of the whole Story of _Jesus_'s Resurrection. That the Fathers, without questioning their Belief of _Jesus_'s corporal Resurrection universally interpreted the Story and every Part of it mystically, is most certain. St. _Hilary_[320] enumerates many Particulars of the Story, and intimates what they are typical and figurative of, as any one may see by the Citation referr'd to, which I have not Room to translate and illustrate. St. _Augustin_[321] says, that _Jesus_'s Resurrection from the Dead at that time, was to exhibit an Image and Resemblance of his future and mystical Resurrection. And elsewhere says[322] that it's a holy Pleasure to consider and search for the things signified by the Story of it. That _Origen_ is of the same Opinion, no body need question. A Multitude of his Testimonies might be produced to this Purpose, but I shall mention only one[323], wherein he asserts, that by the Sepulchre of _Jesus_ is to be understood the _Letter_ of the Scriptures, in which, as in a Rock, he is reposited. St. _John_ of _Jerusalem_[324] by the Crucifiers of _Jesus_ understands false Teachers, meaning _Ministers_ of the _Letter_ to be sure, because he himself was a great Allegorist. St. _Hilary_ says that[325] _Barabbas_ is a Type of _Antichrist_; and by _Antichrist_, as I have elsewhere shewn out of the Fathers, is meant the _Letter_ of the Scriptures, which modern Commentators and Crucifiers of _Jesus_ would prefer to the Spirit. For these are the two, _Letter_ and Spirit, the _Christ_ and _Antichrist_, that are contrary one to another.