St. _Jerom_[326] says, that by the _Vail_ of the _Temple_ rent at _Jesus_'s Resurrection, is to be understood the opening the _Vail_ of the _Letter_ of the Law and the Prophets for the Manifestation of the divine Mysteries contain'd in them. And by the rending of the Rocks according[327] to him is to be understood the Apertion of the Oracles of God, that were before as hard as a Rock, till his spiritual Resurrection for the Illustration of them. And by the Earthquake, He says is meant the Shaking of the[328] Hearts of Men, and preparing them, by a Dereliction of their old Errors, for the Susception of the true Knowledge of God. As to the Time that _Jesus_ was dead and bury'd, which modern _Divines_ call _three Days_ and _three Nights_, St. _Augustin_ says[329] that according to the Scripture he was not so long dead and buried. Many, says[330] he, have put various Constructions on the Time of _Christ_'s Burial, endeavouring to make three Days of it: But we, without slighting any of their Opinions, are for a mystical Interpretation, and suppose, that by the three Days are to be understood Three Ages of the World. The Day would fail me to collect all the Passages out of the Fathers, in Interpretation of one or other of the Parts of the Story of _Jesus_'s Resurrection, but what I have here said in a few Citations, is enough to show, that they look'd upon the whole Story, as emblematical of his spiritual Resurrection out of the _Grave_ of the _Letter_ of the Scriptures, in which he has been buried about _three Days_ and _three Nights_, according to that mystical Interpretation of prophetical Numbers which I have learn'd of them. And thus have I done with the Miracle of _Jesus_'s Resurrection, which, by the Help of my Friend the Jewish _Rabbi_, I have shewn, according to the Letter, to consist of the greatest Incredibilities. And with this I conclude my _Discourses_ on his Miracles, intending to treat on no more of them, unless I am invited or provoked to it. I had once an Inclination to make another _Discourse_ on _Jesus_'s miraculous Conception, and on his feeding his Thousands, in the Wilderness, with a few Loaves and Fishes; but upon a little Consideration on the Letter of those two Stories, I found myself too grave for the Work; and my _Rabbi_'s Thoughts are too gay and wanton; therefore it must be omitted, till the _Clergy_ importune me to it, and signify their Curiosity to see it perform'd by me.