Let's hear then what the Fathers say to this miraculous Story of _Jesus_'s Transfiguration. And it is agreed amongst them, that the whole is but a Type,[58] Prefiguration, and[59] ænigmatical Resemblance of a future and more glorious and real Transfiguration. And whenever they speak of any Part of the Story, they never explain to us how the Matter went upon Mount _Tabor_, but tell us of what _this_ or _that_ Part of it is figurative and emblematical; and how it is to be understood, and will be fulfill'd in future Time. As thus, by _the_[60] _six Days_, they understood six Ages of the World, after which a real and mysterious Transfiguration will be exhibited to our intellectual Views. By _Moses_ and _Elias_[61] talking with _Jesus_, they mean the Law and the Prophets, upon an allegorical Interpretation, bearing Testimony unto Christ as the Fulfiller of them. By the[62] _Mountain_ on which this future Transfiguration will be exhibited, they understand the sublime and anagogical Sense of the Law and the Prophets. By his _Transfiguration_ it self, they mean his taking upon him, and passing through the Forms of all the Types of him under the Law, as of a Lamb, a Lion, a Serpent, a Calf, a Rock, a Stone, and of many others, which he is to fulfil, and which will then be clearly discern'd by us. By the black Cloud[63] that at present obstructs this Vision, they understand the Letter of the Old Testament. By the white[64] Vestments of _Jesus_, they mean the Words of the Scriptures, which will then shine clear and bright. By the Voice out of the Cloud, they mean, with St. _Peter_, the Word of Prophecy, that will sound in the Ears of our Apprehensions. And lastly, they tell us, that the Way to attain to the Sight of this glorious Vision, is by ascending (not by local Motion, but by Reason) to the Tops of the Mountain of the mysterious and sublime Sense of the Law and the Prophets. If we continue in the Plains and Vallies[65] of the Letter, like the Multitude under the Mountain, we shall never see _Jesus_ in his shining Vestments, nor how he was transform'd into the Types of the Law; nor _Moses_ and _Elias_ talking with him; nor the Law and the Prophets agreeing harmoniously in a Testimony to him.