I will also take into Examination _Jesus_'s Miracle[67] of _feeding many Thousands in the Wilderness with a few Loaves and Fishes_; which, according to the Letter, are most romantick Tales. I don't in the least question _Jesus_'s Power to magnify or multiply the Loaves, and, if he pleass'd, to meliorate the Bread: But that many Thousands of Men, Women, and Children, should follow him into the Wilderness, and stay with him three Days and Nights too, without eating, is a little against Sense and Reason. Whether the Wilderness was near to, or far from the People's Habitations, the Difficulties attending the Story are equally great. I wonder how _Jesus_ amused them all the while, that they had the Patience to stay with him without Food; but I much more wonder, that no Victuallers besides the _Lad_ with his Loaves and Fishes, of whom, and his Occupation, whether it was that of a _Baker_ or _Fishmonger_; and of his Neglect of his Master's Business here; and of the Reason that he met with no hungry Chapmen for his Bread before, we shall make some Enquiry; but particularly why he alone, I say, and no other Victuallers, no other Retalers of Cakes and Gingerbread followed the Camp. In short, for all the imaginary Greatness of the Miracle (which there is a way to reduce and lessen) of _Jesus_'s feeding his Thousands with a few Loaves, there must be some Fascination or Enchantment (condemn'd by the Laws of the _Jews_ as well as of other Nations) in the Matter; or the People if they had stay'd one Day, would not two, much less three _to faint_, but would, especially the Women and Children, have been for returning the first Night home. We must then seek to the Fathers (who say the five Books of _Moses_ are the _five Barley Loaves_, &c. and the septiform'd Spirit, the _seven Loaves_, &c.) for a good Notion of this Miracle, and if they don't make it a Parable; do what our _Divines_ can, it will turn to the Dishonour of the holy Jesus.