I will also consider the Miracle of _Jesus_'s[68] _curing the Man sick of the Palsy, for whom the Roof of the House was broken up, to let him down into the Room where_ Jesus _was, because his Bearers could not enter in at the Door for the Press of the People_. This literally is such a _Rodomontado_, that were Men to stretch for a Wager, against Reason and Truth, none could out-do it. Where was the Humanity of the People, and wherefore did they so tumultuate against the Door of the House? Its _strange_ they had not so much Compassion on the _Paralytick_, as to give way to him: Its _more strange_ that his Bearers could get to the Top of the House with him and his Bed too, when they could not get to the Door, nor the Sides of it: Its _yet stranger_, that the good Man of the House would suffer his House to be broken up, when it could not be long ere the Tumult of the People would be appeas'd: But most _strange_, that _Jesus_, who could drive his thousands out at the Temple before him, and draw as many after him into the Wilderness, did not, by Force or Persuasion, make the People to retreat, but that such needless Trouble and Pains must be taken for the miraculous Cure of this poor Man. Let's think of these Things against the Time, that out of the Fathers I prove this Story to be a Parable. I will also take into Consideration the Miracle of _Jesus_'s curing _the_[69] _blind Man, for whom Eye-Salve was made of Clay and Spittle_; which Eye-Salve, whether it was balsamick or not, does equally affect the Credit of the Miracle. If it was naturally medicinal, there's an End of the Miracle; and if it was not at all medicinal, it was foolishly and impertinently apply'd, and can be no otherwise accounted for, than by considering it, with the Fathers, as a figurative Act in _Jesus_. I will also take into Consideration the several Stories of _Jesus_'s raising of the Dead; and, without questioning his actual bringing of the Dead to Life again, will prove from the Circumstances of those Stories, that they are parabolical, and are not literally to be apply'd to the Proof of _Jesus_'s divine Authority and Messiahship; or, for Instance, _Jesus_, when he raised _Jairus_'s[70] Daughter from the Dead, would never have turned the People out of the House, who should have been his best and properest Witnesses. I will also consider the Miracle of _Jesus_'s[71] _cursing the Fig-Tree_, for its not bearing Fruit out of Season; which, upon the bare mention of it, appears to be a foolish, absurd, and ridiculous Act, if not figurative.