I will also consider the[72] Journey of the Wisemen out of the East, with their (literally) senseless and ridiculous Presents of _Frankincense_ and _Myrrhe_, to a new-born Babe. If with their _Gold_, which could be but little, they had brought their _Dozens_ of Sugar, Soap, and Candles, which would have been of Use to the Child and his poor Mother in the Straw, they had acted like wise as well as good Men. But what, I pray, was the Meaning and Reason of a Star, like a _Will-a-Whisp_, for their Guide to the Place, where the holy Infant lay. Could not God, by divine Impulse, in a Vision or in a Dream, as he ordered their Return home, have sent them on this important Errand; but that a Star must be taken or made out of Course to this Purpose? I wonder what Communication passed between these Wisemen and the Star, or how they came to know one anothers Use and Intention. But the Fathers shall speak hereafter farther to the Senselessness of this Story literally, and make out the Mystery and true Meaning of it. I will also, by the Leave of our _Divines_, take again into Consideration the miraculous Conception of the Virgin _Mary_, and the Resurrection of _Jesus_ from the Dead. I do believe, if it may so please our _Divines_, that _Jesus_ was born of a pure Virgin, and that he arose from the Dead: But speaking too briefly, in the _Moderator_, to these two Miracles, they took Offence. I will therefore give them a Review, and speak home to them; particularly to Christ's Resurrection, the evangelical Story of which literally, is such a Complication of Absurdities, Incoherences, and Contradictions, that unless the Fathers can help us to a better Understanding of the _Evangelists_ than we have at present, we must of Necessity give up the Belief of it. These and many[73] other of the historical and miraculous Parts of _Jesus_'s Life, will I take into Examination, and shew, that none of them literally do prove his divine Authority: so far from it, that they are full of Absurdities, Improbabilities, and Incredibilities; but that his whole Life in the Flesh, is but[74] Type, Figure, and Parable of his mysterious and spiritual Life and Operations in Mankind.