But before I enter upon a close Proof of this grand Undertaking, I must beg leave to tell my Readers a Story, which tho' it will for while defer my undertaken Demonstration, yet it is properly introductory to it. I had not long drawn up my foregoing Thoughts, (against the two Bishops, of _Litchfield_ and St. _David_'s) of the Jewish and Christian Antiquity of the allegorical Method of Interpretation of Scripture, before I imparted them to my old Friend the _Jewish Rabbi_, who is a Cabalist and Allegorist, and desired his Sentiments upon them. Whereupon he was so kind as to send me the following Letter, with a pertinent Objection in it, against the Messiahship of the _Jesus_ of our _Ministers_ of the _Letter_; with a pertinent, I say, and lucky Objection, which paves the Way for my Demonstration of the Certainty of the allegorical Way of Interpretation, and of the Messiahship of the _Jesus_ of us _Ministers_ of the _Spirit_; and if I can but prevail upon the two forenamed _Bishops_, to give me their Assistance in answering the said Objection, by humouring my Rabbi in it; we shall go a better Step, than has been hitherto taken, for the Conversion of the _Jews_: And this is Encouragement enough to such hearty Friends to Christianity as we are, to set about so great and glorious a Work. The Letter is as follows. SIR, After condoling with you for the extraordinary Penalty that was laid on you for my Invective against _Jesus_'s Miracle of _turning Water into Wine_, which, in my Opinion, you should not have been so heavily charg'd with, because it was purely _Cabalistical_, and contains in it nothing better or worse than the Conceptions that we _Jews_ entertain of _Jesus_ and his Miracles; I here send you my Thoughts on the short Account you have given of the Antiquity of the allegorical Method of the Interpretation of Scripture.