But the _Ruler of the Synagogue is said to be moved with Indignation, v._ 14. at this charitable Work of _Jesus_, in healing of the Woman, because it was done on the Sabbath-Day; which in my Opinion can't be literally true: Though I am willing enough, to please our _Divines_, to allow as much as may be of the Letter of this Story, yet I except against this Part of it. _Origen_ says, there are some things of the Gospel related as Facts, which were not done; and I believe this of the Ruler of the Synagogue to be one of them. Human Nature, I think, is not capable of such base and unnatural Resentment. Works of Necessity, and requisite Offices of Kindness and Charity to Man and Beast, were allow'd by the Law, and practised by the _Jews_ on the Sabbath: And the Cure of this Woman, though on the Sabbath-Day, was such an Act of Beneficence and Compassion in the Holy _Jesus_, that I can't but think _bad_, as well as _good_ Men, would rather glorify God, that had given such Power unto Man, than find fault with it. But in the Mystery of this Part of the Story, there is clear Sense and Truth. Who then is this _Archisynagogus_, or Ruler of the Synagogue, that will be full of Indignation at the healing of the Church of her foresaid _Infirmity_ at the _Spirit_ of Prophecy? _Origen_ says that the[107] right Interpretation of the Names of Persons and Places in Scripture is of good Use to the mystical Application. Accordingly _Archisynagogus_ does signify the _Chiefs of our Congregations_: And who should they be then but the Clergy? And if this ben't enough to fix this Name and Character upon them, then let _Theophanes Cerameus_ speak here, who says, that the _Archisynagogus_, is a[108] _Type of all Priests_, who will be against the foresaid miraculous healing of the Church. And why will the _Clergy_ be mov'd 'with Indignation at the curing the Church of her _Infirm_, and restoring her to a _sound_ Spirit of Prophecy? Because as St. _Augustin_ says,[109] they are not only _bow'd down_ to the Letter themselves; but because this _Infirmity_ of the Church will be a Reproach to them, in as much as it is a Proof of their Apostacy and Insufficiency at Prophecy; and the Cure of it will be attended with such Consequences, as affect their Reputation and Interests. Who can question but the _Clergy_, who are the _Archisynagogus_ of the Text, and who are for the Church's _bending_ and _stooping_ to the low Sense of the Letter of the Scripture, will be averse to her being rais'd, _lifted up_, and erected to the Contemplation of the sublime, anagogical, and heavenly Sense of it? Such an Healing and Erection of the Church will vex them at the Heart, as it will bring _Shame_ and loss of Interest along with it; and they will undoubtedly be _Adversaries_ to this good Work of _Christ_, which, upon the Testimony of all Antiquity, is to be done on or against the Evangelical and great Sabbath.