therefore, were cured upon the spot, while the Swine continued feeding. quietly by themselves; and consequently they had no opportunity of falling upon them and forcing them ' down a precipice into the sea. Far ther, the Men, at this time, could ⚫ have no disposition to make any such attempt upon the herd; for we have seen, that before the latter grew mad, or appeared' (says he in p. 287) un' der any disorder, the former were re'stored to their right mind; or, in other words, the Demons had left the Men before they took possession of the ⚫ Swine. The men, therefore, if the ⚫ words of the evangelists are to be our guide, neither drove, nor attempted 'to drive, the herd into the sea. Had 'the spectators seen them engaged in • such a mad and mischievous attempt, they would not have thought the Demons had left them, but considered them still as possessed madmen. The history, history, it is certain, doth expressly ascribe the destruction of the Swine, not to their being driven by the Demoniacs, but to the entrance of Demons into them, or to their being • seized with the same disorder from 'which the men were relieved, and which was thought to be caused by • Demons. The Evangelists, even supposing them to have adopted the 'common hypothesis, would not have said, that the Demons had entered the Swine, if the latter had only been ⚫ pursued by the Demoniacs. Nor can I see' (says the Author of the Essay in p. 288) any room to dispute the testimony of the Evangelists in this matter.' ་ END OF THE CASE OF SAUL, &c. |