574 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVI. ofsinsbut a certainburstingforthofwounds. But Lazarus, fullof wounds,desiredto befed by thecrumbswhichfell from therichman'stable,and no onegave to him; because thatproud peopledisdainedto admit any Gentileto the knowledgeof theLaw, and wordsfloweddown to him from Aug. knowledge,asthecrumbsfellfromthetable.AUG. But the ubisup. dogs which lickedthe poor man's soresare thosemost wickedmen who lovedsin,who with a largetonguecease nottopraisetheevilworks,whichanotherloathes,groaning in himself,and confessing.GREG. Sometimesalsoin the holyWord by dogsareunderstoodpreachers; accordingto P».68,23.that,Thatthetongueofthydogsmay beredby theveryblood of thy enemies: forthe tongueof dogs whileit licksthe wound healsit; forholyteachers,when theyinstructus in confessionof sin,touchas itwere by the tonguethe soul's wound. The richman was buriedin hell,but Lazaruswas carriedby angelsintoAbraham'sbosom,thatis,intothat secretrestof which the truthsays,Many shallcomefrom the eastand the west,and shallliedown withAbraham, Isaac,and Jacob in thekingdomofheaven,butthechildren of thekingdomshallbecastintoouterdarkness.But being afaroil',the richman liftedup hiseyesto beholdLazarus, becausethe unbelieverswhilethey sufferthe sentenceof theircondemnation,lyingin the deep,fixtheireyesupon certainof the faithful,abidingbeforethe day of thelast Judgment in restabovethem,whose blissafterwardsthey would inno wisecontemplate.But thatwhichtheybehold isafaroff,forthitherthey cannotattainby theirmerits. But he isdescribedto burn chieflyin histongue,because theunbelievingpeopleheldin theirmouth theword ofthe Law, which in theirdeedstheydespisedto keep. In that partthena man willhavemost burningwhereinhe mostof allshewshe knew thatwhichhe refusedtodo. Now Abra ham callshim hisson,whom atthesame timehe deliversnot fromtorments;becausethefathersofthisunbelievingpeople, observingthatmany have gone asidefrom theirfaith,are not moved with any compassionto rescuethem fromtor- A-ug. ments,whom neverthelessthey recogniseas sons. Auo.Evl^iibii^v tne nve brotherswhom he sayshe has in hisfather's qu.39. house,he means the Jews who were calledfive,because