692 GOSPEI. ACCORDING TO CHAP. XXI. 35. For as a snareshallitcome on allthem that dwellon the faceofthewhole earth. 36. Watch ye therefore,and pray always,thatye may be accountedworthy to escapeallthesethings thatshallcome to pass,and to standbeforethe Son ofman. THEOPHYL. Our Lord declared above the fearfuland sensiblesigns of the evilswhich should overtake sinners, againstwhich the only remedy iswatching and prayer,asit is said,And take heed to yourselves,lestat any time,$c. Basil. BASIL. Every animal has withinitselfcertaininstinctswhich hHlHirt i' bas receive(ifrom God, for the preservationof itsown Attunde being. Wherefore Christ has also given us this warning, thatwhat comes to them by nature,may be ours by the aid of reason and prudence : that we may fleefrom sin as the brute creaturesshun deadly food,but that we seek after righteousness,as they wholesome herbs. Therefore saith He, Take heed to yourselves,that is,that you may distin guish the noxious from the wholesome. But sincethere are two ways of taking heed to ourselves,the one with the bodily eyes,the other by the facultiesof the soul,and the bodilyeye does not reach to virtue; itremains that we speak of the operationsof the soul. Take heed, that is,Look around you on allsides,keeping an ever-watchfuleye tothe guardianshipof your soul. He says not,Take heed toyour own or to the things around, but to yourselves.For ye are mind and spirit,your body is only of sense. Around you are riches,arts,and allthe appendages of life,you must not mind these,but your soul,of which you must take especial care. The same admonition tends both to the healingofthe sick,and the perfectingof those that are well,namely,such as arethe guardiansofthe present,the providersofthefuture, not judging the actionsof others,but strictlysearchingtheir own, not sufferingthe mind to be the slaveof theirpassions, but subduing the irrationalpartof the soul to the rational. But the reasonwhy we should take heed He adds asfollows, Lest at any timeyour heartsle overcharged,fyc. TIT.Bosr. As if He says, Beware lestthe eyes of your mind wai