694 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XXI. drunkenness,which drowns and buriesthe heartin carnal luxuryand delight,sinceon thatday theJewsareimmersed inworldlypleasure,whiletheyarelostto a spiritualsabbath. THEOPHYL. And becausea Christianneedsnotonlyto flee evil,but to striveto obtainglory,He adds,And to stand beforetheSon of man. For thisisthe gloryof angels,to standbeforetheSon ofman, our God, and alwaysto behold His face. BEDE. Now supposinga physicianshouldbid us bewareof thejuiceof a certainherb,lesta sudden death overtakeus,we shouldmost earnestlyattendto his com mand ; but when our Saviourwarnsus toshun drunkenness and surfeiting,and thecaresofthisworld,men have no fear of being wounded and destroyedby them ; for the faith whichtheyputin thecautionof the physician,they disdain to givetothewordsofGod. 37. And in the day time He was teachingin the temple; and at nightlIewent out,and abode inthe mount thatiscalledthemount ofOlives. 38. And allthe peoplecame earlyin the morning to Him in the temple,fortohearHim. BEDE. What our Lord commanded in word,He confirms by His example. For He who bidus watch and praybefore thecoming of the judge,and the uncertainend of eachof us,asthetimeof His Passiondrew near,isHimselfinstant in teaching,watching,and prayer. As itissaid,And in the day timeHe was teachingin thetemple,whereby He conveysby His own example,thatitisa thing worthyof God, to watch,or by word and deedto pointout theway of truthto our neighbour. CYRIL. But what were the things He taught,unlesssuch as transcendedtheworshipofthe law? THEOPHYL. Now theEvangelistsare silentas tothe greaterpartofChrist'steaching; forwhereasHe preached forthe spacenearlyof threeyears,allthe teachingwhich they have writtendown would scarcely,one might say, sufficeforthediscourseof a singleday. For out of a great many thingsextractinga few,theyhave givenonlya taste asitwereofthe sweetnessofHis teaching.But our Lord here instructsus,thatwe ought to addressGod at night