594 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVII. carnallifewhich isfedby thebodilysenses,and descendto takeaway thisworld'svessels.Itfollows,And he thatisin thefield,lethim not returnback; thatis,he who labours in theChurch,as Paul plantingand Apolloswatering,let him notlookbackupon theworldlyprospectswhich he has renounced. THEOPHYL. Matthew relatesallthesethingsto havebeen saidby ourLord,with referencetothe destructionofJeru salem,thatwhen the Romans came upon them, theywho were on the housetopshouldnot come down to takeany thing,but flyatonce,nor theythatwerein thefieldreturn home. And surelysoitwas atthetakingofJerusalem,and againwillbe at the coming ofAntichrist,but much more at the completionof allthings,when thatintolerablede structionshallcome. EUSEB. He herebyimpliesthata persecutionwillcome from the son of perditionupon Christ'sfaithful.By that day then He means the time previousto the end of the world,in which letnot him who isflying'return,norcare to losehisgoods,lesthe imitateLot'swife,who when she fledout of the cityofSodom, turningback,died,and be came a pillarofsalt. AMBROSE. Becausethus she lookedbehind,she lostthe giftofhernature. For Satanisbehind,behindalsoSodom. Whereforefleefrom intemperance,turn away from lust,for recollect,thathe who turnednot back to hisold pursuits escaped,becausehe reachedthemount; whereasshelooking back towhat was leftbehind,couldnot even by theaidof her husband reachthe mount, but remainedfixed.AUG. Lot'swiferepresentsthosewho intimeof troublelookback and turn asidefrom the hope of the divinepromise,and henceshewas made a pillarof saltasa warningtomen not to do likewise,and to seasonas it were theirhearts,lest theybecome corrupt. THEOPHYL. Next followsthe promise,Whosoevershall seek,fyc.as ifhe said,Let no man in the persecutionsof Antichristseekto securehislife,forhe shallloseit,but whoso shallexposehimselfto trialsand death shallbe safe,neversubmittinghimselfto the tyrantfrom hislove oflife.CYRIL.How a man may losehisown lifetosaveit,