430 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XII. But whateverthingsthe Phariseesplottedtogether,were afterwardsdivulgedand heard iu the lightof the Gospel, the greatHerald,the Holy Spirit,presidingoverthe souls oftheApostles. 4. And I sayunto you My friends,Be not afraid of them thatkillthe body,and afterthat have no more thattheycan do. 5. But I willforewarnyou whom ye shallfear: Fear Him, which afterHe hath killedhath power to castintohell; yea,I sayunto you,Fear Him. 6. Are not fivesparrowssold fortwo farthings, and not one ofthem isforgottenbeforeGod ? 7. But even the very hairsof your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye areofmore value than many sparrows. AMBROSE. Sinceunbeliefspringsfrom two causes,either from a deeply-seatedmaliceor a sudden fear; lestany one from terrorshouldbe compelledto deny the God whom he acknowledgesin his heart,He welladds,And I say unto you My friends,Be not afraidof them thatkillthe body,8fc.CYRIL.For itisnot absolutelytoeveryone that thisdiscourseseems to apply,but to thosewho loveGod Rom.8, with theirwhole heartto whom it belongsto say, Who shallseparateusfrom theloveofChrist? But theywho are not such,are tottering,and readyto falldown. Moreover Johnis,our Lord says,Greaterlovehath no man than this,thata man laydown hislifefor hisfriends.How then isitnot most ungratefulto Christnot to repay Him what we re ceive? AMBROSE. He tellsus also,thatthatdeathisnot terribleforwhich at a farmore costlyrateof interestim mortalityistobe purchased. CYRIL.We must thenconsiderthatcrowns and honours are preparedforthe laboursof thoseupon whom men are continuallyventingforththeirindignation,and tothem the deathofthebody isthe end of theirpersecutions.Whence He adds,And afterthishavenothingmore thattheycan do. BEDE. Theirrage then isbut uselessraving,who castthe