400 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XI. Who alone is good, He would by no means be calledgood, since our Lord refused to be calledgood, inasmuch as He Aug. was made man. AUG. Therefore,O covetous man, what Srrm. seekcstthou? or if thou seekestanything else,what will sufficethee to whom the Lord isnot sufficient? 14. And He was castingout a devil,and itwas dumb. And it came to pass,when the devilwas gone out,thedumb spake; and thepeoplewondered. 15. But some of them said,He castethout devils throughBeelzebubthechiefofthedevils. 16. And others,temptingHim, soughtof Him a signfrom heaven. Gloss. GLOSS. The Lord had promised that the Holy Spirit nonocc. suouiiibe given to those that asked for it; the blessed effectswhereof He indeed clearlyshews in the following miracle. Hence it follows,And Jesus was castingout a devil,and itwas dumb. THEOPHYL. Now he iscalledKia(f>bg, as commonly meaning one who does not speak. It is also used for one who does not hear, but more properlywho neitherhears nor speaks. But he who has not heard from his birth necessarilycannot speak. For we speak those thingswhich we are taught to speak by hearing. If however one has losthishearing from a diseasethat has come upon him, there isnothing to hinder him from speaking. But he who was brought beforethe Lord was both dumb in speech, Tit.in and deaf in hearing. TIT. BOST. Now He callsthe devil Matu deaf or dumb, as being the cause of thiscalamity,thatthe Divine word should not be heard. For the devil,by taking away the quicknessof human feeling,blunts the hearingof our soul. Christ thereforecomes that He might cast out the devil,and that we might hear the word of truth. For He healed one that He might createa universalforetaste of man's salvation.Hence itfollows,And when He had cast out thedevil,thedumb spake. BEDE. But that demoniac is relatedby Matthew to have been not only dumb, but blind. Three miraclesthen were performed at the same time on one man. The blindsee,the