VER. 47 — 53. ST. LUKE. 727 to make an especialtoken of lovethe instrumentof his treachery. CHRYS. Now we must not departfrom admonishingourChrys. brethren,albeitnothingcomes of our words. For even thej^az streamsthoughno onedrinktherefromstillflowon,and him whom thou hast not persuadedto-day,peradventurethou mayestto-morrow. For thefishermanafterdrawingempty netsthe wholeday,when itwas now latetakesa fish.And thusour Lord,though He knew thatJudas was not to be converted,yetceasednottodo suchthingsas had reference tohim. Itfollows,But Jesussaiduntohim,Judas,betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? AMBROSE. It must be usedI thinkby way ofquestion,asifHe arreststhe traitor with a lover'saffection.CHRYS. And He giveshim his proper name, which was ratherlikeone lamentingand recallinghim, than one provokedto anger. AMBROSE. He says,Betrayestthouwith a kiss?thatis,dostthou inflict a wound with the pledgeof love?withthe instrumentsof peacedostthouimposedeath?a slave,dostthoubetraythy Lord; a disciple,thy Master; one chosen,Him who chose thee? CHRYS. But He saidnot," BetrayestthouthyMas ter,thy Lord,thy Benefactor,"but theSon ofman, thatis, thehumble and meek,who thoughHe were not thy Master and Lord, forasmuchas He has borne Himselfso gently towardthee,shouldhaveneverbeenbetrayedby thee. AMBROSE. O greatmanifestationof Divinepower,great disciplineof virtue! Both the designof Thy traitoris detected,and yet forbearanceisnot withheld. He shews whom it isJudas betrays,by manifestingthingshidden; He declareswhom he deliversup, by saying,the Son of man, forthehuman flesh,not the Divinenature,isseized. That howeverwhich most confoundsthe ungrateful,isthe thoughtthathe had deliveredup Him, who thoughHe was the Son of God, yet forour sakeswishedto be the Son of man ; asifHe said,"For theedidI undertake,O ungrateful man, thatwhich thou betrayestin hypocrisy."AUG. The Lord when He was betrayedfirstsaidthiswhich Luke mentions,Betrayestthouthe Son ofman witha kiss? next what Matthew says,Friend,whereforeart thoucome? and lastly,what John records,Whom seekye? AMBROSE. Our