556 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVI. THEOPHYL. Thus then hithertoHe has taught us how faithfullywe ought to disposeof our wealth. But because the management of our wealth accordingto God isno other- wise obtainedthan by the indifferenceof a mind unaffected towards riches,He adds, No man can serve two masters. AMBROSE. Not because the Lord is two, but one. For although there are who serveMammon, yet he knoweth no rights of lordship; but has himself placed upon himself a yoke of servitude.There is one Lord, because thereis one God. Hence itisevident,thatthe power of the Father and the Son is one : and He assignsa reason,thus saying, For eitherhe willhate the one,and lovethe other; or else Aug.de he will hold to the one, and desjtisethe other. AUG. Butiibu'ii_v'these things were not spoken indifferentlyor at random. q.86. ]?orno one when asked whether he lovesthe devil,answers that he loveshim, but rather that he hates him ; but all generallyproclaim that they love God. Thereforeeitherhe willhatetheone,(thatis,the devil,)and lovetheother,(that is,God ;)or willhold to theone,(thatis,the devil,when he pursues as it were temporal wants,) and will despisethe other,(thatis,God,) as when men frequentlyneglectHis threatsfortheirdesires,who becauseof His goodnessflatter themselvesthatthey willhave impunity. CYRIL. But the conclusionof the whole discourseiswhat follows,Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Let us then Bedeex transferallour devotionsto the one,forsakingriches.BEDE. ler" Let then the covetoushear this,that we cannot at the same time serveChrist and riches;and yet He said not,"Who Las riches,"but, \vho serves riches; for he who is the servantof riches,watches them as a servant;but he wbo has shaken off the yoke of servitude,dispensesthem as a master; but he who servesMammon, verilyserveshim who is set over those earthlythings as the reward of his John12, iniquity,and iscalledtheprinceof thisworld. 31 ; 2 Cor. 14. And the Phariseesalso,who were covetous, heardallthesethings; and theyderidedHim. 15. And He saidunto them, Ye are theywhich justifyyourselvesbeforemen; but God knoweth