VER.49— 53. ST. LUKE. 469
connexionwould seem tobe of sixpersons,fatherand son,
motherand daughter,motherinlawand daughterinlaw,yet
arefheyfive,forthe mother and the motherin law may be
takenasthesame,sinceshe who isthe motheroftheson,is
themother in law of his wife. CHRVS. Now hereby He Chrys.declareda futureevent,foritso happenedinthesame housenc"
thattherehave been believerswhosefatherswishedtobring
themtounbelief;but thepower ofChrist'sdoctrineshas so
prevailed,thatfatherswereleftby sons,mothersby daugh
ters,and childrenby parents.Forthefaithfulin Christwere
contentnot onlyto despisetheirown,but atthe same time
alsotosufferallthingsas longastheywere not withoutthe
worshipoftheirfaith.But ifHe weremere man, how would
ithaveoccurredtoHim toconceiveitpossiblethatHe should
bemorelovedby fathersthantheirchildrenwere,by children
thantheirfathers,by husbandsthantheirwives,and theytoo
notin one house or a hundred,butthroughoutthe world?
And notonlydidhe predictthis,butaccomplishitin deed.
AMBROSE.Now in a mysticalsensethe one houseisone
man,but by two we oftenmean the soul and the body.
But iftwo thingsmeet together,each one has itspart;
thereisone which obeys,anotherwhich rules.But there
arethreeconditionsof the soul,one concernedwithreason,
anotherwith desire,the thirdwith anger. Two then are
dividedagainstthree,and threeagainsttwo. For by the
comingofChrist,man who wasmaterialbecamerational.We
werecarnaland earthly,God sentHis Spiritintoourhearts,Gal.4,6.
andwe became spiritualchildren.We may alsosay,thatin
thehousetherearefiveothers,thatis,smell,touch,taste,sight,
andhearing.If thenwithrespecttothosethingswhichwe
hearorsee,separatingthesenseofsightand hearing,we shut
outtheworthlesspleasuresof thebody whichwe takein by
onrtaste,touch,and smell,we dividetwo againstthree,be
causethemind isnotcarriedaway by theallurementsofvice.
Or ifwe understandthe fivebodilysenses,alreadyarethe
vicesand sinsof the body dividedamong themselves.The
fleshand the soulmay alsoseem separatedfrom thesmell,
touch,and tasteofpleasure,forwhilethestrongersexofrea
sonisimpelled,asitwere,tomanly affections,thefleshstrives
tokeepthereasonmore effeminate.Out ofthesethenthere