vEK.58, 59. ST. LUKE. 473 maybe releasedfrom him,lesthe summon thee beforethe judge,as itfollows,Lesthe haletheeto thejudge,and the judgedelivertheeto theofficer,and theofficercasttheeinto prison.CTRIL. Where thou wiltsufferwant untilthou payestthe lastfarthing; and thisis what He adds,/ say untoyou,Thou shallnotdeparthence. CHRYS.Itseemstome thatHe isspeakingofthepresentClirys. judges,and of theway to the presentjudgment,and ofthe"°Matt' prisonof thisworld. For by thesethingswhich arevisible andathand,ignorantmen arewont to gainimprovement. ForoftenHe givesa lesson,not onlyfrom futuregood and evilbut from present,forthe sake of His ruder hearers. AMBROSE.Or ouradversaryisthedevil,who layshisbaitsfor sin,thathe may havethosehispartnersin punishmentwho werehisaccomplicesin crime; our adversaryisalsoevery viciouspractice.Lastly,our adversaryisan evilconscience, whichaffectsus bothin thisworld,and willaccuseand be trayusinthenext. Let us then giveheed,whilewe arein thislife'scourse,thatwe may be deliveredfrom everybad actasfroman evilenemy. Nay, whilewe aregoingwithour adversarytothemagistrate,aswe areintheway,we should condemnour fault.But who isthe magistrate,but He in whosehandsisallpower? But the Magistratedeliversthe guiltyto the Judge,thatis,to Him, towhom He givesthe poweroverthequickand dead,namely,JesusChrist,through whom the secretsare made manifest,and the punishment ofwickedworks awarded. He deliversto the officer,and theofficercastsintoprison,forHe says,Bind him hand and Matt.22, foot,and casthim intoouterdarkness.And He shews that12- Hisofficersaretheangels,ofwhom He says,TheangelsshallMatt13, comeforth,and severthe wickedfrom among thejust,and*9' shallcastthem intothefurnaceoffire; but itisadded,I tellthee,thou shaltnot departthencetillthou hastpaid theverylastmite. For as they who pay money on inter estdo not get ridof the debt of interestbeforethatthe amountof thewhole principalispaideven up to the least sum ineverykind of payment,so by the compensationof loveand the otheracts,or by each particularkind ofsatis factionthepunishmentofsiniscancelled.ORIGEN. Or else, He hereintroducesfourcharacters,theadversary,themagis-