532 GOSPEL ACCOHDiNG TO CHAP. XV. And when he had spentall,therearosea greatfamineinthat land. The famineisthewant oftheword oftruth. Itfollows,And he begantobeinwant. Fitlydidhe begin to be in want who abandonedthe treasuresof thewisdom and theknowledgeofGod, and the unfathomablenessofthe heavenlyriches.It follows,And he wentandjoinedhimself Aug. to a citizenof thatcountry.AUG. One of the citizensof ubisup. tl,atcountiywas a certainprinceof the airbelongingto the army of the devil,whose fieldssignifythe manner of hispower,concerningwhich itfollows,And he senthim into thefieldtofeed swine. The swineare the uncleanspirits whichareunderhim. BEDE. But to feedswineistowork thosethingsin which the uncleanspiritsdelight It fol lows,And hewouldhavefilledhisbellywiththehuskswhich theswinedideat. The husk isa sortofbean,empty within, softoutside,by which the body isnot refreshed,but filled, Aug. so that it ratherloadsthan nourishes.AUG. The husksubisup. tl]enwithwhichtne swinewere fedarethe teachingofthe world,which criesloudlyof vanity; accordingto whichin variousproseand versemen repeatthe praisesof theidols, and fablesbelongingtothe gods of theGentiles,wherewith the devilsare delighted.Hence when he would fainhave filledhimself,he wishedtofindthereinsomethingstableand uprightwhichmight relatetoa happylife,and he couldnot; nsitfollows,And no onegavetohim. Jer.2,5. CYRIL.But sincetheJews arefrequentlyreprovedinholyIs«.29, Scripturefortheirmany crimes,how agreewiththispeople the words of the elderson,saying,Lo, thesemany yearsdo I servethee,neithertransgressedI atany timethycommand ment. Thisthenisthe meaning of theparable.The Pha riseesand ScribesreprovedHim becauseHe receivedsin ners; He setforththe parablein which He callsGod the man who isthe fatherof the two sons,(thatis,theright eous and the sinners,)of whom the firstdegreeisof the righteouswho followrighteousnessfrom the beginning,the secondis of thosemen who are broughtback by repent- Basil. ance to righteousness.BASIL.Besides,itbelongsmore to ' the characterof the aged to have an old man's mind and gravity,than his hoar hairs,nor is he blamed who is young in age,but it is the young in habitswho lives