470 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XII.
springup themotionsof differentdesires,but when thesoul
returnstoitselfitrenouncesthedegenerateoffspring.The
fleshalsobewailsthatitisfasteneddown by itsdesires(which
ithas borneto itself,)as by the thornsof theworld. But
pleasureisa kindofdaughterinlawofthebodyand soul,and
isweddedtothemotionsoffouldesire.As longthenasthere
remainedin one house the vicesconspiringtogetherwith
oneconsent,thereseemedtobe no division; butwhen Christ
sentfireupon theearthwhich shouldburn outtheoffences
of the heart,or the sword which shouldpiercethe very
secretsof the heart,thenthefleshand thesoulrenewed by
themysteriesofregenerationcastoffthebond ofconnection
withtheiroffspring.So thatparentsaredividedagainsttheir
children,while the intemperateman. gets rid of his in
temperatedesires,and the soulhas no more fellowshipwith
crime. Childrenalsoaredividedagainstparentswhen men
having become regeneraterenouncetheirold vices,and
youngerpleasurefliesfromtheruleofpiety,asfromthedis
ciplineofa stricthouse.BEDE. Or inanotherway. By three
aresignifiedthosewho havefaithin theTrinity,by twothe
unbelieverswho departfromtheunityofthefaith.But the
fatheristhedevil,whosechildrenwe wereby followinghim,
butwhen thatheavenlyfirecame down,itseparatedusfrom
oneanother,and shewedus anotherFatherwho isinheaven.
The motheristheSynagogue,the daughteristhePrimitive
Church,who had tobearthepersecutionof thatsame syna
gogue,from whom shederivedher birth,and whom shedid
herselfinthetruthof the faithcontradict.The motherin
lawistheSynagogue,thedaughterinlawtheGentileChurch,
for Christthe husband of the Church isthe son of the
Synagogue,accordingto the flesh.The Synagogue then
was dividedbothagainstitsdaughterinlawand itsdaughter,
persecutingbelieversof each people. But they alsowere
dividedagainsttheirmotherinlawand mother,becausethey
wishedtoabolishthecircumcisionoftheflesh.
54. And He saidalsoto the people,When ye see
a cloudriseout ofthewest,straightwayye say,There
cometh a shower; and so itis.