VER. 27—31. ST. LUKE. 573 alsowouldeasilyinsinuateperversedoctrines,devisingresur rectionalsoby means of hisown instruments,not indeed reallyraisingup the deceased,but by certaindelusions deceivingthe sightof the beholders,or contriving,thatis, settingup some topretenddeath. AUG. But some one may say,Ifthedeadhaveno careforAug.de theliving,how didtherichman askAbraham,thathe shouldMortm" sendLazarustohisfivebiethren?But becausehe saidthis,habenda. didtherichman know thereforewhat his brethrenwere doing,orwhat was theirconditionat thattime? His care aboutthe livingwas such thathe might yet be altogether ignorantwhat they were doing,justas we careaboutthe dead,althoughwe know nothingof what they do. But againthe questionoccurs,How did Abraham know that Mosesand the prophetsare here in theirbooks? whence alsohad he known thatthe richman had livedin luxury, butLazarusin affliction?Not surelywhen thesethings weregoingon intheirlifetime,but at theirdeathhe might knowthroughLazarus'tellinghim,thatinorderthatmight notbe falsewhich theprophetsays; Abraham heardusnot.Isa.63, Thedeadmightalsohearsomethingfromtheangelswho are everpresentatthethingswhicharedonehere.They might alsoknow some thingswhich itwas necessaryforthem to haveknown, not only past,but alsofuture,throughthe revelationoftheChurch ofGod. AUG. But thesethingsmay be so takenin allegory,thatAug. bytherichman we understandthe proudJews ignorantofg"*"' therighteousnessofGod, and goingabouttoestablishtheirqu.38. own. The purpleand finelinenare the grandenrof theiQ"™] kingdom. And thekingdomof God (hesays)shallbetaken awayfrom you. The sumptuousfeastingisthe boastingof theLaw, in which they gloried,ratherabusingitto swell theirpride,than usingitas the necessarymeans of salva tion.But thebeggar,by name Lazarus,whichisinterpreted "assisted,"signifieswant; as,forinstance,some Gentile,or Publican,who is allthe more relieved,as he presumes lesson the abundance of hisresources.GREG. LazarusGreg.inthenfullof sores,figurativelyrepresentstheGentilepeople,?OE^*°' who when turnedtoGod, werenotashamed toconfesstheir sins.Theirwound was intheskin. For what isconfession