466 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XII.
saidassignsneithermeasure nor end of punishments,but
theirdifferences.For a man may deserveunquenchable
fire,to eithera slightor more intensedegreeofheat,and
theworm thatdiethnot with greateror more violentgnaw-
ings..THEOPHYL.But He goeson toshew why teachersand
learnedmen deservea severerpunishment,asitissaid,For
untowhomsoevermuch isgiven,ofhim shallbemuch required.
Teachersindeedaregiventhegracetoperformmiracles,but
entrustedthegraceofspeechand learning.But notinthat
whichisgiven,He says,isany thingmore tohe sought,but
inthatwhich isentrustedor deposited;forthegraceofthe
word needsincrease.But from a teachermore isrequired,
forhe shouldnot lieidle,but improvethe talentof the
word. BEDE. Or else,much isoftengivenalsoto certain
individuals,upon whom isbestowedthe knowledgeofGod's
"ill,and the means of performingwhat theyknow; much
alsoisgivento him towhom, togetherwith hisown salva
tion,iscommittedthe carealsoof feedingour Lord'sflock.
Upon thosethenwho are giftedwithmore abundant grace
a heavierpenaltyfalls;but the mildestpunishmentofall
willbe theirs,who, beyond the guiltthey originallycon
tracted,have added none besides;and in allwho have
added,theirswillbe themore tolerablewho have committed
fewestiniquities.
49. I am come to sendfireon theearth; and what
wiltI,ifitbe alreadykindled?
50. But I have a baptismto be baptizedwith; and
how am I straitenedtillitbe accomplished!
51. Suppose ye thatI am come to give peaceon
earth? I tellyou,Nay ; but ratherdivision:
52. For from henceforththereshallbe fiveinone
house divided.threeagainsttwo, and two against
three.
53. The fathershallbe dividedagainstthe son,
and the son againstthe father; the mother against
the daughter,and the daughteragainstthe mother;
the mother in law againsther daughterin law,and
the daughterinlaw againsther mother inlaw.