626 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIX. ceivedHim joyfully.AMBROSE. Let the richlearnthatguilt attachesnot to the goods themselves,but to thosewho know not how to use them. For riches,as they are hindrancesto virtuein the unworthy, so are they means of advancingit in the good. Horn.de PsEUDO-CHRYS. Observe the graciouskindness of theSa- Z».ee. viour. The innocentassociateswith the guilty,the fountain ofjusticewith covetousness,which isthe sourceof injustice. Having entered the publican'shouse, He suffersno stain from the mistsof avarice,but dispersesthem by the bright beam of His righteousness.But thosewho dealwith biting words and reproaches,try to cast a slurupon the things which were done by Him ; foritfollows,And when theysaw it,theyallmurmured, saying,That He was gone to be yuest with a man that is a sinner. But He, though accusedof being a wine-bibberand a friendof publicans,regardedit not,so long asHe couldaccomplishHis end. As a physician sometimes cannot savehis patientsfrom theirdiseaseswith out the defilementof blood. And so it happened here,for the publicanwas converted,and liveda betterlife.Zac- ch(Busstood,and saidunto theLord,Behold,Lord, thehalfof my goods I give to the poor; and ifI have defraudedany man, I restorehim fourfold. Behold here isa marvel: with out learninghe obeys. And as the sun pouring itsraysinto a house enlightensitnot by word,but by work, so theSa viourby the raysof righteousnessput to flightthe darkness of sin; forthe lightshinethin darkness. Now everything united is strong,but divided,weak ; thereforeZacchseusdi videsintotwo partshis substance. But we must be careful to observe,that his wealth was not made up from unjust gains,but from his patrimony, elsehow could he restore fourfoldwhat he had unjustlyextorted. He knew thatthe law ordered what was wrongly taken away to be restored fourfold,that if the law deterrednot,a man's lossesmight softenhim. Zacchaeuswaitsnot forthe judgment ofthelaw, but makes himselfhisown judge. THEOPHYL. If we examine more closely,we shallseethat nothing was leftof his own property. For having given halfof his goods to the'poor,out of the remainder he re storedfourfoldto thosewhom he had injured. He notonly