586 GOSPEL ACCORDING! TO CHAP. XVII. saw them, He said, Go, shew yourselvesunto the priest». For they were examined whether they were cleansedfrom theirleprosyor not. CYRIL. The law alsoordered,thatthosewho were cleansed from leprosyshould offersacrificeforthe sake of theirpuri fication.THEOPHYL. Thereforein bidding them go to the priests,He meant nothing more than that they were just ahout to be healed; and so itfollows,And itcame topas» that as they went they were healed. CYRIL. Whereby the Jewish priestswho were jealousof His glory might know that itwas by Christgrantingthem healththat they were suddenly and miraculouslyhealed. THEOPHYL. But out of the ten,the nine Israeliteswere ungrateful,whereas the Samaritan stranger returned and liftedup hisvoicein thanksgiving,as it follows,And oneof them turnedback,and with a loud voiceglorifiedGod. TIT. BOST. When he found thathe wa^scleansed,he had boldness to draw near,as itfollows,And felldown on hisface at His feetgivingHim thanks. Thus by hisprostrationand prayers shewing at once both hisfaithand hisgratitude. It follows,And he was a Samaritan. THEOPHYL. We may gather from thisthata man is not one whit hinderedfrom pleasingGod because he comes from a cursed race,onlylet him bearin his heart an honest purpose. Further,letnot him that is bora of saintsboast himself,for the nine who were Israeliteswere ungrateful; and hence it follows,And Jesusansweringhim said,Were therenot tencleansed? Trr. BOST. Wherein it isshewn, that strangerswere more ready to receivethe faith,but Israelwas slow to believe; and so it follows,And Ue said unto him, Arise,go thy way, thy faithhas made theewhole. Aug.de AUG. The lepersmay be taken mysticallyfor thosewho, i.iuast.having no knowledge of the true faith,professvariouserro- qu.40. neous doctrines.For they do not concealtheirignorance, but blazen it forthas the highest wisdom, making a vain show ofitwithboastingwords. But sinceleprosyisa blemish in colour,when true things appear clumsilymixed up with falsein a singlediscourseor narration,as in the colourof a singlebody, they representa leprosystreakingand dis figuringas itwere with trueand falsedyes the colourofthe