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brother,but thatbrotherwho from the dead peopleofthe
Jews should claim unto himselffor wife the wisdom ot
the divineworship,and from it shouldraiseup seedin
the Apostles,who being leftas itwere unformed in the
womb of the synagogue,have accordingto the electionof
gracebeen thoughtworthyto be preservedby the admix
tureofa new seed. BEDE. Or thesesevenbrothersanswer
to thereprobate,who throughoutthewholelifeoftheworld,
which revolvesin seven days,arefruitlessin good works,
and thesebeingcarriedaway by deathone afteranother,
atlengththecourseofthe evilworld,asthe barrenwoman,
itselfalsopassesaway. THEOPHYL. But our Lord shews
thatin the resurrectiontherewillbe no fleshlyconversa
tion,therebyoverthrowingtheirdoctrinetogetherwithits
slenderfoundation; asitfollows,And Jesussaiduntothem,
An?.de The childrenofthisworldmarry,fyc.AUG. For marriages
Ev.'i.ii.»reforthe sakeof children,childrenforsuccession,succes-
cap.49. sionbecauseofdeath. Where then thereisno death,there
areno marriages; and henceitfollows,But theywhichshall
be accountedworthy,fyc.BEDE. Which must notbe taken
as ifonlytheywho areworthywere eitherto riseagainor
be withoutmarriage,but allsinnersalsoshallriseagain,
and abidewithoutmarriagein thatnew world. But our
Lord wishedtomentiononlytheelect,thatHe mightincite
the minds of His hearersto searchintothe gloryofthe
resurrection.
Aug.de AUG. As our discourseis made up and completedby
Kv^uW departingand succeedingsyllables,so alsomen themselves
•up. whosefacultydiscourseis,by departureand successionmake
up and completethe orderof thisworld,which isbuiltup
withthemere temporalbeautyofthings.But inthefuture
• life,seeingthatthe Word which we shallenjoyisformed
by no departureand successionof syllables,but allthings
which ithas ithas everlastinglyand at once,so thosewho
partakeof it,to whom it alonewillbe life,shallneither
departby death,nor succeedby birth,even as itnow is
with the angels;as it follows,For they are equalto the
angels.CYRIL.For asthemultitudeofthe angelsisindeed
verygreat,yet they arenot propagatedby generation,but
have theirbeing from creation,so alsoto thosewho rise