646 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIX. shouldpreachboth to them thatwere near,and thosethat wereafaroff.But astheydidnotwishtoreceivethepeace thatwas announcedto them,itwas hid from them. And thereforethe siegewhich was shortlyto come upon them He most expresslyforetells,adding,For thedays shallcome Greg. upon thee,fyc.GEEG. By thesewords the Roman leadersutsup. aye pointedout. For thatoverthrowof Jerusalemisde scribed,whichwas made by theRoman emperorsVespasian and Titus. EUSEBIUS.But how thesethingswere fulfilledwe mav gatherfrom what is deliveredto us by Josephus,who thoughhe was a Jew,relatedeacheventasittook place,in exactaccordancewithChrist'sprophecies.GREG. Thistoo which is added,namely,They shallnot leavein theeone stoneuponanother,isnow witnessedinthealteredsituation of the same city,which isnow builtin thatplacewhere Christwas crucifiedwithoutthe gate,whereasthe former Jerusalem,as itiscalled,was rootedup fromtheveryfoun dation.And the crimeforwhich thispunishmentofover throwwas inflictedisadded,Became thouknewestnotthe timeof thyvisitation.THEOPHYL. That is,of My coming. For I came to visitand to savethee,which ifthou hadst known and believedon Me, thoumightesthavebeenrecon ciledto theRomans,and exemptedfrom alldanger,asdid thosewho believedon Christ. ORIGEN.I do not deny then thatthe formerJerusalem was destroyedbecauseof thewickednessof itsinhabitants, but I ask whetherthe weepingmight not perhapsconcern thisyourspiritualJerusalem.For ifa man hassinnedafter receivingthemysteriesoftruth,he willbe weptover.More over,no Gentileisweptover,but he onlywho was ofJeru- Greg. salem,and hasceasedtobe. GKEG. ForourRedeemerdoes utsup. not Ceaseto weep throughHis electwheneverHe perceives any to have departedfrom a good lifeto followevilways. Who if they had known theirown damnation,hanging overthem, would togetherwith the electshed tearsover themselves.But thecorruptsoulherehasitsday,rejoicing in thepassingtime; towhom thingspresentareitspeace, seeingthatittakesdelightin thatwhich istemporal.It shunstheforesightofthefuturewhichmay disturbitspresent