VER. 11 — 27. ST. LUKE. C35 The tenpounds may alsohere be takento mean the ten words,thatis,theteachingof thelaw; the fivepounds,the orderingof discipline.But thescribemust beperfectinall things.And rightly,sinceHe isspeakingoftheJews,are theretwoonlywho bringtheirpoundsmultiplied,notindeed bya gainfulinterestofmoney,buta profitablestewardshipof theGospel. For thereisone kind of usuryinmoney lent on interest,anotherin heavenlyteaching.CHRYS. For in earthlywealthitdoesnotbelongtoone man tobe made rich withoutanotherbeing made poor,but in spiritualriches withouthismaking anotherrichalso.Forinearthlymatters participationlessens,inspiritualitincreaseswealth. AUG. Or else; That one of thosewho wellemployedtheirAug.de moneygainedten pounds,anotherfive,signifiesthattheyE""J,'H acquiredthem forthe flockofGod, by whom the lawwas qu.46. nowunderstoodthroughgrace,eitherbecauseofthetencom mandmentsof thelaw,or becausehe throughwhom thelaw wasgiven,wrotefivebooks; and tothisbelongtheten and fivecitiesoverwhichHe appointsthem topreside.For the manifoldmeanings or interpretationswhich springup con cerningsome individualpreceptor book,when reducedand broughttogetherin one,make asitwerea cityoflivingeter nalreasons.Hence a cityisnota multitudeof livingcrea tures,butofreasonablebeingsbound togetherby thefellow shipofone law. The servantsthenwho bringan accountof thatwhich they had received,and are praisedforhaving gainedmore, representthosegivingin theiraccountwho havewellemployedwhat theyhad received,toincreasetheir Lord'srichesby thosewho believeon Him, whiletheywho areunwillingtodo thisaresignifiedby thatservantwho kept hispound laidup in a napkin; ofwhom itfollows,And the thirdcame,saying,Lord,behold,hereisthypound,whichI havekeptlaidup in a napkin,fyc.For therearesome who flatterthemselveswiththisdelusion,saying,Itisenoughfor eachindividualtoanswerconcerninghimself,whatneedthen ofothersto preachand minister,in orderthateveryone shouldbe compelledalsotogivean accountof himself,see ingthatin theLord'ssighteventheyarewithoutexcuseto whom thelawwas notgiven,and who werenotasleepatthe timeof the preachingof the Gospel,forthey might have