44G GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XII. he amasseswealthwho knows not how to use it. Neither arethesethingsourswhichwe cannottake away with us. Virtuealoneisthe companionof thedead,mercy alonefol lowsus,whichgainsforthedeadan everlastinghabitation. 22. And He said unto His disciples,Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shalleat: neitherfor the body, what ye shallput on. 23. The lifeis more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. THEOPHYL. The Lord carriesus onward by degreesto a more perfectteaching.For He taughtus aboveto beware ofcovetousness,and He addedthe parableof the richman, intimatingtherebythatthefoolishe who desiresmore than isenough. Then as Hisdiscoursegoeson,He forbidsus to be anxiousevenaboutnecessarythings,pluckingoutthevery rootof covetousness; whence He says,ThereforeI say unto you,Takeno thought.As ifHe said,Sincehe isa fool,who awardstohimselfa longermeasureoflife,and istherebyren deredmore covetous; be not ye carefulforyoursoul,what ye shalleat,notthatthe intellectualsouleats,but because thereseems no otherway forthe soultodwellunitedto the body exceptby beingnourished.Or becauseitisa partof the animatebody to receivenourishment,He fitlyascribes nourishmenttothesoul.For thesouliscalledalsoa nutri tivepower,as itissounderstood.Be not thenanxiousfor the nourishingpartof the soul,what ye shalleat. But a dead body may alsobe clothed,thereforeHe adds,Nor for Chrys. your body,what ye shallput on. CHRYS. Now the words, in°Matt.Takenothought,arenotthesame asdo no work,but,"Have notyourminds fixedon earthlythings."For itsohappens, thattheman who isworkingtakesno thought.CYRIL.Now thesoulismore excellentthanfood,and thebodythancloth ing. ThereforeHe adds,The lifeismore thanmeat,tyc.As ifHe said,"God who has implantedthatwhich isgreater, how willHe not givethatwhich isless?" Let not our