VER. 33 — 30. ST. LUKE. 413 thattheorder itselfmakes no differencewithrespecttothe fact,whether itbe soornot. 33. No man, when he hath lighteda candle, puttethit in a secretplace,neitherunder a bushel, but on a candlestick,thatthey which come in may seethe light. 34. The lightof the body is the eye: therefore when thineeye is single,thy whole body alsoisfull oflight; but when thineeye isevil,thy body alsois fullof darkness. 35. Take heed thereforethatthe lightwhich isin theebe not darkness. 36. If thy whole body thereforebe fullof light, havingno partdark,the whole shallbe fullof light, as when the brightshiningof a candle doth give theelight. CYRIL.The Jews said,thatourLord performedHis mira clesnot forfaith,i.e.thattheymightbelieveon Him, but to gaintheapplauseofthespectators,i.e.thatHe might have more followers.He refutesthereforethiscalumny,saying, No man, when he hathlighteda candle,puttethitin a secret place,neitherunder a bushel,but on a candlestick.BEDE. Our Lord herespeaksofHimself,shewingthatalthoughHe had saidabovethatno signshouldbe giventothiswicked generationbut the signof Jonas,yetthe brightnessof His lightshould by no means be hid from the faithful.He Himselfindeedlightsthe candle,who filledthe vesselof our naturewith the fireof His divinity;and thiscandle surelyHe wished neitherto hide from believers,nor to placeunder a bushel,thatis,encloseitin the measureof thelaw,or confineitwithinthe limitsof the singlenation oftheJews. But He placeditupon a candlestick,thatis, the Church, for He has imprintedon our foreheadsthe faithof His incarnation,thatthey who with a truefaith wishto enterthe Church,might be ableto seeclearlythe lightof the truth. Lastly,He bids them remember to