VER. 33 — 36. ST. LUKE. 413 thatthe order itselfmakes no differencewith respectto the fact,whether itbe so or not. 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 isthe eye: therefore when thineeye is single,thy whole body alsoisfull oflight; but when thineeye isevil,thy body alsois fullofdarkness. 35. Take heed thereforethatthe lightwhich isin theebe not darkness. 36. If thy whole body thereforebe fullof light, having no partdark,the whole shallbe fullof light, as when the brightshiningof a candle doth give theelight. CYRIL. The Jews said,thatour Lord performed His mira clesnot forfaith,i.e.thatthey might believeon Him, but to gainthe applauseof the spectators,i.e.that He might have more followers.He refutesthereforethiscalumny, saying, No man, when he hath lighteda candle,puttethit in a secret place,neitherunder a bushel,but on a candlestick.BEDE. Our Lord here speaks of Himself,shewing thatalthough He Lad said above that no sign should be givento thiswicked generationbut the signof Jonas,yet the brightnessof His lightshould by no means be hid from the faithful.He Himself indeed lightsthe candle,who filledthe vesselof our nature with the fireof His divinity;and thiscandle surely He wished neither to hide from believers,nor to placeunder a bushel,that is,encloseit in the measure of the law,or confineitwithinthe limitsof the singlenation of the Jews. But He placed it upon a candlestick,that is, the Church, for He has imprinted on our foreheads the faithof His incarnation,that they who with a true faith wish to entcr the Church, might be able to see clearlythe lightof the truth. Lastly, He bids them remember to