VER. 15— 17. ST. LUKE. 607 chancemarvelthatthePhariseeforutteringa few wordsin hisown praiseiscondemned,whileJob,thoughhe poured forthmany, is crowned,I answer,thatthe Phariseespoke theseatthe same timethathe groundlesslyaccusedothers; butJobwas compelledby an urgentnecessitytoenumerate hisown virtuesforthe gloryof God, thatmen might not fallawayfrom thepathofvirtue. BBDE.Typically,the Phariseeisthe Jewishpeople,who boastoftheirornamentsbecauseof therighteousnessofthe law;butthePnblicanistheGentiles,who beingata distance fromGod confesstheirsins. Of whom theone forhispride returnedhumbled,the otherforhiscontritionwas thought worthytodraw nearand be exalted. 15.And theybroughtunto Him alsoinfants,that He wouldtouchthem : but when His disciplessaw it, theyrebukedthem. 16.But Jesus calledthem unto Him, and said, Sufferlittlechildrento come unto Me, and forbid themnot: forofsuchisthekingdom ofGod. 17.VerilyI say unto you, Whosoever shallnot receivethe kingdom ofGod asa littlechildshallin nowiseentertherein. THEOPHYL.Afterwhat He had said,ourLord teachesus alessonof humilityby His own example;He doesnotturn awaythelittlechildrenwho are broughttoHim, but gra ciouslyreceivesthem. AUG. To whom aretheybroughtto betouched,but totheSaviour? And as beingthe Saviour theyarepresentedtoHim tobe saved,who came tosavethat whichwas lost.But withregardto theseinnocents,when weretheylost? The Apostlesays,By oneman sinenteredRom.5, intotheworld. Let thenthelittlechildrencome asthesick ' toa physician,thelosttotheirRedeemer. AMBROSE.It may be thoughtstrangeby some thatthe discipleswishedtopreventthelittlechildrenfromcomingto ourLord,as itissaid,when theysaw it,theyrebukedthem. Butwe must understandin thiseithera mystery,or the effectoftheirlovetoHim. Fortheydiditnotfromenvyor