vER. 10 — 17. ST. LUKE. 485 Asitfollows,And the rukr of the synagogue answered with indignation,because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath- day,and said unto the people,There are six days in which men oughtto work, and not on the sabbath-day. He would havethosewho are dispersedabout on the other days,and engagedin theirown works, not come on the Sabbath to see and admire our Lord's miracles,lestby chance they should believe.But the law has not forbiddenallmanual work on theSabbath-day,and has it forbidden that which is done bya word or the mouth ? Cease then both to eat and drink andspeak and sing. And ifthou readestnot the law,how isita Sabbath to thee? But supposing the law has for biddenmanual works, how is it a manual work to raise a woman uprightby a word ? AMBROSE. Lastly, God rested from the works of the worldnot from holy works, for His working is constant and everlasting;as the Son says,My Father worketh untilJohn5,17 now,and I work ; that afterthe likenessof God our worldly, not our religious,works should cease. Accordingly our Lord pointedlyanswered him, as it follows,Thou hypocrite, dothnot each one of you on the sabbath-dayloosehis ox or hisass? tyc. BASIL.The hypocriteis one who on the stage assumes Basil. a differentcharacterfrom hisown. So alsoin thislifesome ° men carry one thing in theirheart,and shew another on thesurfaceto the world. CHKYS. Well then does He callthe rulerof the synagogue a hypocrite,forhe had the appear anceof an observerof the law,but in his heart was a crafty and enviousman. For it troubleshim not that the Sab bathis broken,but that Christ is glorified.Now observe, thatwhenever Christ orders a work to be done, (as when He orderedthe man sickof the palsyto take up hisbed,)He raisesHis words to something higher,convincingmen by themajestyof the Father,as He says,My Father worketh untilnow, and I work. But in thisplace,as doing every thingby word, He adds nothing further,refuting their calumnyby the very things which they themselves did. CYRIL.Now the ruler of the synagogue is convicted a hypocrite,in that he leads his cattleto watering on the Sabbath-day,but this woman, not more by birththan by