vER. 25 — 27. ST. LUKE. 517 saketheLord renouncesHis own mother,saying,Who isMark My mother? and who are My brethren? why dost thou3,S3- deservetobe preferredtothy Lord ? But theLord willhave usneitherbe ignorantofnature,nor be her slaves,butso to submittonature,thatwe reverencetheAuthorofnature,and departnot from God out of loveto our parents. GREG. Greg.in Now toshew thatthishatredtowardsrelationsproceedsnotHura'ut sup. frominclinationor passion,but from love,our Lord adds, yea,andhisown lifealso. It isplainthereforethata man oughtto hatehisneighbour,by lovingas himselfhim who hatedhim. For thenwe rightlyhateour own soulwhen we indulgenot itscarnaldesires,when we subdueitsappetites, andwrestleagainstitspleasures.That which by beingde spisedisbroughtto a bettercondition,isas it were loved byhatred.CYRIL.But lifemust not be renouncedwhich bothin the body and the soulthe blessedPaul alsopre served,thatyet livingin the body he might preachChrist. Butwhen itwas necessaryto despiselifeso thathe mightActs20, finishhiscourse,he countsnot hislifedearunto him. 2+- GREG. How the hatredof lifeought to be shewn He de-G,eg.in daresasfollows;WhosoeverbearsnotIdscross,$c. CHKYS.Hom'ut He means not thatwe shouldplacea beam of wood on ourshoulders,but thatwe shouldeverhave death before oureyes. As alsoPaul died dailyand despiseddeath.iCor. BASIL.By bearingthe crossalsohe announced the death15,S1' ofhisLord,saying,The worldiscrucifiedto me, and I toGal.6, theworld,which we alsoanticipateat our verybaptism,in 14- whichouroldman iscrucified,thatthe body of sinmay be destroyed.GREG. Or becausethe crossisso calledfrom Greg.in torturing.In two ways we bear our Lord'scross,eitheri,,"^3'' whenby abstinencewe afflictour bodies,or when through compassionofourneighbourwe thinkallhisnecessitiesour own. But becausesome exerciseabstinenceofthefleshnot forGod'ssake,but forvain-glory,and shew compassion,not spirituallybut carnally,itisrightlyadded,And comethafter Me. For to bear His crossand come aftertheLord,isto useabstinenceof the flesh,or compassiontoour neighbour, fromthedesireofan eternalgain. 28.For which of you,intendingto builda tower,