524 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XV. and who make a businessof followingafterworldlygain. THEOPHYL. For this was His wont, for the sake whereoi He had taken upon Him the flesh,to receivesinnersas the physicianthose that are sick. But the Pharisees,the really guilty,returnedmurmurs forthisactof mercy, as itfollows, And thePhariseesand Scribesmurmured, saying,fyc. Greg.in GREG. From which we may gather,that true justicefeel? inEv'ang'.compassion,falsejusticescorn,although the just are wonl rightlyto repel sinners. But there is one act proceeding from the swellingof pride,another from the zeal fordisci pline. For thejust,though without they spare not rebukes for the sake of discipline,within cherish sweetness from charity. In their own minds they set above themselves those whom they correct,whereby they keep both them under by discipline,and themselvesby humility. But,on the contrary,they who from falsejusticeare wont to pride themselves,despiseallothers,and never in mercy condescend to the weak ; and thinking themselvesnot to be sinners, are so much the worse sinners. Of such were the Pharisees, who coudemning our Lord because He received sinners, with parched hearts reviledthe very fountain of mercy. But because they were so sick that they knew not of their sickness,to the end that they might know what they were, the heavenlyPhysiciananswers them with mild applications. For it follows,And He spake tinsparable unto them, say ing,What man of you having an hundred sheep,and ifhe loseone of them,doesnot go afterit,fyc. He gave a com parison which man might recognisein himself,though it referredto the Creator of men. For since a hundred is a perfectnumber, He Himself had a hundred sheep,seeing that He possessedthe nature of the holy angels and men. Hence He adds,Having an hundred sheep. CYRIL. "We may hence understand the extent of our Saviour'skingdom. For He saysthereare a hundred sheep, bringing to a perfectsum the number of rationalcreatures Miojectto Him. For the number hundred isperfect,being composed often decades. But out of theseone has wandered, namely, the race of man which inhabitsearth. AMBROSE. Rich then isthat Shepherd of whom we allare a hundredth part; and hence it follows,And ifhe loseone of them,does