554 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XvI. decessorssome one must needsbe found who has unjustly usurped the propertyof others. But supposethatthy fatherhas not been guiltyof exaction,whence hastthou thy money? If indeedthou answerest,"From myself;" thou art ignorantof God, not having the knowledgeof thy Creator;but if,"From God," tellme the reasonfor P«.24,i.which thou receivedstit. /* nottheearthand thefulness thereoftheLord's?Ifthen whateverisoursbelongstoour common Lord,sowillitalsobelongtoourfellow-servant. THEOPHYL. Those then are calledthe richesof un righteousnesswhich the Lord has givenforthe necessities of our brethrenand fellow-servants,but we spend upon ourselves.It became us then from the beginning,to give allthingsto the poor,but becausewe have become the stewardsof unrighteousness,wickedlyretainingwhat was appointedforthe aidof others,we must not surelyremain in thiscruelty,but distributeto the poor,thatwe may be receivedby them intoeverlastinghabitations.For itfol lows,That,when ye fail,they may receiveyou intoever lastinghabitations. Greg. GREG. But ifthrough theirfriendshipwe obtainever- capH. lastinghabitations,we ought tocalculatethatwhen we give we ratherofferpresentsto patrons,than bestow benefits upon theneedy. Aug. AUG. For who aretheythatshallhaveeverlastinghabita-erm'''tionsbut thesaintsofGod ? and who aretheythataretobe receivedby them intoeverlastinghabitationsbut theywho administertotheirwant,and whatsoevertheyhave needof, gladlysupply? They are thoselittleones of Christ,who haveforsakenallthatbelongedtothem and followedHim; and whatsoevertheyhad have givento the poor,thatthey might serveGod withoutearthlyshackles,and freeingtheir shouldersfrom the burdensof theworld,might raisethem aloftaswithwings. Aug.do ArG. We must notthenunderstandthoseby whom we wish Quacst.to be receivedintoeverlastinghabitationsto be as itwere q.34. debtorsofGod; seeingthatthejustand holyaresignifiedin thisplace,who causethosetoenterin,who administeredto theirnecessitiesof theirown worldlygoods. AMBROSE.Or else,make to yourselvesfriendsof the mammon of un