VER. 29 32. ST. LUKE. 411 both the mighty voice of warning, and the declarationof mercy. For by the example of the Ninevitesboth a punish ment is denounced, and a remedy promised. Hence even the Jews ought not to despairof pardon, if they willbut practiserepentance. THEOPHYL. Now Jonas afterhe came forthfrom the whale'sbellyconvertsthe men of Nineveh by hispreaching,but when Christroseagain,the Jewish nation believednot. So therewas a sentence alreadypassedupon them, of which therefollowsa secoud example, as itis said, The queen of thesouth shallriseup in (hejudgment with the men of thisgeneration,and condemn them. BEDE. Not cer tainlyby any authorityto judge, but by the contrastof a betterdeed. As it follows,For she came from the utmost partsof the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and, be hold,a greaterthan Solomon is here. Sic in thisplace is not the pronoun, but the adverb of place,that is," there isone present among you who is incomparably superiorto Solomon." He said not, "I am greaterthan Solomon," that He might teach us to be humble, though fruitfulin spiritualgraces. As if He said,"The barbarian woman hastenedto hear Solomon, taking so long a journey to be instructedin the knowledge of visiblelivingcreatures,and thevirtuesof herbs. But ye when ye stand by and hear Wis dom herselfteachingyou invisibleand heavenlythings,and confirmingher words with signsand wonders,are stiangers to the word, and senselesslydisregardthe miracles." BEDE. But ifthe queen of the South, who doubtlessisof the elect,shallriseup in judgment togetherwith the wicked, we have a proof of the one resurrectionof allmen, good as well as bad, and that not according to Jewish fables to happen a thousand years before the judgment, but at thejudgment itself.AMBROSE. Herein alsowhilecondemn ing the Jewish people,He stronglyexpressesthe mystery of the Church, which in the queen of the South, through the desireof obtainingwisdom, is gathered togetherfrom the uttermostpartsof the whole earth,to hear the words ofthe Peace-making Solomon ; a queen plainlywhose king dom is undivided,risingup from differentand distantna tionsintoone body. GREG. NYSS. Now as she was queen of Grei?. theEthiopians,and in a fardistantcountry,so in the begin- m'