vER. 28—33. ST. LUKE. 689 asifHe says,When the bufferingsof the world multiply, liftup your heads,that is,rejoiceyour hearts,for when theworldcloseswhose friendsye are not,theredemptionis nearwhich ye seek. For inholyScripturethehead isoften putforthemind,forasthemembers areruledby the head, soarethe thoughtsregulatedby the mind. To liftup our headsthen,istoraiseup our minds to the joysof the hea venlycountry. EUSEB. Or else,To thosethathave passed throughthe body and bodilythings,shallbe presentspiri tualand heavenlybodies: thatis,theywillhaveno more to passthe kingdom of theworld,and then to thosethatare worthyshallbe giventhepromisesofsalvation.For having receivedthe promisesof God which we lookfor,we who beforewere crookedshallbe made upright,and we shall liftup our heads who were beforebent low; becausethe redemptionwhich we hoped forisat hand; thatnamely for whichthewholecreationwaiteth.THEOPHYL. That is,per fectlibertyof body and soul. For as the firstcoming of our Lord was forthe restorationof our souls,so willthe secondbe manifesteduntotherestorationofour bodies. EUSEB. He speaksthesethingstoHis disciples,not as to thosewho would continuein thislifeto the end of the world,but as ifunitingin one body of believersin Christ boththemselvesand us and our posterity,even to the end oftheworld. GREG. That the world ought to be trampledupon and Greg.despised,He provesby a wise comparison,adding,Beholdutsup- thefigtreeand allthetrees,when theynow putforthfruit, ye know thatsummer isnear. As ifHe says,As from the fruitofthetreethesummer isperceivedto be near,so from the falloftheworldthekingdom ofGod isknown to be at hand. Hereby isitmanifestedthatthe world'sfallis our fruit.For hereuntoitputsforthbuds,thatwhomsoeverithas fosteredinthebud itmay consume in slaughter.But well isthe kingdom ofGod compared to summer ; forthen the cloudsofour sorrowfleeaway,and thedaysof lifebrighten up under the clearlightof the EternalSun. AMBROSE. Matthew speaksof the fig-treeonly,Luke of allthe trees. But the fig-treeshadows forthtwo things,eitherthe ripen ing of what ishard,or the luxurianceof sin; thatis,either vol..an. 2 Y