466 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XII. saidassignsneithermeasure nor end of punishments,but theirdifferences.For a man may deserveunquenchable fire,to eithera slightor more intensedegreeofheat,and theworm thatdiethnot with greateror more violentgnaw- ings..THEOPHYL.But He goeson toshew why teachersand learnedmen deservea severerpunishment,asitissaid,For untowhomsoevermuch isgiven,ofhim shallbemuch required. Teachersindeedaregiventhegracetoperformmiracles,but entrustedthegraceofspeechand learning.But notinthat whichisgiven,He says,isany thingmore tohe sought,but inthatwhich isentrustedor deposited;forthegraceofthe word needsincrease.But from a teachermore isrequired, forhe shouldnot lieidle,but improvethe talentof the word. BEDE. Or else,much isoftengivenalsoto certain individuals,upon whom isbestowedthe knowledgeofGod's "ill,and the means of performingwhat theyknow; much alsoisgivento him towhom, togetherwith hisown salva tion,iscommittedthe carealsoof feedingour Lord'sflock. Upon thosethenwho are giftedwithmore abundant grace a heavierpenaltyfalls;but the mildestpunishmentofall willbe theirs,who, beyond the guiltthey originallycon tracted,have added none besides;and in allwho have added,theirswillbe themore tolerablewho have committed fewestiniquities. 49. I am come to sendfireon theearth; and what wiltI,ifitbe alreadykindled? 50. But I have a baptismto be baptizedwith; and how am I straitenedtillitbe accomplished! 51. Suppose ye thatI am come to give peaceon earth? I tellyou,Nay ; but ratherdivision: 52. For from henceforththereshallbe fiveinone house divided.threeagainsttwo, and two against three. 53. The fathershallbe dividedagainstthe son, and the son againstthe father; the mother against the daughter,and the daughteragainstthe mother; the mother in law againsther daughterin law,and the daughterinlaw againsther mother inlaw.