“But when the young man heard it, he went away sorrowful.” After this the evangelist, as it were to show that he hath not felt anything it was unlikely he should feel, saith, “For he hadgreat possessions.” For they that have little are not equally held in subjection, as they that are overflowed with great affluence, for then the love of it becomes more tyrannical. Which thing I cease not always saying, that the increase of acquisitions kindles the flame more, and renders the getters poorer, inasmuch as it puts them in greater desire, and makes them have more feeling of their want.