VER.49— 53. ST. LUKE. 469 connexionwould seem tobe of sixpersons,fatherand son, motherand daughter,motherinlawand daughterinlaw,yet arefheyfive,forthe mother and the motherin law may be takenasthesame,sinceshe who isthe motheroftheson,is themother in law of his wife. CHRVS. Now hereby He Chrys.declareda futureevent,foritso happenedinthesame housenc" thattherehave been believerswhosefatherswishedtobring themtounbelief;but thepower ofChrist'sdoctrineshas so prevailed,thatfatherswereleftby sons,mothersby daugh ters,and childrenby parents.Forthefaithfulin Christwere contentnot onlyto despisetheirown,but atthe same time alsotosufferallthingsas longastheywere not withoutthe worshipoftheirfaith.But ifHe weremere man, how would ithaveoccurredtoHim toconceiveitpossiblethatHe should bemorelovedby fathersthantheirchildrenwere,by children thantheirfathers,by husbandsthantheirwives,and theytoo notin one house or a hundred,butthroughoutthe world? And notonlydidhe predictthis,butaccomplishitin deed. AMBROSE.Now in a mysticalsensethe one houseisone man,but by two we oftenmean the soul and the body. But iftwo thingsmeet together,each one has itspart; thereisone which obeys,anotherwhich rules.But there arethreeconditionsof the soul,one concernedwithreason, anotherwith desire,the thirdwith anger. Two then are dividedagainstthree,and threeagainsttwo. For by the comingofChrist,man who wasmaterialbecamerational.We werecarnaland earthly,God sentHis Spiritintoourhearts,Gal.4,6. andwe became spiritualchildren.We may alsosay,thatin thehousetherearefiveothers,thatis,smell,touch,taste,sight, andhearing.If thenwithrespecttothosethingswhichwe hearorsee,separatingthesenseofsightand hearing,we shut outtheworthlesspleasuresof thebody whichwe takein by onrtaste,touch,and smell,we dividetwo againstthree,be causethemind isnotcarriedaway by theallurementsofvice. Or ifwe understandthe fivebodilysenses,alreadyarethe vicesand sinsof the body dividedamong themselves.The fleshand the soulmay alsoseem separatedfrom thesmell, touch,and tasteofpleasure,forwhilethestrongersexofrea sonisimpelled,asitwere,tomanly affections,thefleshstrives tokeepthereasonmore effeminate.Out ofthesethenthere