666 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. brother,but thatbrotherwho from the dead peopleofthe Jews should claim unto himselffor wife the wisdom ot the divineworship,and from it shouldraiseup seedin the Apostles,who being leftas itwere unformed in the womb of the synagogue,have accordingto the electionof gracebeen thoughtworthyto be preservedby the admix tureofa new seed. BEDE. Or thesesevenbrothersanswer to thereprobate,who throughoutthewholelifeoftheworld, which revolvesin seven days,arefruitlessin good works, and thesebeingcarriedaway by deathone afteranother, atlengththecourseofthe evilworld,asthe barrenwoman, itselfalsopassesaway. THEOPHYL. But our Lord shews thatin the resurrectiontherewillbe no fleshlyconversa tion,therebyoverthrowingtheirdoctrinetogetherwithits slenderfoundation; asitfollows,And Jesussaiduntothem, An?.de The childrenofthisworldmarry,fyc.AUG. For marriages Ev.'i.ii.»reforthe sakeof children,childrenforsuccession,succes- cap.49. sionbecauseofdeath. Where then thereisno death,there areno marriages; and henceitfollows,But theywhichshall be accountedworthy,fyc.BEDE. Which must notbe taken as ifonlytheywho areworthywere eitherto riseagainor be withoutmarriage,but allsinnersalsoshallriseagain, and abidewithoutmarriagein thatnew world. But our Lord wishedtomentiononlytheelect,thatHe mightincite the minds of His hearersto searchintothe gloryofthe resurrection. Aug.de AUG. As our discourseis made up and completedby Kv^uW departingand succeedingsyllables,so alsomen themselves •up. whosefacultydiscourseis,by departureand successionmake up and completethe orderof thisworld,which isbuiltup withthemere temporalbeautyofthings.But inthefuture • life,seeingthatthe Word which we shallenjoyisformed by no departureand successionof syllables,but allthings which ithas ithas everlastinglyand at once,so thosewho partakeof it,to whom it alonewillbe life,shallneither departby death,nor succeedby birth,even as itnow is with the angels;as it follows,For they are equalto the angels.CYRIL.For asthemultitudeofthe angelsisindeed verygreat,yet they arenot propagatedby generation,but have theirbeing from creation,so alsoto thosewho rise