vER. 9—14. ST. LUKE. C05 ThePublican,on the otherhand, drivenby his stricken conscienceafaroff,isby hispietybroughtnear. THEOPHYL. Althoughreportedto have stood,thePublicanyet differed fromthePharisee,bothinhismanner and hiswords,aswell asinhishavinga contriteheart. For he fearedto liftup hiseyestoheaven,thinkingunworthyoftheheavenlyvision thosewhichhad lovedtogazeupon and wanderafterearthly things.He alsosmote hisbreast,strikingitas itwerebe causeof the evilthoughts,and moreoverrousingit as if asleep.And thushe soughtonlythatGod would be recon ciledtohim,asitfollows,saying,God,bemerciful. CHRYS.He heardthewords,thatI am not as the Publi can. He was notangry,butprickedtotheheart. The one uncoveredthe wound,the otherseeksforitsremedy. Let noonetheneverputforthsocoldan excuseas,I darenot, Iam ashamed,I cannotopen my mouth. The devilshave thatkindof fear. The devilwould faincloseagainstthee everydoorofaccesstoGod. AUG. Why then marvelye, whetherGod pardons,sinceAug. He himselfacknowledgesitP The Publicanstoodafaroff, yetdrewneartoGod. And theLord was nigh unto him, andheardhim,For theLord ison high,yethathHe regard tothelowly.He liftednotsomuch as hiseyes to heaven, thathe might be lookedupon,he lookednothimself.Con scienceweighedhim down, hope raisedhim up, he smote hisown breast,he exactedjudgmentupon himself.There foredidtheLord sparethe penitent.Thou hastheardthe accusationof the proud,thou hastheardthe humble con fessionoftheaccused.Hear now thesentenceoftheJudge; Verily1 sayuntoyou,Thisman wentdown to hishousejus tifiedratherthantheother. CHRYS.This parablerepresentstous two chariotson theChrys. race-course,eachwithtwo charioteersin it. In one ofthepe?Nat chariotsitplacesrighteousnesswithpride,in the othersinHom.5. and humility.You seethe chariotof sinoutstripthatof righteousness,notby itsown strengthbutby theexcellence ofhumilitycombinedwithit,but the otherisdefeatednot byrighteousness,but by the weightand swellingof pride. Forashumilityby itsown elasticityrisesabovetheweight ofpride,and leapingup reachesto God, so prideby its