VKR. 4—7. ST. LUKE. 431 lifelesslimbsofmartyrstobe torninpiecesby wildbeasts andbirds,seeingthattheycan inno wisepreventtheomni potenceof God from quickeningand bringingthem tolife again.CHRYS. Observehow our Lord makes His disciples superiorto all,by exhortingthem todespisethatverydeath22°Tn whichisterribleto all. At the same time alsoHe bringsMa"- themproofsof the immortalityof the soul: adding,/ will forewarnyou whom ye shallfear: fear Him, which after He hathkilledhathpower to castintohell.AMBROSE. For ournaturaldeathisnot the end ofpunishment: and there foreHe concludesthat deathis the cessationof bodily punishment,but the punishmentofthe souliseverlasting. And God alone is to be feared,to whose power nature prescribesnot,but is herselfsubject;adding,Yea,I say untoyou,Fear Him. THEOPHYL. Here observe,thatupon sinnersdeathissentas a punishment,sincetheyare here tormentedby destruction,and afterwardsthrustdown into helL But ifyou willsiftthe words you willunderstand somethingfarther.For He saysnot,"Who castsintohell," but haspower to cast. For not everyone dying in sinis forthwiththrustdown intohell,but thereissometimespar don givenforthe sakeof the offeringsand prayerswhich aremade forthedeada. AMBROSE. Our Lord thenhad instilledthevirtueofsim plicity,had awakeneda courageousspirit.Theirfaithalone was wavering,and welldidHe strengthenitby addingwith respectto thingsof lessvalue,Are notfivesparrowssold fortwo farthings? and not one of them isforgottenbefore God. As if He said,If God forgetsnot the sparrows, how can He man? BEDE. The dipondinsisa coinof the lightestweight,and equalto two asses.GLOSS.Now thatGloss. whichin number isone isin weightan ass,but thatwhich istwo isa dipondins.AMBROSE. But perhapssome one will say,How isitthatthe Apostlesays,Does theLord care1Cor.9, foroxen? whereasan ox isof more valuethana sparrow; buttocareforisone thing,tohaveknowledgeanother. • This opinionof Theophylact'sis ii.c.1 ; Coccius,lib.x. art.4 ; Chry- ditn-rentfrom the declareddoctrines sost.Phil.i.'-!!.Trans.p.38, note e; bothoftheRoman andGreekChurches, Horn. de Stat Tr. p. 130. note c; and the generallanguage of the Fa- and Tracts forthe Times, No. IxxiL there. See Bellarrainede Purg. lib. p.32.