VBR. 4—7. ST. LUKE. 431 lifelesslimbs ofmartyrstobe tornin piecesby wildbeasts andbirds,seeingthattheycan inno wisepreventtheomni potenceof God from quickeningand bringingthem tolife again. CHRYS. Observehow our Lord makes His disciples superiortoall,by exhortingthem todespisethatverydeath22°Tii which is terribleto all. At the same time alsoHe bringsMatt. them proofsof the immortalityof the soul: adding,I will forewarnyou whom ye shallfear: fear Him, which after He hath killedhathpower to castintohell.AMBROSE. For ournaturaldeathisnot the end ofpunishment: and there foreHe concludesthat deathisthe 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 has power 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 awakened a courageousspirit.Theirfaithalone was wavering,and welldidHe strengthenitby addingwith respectto thingsof lessvalue,Are notfivesparrowssold for two 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. whichinnumber isone isinweightan ass,but thatwhich istwo isa dipondins.AMBROSE. But perhapssome one will say,How isit thatthe Apostlesays,Does theLord care1Cor.9, foroxen? whereasan ox isof more valuethan a sparrow; buttocareforisone thing,tohaveknowledgeanother. * This opinionof Theophylact'sis ii.c.1 ; Coccius,lib.x.art.4 ; Chry- differentfrom the declareddoctrines sost.Phil.i.21.Trans.p.38, notee; bothoftheRoman and OreekChurches, Horn. de Sut. Tr. p. 130. note c; and the generallanguage of the Fa- and Tractsforthe Times, No. IxxiL then. See Bcllanninede Purg. lib. p.32.