VER. 1 — 8. GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE. 429 for preservingsimplicity,and being zealousforthe faith, thatwe shouldnot afterthe manner of faithlessJews put one thing in practice,whilein words we pretendanother, namely,thatat the lastday the hidden thoughtsaccusing or elseexcusingone another,shallbe seen to revealthe secretsofour mind. Whence itisadded,Thereisnothing hid which shallnot be revealed.ORIGEN. He eitherthen saysthisconcerningthattime when God shalljudge the secretsofmen, or He saysitbecausehowevermuch a man may endeavourto hidethe good deedsof anotherby dis credit,good ofitsown naturecannotbe concealed.CHRYS.Chrys. As ifHe saysto His disciples,Althoughnow some callyou deceiversand wizards,time shallrevealallthingsand con victthem of calumny,whileit makes known your virtue. ThereforewhatsoeverthingsI have spoken to you in the smallcornerof Palestine,theseboldlyand with open brow, castingaway allfear,proclaimto the whole world. And thereforeHe adds,Whatsoeverye havespokenin darkness »hallbeheardinlight.BEDE. Or He saysthis,becauseall the thingswhich the Apostlesof old spoke and suffered amid the darknessof oppressionand the gloom of the prison,are now thatthe Church is made known through theworldand theiractsareread,publiclyproclaimed.The words,shallbeproclaimedon thehousetops,are spoken ac cordingto the manner of the countryof Palestine,where they are accustomedto liveon the housetops.For their roofswerenotafterourway raisedtoa point,butflatshaped, and levelat thetop. ThereforeHe says,proclaimedon the housetops; thatis,spokenopenlyinthe hearingofallmen. THEOPHYL. Or thisisaddressedto the Pharisees; asifHe said,0 Pharisees,what you have spoken in darkness,that is,allyour endeavoursto tempt me in the secretsof your hearts,shallbe heardinthelight,forI am thelight,and in My lightshallbe known whatsoeveryour darknessdevises. And whatyou havespokenintheearand inclosets,thatis, whatsoeverin whispersyou have pouredintoone another's ears,shallbe proclaimedon the housetops,thatis,was as audibletoMe as ifithad been criedaloudon the house tops.Hereinalsoyou may understandthatthelightisthe Gospel,but the housetopthe loftysoulsof the Apostles.