490 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIII. thatthe leavenisthe spiritualteachingof the Church. Now the Church sanctifieswith itsspiritualleaven the man who is renewed in body, soul,and spirit,seeing that thesethree are united in a certainequal measure of desire,and there breathes fortha complete harmony of the will. If then in thislifethe three measures abide in the same person until they arc leavened and become one,there willbe hereafter an incorruptiblecommunion with them thatlove Christ. THEOPHYL. Or, for the woman you must understand the soul; but the three measures,itsthree parts,the reasoning part,the affections,and the desires. If then any one has hidden in these three the word of God, he willmake the whole spiritual,so as not by hisreason to liein argument, nor by hisanger or desireto be transportedbeyond control, but to be conformed to the word of God. AUG. Or, the three measures of meal are the race of mankind, which was restoredout of the three sons of Noah. The woman who hid the leaven is the wisdom of God. EUSEBITJS.Or else,by the leaven our Lord means the Holy Spirit,the Sower proceeding (as it were) from the seed, which isthe word of God. But the threemeasures of meal, signifythe knowledge of the Father,and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,which the woman, that is,Divine wisdom, and the Holy Spirit,impart. BEDE. Or, by the leavenHe speaks of love,which kindlesand stirsup the heart; the woman, that is,the Church, hides the leaven of love in three mea sures,because she bids us love God with allour hearts,all our minds, and allour strength. And thisuntilthe whole is leavened,that is,until love moves the whole soul into the perfectionof itself,which begins here,but willbe com pletedhereafter. 22. And He went through the citiesand villages, teaching,and journeyingtowardJerusalem. 23. Then saidone unto Him, Lord, aretherefew thathe saved? And He saidunto them, 24. Striveto enter in at the straitgate: for many, I sayunto you,willseekto enterin,and shall not be able.