590 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVII. willbringtheholyand righteousmen toHim ; accordingto iThess.theApostle'swords,We shallbe caughtup togetherin the *.17- cloudsto meet Christin theair. AMBROSE. Or outofthe same bed ofhuman infirmity,one isleft,thatis,rejected,an otheristakenup,thatis,iscaughttomeet Christintheair. By thetwogrindingtogether,he seemstoimplythepoorand the oppressed.To which belongswhat follows.Two men shallbe in thefield,fyc.For in thesethereis no slight difference.For some nobly bear up againstthe burden of poverty,leadinga lowlybut honestlife,and theseshall be takenup ; but the othersare veryactiveinwickedness, and theyshallbe left.Or thosegrindingatthe millseem torepresentsuch asseeknourishmentfromhiddensources, and from secretplacesdraw forththingsopenly to view. And perhapstheworldisa kindof cornmill,inwhichthe soulisshutup as ina bodilyprison.And inthiscornmill eitherthe synagogueor the soulexposedto sin,likethe wheatjsoftenedby grinding,and spoiltby toogreatmoisture, cannotseparatetheoutwardfromthe innerparts,and sois leftbecauseitsflourdissatisfies.But the holyChurch,or "thesoulwhichisnotsoiledby thestainsofsin,whichgrinds such wheat as is ripenedby the heatof the eternalsun, presentsto God a good flourfrom the secretshrinesofthe heart. Who thetwo men inthefieldarewe may discoverif we consider,thattherearetwo mindsinus,one oftheouter man whichwastethaway,theotheroftheinnerman whichis renewedby theSacrament. Thesearethenthelabourersin the field,the one of which by diligencebringsforthgood fruit,the otherby idlenesslosesthatwhich he has. Or thosewho arecomparedwe may interprettobe two nations, one of which being faithfulistaken,the otherbeingun faithfulisleft. Aug.de AUG. Or therearethreeclassesof men hererepresented. ^e ^rstiscomPosedofthosewho prefertheireaseandquiet, and busy not themselvesin secularor ecclesiasticalcon cerns. And thisquietlifeof theirsissignifiedby thebed. The nextclassembracesthosewho beingplacedamong the peoplearegovernedby teachers.And suchHe hasdescribed by the name of women, becauseitisbestforthem to be ruledby theadviceof thosewho aresetoverthem; andHe