550 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XVI. would shrinkwho had been accustomedto applyhimself tolabour.But ifwe taketheparahleallegorically,afterour departurehence thereis no more time forworking;the presentlifecontainsthe practiceof what is commanded, thefuture,consolation.Ifthou hastdone nothinghere,in vainthen artthou carefulforthefuture,nor wiltthougain Matt. any thingby begging.The foolishvirginsarean instanceof this,who unwiselybegged ofthewise,but returnedempty. For everyone putson hisdailylifeashisinnergarment; it isnotpossibleforhim to put itofforexchangeitwithan other.But thewickedstewardaptlycontrivedtheremission ofdebts,toprovideforhimselfan escapefromhismisfortunes among hisfellow-servants; foritfollows,/ am resolvedwhat to do,thatwhen I am put out of thestewardship,theymay receiveme intotheirhouses.For as oftenas a man, per ceivinghisend approaching,lightensby a kind deed the loadofhissins,(eitherby forgivinga debtorhisdebts,orby givingabundancetothepoor,)dispensingthosethingswhich arehisLord's,he conciliatesto himselfmany friends,who willaffordhim beforethe judge a realtestimony,not by words,but by the demonstrationof good works,nay more overwillprovideforhim by theirtestimony,a resting-place of consolation.But nothingisour own, allthingsarein the power ofGod. Hence itfollows,So he calledeveryone ofhislord'sdebtorsuntohim,and saidunto thefirst,How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said,A hundred casksofoil. Hun:. A cadusin Greek isa vesselcontaining threeurns. Itfollows,And he saiduntohim,Take thybill, and sitdown quickly,and writefifty,forgivinghim thehalf. It follows,Then saidhe to another,And how much owest thou? And he said,An hundredmeasuresofwheat. A corus ismade up of thirtybushels.And he saiduntohim,Take thy bill,and writefourscore,forgivinghim a fifthpart. It may be thensimplytakenasfollows: whosoeverrelievesthe want ofa poorman, eitherby supplyinghalfor a fifthpart, Aup. willbe blessedwiththe rewardofhismercy. AUG. Or be- Ev.i.'ii.causeout ofthe hundred measuresofoil,he causedfiftyto qn.34. Dewrittendown by thedebtors,and ofthehundredmeasures ofwheat fourscore,the meaning thereofisthis,thatthose thingswhich everyJew performstoward the Priestsand