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Rh compasse thee with a trench, and inclose thee about, and straiten thee on every side, and beate thee flat to the ground, and thy children that are in thee: and they shal not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou hast not knowen the time of thy visitation.

* And entring into the Temple, he began to cast out the sellers therein and the buyers, saying to them: It is written, That my house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a denne of theeves. And he was teaching daily in the Temple.✠ And the cheefe Priests and the Scribes and the Princes of the people sought to destroy him: and they found not what to doe to him. For al the people was suspense, hearing him.

ANNOTATIONS. XIX.

4. Went up.) Not only inward devotion of faith and charitie towards Christ, but external offices of seeing, following, touching, receiving, harbouring him, are recommended to us in this example: even so our manifold exteriour devotion towards his Sacraments, Saints, and servants, be grateful: specially the endeavour of good people not only to be present at Masse or in the Church, but to be neere the B. Sacrament, and to see it with al reverence and devotion according to the order of the Church, much more to receive it into the house of their body.

8. I restore fourefold.) That which we give of our owne, is almes and satisfaction for our sinnes: but that which we restore of il gotten goods by Extortion, Usurie, Simonie, Bribrie, Theft, or otherwise, that is called here Restoring. And it is of duty and not of free almes, and must be rendred not to whom we list, but to the parties annoyed if it be possible; otherwise it must be bestowed upon the Poore, or other good uses, according to the advise of our superiour and such as have charge of our soules. But that he yealded fourefold, that was more then he was bound, but very satisfactorie for his former sinnes also. And herewith we may note, that it is not the giving of a peny, grote, or crowne, of a rich mans superfluitie, that is so much recommended to sinners for redeeming their faultes: but this large bestowing upon Christ, to sel al and give it in almes, to give the moytie of our goodes, to render foure times so much for that which is wrongfully gotten, that extinguisheth sinnes. The poore widowes brasse peny was very grateful, because it was al or much of that she had: but the rich mans pound of his superfluitie, though it be good, yet is nothing so grateful.

XX.

ND it came to passe in one of the dayes, when he was teaching the people in the temple and evangelizing, the cheefe Priests and the Scribes with the Ancients assembled, and spake saying to him: Tel us, in what power doest thou these things? or, who is he Rh