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Rh sonnes, adoring and desiring some thing of him. Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: Say that these my two sonnes may sit, one at thy right hand, & one at thy left hand in thy Kingdom. And answering, said: You know not what you desire. Can you drinke of the cup that I shal drinke of? They say to him: We can. He saith to them, My cup indeed you shal drinke of: but to sit at my right hand and left, is not mine to give to you, but ″ to whom it is prepared of my Father. ✠

And the ten hearing it, were displeased at the two brethren. And called them unto him, and said: * You know that the Princes of the Gentiles overrule them: and they that are the greater, exercise power against them. It shal not be so among you, but whosoever wil be the greater among you, let him be your minister: And he that wil be first among you, shal be your servant. Even as the ″ Sonne of man is not come to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many. ✠

And * when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude folowed him. And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that passed by, and they cried out saying: Lord, have mercie upon us, sonne of David. And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying, Lord, have mercie upon us, Sonne of David. And stood, and called them, and said, What wil ye that I doe to you? They say to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. And having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediatly they saw, and folowed him.

ANNOTATIONS. XX.

1. In the morning.) God calleth some in the morning, that is, in the beginning of the world, as Abel, Enoch, Noe, and other the just and faithful of the first Age; at the third houre, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of their Age; at the 6. houre of the day, Moyses, Aaron, and the rest; at the 9. houre, the Prophets; at the eleventh, that is, at the later end of the world, the Christian Nations. Aug. de verb. Domini ser. 59. Briefly, this calling at diverse houres signifieth the calling of the Jewes from time to time in the first Ages of the world, and of the Gentils in the later Age thereof. It signifieth also that God calleth countries to the faith some sooner, some later; and particular men to be his servants, some yonger, some elder, of diverse ages.

9. Penie.) The penie promised to al, was life everlasting, which is common to al that shal be saved. But in the same life there be degrees of glorie, as * betwixt starre and starre in the element. Aug. li. de virginis. c. 26.

16. Few elect.) Those are elect which despised not their caller, but folowed and beleeved him; for men beleeve not but of their owne free wil. Aug. li. 1. ad Simplic. q. 2.

23. To whom it is prepared.) The Kingdom of Heaven is prepared for them that are worthie of it and deserve it by their wel doing; as in holy Scripture it is very often: That God wil repay every man according to his workes. And, Come ye blessed, possesse the Kingdom prepared for you. Why? Because I was hungrie, and you gave me meate; thirstie, and you gave me drinke &c. Therfore doth Christ say here, It is not mine to give. Because he is just and wil not give it to everie man without respect of their deserts; yea nor alike to everie one, but diversly according to greater or lesser merits; as here S. Chrysosto. maketh it plaine, when our Rh