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68 27. With usurie.) Usurie is here taken for the lawful gaine that a man getteth by wel employing his goods. When God giveth us any talent or talents, he looketh for usurie, that is, for spiritual increase of the same by our diligence and industrie.

29. That which he seemeth to haue.) He is said to have Gods guifts, that useth them, and to such an one God wil increase his guifts. He that useth them not, seemeth to have, rather then hath them, and from him God wil withdraw that which before he gave.

32. Separate.) Loe here is the separation; for in the Church militant they lived both togeather. As for Heretikes, they went out of the Church before, and separated them selves, and therfore are not to be separated here, as being judged already.

34. Come ye. 41. Get ye away.) It is no incongruitie that God should say: Goe into everlasting fire, to them that by their free wil have repelled his mercie; and to the other: Come ye Blessed of my Father, take the Kingdom prepared for you, that by their free wil have receaved faith, and confessed their sinnes, and done pennance. Aug. li. 2. act. cum Fel. Manich. c. 8.

35. You gave me.) Hereby we see how much almes-deedes and al works of mercy prevaile towards life everlasting, and to blot out former sinnes. Aug. in Ps. 49.

42. Gave me not.) He chargeth them not here that they beleeved not, but that they did not good works. For such did beleeve, but they cared not for good works, as though by dead faith they might have come to Heaven. Aug. de fid. & op. c. 15. & ad Dulcit. q. 2. 4.

CHAP. XXVI.

ND it came to passe, when had ended al these wordes, he said to his Disciples: You know that after two dayes shal be Pasche, and the Sonne of man shal be delivered to be crucified. Then were gathered togeather the cheefe Priests and Ancients of the People into the court of the high Priest, who was called Caiphas: and they consulted how they might by some wile apprehend, and kil him. But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there might be a tumult among the People.

And * when was in Bethania in the house of Simon the Leper,  * there came to him a woman having an alabaster-boxe of pretious ointment, and powred it out upon his head as he sate at the table. And the Disciples seeing it, had indignation saying: Whereto is ″ this waste? For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poore. And knowing it, said to them: Why doe you molest this woman? for she hath wrought a ″ good worke upon me. For the poore you have alwayes with you: but me ″ you have not alwayes. For she in powring this ointment upon my body hath done it to burie me. Amen I say to you, wheresoever this Ghospel shal be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, Rh