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542 ST. LUKE.one house divided, three against two, and two againstthree. 53. The father shall be divided against theson, and the son against the father; the motheragainst the daughter, and the daughter againstmother;thethe mother-in-law against her daughter-inlaw,and the daughter-in-law against her motherin-law."There is no union, how close and natural soeverit be, which we must not resolve to break, ratherthan separate ourselves from unity itself, when faithand the interests of God are in question. A smalltemporal interest often occasions a misunderstandingin families the most united : but a miracle of graceisnecessary to produce a separation upon the motivesof piety and religion. Send, Lord, this salutarydivision, the work of the Spirit of unity alone, amongthose who are separated from thee, only becausethey are too closely united one with another !" 54. % And be said also to the people. Whenye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway yesay, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55. Andwhen ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There willbe heat; and it cometh to pass."The mind of man has but little insight into thethings of God, because it applies itself but little tothem, and is diverted from them by his passions :butin those of nature, and of the present life, it is verydiscerning, because his curiosity, interest,and otherpassions, give a relish to the study of these things,and make them grateful to his understanding orsenses. It is towards the setting sun, that is, towardsChrist dying, that we must turn ourselves, tothe endj that the shower of blood which wet his cross^