That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Ver. 35. I will utter things, &c.] I will freely and plentifully discuss with them, a as a fountain casteth out her waters constantly and without spare. Charity is no churl: true goodness is communicative, and accounts that it hath not that good thing that it doth not impart: b as that Bishop of Lincoln never thought he had that thing which he did not give. It is not pouring out, but want of pouring out, that dries up the streams of grace, as of that oil, 2 Kings 4:6; "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself," Proverbs 11:25 .
a Eructabo, vel palam proloquar.
b Paulum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus. Horat.