2. Christ might speak often in parables, because he would have men be studious and industrious to search out profound wisdom, like as Sampson, who, to try the wisdom of the Philistines, put forth his riddle. For as nothing is more difficult and hard to understand than a parable, until it is opened and explained, so nothing is more clear, when it is fully understood. A parable is like a golden mine, you must dig and search with all pains and diligence, that would find the true vein thereof. 3. It