“But in the story about the rich man and the poor man we also learn another doctrine which will have great relevance to our subject. The parable makes that man (the one who is subject to the passions and a lover of the flesh), when he sees that his misfortune is inescapable, show a concern for those who belong to his family on earth. Abraham says that the life of those who live in the flesh is not deprived of providence, but the guidance of the law and the prophets