4. Luke xix. 8.
264 ST. AUGUSTINE society by theft, rapine, calumny, oppression, housebreaking ought to pay what they owe rather than give it away, following the example of the tax collector, Zacchaeus, in the Gospel, who received the Lord into his house, was suddenly converted to a holy life, and said: *The half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have wronged any man of anything I restore him fourfold." *
If there is to be a more sincere regard for justice, it would be more honest to say to the advocate: "Pay back what you received when you stood against truth, supported evil-doing, deceived the judge, won your case by lying, as you see that many of the most honorable and eloquent men seem to allow themselves to do, not only with safety but even with renown," rather than to say to any minor ofl&cial struggling to perform some duty: "Pay back what you received when at the judge's order you held a man who was needed for some case, when you tied him so that he could not resist, shut him up so that he could not run away, and finally produced him while the trial was going on, or dismissed him when it was finished."
It is easy to see why no one says this to an advocate, because a man naturally does not wish to ask back what he gave a patron to win a bad case, just as he does not wish to pay back what he received from his opponent when he won his case dishonestly. Finally, how hard it is to find an advocate or a truly good man who has been an advocate, who would say to his client: "Take back what you paid me for representing you so dishonestly, and give back to your opponent what you took from him as a result of my dishonest pleadmg." Yet, anyone who thoroughly repents of his dishonest
4. Luke xix. 8.