Chap.ao. .according to S' M A T T x s vv, was an oldDifciple ; and to Andronicud and funia, chic Paul R0111.i6,7, fhould fay of them, Who alfe were in G.hriff before rw Verfe 6. And about the eleventhhoure.] About five a clock in the afternoon. When it was well-nigh time to leave work. 1ltunquaneferò fi feriò. Howbeit delaies are dangerous, oppor- tunities are abrupt, and headlong, and iforace paft, irrecoverable. If therefore ye will enquire, enquire, return, Come, Ifa,a i.i z,. They that fay, men may repent hereafter, fay truly, but not late- ly. They that alledge thefe here that came in at the eleventh hours, muff confider that thefe were never called till then. But now God calleth, yea eommandeth all men every where to repent, AEk. 17.30. And now he is more peremptory, lure, then ever hereto- fore. See Heb. z.3. How many are daily taken away in their of. fers and eflayes, before they have prepared their hearts to cleave to God? Verfe7. Goeye alfo into the Vineyard.] At this honre the pe- nitentthief was lent in, and he beftirred him: for he juftdìes Chrift, condemns him-felt, chides his fellow for railing, praies tor- a part in Paradife, &c. he lived much in a little time. Howbeit this is a fingular example, one of the miracles wherewith Chrilt . would honour the ignominy ofhis croffe. Neither is it often feen or read of, that old men are converted. They are ufìaally fo let in frn,that they are hardly removed :filch anhoof they have over their hearts, that fcarce any thing will affect them. Abraham in the old Tettametit, andNicodemfu in theiNew, were called in their old age. Name a third he that can. Verfe 8. Saith unto his iteward.] That is, to his Son Chriff whom.he hash made judge of all, to give unto every man accord- ing to his works. This he will doe with demonftration of his fingular both jultice (fo that none (hall receive let's then was pro- mited him) and mercy, (to that all ¡hall receive more then thty clelerved.) For although their peny be here called their hire, and ellewhere _then reward, yea their wages, yet :all is of grace. Verfe9. And when they came.] Thefe laft labourers were firft paid, becaufe they ¡rutted not to the worthof their own works, but to Gods free grace and goodness when the other are turned offin diipie.lnre, with 'Tole quad tuurn e11 t vade : Take thy peny and be packing. Verle I®. They fuppofed that they, &c.] Good works arc. 491 w.` rc,FMt ttr.9
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