R Chap.25. ¿ccorditgte St 114 AT x .ar xv. 567 naturnatur . A forty fcnfefle excufe it isthat this man makes' for himfclf: and fuch as isboth f lfe and frivolous. It; Chews an utter emptineffe oftheoil of Gods grace, when mens lips, like doors onnifty hinges, movenot without murmuring and :Hale- contentedneffe. Verfe 25, [Was afraidandWent and bid, &c.] So God mutt bear the blame of his unfaithfulneff. The faolißraawn; of man per. .1:ov. e ,, verteth his Way, and ( then tomend the matter) his heart frettetb againft the Lord, or at leaft he digeils his choler, as horfes do, by ch'mping on thebridle-bit. Verfe ^6 ThonWickedand faith Ilfervant]God putsno differ- ence b.:twccnb;t v ixt Nequaquam negnarn, an idleand an evil fervant. Had idlenefft. been a calling, this fervant had been bath a ;oDd husbands and a good fellow too. But what faith the Hea- Salu.=,m 1U then ? Næ iliifallsflint, qui diverfsfntas res expellant, ignavia vo luptatem, &pemia virtut?s, Verfe 27. Received the fame With nftry ] Our Saviour doth no more patronize Ufury here, then he doth injufttce, Luk. 26.1. Thef-, t Thef:s,z. Dancing, (`Worth. t t.17. Olympick gaines, I Cor,9.a4. Verfe 28. Takl therefore the talentfrom kilo] God will take his own, and be gone from an unworthy; people or perfon, The Idol. fhepherds arm Shall, be clean dried up , and his right eye utterly darkncd, Zech.i r .t7. It is no hard matter toobferve a wainand decay of Gods gifts in them that Life them not ; till at laft, Zedcltiah like, theymay fay, When did theSpirit departfrom, r King. sa.zq, me ? And, as many of IJhbo/heth.s friends:fbrank together with eAbner, fo domens abilities fail amain, when once they begin to fail, till atTaft God laies them afide, as fo many broken vef- fels, and caufe them to be forgotten, as dead men outof minde, ( Pl,31.2i. Verfe 2g. But from him that bath not, Thal be, &c.] Sc the; Notes on Chaps 3.12. Where the like is fpoken, but with'. toms difference. Thereour Saviour fpeaketh of proud men, fuck as ar.i. rogate to themfelvcs that they have not : Here of idle and evil perfons, fuch as improve and imploy not that they have the ruff ofwhole worth (hall rife up againft them, 7am.$.3. Verfe 30. efind raftye the unprofitableliming] That had his foul for faltonly, to keep his body from putrifying, that worth- .axt 7 -, dc, lefle, fapleffe, ufeleffc man, that is no more miffed, when gone, leíle, then
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