67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?



Ver. 67. Will ye also go away?] q.d. This general defection of those temporaries may possibly tempt you to it. Evil men endanger good men, as weeds the corn, as bad humours the blood, or an infected house the neighbourhood. Nemo errat sibi ipsi, sed demonentiam spargit in proxbnos. (Seneca.) No man falls single, but draws company along with him, as the dragon with his tail drew down the stars of heaven; as tall cedars bear down with them the shrubs that grow under them. As when Hymenaeus and Philetus (two such eminent professors) fell away, the apostle, for the better settling of such as were shaken thereby, was fain to caution, "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure," &c. And "in a great house" (such as God’s is) "there are vessels of all sorts, some to hononr, and some to dishonour," 2Ti_2:19-20.