“Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.”
“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.”
“Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.”
“Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.”
“Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.”
Glorified. He who serves his master well shall be promoted.
This we had before, ch. 22 3. Note, 1. Evil may be foreseen. Where there is temptation, it is easy to foresee that if we thrust ourselves into it there will be sin, and as easy to foresee that if we venture upon the evil of sin there will follow the evil of punishment; and, commonly, God warns before he wounds, having set watchmen over us, Jer 6 17. 2. It will be well or ill with us according as we do or do not improve the foresight we have of evil before us: The prudent man, foreseeing the evil, forecasts accordingly, and hides himself, but the simple is either so dull that he does not foresee it or so wilful and slothful that he will take no care to avoid it, and so he passes on securely and is punished. We do well for ourselves when we provide for hereafter.