But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
Ver. 22. It shall be more tolerable] Men are therefore the worse, because they ought to be better: a and shall be deeper in hell, because heaven was offered unto them, but they would not. Ingentia beneficia, flagitia, supplicia, say the Centurists. Good turns aggravate unkindnesses: and men's offences are increased by their obligations. If Turks and Tartars shall be damned, debauched Christians shall be double damned: because, though they defy not, yet they deny the Lord that bought them; while by their unchristian conversation they tell the world that either there is no such thing as Christ, or if there be, yet that he is but a weak Christ, and that there is no such power in his death, or efficacy in his resurrection, to sanctify those that belong unto him.
a Ideo deteriores sumus quia meliores esse debemus. Salvian.