And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Ver. 6. And about the eleventh hour] About five o'clock in the afternoon; when it was well nigh time to leave work. Nunquam sero si serio. Never too late if in earnest. Howbeit delays are dangerous, opportunities are abrupt and headlong, and, if once past, irrecoverable. If, therefore, ye will inquire, inquire; return, come, Isaiah 21:12. They that say men may repent hereafter, say truly, but not safely. They that allege these here that came in at the eleventh hour, must consider that these were never called till then. But now God calleth, yea, "commandeth all men everywhere to repent," Acts 17:30. And now he is more peremptory, sure, than ever heretofore. SeeHebrews 2:3. How many are daily taken away in their offers and essays, before they have prepared their hearts to cleave to God!