Thrice happy shall he be, if, when his Master comes to visit, he continue to be thus employed, and so be found about the duties of his trust constant and persevering, ver. 13.
His Lord shall enlarge his trust, and make him steward of all, and not only of his household; either preserve him to be a governor in his church, after these sad times are over, or otherwise reward him as he seeth best.
If that servant shall prove dishonest, and say or think that Christ means not to come and visit as he said he would, 2 Peter iii. 4;
And thereupon join in the persecuting of his brethren, (as the Gnostics did with the Jews against the Christians,) and indulge himself presumptuously to licentious living, (see 2 Peter iii. 3, and Jude 18,)
The time of visitation shall come on him when it is least looked for, when he is in the worst posture to be surprised,