²¹只 因心 里没 有 根 ，不过 是 暂时的 ，及至 为 道 遭了 患难 ，或是 受了逼迫 ，立刻 就跌倒了 。

²¹ Verse 21. Yet hath he not root in himself] His soul is not

deeply convinced of its guilt and depravity; the fallow ground is

not properly ploughed up, nor the rock broken. When persecution,

&c., ariseth, which he did not expect, he is soon stumbled-seeks

some pretext to abandon both the doctrine and followers of Christ.

Having not felt his own sore, and the plague of his heart, he has

not properly discovered that this salvation is the only remedy for

his soul: thus he has no motive in his heart strong enough to

counteract the outward scandal of the cross; so he endureth only

for the time in which there is no difficulty to encounter, no

cross to bear.