Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Timothy 5:25

25 Likewise the good works of some are manifest before hand , and they that are otherwise cannot be hid u.

In like manner some mens holy Life and Conversation hath been so evident that there needs little judgment concerning them.

And for others under a due Government they cannot be long concealed, but by thy due managery of, and vigilance in thy Office, they will soon be discovered by their publishing their erroneous Principles, and the breaking out of their lusts into enormous acts, so as they will soon fall under thy censure. Or else thus. The good works of some whose Life hath not been so exemplary, but yet such as in Charity thou mayest judge them to have the root of the matter in them, (if thou beest not mistaken) cannot be long hid, so as thou shalt soon see what they are, and accordingly know how to behave thy self to them. Thus I should chuse rather to interpret this Text then concerning the judgment of God, who sometimes rewards good works presently, and alwayes rewards them certainly either in this Life or that which is to come.