Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Timothy 2:20

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold, and of silver, but also of wood, and of earth , and some to honour, and some to dishonour .

Look as it is in a great house, there are several Vessels, made of several materials, and for several ends, and uses. Some are made of gold, some of Silver, some of Wood, some of Earth.

Some made and bought for more Noble and Honourable uses, others for more vile, base, and dishonourable uses: so it is in the Church of God, which is large, and like a great house. In it are many Members; some have obtained like precious Faith with us, who are as Gold tried in the fire, or like silver purified seven times, by the Word of God, and his Spirit sitting as a Refiner upon their Hearts. But all they are not Gold or Silver who glister in an outward profession; some of them have earthy, wooden Souls, savouring onely sensual things, having nothing of precious Faith in them, and are not yet purged from their filthiness, wanting all truth of Grace, or sincerity of Love: Some whose work is to honour God, being created to good Works, and whose reward will be to be honoured and glorified by him: Others who by their Apostacy from their Faith, and profession, and by their wicked lives will dishonour him, and will be Eternally rejected by him as Reprobate Silver, and sons of Perdition.

Marginal references: Rom. 9.21.