Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 14:35

35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghil; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

See the Notes on Matth. 5.13. Mark 9.50. where we met with the most of what we have in these Verses. By Salt in this place our Saviour seemeth to mean a Christian Life, and Profession. It is a good, a noble, a great thing to be a Christian: But one that is so in an outward Profession may lose his Saviour. Tho a Man cannot fall away from Truth, and Reallity of Grace, yet he may fall away from his Profession, he may be given up to believe Lies, and imbrace damnable Errors, he may shake off that dread of God which he seemed to have upon him, and then what is be good for? wherewith shall he be seasoned? He is neither fit for the Land nor the Dunghil, as some things will spoil Dunghils, so Debauched Professors do but make wicked Men worse, by prejudicing and hardening them against the ways, and Truths of God. He that hath Ears to hear, let him hear. It is an usual Epiphonema, or Sentence by which Christ often shuts up grave, and weighty Discourses; the Sense is, you had therefore need to look about you, and to undertake the Profession of my Religion upon such weighty Grounds, and Principles as will carry you through the practice of it to the end, against all the Oppositions you shall meet with; for if you Apostatize from your Profession, you will be the worst of Men, neither fit for the Church, nor for the World (for you will make that the worse) indeed fit for nothing but for the Fire of Hell.