John Trapp on Luke 8:15

Verse 15. In an honest] Referred to the end, and intent in the action. And good heart] In respect of inward renewed qualities. Having heard the word, keep it] As food or physick, which if not kept, profiteth not. They incorporate it into their souls, so as it becomes an ingrafted word; they are transformed into the same image, conformed to the heavenly patterne. With patience] Or, with tarriance for the fit season: Not as [non-Latin text not transcribed]. that rath-ripe fruit, vers. 13. and Psal. 129.