John Trapp on Matthew 20:11

Verse 11. They murmured, &c.] They had that they agreed for, some temporall blessings, which is all that carnall men commonly care for. Or if they seek after spirituall things, it is not for any beauty he seeth, or taste he findeth in them, but only as a bridge to bring them to heaven; as Spira confessed of himself. It is not good therefore to indent and bargain with God how much he shall give us, either of temporals or spirituals: for so you may have your peny, and yet be discontented, that it is [illegible: 1 word] a peny and no more. Profits, pleasures, honours, appear to be but empty things, when men are to goe into another world.