John Trapp on Matthew 20:15

Verse 15. It is not lawfull for me, &c.] This is Gods speech (who is the great proprietary of all) it may not be ours who have nothing of our own, but all in trust: So that when we present any thing to God, we must say as David did, 1 Chron. 29. 14. and afterwards Justinian the Emperour, [non-Latin text not transcribed] Georg Cedren. Compend hist. Of thine own we give thee: for all that is in the heaven and the earth is thine: St Bernard reports of Pope Eugenius, that meeting with a poor but honest Bishop, he secretly gave him [illegible: 1 word] jewels where with he might present him. If God did not first furnish us, we should have nothing wherewith to honour him, or doe good to others. Is thine eye evil, because I am good?] It's commonly observed, that witches and those that are in league with the devil to doe mischief, are never given over so to doe, till they come to have an evileye. Hence that, nescio quis teneros, &c. and those that are [non-Latin text not transcribed], [illegible: 1 word] [non-Latin text not transcribed]. bewitched, are said to be overseen, that is to be looked upon with an envious eye. Envy is a quick-sighted and sharp-fanged malignity, Prov. 27. 4. and doth, de aliena mente tam promptè quam pravè conjicere, as one saith, nimbly and naughtily guesse at another Deg. Whear. Relect. Antelog p. 11. mans meaning.