F. Why were those who were late ready to quarrel with one another?
C. Because companions in sin have no real love for each other, but are always ready to fall out; being all selfish and separate from God.
F. What were the full streets they met with when they entered the town?
C. The many difficulties and hindrances which beset those who set about serving God late in life.
F. What were the shows, and the thieves, and the robbers, which troubled them?
C. The different temptations which come from the devil, the world, and the flesh.
F. Who were the crowds who withstood them?
C. Those who love this present world, and who therefore withstand those who seek to live for God’s glory.
F. Who was he who sold the false jewels?
C. One of those who often make a prey of persons beginning, after a negligent youth, to feel earnest about religion, and of whom we read, Rom. xvi. 17, 18, “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark