John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:19
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Ver. 19. Eat and drink, and be merry ] A right epicure, one that had made his gut his god; another Sardanapahs, that did eat that in earth which he digested in hell, as Augustine hath it. How many, alas, are there, that having one foot in the grave and the other in hell, do yet put far away thoughts of either! These, when they should be building their tombs, are... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 12:18
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. Ver. 18. My barns ] So my fruits, and my goods, all was his; God came not into this epicure’s thoughts. Hic Deus nihil fecit, Here God does nothing, one wittily twitted Pope Adrian, talking after the same rate. read more