Temporary faith often looks like rooted justifying faith until the wedding garment tells them apart
2. Faith that lasts only for a time (πρὸς καιρὸν) often wears almost the same face as faith that has root (ῥίζαν ἔχει) — the faith that truly justifies. Outward profession alone rarely shows who is unregenerate and who is regenerate.
The festive wedding garment (γαμική) required in Matthew 22:11, taken in the saying's closing turn, is not cloth on the body. It is the inward dress of faith, love, and repentance, when a person puts on Christ (Romans 13:14).
Still, sure marks do separate the two faiths and the two states — unregenerate from regenerate: Matthew 13; Romans 7; Galatians 5; and the rest.
Latin
2. Fidem quae est πρὸς καιρὸν seu temporariam saepe simillimam esse fidei quae ῥίζαν ἔχει, seu fidei vere justificanti; quemadmodum externa professione vix dignoscitur saepe Irregenitus a Regenito: Certe vestis illa nuptialis festa, γαμική requisita Matth. XXII. 11. in apodosi, non vestis externa, sed interna fidei, charitatis, resipiscentiae, quum induitur Christus Rom. XIII. 14. Certi licet sint characteres, quibus utraque fides, & status Irregeniti hominis a Regeniti illo, distinguitur; Matth. XIII. Rom. VII. Gal. V. &c.