...degree, apply to our islands, what God, by his prophet, applies to the hill of Sion : • My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill ; and he fenced...stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine.' Yes, God hath, as it were, taken much pains with our empire ; and, by many a complicated plan of providence,...

...interpretation of our Lord's conduct, by a passage nearly parallel in the Prophet Isaiah. — "My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced...the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vines, and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. What could...

...prophet, applies to the hill of Sion : ' My well-beloved hath a vineyard in n very fruitful hill ; arid he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine.' Yes, God hath, as it were, taken much pains with our empire ; and, by many a complicated plan of providence,...

...degree, apply to our islands, what God, by his prophet, applies to the hill of Sion : ' My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill ; and he fenced it, and gathered out the stonea thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine.' Yes, God hath, as it were, taken much pains...

...ripen at all. These are the wild grapes to which the prophet compares the inhabitants of Jerusalem. " And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes." One species of vine is not less distinguished by the luxuriance of ils growth than by the richness...

...; but God, that giveth the increase :" tho" when He looketh for grapes, He may be disappointed : " He looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes !" Because they cannot always insure a good harvest, they exclude their own children, and fain would...

...And it came to pass in the seventh year of King Lewis, that Genoa waxed fat, and kicked* ; and they looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapesf. And all the people of the country, and the inhabitants of the open cities which were round...

...And it came to pass in the seventh year of King Lewis, that Genoa waxed fat, and kicked* ; and they looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapesf . And all the people of the country, and the inhabitants of the open cities which were round...

...illustration of the nature of allegory, I shall subjoin a few miscellaneous examples.* My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced...grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judab, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could...

...concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard On a high and fruitful hill. 2 And he t fenced it round, and gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it...vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And also hewed out a lake therein : And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, But it brought forth loathsome...