...done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bringforth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? And now, go to ; I will tell you what I will do to...down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: and I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns...

...care, it yields its fruit three times a year. How great, then, the propriety with which God says, " what could have been done more to my vineyard that...bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?" (Isaiah v — 4.) There is here an allusion to the fruitfulness of the vine. This furnished an image...

...1793, BEING THE DAY OF A GENERAL FAST. • • • • , •',',! • ' ' , . • , A SERMON. ISAIAH V. 4. What could have been done more to my vineyard,...should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? MY brethren, let none of us forget, that humiliation before God for our sins, as individuals and...

...Isa. ix. 6. N 3 317 have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me."1 " What could have been done more to My vineyard, that...it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?"2 The Lord looked down from heaven to see if there were any seeking after Him. But what met...

...in it ï wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes 1 And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to...down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down : And I will lay it waste : it shall 'not be pruned, nor digged ; but there shall come up briars and...

...trodden down of the Gentiles, e until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. »See on ver. 22. bAnd now, go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard...down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down, Isa. v. 5- But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given...

...loving-kindness ; ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and commanded the prophets, saying, prophesy not. What could have been done more to my vineyard that...should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant...

...now, О inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray yen, betwixt me and my lineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that...bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes, lea. v. 1 — 4. Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed : how then art thou turned...

...t or,j he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought |™" forth wild grapes. AC758. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, —...down the wall thereof, and it shall be * trodden down : 6 And I will lay it waste : it shall not be pruned, nor digged ; but there shall come up briers and...

...struck with an idea suggested in a passage of scripture which was read on that occasion. It was Isai. v. 5. ' And now, go to : I will tell you what I will...down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down.' I had often heard it observed, from the intercession of Abraham in behalf of Sodom, and other scriptures,...