...more," says God to the Jews, " could I have done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Wherefore when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?" " I have spread out-ray hands all the day long to a rebellious and gainsaying people." " I spake unto...

...I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: and I will lay it waste: it shall not be primed nor digged ; but there shall come up briars and thorns : I will also command the clouds, that...

...ineffectual. " What could I " have done more to my vineyard that I have not " done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it " should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild " grapes ?"* Even the^work of the Holy Spirit, in regenerating, illuminating, convincing, and comforting the...

...improvement, come to this result, he enquires, what more could I have done for my vineyard ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? The vine of that country frequently grew spontaneously in the field, and bore good fruits, yet not...

...in it i wherefore, when I looked that h should bring for;h grape-s, brought it forth wild grapes I And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to...away the hedge thereof, and it shall be -eaten up ; ar.d break down the wall thereof, and it shaii be trccder. dowr; : and I will !uv it waste : it shal"...

...answers this question: the Lord himself declares what he will do to his vineyard. " I will," says he, " take away the " hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten...and " break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trod" den down ; and I will lay it waste ; it shall not " be pruned, nor digged ; but there shall come...

...[ dare any man alledge the want of a serious inward call?,"] that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? Isai. v, 3, 4. — £See Luke xiv, 21. He was angry at their refusal.]] — O house of Israel, are...

...his creatures themselves, " what could have been done more, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked, that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ?" is the real reason of its unproductiveness, his never having done any thing whatever to it by which...

...against Me."1 " What could have been done more to My vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked 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...

...Are they not laid waste, and trodden down by infidels ? And now go to, saith the great Husbandman, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will pull up the hedge thereof, and it shall be laid waste. Isa. v. 5. Thus you see the allegory opened...