...with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes, Isa. v. l, 2. I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman, John XT. 1. c О Jerusalem, Jerusalem,...

...are considered as the vines, from whom fruitfulness is expected; but it is said, Isa. v. 2. ." And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes." Alas! of how many is this descriptive at this day, in this our highly favoured land. As to our religious...

...the wild grapes to which the prophet compares the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah : " And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes."" They are also the sour grapes to which another inspired prophet alludes, when he predicts the destroying...

...ivith the choisest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and : 9 That strengthened the spoW against the strong, BO that the spoi*i shall co 3 And BOW, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard....

...the choicest vine ; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it...me and my vineyard. What could have been done more for my vineyard that I have not done in it ? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes,...

...if he treats thom improperly, or unjustly, after he has made them free moral agents, lie says to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, " judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard." He appeals to the same people to judge of the rectitude of his conduct towards them. "Hear now, O house...

...with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes." The 7th verse tells us that this vineyard was the house of Israel, which had so ill requited the favour...

...built a tower *«*<!/•/*<?«<». in the midst of it, and also | made a winepress therein : and 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, — — — that I have not done in it? wherefore,...

...of his conduct and the righteousness of his commands and prohibitions. "O inhabitants of Jérusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard." " Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, О house of Israel, Is not my way equal ?...

...Israel ; is not " my way equal ? are not your ways unequal?" Isaiah has a passage no less conclusive : " Now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men " of Judah ; judge, I pray you, between me and " my vineyard. What could have been done " more to my vineyard, that I have not done...