| Missions - 1805 - 672 pages
...language of the Dresser of the Vineywrd, in our Lord's beautiful parable of the Barren Fig-Tree : " Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig...bear fruit, well; and if not, then, after that, thou shall cut it down J." At rather a late hour in the evening, he arrived at an inn in tbe town ; and... | |
| Samuel Burder - Bible - 1812 - 442 pages
...Egypt, when they eat the first passOver. (Exod. xii. 11.) HARMER, vol. ip 450. No. 449. — xiii. 8. And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till 1 shall dig about it, and dung it.] Dandini tells us, (ch. xp 43.) that in Mount Libanus they never... | |
| John Fleetwood - 1813 - 558 pages
...these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumberedi it the ground ? And he answering, said unto him, Lord,...fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shalt cutitdown." Luke xiii. 0, &c. By this parable our blessed Saviour represented the goodness of the Almighty... | |
| Alden Bradford - Bible - 1813 - 544 pages
...come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it down ; why cumbcreth it the ground ? 8 And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, 9 and dung it. And it may bear fruit, but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down. » It is supposed... | |
| 1814 - 570 pages
...eome seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find cone ; eut it down ; why eumbereth it the ground ? 8 And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone...year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shalt eut it down. 10 If Aiul he was... | |
| Paul Wright - Christian biography - 1814 - 428 pages
...these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it down, why combereth it the ground ? And he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig aboutit, and donc it ; and if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shall cut it... | |
| Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 416 pages
...unto the dresser of his vineyard, behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this Jig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground...unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till 1 shall dig about it and dung it: And if it bear fruit well: and if not, then after that thou shalt... | |
| Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 412 pages
...vine-dresser in behalf of that tree, and his resolution to persevere in diligently cultivating it. " Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and dung it.!> This may be applied to our Lord, who earnestly implored mercy in behalf of the Jews, .his betrayers... | |
| John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...the dresser of his •vineyard, Behold, these three years 1 come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down, why cumbereth . it . the...dig about it, and dung it : and if it bear fruit, ivell : and if not, then after that thou shah cut it down. AT the beginning of this chapter we read,... | |
| Future punishment - 1817 - 334 pages
...fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground ? and he answered and said unto him, lord, let it alone this year also,...if not, then, after that, thou shalt cut it down." I leave this passage to speak for itself — cutting down a tree can represent but one sort of eternity,... | |
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