 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground ? 8 And he answering, said unto 126 The strait gate. him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung // ; 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 10 And he was... | |
 | Benjamin Boothroyd - 1824 - 626 pages
...find none : cut it down ; 8 why doth it encumber the ground ?' And he answered and said to him, ' Sir, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung 9 it: And if it bear fruit, well : and if not, afterwards thou mayest cut it down." 10 Now he was teaching... | |
 | John Flavel - Meditations - 1824 - 416 pages
...may be in a situation to bring forth plentifully. Reddit. Lord, let it alone this year aho, till 1 shall dig about it, and dung it ; and if it bear fruit, well, if not, cut it doom. Luke xiii. 8. O the rich dressing which God bestows upon his churches ! they are... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Unitarianism - 1825 - 356 pages
...unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. * And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath-day,... | |
 | William BISHOP (Rector of Ufton Nervet.) - 1825 - 364 pages
...unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shall cut it down." The owner of the fig-tree is Almighty God, the dresser Jesus Christ : the fig-tree... | |
 | Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 494 pages
...unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...it bear fruit, well ; and if not, then after that them shall cut it down. IT is no easy or common thing, to give GocTs ways a right construction. For... | |
 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 492 pages
...vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it duwn ; why cumbereth it the ground ? And he answering, said...bear fruit, well ; and if not, then after that thou shall cut it down. IT is no easy or common thing, to give God's ways a right construction. For the... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - Sermons, English - 1825 - 472 pages
...unto the dresser of his vineyard, behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well : if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down." This great city of Nineveh is filled with wickedness... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 398 pages
...I come seeking fruit on this Jig-tree and find none - cut it down, K;/II/ cumbereth it thf grovnd ? And, he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone...'well, and if not, then, after that, thou shalt cut it rfown." This parable seems to have been spoken, primarily, in reference to the ancient covenant people... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...vol. u, p. 104, 105, 106-108, 390, &c. &c. h Isa. v, 1, 2. ' Jer. iv, 3. of the barren fig tree : " Let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about...it ; and if it bear fruit, well ; and if not, then shall we cut it down."j Thus we find the Jewish farmer, however highly favoured, was obliged to follow... | |
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Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig... 
