 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...  Sermons, and Other Miscellaneous Pieces - Page 156by Henry Hunter - 1804Full view - About this book
 | 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,... | |
 | John Marshall (publisher.) - 1817 - 44 pages
...him, Lord, let it alone this year, till J $ga^oui^ aftd F\~ ". ,^rf ,? ;y-,F . ' C , » *"T- v & v ' * dung it; and if it bear .fruit, well; ^ '-•."•,' »» .,' ' and if not, then thou shall cut it down. ••.* - s --V '; . Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. WHEN Christ made his entry... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...rfffcfm-s, Ma«. 18. 24. ch. 11. 4. it down ; why cumbereth it the A-Ä|)4lÄi ground ? An Oljap. 8 is right, that shall ye receive. 8 So when even was come, the lor abo, till I shall dig about it, and dung it. 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that... | |
 | 1830 - 890 pages
...the dresser of the vineyard is represented as addressing these important words to the great Master, " 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." So is it with man and his Maker. God comes, year by year, and day by day, seeking... | |
 | 1819 - 212 pages
...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,...unto him, "Lord, let it alone this year also, till 1 shall digabout it, and dung it: and if it fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shall cut... | |
 | Rammohun Roy - 1820 - 100 pages
...these three years 1 come seeking fruit on this tig.- tree, .and find none: cut it down; wh'y'CunibWeth it the ground. And he answering said unto him, Lord,...and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. •f And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation because that Jesus had healed on the... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...this three years I come seeking for fruit on this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it down, why cumbreth it the ground ? And he answering said unto him, Lord...it ; and if it bear fruit, well ; and if not, then thou shalt after that cut it down. Luke 13. 7,8, 9. Let us search and try our ways, and turn again... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pages
...the parable of the barren fig-tree may be mentioned, in which the dresser of the vineyard says to his lord, " Let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it;" {Luke, xiji. 8.) and, also, (Prov. xiv. 4.) " Where no oxen are, the crib is clean ; but much increase... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1821 - 352 pages
...of his vineyard, Behold, these three years 1 come seeking fruit on this Jig-tree, and find none; cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering,...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... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...hi$ vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on tin",-, fig-tree, and find none : cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground ? And he answering...it : and if it bear fruit, well : and if not, then afcer that thoa shall cut it down.'' LUKE xiii. 6, 7, 8, 9. THIS parable was spoken in reply to those... | |
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