Tre Parable of the Vineyard let out to cruel Husbandmen,ſhereth the Rejediton of the Fews, and Calling of the Gentiles, 1—12. Chri#t eſcapeth the ſnare of the Phariſees, about Tribute to Ceſar, 13—17. Relliberh the Sadducees Error about the Reſarredtion, 18—27. fiſreroeth a Scribe, which # the greateſt Commandment, 28—34. Con! «t2th the Phariſees Opinion of himſelf, 35—37. Cautioneth ac ainit their Vain-glory, Ambitim aud Hypocriſie, 38—40., And conmenteth the poor Widow's Offering above all, 49—44»
A * certain man planted a vineyard,and ſet an
Duit atower, and let it out to husbandmen,and went
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2 And at the ſeaſon he ſent to the husbandmen a
©!vant, that he might receive from the husbandmen T3: cf the vineyard.
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24 Therefore Ll jay unto you,* Whar things ſoever e Qefire when ye pray, belieye.that ye receive them,
23 And when ye ſtand praying, * forgive,if ye have
there* is no reſurrection; and they asked him, fay ing,
Sadac, Scholar to rms oftheir Hereſie, was their Maſter's teaching them, That they mu{b wt ſerve God, as Servants for Rewards. EC . ef i* Puniſhments in another Life. They denied the Imm3) ality 0) the Sui, and the ReſurreFron of the Bogy, and Angers anu oprrtts
4 And arain he ſent unto them another ſervant. 2; at him they caſt ſtones, and wounded him in the head and ſent him away hamefully handled.
5 And again he ſent another, and him t and many others, beating, ſome,and killirs £76
6 Having yet therefore one {on,his well hoo ſent him alto laſt unto them, ſaying, T!.2y wil rence my ſon. |
7 But thoſe husbandmen ſaid amor of This is the heir, come lerus kill him, <1 c' tance ſhall be ours.
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out of the vineyard. ;
9 What ſhall therefore the Lord of the do? he will come and deſtroy wlll zive the vineyard unto others.
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the Notes on Matth, 21. 32, (Fc. The twelfth Verſe telictir «5
have not,) that he alſo told them, Matth. 21. 43." There; ve 7 ©: unto you, That the Kingdom of Gal ſhall be taken from you, an!
planting a Vineyard, is to be underſtood, Goc who, 7/15 # 8, 9. brought a Vine out of Egypt, and caſt out the H.th,cr;
planted” it in the Land of Canaan, and pretared 71:12 cauſed it ty tahe deep root, and it filled the Land - covered with the ſhadow of it, and the Boughs thorcif wn
for. it.
Stones out of it, and built a Tower in the midi of it; an
which Sod hedged by his Providence, and gave them all means neceſ{ary for the produCtion of Fruit, The Scrvants ſ-nt to re- ccive the Fruit, fo abuſed by the Husb4ndmen,{as wer. 2, 3, 4, «.) were the Prophets, 2 Chron. 35. 16. 15 a compendtous F.xpotiticr of thcfe Verſes. They macked the Mejſengers of God, and d:{piſ:d his Words, an d miſuſed his Praphets. The Son mentioned, as ſent at laſt, was Chriſt, and the latter part of the Parable is Pro- phetical, fore-telling what they thould do unto him, and alſo of the Ruin of the Jewiſh Nation and Church, and the paſting of the Goſpel to the Gentiles, who ſhouid more freely believe in Chriſt, and embrace and receive the Goſpel ;, fo as they ſhould not obtain their End, but Chriſt, though rejeed by them, ſhould yet be the Head of a far larger and more glorious Church, ac- cording to a Prophetic owned by themſelves, as a piece of Holy Writ, Pſal. 118. 22. Sce more in the Notes on Matth.. 21, &f
13 * And they ſend unto him certain of the Pha- riſees, and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words:
14 And when they were come, they ſay unto him, Maſter, we know that thou art true, and careſt for no man : for thou regardeſt not the perſon of men, but teacheſt the way of God in truth: Is it Iawful to {ive tribute to Ceſar, or not ?
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15 Shall we give, or ſhall we not give? Bit he knowing their hypocriſie,ſaid unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a || peny, that I may ie #:. |
16 And they brought : and he faith nnto them, W hoſe 5s this image and ſuperſcription ?And they {aid
unto him, Ceſars.
17 And Jeſus anſwering, ſaid unto them, Render to Cefar, the things that. are Ceſar's; and to God,
the things that are God's. And they marvelled at
him. See the Notes on Matthew 22. 15+
138 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which fay
The Sadducees moſt probably derived their Name irom one Antizonas Socheus . Tt is faid that the Occaiton
Upon which they build- d their Notion, That there 1s ro Reſurrection, no Rewards nor
! And they caught him, and beat him, and ſens him
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10 And have ye not read this ſcripture? The fonn which the builders rejected, is become the head of ric
11 This was the Lord's doing and it is marvelicys 12 And they ſought to lay hold on him, but fearc4 the people: for they knew that he had ſpoken the pa- rable againſt them : and they left him,and went their
This Parable is related by Matthew, and by Lube alſo : Sec
that the Rulers of the Jewith Church knew that he had 7;-3!;-1 this Paravle againit them ; and they needs muſt know it, con!i- dering what Matthew adds to this Parable (which Mart an 1 2
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goodly Cedars: ſhe fent out her Boughs unto the Sex, ant her Bran- ches to.the River, It was a noble Vine, a right Soed, For. 5. 41. God planted in it a fiuitful Hill, he fenced it, end :athercd the
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