Homilist Isaiah 5:1-7 Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:… I. AS ABUNDANTLY POSSESSED. The vineyard here is represented — 1. As in a salubrious position. "In a very fruitful hill." 2. As subject to culturing care. Canaan was the fruitful hill; the theocratic government was the fence built around it. What rare opportunities has every man amongst us! Bibles in our houses, churches near our dwellings, preachers of every type of mind, class of thought, and oratorio power. II. AS SHAMEFULLY ABUSED. "When I looked that it should bring forth grapes, it brought forth wild grapes." III. AS UTTERLY LOST. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: |
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