...Scripture. I shall content myself with transcribing only two or three passages from it. 1. [g] IVoe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be noplace, thai they maybe placed alone in themidst of the earth. In mine ears [/] Job xxxviii. 8,10....

...; a country in which he took delight, and did more for its inhabitants than for any other people : and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry ; of the oppressed, to men for help, and to God for vengeance. REFLECTIONS. I. TT7r E have great cause...

...more to my vineyard, that I " have not done in it't For the vineyard of the " Lord of Husts, is the House of Israel, and the " men of Judah his pleasant...he looked "for judgment, but behold oppression; for right e" ousness, but behold a cry," Isaiah v. 1 — 7. And what shall man say ? Shall he disallow...

...more to my vineyard, that I " have not done in it? For the vineyard of the " Lord of Hosts, is the House of Israel, and the " men of Judah his pleasant...and he looked "for judgment, but behold oppression; fur righte" ousness, but behold a cry," Isaiah v. 1 — 7. And what shall man say ? Shall he disallow...

...it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the mm of Judah his pteasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 8 ^| Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that...

...also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it 7 For the vineyard of the LOR D of hosts it the ( ( (: \L 8 V Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they...

...ignorant of its meaning, as the prophet \ at the end of it adds: The vineyard of the Lord of hosts, is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant : and he looked for judgment, but beheld oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Our Saviour, therefore, continued the metaphor,...

...also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant...oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry." Isai. v. 1—7. Yet these same ungrateful Israelites attended to all the formalities of -religion,...

...accompanied with injustice in all its forms. Thus all the prophets testify against them, " The Lord looked for judgment, but behold oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry," (Isa. v. 7.) " Thou hast taken usury and increase ; thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbour by extortion....

...its meaning, as the prophet, at the end of it, adds, " The vineyard of the f( Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of " Judah his pleasant...oppression : for righteousness, but behold a " cry." Our Saviour, therefore, continued the metaphor, telling them, (' that when the time of the fruit drew...