 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.  Sermons - Page ixby Timothy Dwight - 1828Full view - About this book
 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...be swept away. And to this purpose is that parable : " Ae certain man had a figtree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon and...dresser of his vineyard, behold these three years I came seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : Cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground?" There... | |
 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
...how many years they have sat barren and coldhearted under the labors of God's faithful ministers. " Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none." Luke 13 : 7. "Behold," the same term of notification with that in the text, applied to the time of... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1745 - 686 pages
...found none. 7 Then faid he unto the DrefTer of his Vineyard, Behold, thefe three Years I Come ieeking Fruit on this Fig-tree, and find none : cut it down, why cumbereth it the Ground r be deftroyed under the Ruins of that Holy City, Sea. iroin which you truft. O"-v-vJ And in... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 488 pages
...the days of his patience and forbearance ; Luke xiii. 7. " Behold, thefe three " years I come feeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find " none : cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?" 2. Confider that the patience of GOD will have an end. Though GOD fuffers long, he will not... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 684 pages
...And Lukexiii. 7- " Then fa id the dreffer of the vineyard, Behold, thefe three years " I came feeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none ; cut it down ; " why cumbereth it the ground ?" Thel'e three years, alluding to the time of his miniftry, he being at that time entering... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold,...on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cmnbereih it the ground ? 8 And, he answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till... | |
 | Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...all like" wise perish/' He spake also this parable ; " A certain man had a fig tree planted in his " vineyard; and he came and sought fruit " thereon,...the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these " three yearsl come seeking fruit on this fig tree* " and find none: cut it down ; why cumbereth " it the ground... | |
 | Henry Dimock - 1804 - 360 pages
...spoken but a short time before this remarkable occurrence. " A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon and...on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbcreth it the ground f And lie, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1804 - 372 pages
...SERMON XXV. LUKE xiii. 6 — 9. "He spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and...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,... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came, and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold,...and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about... | |
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