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this parable; A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 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 about it,

and dung it: And if it bear fruit,

well; and if not, then after that

thou shalt cut it down.

GREAT SUPper.

Luke xiv, 16-24. Then said he unto him, A certain man made a

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with

one consent began to make excuse.

The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it; I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I bave married a wife; and therefore I cannot

come. So that servant came, and

showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet

there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

and her neighbours together, say-
ing, Rejoice with me; for I have
found the piece which I had lost.

LOST MONEY.

Luke xv, 8, 9. Either what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she And it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends

gether, and took his journey into
a far country, and there wasted
his substance with riotous living.
And when he had spent all, there
arose a mighty famine in that
land; and he began to be in want.

that the swine did eat: and no

great supper, and bade many:/ And he went and joined himself thou mayest be no longer stewto a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough, and to spare, and I perish with hunge! I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they Luke xv, 4-6. What man of you, elder son was in the field: and as began to be merry. Now his having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave he came and drew nigh to the the ninety and nine in the wilder-house, he heard musick and danc

RICH AND POOR. Luke xvi, 19-31. There was certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine llca, and fared sumptuously every day And there was a certain begg named Lazarus, which was laid at ing to be fed with the crumbs his gate full of sores. And desir which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and

LOST SHEEP.

bours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

ing. And he called one of the licked his sores. And it came to ness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when servants, and asked what these pass, that the beggar died, and was he hath found it, he layeth it on things meant. And he said unto carried by the angels into Abra his shoulders rejoicing. him, Thy brother is come; and thy ham's bosom: the rich man als? And when he cometh home, he calleth father hath killed the fatted calf, died, and was buried; And in bell together his friends and neigh-because he hath received him sate he lifted up his eyes, being iu to and would not go in: therefore off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And and sound. And he was angry, ments, and seeth Abraliam afr came his father out, and entreat- he cried and said, Father Abr ed him. And he answering said ham, have mercy on me, and send to his father, Lo, these many Lazarus, that he may dip the tip years do I serve thee; neither of his finger in water, and cool my transgressed I at any time thy tongue; for I am tormented in this commandment; and yet thou flame. But Abraham said, Son, never gavest me a kid, that I remember that thou in thy life might make merry with my time receivedst thy good things friends: But as soon as this thy and likewise Lazarus evil things son was come, which hath de- but now he is comforted, and thou voured thy living with harlots, art tormented. And beside all

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thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should maks merry, and be glid: for this thy brother was dead, and is alre again; and was lost, and is found.

UNJUST STEWARD.

Luke xvi, 1-8. And he said als

unto his disciples, There was s

certain rich man which had a

steward; and the same was

that be bad And he called

wasted his goods.
cused unto him
him, and said unto him, How is
it that I hear this of thee? give an
account of thy stewardship; for

within himself. What shall I de ard. Then the steward sald for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig, te beg I am ashamed. I am reselfed what to do, that, when I s put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses So he called every one of hi lord's debtors unto him, and sald unto the first, How much owes thou unto my lord? And he said. An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And be said, An hundred measures d wheat. And he said unto him. Take thy bill,and write fourscore. And the lord commended the just steward, because he had dese wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light,

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us.

And it came to pass, that I and the wolf catcheth them, and when he was returned, having re- scattereth the sheep. The hireceived the kingdom, then he ling fleeth, because he is an hirecommanded these servants to be ling, and careth not for the sheep. called unto him to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be And thou also over five cities. another came, saying, Lord,behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thon layest not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he Luke xvill, 2--6. Saying, There saith unto him, Out of thine own was in a city a judge, which feared mouth will I judge thee, thou not God, neither regarded man: wicked servant. Thou knewest And there was a widow in that that I was an austere man, taking city; and she came unto him, say-up that I laid not down, and reaping, Avenge me of mine adversary. ing that I did not sow. WhereAnd he would not for a while; but fore then gavest not thou my afterwards he said within himself, money into the bank, that at my Though I fear not God, nor regard coming I might have required man; Yet, because this widow mine own with usury? And he troubleth me, I will avenge her, said unto them that stood by, lest by her continual coming she Take from him the pound, and weary me. And the Lord said, give it to him that hath ten Hear what the unjust judge pounds.

UNJUST JUDGE AND IMPORTUNATE
WIDOW.

saith.

this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.

And

PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN. Luke xviii, 9--14. And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give titles of all that I possess. And the publican,

so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

3. ALLEGORY
CEDAR.

Ezek. xxxi, 2--13. Son of man,
Pharaoh king of
Speak unto
to his multitude,
Egypt, and
Whom art thou like in thy great-
ness? Behold, the Assyrian was
a cedar in Lebanon with fair
branches, and with a shadowing
shroud, and of an high stature;
and his top was among the thick
boughs. The waters made him
great, the deep set him up on high
with her rivers running round
about his plants, and sent out her
little rivers unto all the trees of
the field. Therefore his height
was exalted above all the trees of
the field, and his boughs were
multiplied, and his branches be-
came long, because of the multi-
tude of waters, when he shot
forth. All the fowls of heaven
made their nests in his boughs,
and under his branches did all
the beasts of the field bring forth
their young, and under his shadow
dwelt all great nations.
was he fair in his greatness, in the
length of his branches: for his
root was by great waters. The
cedars in the garden of God could
not hide him: the fir-trees were
not like his boughs, and the
chesnut-trees were not like his
branches: nor any tree in the
garden of God was like unto him
in his beauty. I have made him
fair by the multitude of his
branches: so that all the trees of
Eden, that were in the garden of
God, envied him. Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD, Because thou
hast lifted up thyself in height,
and he hath shot up his top
among the thick boughs, and his
heart is lifted up in his height;
I have therefore delivered him
into the hand of the mighty one
of the heathen; he shall surely
deal with him: I have driven him

Thus

VERNAL TREES.

Luke xxi, 29--32. And he spake
to them a parable; Behold the fig-
When
tree, and all the trees;
they now shoot forth, ye see and
know of your own selves that sum-
mer is now nigh at hand. So like-
wise ye, when ye see these things
come to pass, know ye that the
kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Verily I say unto you, This gen-
eration shall not pass away till
all be fulfilled.

SHEPHERD.

John x, 1-5, 12, 13. Verily,

standing afar off, would not lift up verily, I say unto you, He that out for his wickedness.

entereth not by the door into the
sheep-fold, but climbeth up some
other way, the same is a thief and
a robber. But he that entereth
in by the door is the shepherd of
the sheep. To him the porter
openeth; and the sheep hear his
voice: and he calleth his own
sheep by name, and leadeth them
out. And when he putteth forth
his own sheep, he goeth before
them, and the sheep follow him:
for they know his voice. And a
stranger will they not follow, but
will flee from him: for they know
not the voice of strangers. But
he that is an hireling, and not the
shepherd, whose own the sheep
are not, seeth the wolf coming,
and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth;

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TEN POUNDS. Luke xix, 12-24. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants,and delivered them ten pounds,and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over

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strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches.

4. EMBLEMS. BOWS AND ARROWS. 2 Kings xiii, 14-19. Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and

it; and, behold, the girdle was
marred, it was profitable for
nothing.

the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe; and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

HORNS AND CARPENTERS.

Zech. i, 18-20. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

CONFINED POSTURE.

Ezek. iv, 4-8. Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Amos viii, 1, 2. Thus hath the Lord Gop showed unto me; and behold a basket of summer-fruit. And hesaid, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer-the fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

EQUESTRIAN SCENE.
Zech. i, 8-11. I saw by night,
and behold a man riding upon a
red horse, and he stood among

myrtle-trees that were in the
bottom; and behind him were
there red horses, speckled, and
white. Then said I, O my lord,
what are these? And the angel
that talked with me said unto me,
I will shew thee what these be.
And the man that stood among
the myrtle-trees answered and
said, These are they whom the
LORD hath sent to walk to and fro
And they
through the earth.
answered the angel of the LORD
that stood among the myrtle-
trees, and said, We have walked
to and fro through the earth, and,
behold, all the earth sitteth still,
and is at rest.

years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

SUBMERSION.

Jer. xliii, 9. Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.

GIRDLE.

Jer. xiii, 1-7. Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. So I got a girdle, according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid

PLUMB-LINE.

Amos vii, 7, 8. Thus he showed me; and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And i Then said said, A plumb-line. the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel, I will not again pass by them any more.

REMOVING FURNITURE.

Ezek. xii, 3-5. Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebelThen shalt thou lious house. bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

PLAN OF A SIEGE.

Ezek. iv, 1, 2. Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile and lay it before thee, and portray upon it And the city, even Jerusalem: lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mound against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering-rams against it round about.

Jer. 11, 61-64. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words, Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Ezek. xxxvii, 16, 17. Moreover, Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary, thou son of man, take thee one Thus far are the words of Jere-stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of miah. Israel his companions: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

Rev. xviii, 21. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Zech. xi, 7, 10, 11, 14. And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even And I you, O poor of the flock. took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might

NAKED PROPHET.
Isa. xx, 3, 4. And the LORD said,
Like as my servant Isaiah hath
walked naked and barefoot three
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STICKS AND STAVES.

Jer. i, 11, 12. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform

it.