...her branches unto the river. Why " haft thou broken down her hedges, fo that all -*' they which pafs by the way do pluck her ? ** The boar out of the wood doth wafte it, and " the wild beaft of the field doth devour it. Re" turn, we befeech thee, O Gop of hofts...

...her branches into -the river. Why haft thou cc broken down her hedges, fo that all they " which pafs by the way do pluck her ? The " boar out of the wood doth watte it ; and the " wild beaft of the field doth devour it. Re" turn, we befeech thee, O God of Hofts,...

...accomplifhment, thus complains: ' Why haft thou broken down her ' hedges, fo that; all they which pafs by the way do •* pluck her. The boar out of the wood doth wafte *''ifi;-ajid thre'wild beaft of the field doth devour h 'jfhall be eaten up—-and it Jhall be...

...to-morrow comes. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." Satan may he permitted to prevail. " The wild boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it >§." If the Devil is permitted to succeed, he makes the bough very bare. In reality, as in David's...

...her branches unto the river. Why haft thou then broken down her hedges, fo that all they, who pafs by the way, do pluck her? The boar, out of the wood, doth wafte it ; and the wild beaft of the field doth devour it. Return, we befeech thee, O God of hofts...

...be told, that when the fence of a vineyard is taken away, all they that go by pluck off the grapes ; the boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beasts of the field devour it. And as to the abolition of tithes, another part of the meditated plan,...

...regions appeared like a fruitful vine, which had taken deep root, and which filled the land. " But now the boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it." (Psalm Ixxx. 9 — 13.) Still, the Spirit of God hath never wholly departed from the earth. While some...

...loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old. O say not of this land, thou hast no pleasure in it ; but return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, behold and visit this vineyard, and the branch which thou madest strong for thyself. Be thou as a wall...

...desolate places of our Lord's vineyard. The words of the Psalmist were then literally fulfilled : " The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it." Virginia had been longer settled, but the planters had little or no religion. They cared for none of...

...into the sea, and her branches into the river. Why hast thou broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out...look down from heaven, and behold and visit this vine !" See also Ezekiel, xvii. 22—24. The first and principal requisite in the conduct of an allegory,...