The Barren Fig-Tre.t.. - 1 _;. The Metaphors in this Par-able are,- ' ( 1.) A certain Ivlan. ( 'l.) A Vineyard. (j ·) A Fig-tree,, Bar.ren- or Fruit.... - lefs. (4 ) · A Drdfcr. ( _; ~} Three Years. (6.) Digging aad Dungi11g, ()c•. , .. _t. The DotJ~;e, or MJ.flery, couched· under , thefc ·words,~ is to ihew us,. U hat is like t·o. /;,come of a jruitlefs, or · fc1:maJ Profe.ffir :_ For, · 1. By the Man in the Paravle, is-. meant God th~ f c] Father~ ~. By the Vinejard, his [d] Church . 3· ·By the ,fig-tree, a Profejer.. "' 4.. By the D•ujfer, the Lord Jefus. 5· .By the Fig'- tree's BarriJnneJs, the. Profejfir.'s Fruitlefot;efs. · o. By t·he three rear-s, the Patience. of God, that for a Cftme. be exte1Jdfth t() barre11 Profe.ffors. · , 7. 'This Calling to the Drdfer of tht: VinGyar.d to cu.t it dow11~ is to fhew, .. tbt . ' . .[c] Luk.e. xy. u.. [d} Ifaiah v. 7. .
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