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The
Pryall
of
I.
-.m.meIc,
what
his
Father meant
to
doe with 7udat,
now gone
out to
be-
tray
him
;
as
with
all
other
unfruitful! branches
like
unto
him,
even cut them
of
and
throw them
into
the
fire.
But
on the
con-
trary,
encouraging them,
and all
other
fruitful! branches,
that
they fhould
(}ill
continue
to
abide
in
him,with promife,
that
they
fhould yet
bring forth
more
fruit.
The
Parable
hath three
Parts
I.
A
Vine
here
is,
of
all
thefaireft,
ver.
T.
2.
A
Husbandman,
of
all
the
carefulleft.
3.
The
end
of
planting
this
Vine,
fruitfulnetfe.
Firft, this
Vine,
as all
Vines
elfe,
hath
two
forts
of
branches
r
I.
Such
as
(though greene)
bring
forth
no
true fruit, nought
but
leaves.
a.
Such
as
bring
forth
fruit, ver.
2.
The
Husbandman
hath
anfwerably
offices
of
two
forts
to=
wards
them
both,
ceigly,
xee,3-aiçHv,
which
is
a
witty
Paranoma-
fia,
Amputare
&
Putare,
to
Lop
and
Cut
off.
Firft,
clean
to
cut
of
thofe
that
are
utterly
unfruitful!
,
which
thereupon
are
caft
out
,
doe
wither
,
and are gathered
and
cats into the
fire
So
ver.
2.
&
6. And
thus
now
he
meant
to
deale
with
Judas.
But
2.
to Purge,
and but
lop
off the
luxuriancies, and
too
much runnings
out
of
the
fruitful! branches
into
fprings, which
they
are
fubjeti
to.
Thirdly,
his end in
all
is,
that
fruit,
and
more
fruit
might
be
brought
forth.
This
is
his
end
of
planting
this
Vine,
this
is
the
end
of
purging thefe branches
of
it,
which
he
being
fru.
!traced
of,
in thofe
other,
is
the
caufe
why he takes them cleane
away.
And
to
exhort
thefe
unto
fruitfulneffe, was one main end
of
Chrifis
ufing
this Parable, and
unto
this
tends
all
in
the fol-
lowing
verfes,
either
as
meaner
or
motives
unto
fruitfulneffe.
Fill},
as
meaner,
z.
He
affures
them
of
their
being
in
the
[date
of
grace,
verfe
3.
Aflârance
is
a
means
of
fruítfulneffe.
2.
He
fpeaks
of
Purging
them
by his
word,
in
the
fame verfe
Ye
are
cleane
through
the
Word
I
have t]ol¿ei
to
you
;
This
is a
means he
further
ufeth.
3.
He