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100 A Commentary
Chapter
XV.
L/-VNJ
Ver. j.
CHAP. XV.
The Argument.
Under the T*arable of a Vine, which when it is
barren, is Unfit for any life , isfiewedthe utter
Rejection 0/Jerufalem.
Ver. 2. fii m^lHoA T is the Vine-tree more
than any other Tree, or than
a 'Branch which is among the
Trees of the Foreft?'] The
latter part of the Verfe may
be better Tranflated thus, If
it le as a 'Branch which is among the Trees of the
Toreft y i. e. if it prove unfruitful :
upon Jok, xv. 6. The Jewifh
See Dr. Lightfoot
Church is often
compared to a Vine in the Sacred Writers. See Ifa.
v.i.Vfallxxx. 8, fcc.
Ver. 3. Shall Wood le taken -thereof to do any
Work, &c] The Wood of a Vine is of no ufe for
Building, or making any Utenfil. The Works of
that Kind which Tliny takes notice of, Nat. Hift-
7. xiv. c. 1. are rather to be lookt upon as Rarities,
than as things of common Ufe.
Ver.