A Strange Vineyard in Palestine, Table of doctrines – Summary
A TABLE OF THE DOCTRINES collected out of the ſeuerall Verſes of this Parabolicall Song of the BELOVED.
VERSE 1.
Doctrine 1 GOD ſeeketh to draw vsus to himſelfe with ſuch baits as wee moſt affect. pag. 4
2 Gods Miniſters both for matter and method muſt fit themſelues vntounto their hearers. 10
3 It is no disparagement to greatneſſe to be the Lords Prophet. 17
4 Poetry is an Art antient and praiſe-worthy. 23
5 Songs and Poems artificially modulated, may lawfully be ſung for the ſettingforth of Gods praiſe. 26
6 All our labours ſhould bee dedicated to the Lord. 32
7 EueryEvery true member of the Church doth, and ſo ought, to louelove the Lord entirely. pag 40
8 Miniſters are Chriſts Paranymphs. 57
9 Miniſters ſhould deliuer nothing for Doctrine, but what they are able to ſhew warrant for the deliuerie of. 63
10 Miniſters ſhould ſpend their paines eſpecially for the Churches good. 66
11 It is lawfull to make reſemblances betwixt things earthly, and things heauenly. 82
12 There is no earthly thing which may not be applied to ſome ſpeciall vſe for our edification in grace. 83
13 God is the Husbandman of his Church. 89
14 The Church is Gods inheritance. 93
15 A true Church may be corrupted with error and idolatrie. 95
16 The Church of God is but one. 99
17 God is no way wanting in any point of good husbandry for his Churches profit. 103
18 The fat of the earth is ſometimes giuen by God to his people for a poſſeſſion. 108
VERSE 2.
Doctrine 1 GOds Church hath a ſtrong ſence about it, whereby it is preſerued from the furie of their enemies. 111
2 It is not ſafe for the Church to ſuffer Idolaters or other obſtinate ſinners to remaine within her. 113
3 The godly and their ſeed are the choiſeſt plants and nobleſt perſons. 119
4 The beauty and bulwarke of a place is the ſeruice and worſhip of God in that place. 127
5 God hath his Wine-preſſe for the preſſing and diſcouering of his Vineyards fruit. pag. 131
6 Where God hath taken paines in husbanding, there he expects fruit ſomewhat anſwerable to his paines. 135
7 The wicked make an vngratefull returne to God for all his fauours. 162
8 The wicked diuert the meanes of their ſaluation to their confuſion. 164
9 The fruit of ſinne and diſobedience is a ſtinking fruit. 168
VERSE 3.
Doctrine 1 GOd doth proceed againſt ſinners in much meekneſſe. 174
2 God is content to ſubmit his courſes vntounto ſcanning. 179
3 God will fetch witneſſe from the conſciences of his enemies for the iuſtifying of his proceedings. 181
4 Sinne is the make-bate betweene God and his people. 186
VERSE 4.
Doctrine 1 GOd cannot any way be charged with the ſinfulneſſe and barrenneſſe of mens hearts and liues. 192
2 Though God vſe all meanes to make the wicked good, yet notwithſtanding they will ſtill continue wicked. 197
3 God grieues when man contemnes the meanes of his ſaluation. 200
VERSE 5.
Doctrine 1 GOd doth warne before he ſmite. pag. 209
2 He is of a patient and forbearing nature. 217
3 Gods holy hand hath a ſpeciall ſtroke in all thoſe afflictions which are laid vponupon his Church. 223
4 God will not ſpare his owne people if they ſinne againſt him. 231
5 The vngratefull abuſe of Gods bleſſings cauſeth the Lord to depriue vsus of them, and to bring vponupon vsus the contrary wants. 238
6 Sinne depriueth man of Gods protection. 240
7 The wicked cannot hurt vsus vntill God leaue vsus. 246
8 The enemies of Gods Church are more raging and rauenous than the very beaſts. 254
VERSE 6.
Doctrine 1 WArre is the fore-runner of deſolation. 258
2 Such as neglect the meanes ſhall be in the end depriued of the meanes. 266
3 Miniſters hauehave no power, nor abilitie of themſelues, to performe their miniſteriall function 271
VERSE 7.
Doctrine 1 GEnerall Doctrines muſt hauehave particular applications. 278
2 God is an abſolute Lord ouer all creatures. 282
3 God is a God of power, and hath all creatures for his hoaſts. 286
4 Good Progenitors may hauehave a degenerate off-ſpring. 288
5 Good names and titles are nothing worth without grace. 291
6 Good Parents are great ornaments to their poſteritie. 293
7 Rhetoricke is an Art ſanctified by Gods Spirit, and may lawfully be vſed in the handling of Gods word. 296
8 The duties of the ſecond Table God eſpecially reſpects. 297
9 Oppreſſion of the poore, eſpecially by ſuch as ſhould be defenders of the poore, is a hainous ſinne. 300
10 The cries of the oppreſſed aſcend vp into the eares of the Almighty. 315
ESAY 5. verſ. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
1 Now will I ſing to my welbeloued, a ſong of my beloued touching his Vineyard: my welbeloued hath a Vineyard in a very fruitfull hill.
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the ſtones thereof, and planted it with the choiſeſt vine, and built a tower in the midſt of it, and alſo made a winepreſſe therein: and he looked that it ſhould bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wilde grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Ieruſalem, and men of Iudah, Iudge, I pray you, betwixt me and my Vineyard.
4 What could hauehave beene done more to my Vineyard, that I hauehave not done in it? wherefore when I looked that it ſhould bring forth grapes, brought it forth wilde grapes?
5 And now goe to; I will tell you what I will doe to my Vineyard, I will take away the hedge thereof, and it ſhall be eaten vp; and breake downe the wall thereof, and it ſhall be trodden downe.
6 And I will lay it waſte, it ſhall not be pruned, nor digged, but there ſhall come vp briers and thornes: I will alſo command the clouds that they raine no raine vponupon it.
7 For the Vineyard of the LORD of Hoſtes is the houſe of Iſrael, and the men of Iudah his pleaſant plant: and he looked for iudgement, but behold oppreſſion; for righteouſneſſe, but behold a cry.
A Table of the Method of the whole Parabolicall Song of the BELOVED followed in this EXPOSITION.
… this Song … the Belo…d, we hauehave …nſiderable,
The Prooem or Preface to it, where are remarkable,
1 The Inditer inſtrumentall or penman of it, [I.]
2 The Nature or kinde of Treatiſe indited, [A Song.]
3 The Manner of the Authors deliuerie of it, [Will ſing.]
4 The Perſon to whom he dedicates it, [To my welbeloued.]
5 The Authoritie whereby he publiſhed it, [Of his beloued.]
6 The Subiect Matter contained in it, [Touching his Vineyard.]
The Poem it ſelfe or body of it… and therein is obſeruable,
A Parable, wch is
Briefly propounded, verſ. 1. wherein take we notice of
1 The Husbandman, [My welbeloued.]
2 His Poſſeſſion, [Had a Vineyard.]
Largely proſecuted, verſ. 2-7. and therin the Vineyards
Plantation, where wee hauehave
The Vinitors care and paines manifeſted,
1 In its Situation, for it was
1 On a hill.
2 A fruitfull hill.
3 A very fruitfull hill.
2 In its Protection [He fenced it in.]
3 In its Elapidation [He gathered out the ſtones.]
4 In the Plants election [He planted it with the choiſeſt vine.]
5 In its Fortification [He built a Tower in the midſt of it.]
6 In the Wine-preſſes erection [He made a wine-preſſe therein.]
And the ſucceſſe, where is declared
1 What he expected [He locked for grapes.]
2 What it returned [It brought forth wilde grapes.]
Supplantation, and there obſerue
His Plea with them, & in it
1 His Appeale to them, and there note
1 The Manner of it [I pray you.]
2 The Matter of it [Iudge.]
3 The Iudges of the cauſe,
1 Inhabitants of Ieruſalem.
2 Men of Iudah.
4 The Parties at variance,
Mee.
My Vineyard.
2 The Inditement againſt them, where marke
1. He acquitteth himſelfe […hat could I hauehave done, &c.]
2. Accuſeth them, which accuſation is amplified by Antitheſis from
His iuſt demand, Wherefore when I locked, &c.
Their vniuſt demeanour, brought it forth wilde grapes?
Sentence vponupon them, and in it
1 A gratious premonition, demonſtrating Gods mercy
1 In foretelling it [I will tell you.]
2 In prolonging it [What I will doe.]
2 A terrible execution, manifeſting Gods iuſtice, where
1 The puniſher [I.]
2 The puniſhed [My Ʋineyard.]
3. The puniſhment, which conſiſteth
1 In the euill of leſſe, [I will take away the hedge: breake downe the wall, &c.
2 In the euill of ſenſe [It ſhall be eaten vp, trodden downe, &c.
The Application, where is ſhewed, verſ. 8.
Who this Vinitor is,
The Lord.
The Lord of Hoaſts.
Which the Vineyard was,
The houſe of Iſrael.
The men of Iudah.
What the grapes were
Which he expected,
Iudgement,
Righteouſneſſe.
Which they returned,
Oppreſſion,
A cry.