The Wild Vine, Table of contents – Epigraph
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
Doctrine 2 Gods Miniſters both for matter and method muſt fit themſelues vntounto their hearers. pag. 10
Doctrine 3 It is no disparagement to greatneſſe to be the Lords Prophet. pag. 17
Doctrine 4 Poetry is an Art antient and praiſe-worthy. pag. 23
Doctrine 5 Songs and Poems artificially modulated, may lawfully be ſung for the ſetting forth of Gods praiſe. pag. 26
Doctrine 6 All our labours ſhould bee dedicated to the Lord. pag. 32
Doctrine 7 EueryEvery true member of the Church doth, and ſo ought, to louelove the Lord entirely. pag 40
Doctrine 8 Miniſters are Chriſts Paranymphs. pag. 57
Doctrine 9 Miniſters ſhould deliuer nothing for Doctrine, but what they are able to ſhew warrant for the deliuerie of. pag. 63
Doctrine 10 Miniſters ſhould ſpend their paines eſpecially for the Churches good. pag. 66
Doctrine 11 It is lawfull to make reſemblances betwixt things earthly, and things heauenly. pag. 82
Doctrine 12 There is no earthly thing which may not be applied to ſome ſpeciall vſe for our edification in grace. pag. 83
Doctrine 13 God is the Husbandman of his Church. pag. 89
Doctrine 14 The Church is Gods inheritance. pag. 93
Doctrine 15 A true Church may be corrupted with error and idolatrie. pag. 95
Doctrine 16 The Church of God is but one. pag. 99
Doctrine 17 God is no way wanting in any point of good husbandry for his Churches profit. pag. 103
Doctrine 18 The fat of the earth is ſometimes giuen by God to his people for a poſſeſſion. pag. 108
VERSE 2.
Doctrine 1 GOds Church hath a ſtrong fence about it, whereby it is preſerued from the furie of their enemies. pag. 111
Doctrine 2 It is not ſafe for the Church to ſuffer Idolaters or other obſtinate ſinners to remaine within her. pag. 113
Doctrine 3 The godly and their ſeed are the choiſeſt plants and nobleſt perſons. pag. 119
Doctrine 4 The beauty and bulwarke of a place is the ſeruice and worſhip of God in that place. pag. 127
Doctrine 5 God hath his Wine-preſſe for the preſſing and diſcouering of his Vineyards fruit. pag. 131
Doctrine 6 Where God hath taken paines in husbanding, there he expects fruit ſomewhat anſwerable to his paines. pag. 135
Doctrine 7 The wicked make an vngratefull returne to God for all his fauours. pag. 162
Doctrine 8 The wicked diuert the meanes of their ſaluation to their confuſion. pag. 164
Doctrine 9 The fruit of ſinne and diſobedience is a ſtinking fruit. pag. 168
VERSE 3.
Doctrine 1 GOd doth proceed againſt ſinners in much meekneſſe. pag. 174
Doctrine 2 God is content to ſubmit his courſes vntounto ſcanning. pag. 179
Doctrine 3 God will fetch witneſſe from the conſciences of his enemies for the iuſtifying of his proceedings. pag. 181
Doctrine 4 Sinne is the make-bate betweene God and his people. pag. 186
VERSE 4.
Doctrine 1 GOd cannot any way be charged with the ſinfulneſſe and barrenneſſe of mens hearts and liuer. pag. 192
Doctrine 2 Though God vſe all meanes to make the wicked good, yet notwithſtanding they will ſtill continue wicked. pag. 197
Doctrine 3 God grieues when man contemnes the meanes of his ſaluation. pag. 200
VERSE 5.
Doctrine 1 GOd doth warne before he ſmite. pag. 209
Doctrine 2 He is of a patient and forbearing nature. pag. 217
Doctrine 3 Gods holy hand hath a ſpeciall ſtroke in all thoſe afflictions which are laid vponupon his Church. pag. 223
Doctrine 4 God will not ſpare his owne people if they ſinne againſt him. pag. 231
Doctrine 5 The vngratefull abuſe of Gods bleſſings cauſeth the Lord to depriue vsus of them, and to bring vponupon vsus the contrary wants. pag. 238
Doctrine 6 Sinne depriueth man of Gods protection. pag. 240
Doctrine 7 The wicked cannot hurt vsus vntill God leaue vsus. pag. 246
Doctrine 8 The enemies of Gods Church are more raging and rauenous than the very beaſts. pag. 254
VERSE 6.
Doctrine 1 WArre is the fore-runner of deſolation. pag. 258
Doctrine 2 Such as neglect the meanes ſhall be in the end depriued of the meanes. pag. 266
Doctrine 3 Miniſters hauehave no power, nor abilitie of themſelues, to performe their miniſteriall function. pag. 271
VERSE 7.
Doctrine 1 GEnerall Doctrines muſt hauehave particular applications. pag. 278
Doctrine 2 God is an abſolute Lord ouer all creatures. pag. 282
Doctrine 3 God is a God of power, and hath all creatures for his hoaſts. pag. 286
Doctrine 4 Good Progenitors may hauehave a degenerate off-ſpring. pag. 288
Doctrine 5 Good names and titles are nothing worth without grace. pag. 291
Doctrine 6 Good Parents are great ornaments to their poſteritie. pag. 293
Doctrine 7 Rhetoricke is an Art ſanctified by Gods Spirit, and may lawfully be vſed in the handling of Gods word. pag. 296
Doctrine 8 The duties of the ſecond Table God eſpecially reſpects. pag. 297
Doctrine 9 Oppreſſion of the poore, eſpecially by ſuch as ſhould be defenders of the poore, is a hainous ſinne. pag. 300
Doctrine 10 The cries of the oppreſſed aſcend vp into the eares of the Almighty. pag. 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.