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Show L3G ROOK OF JA@OB. pruned it, end dunged it; and I have pook it came to pass that unto sayeth servant, the graft, according are most bitter; and in them: ye shallnourish again the And we will to that which I have said. will trim up the branches therewe and , yard ivees of the vine which _of;.and we will ' pluck not Por behold, they grew taking thereof, strength not this the cause that corrupted ! And it came to pass the strength faster than unto themselves. the trees of thy vineyard that the Lord of the Behold, of the hew down unto the servant, Let us go to, and hecause of their goodness; Say, Is sayeth the trees of the fire, that they shall not cum: vineyard, and cast them into the ; for | have done all: wha' ber the ground of my vineyard But behold, the my vineyard ! could I have done more for vineyard, Spare it a little gervant saith unto the Lord of the longer. ita hitthe longer: And the Lord saith, Yea, I will spare yard. lose the trees of my vin for it grieveth me that 1 chould branches of these which 1 have Wheretore, let us take of the vineyard, and let us grat! planted in the nethermost parts of my and let us pluck tree from whence they came; them from evyaft And may into the e fruit 1s most bitter, and the tree, those branches whos tree, in the stead theredl. in the natural branches of the perish, that perhaps | this will Ido, that the tree may hot thereof, for mine own pulpreserve unto myself the roots branches of the And beliold, the roots of the natural oxe, I would, are yet alive tree which I planted whithersoever own pur erve them also, for mine wherefore, that | maythe pres will grail 1 branches of this tree, and pose, | will take of branch the them Yea, I will graft in unto them in unto them. erve the roots also unto may pres es of their mother tree, that | shall be sufficiently strong, that they when that mine own self, me, and | ma) perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard. took from the natural tree And it came to pass that they ted in unto the natural tree; which had become wild, and graf they also took of the nat and which also had become wild; and grafted into their mothet yal trees which had become wild, th unto the servants those branches and because of the change of the I have ral branches again, and that [ have grafted in the natu eof; ther preserved the roots of their ~ro~rhoir mother tree; and have g that " hath becom vineyard the trees the evil; and because branches, that the good may overcome ches, and the roots bran preserved the natural th vineyard thy ter. Is it not the loftiness of And which are good ¢ . roots the came over eof branches ther . eof! ther s root the overcame because that the branches have roots from — and cast them into the fire. are ripened, that must perish, , ngth stre take may . thereof And this I do, that perhaps the roots mas- his Hath : JACOB, which | have stretched forth ; and the end draweth nigh. mine hand almost all the day long hew down all the trees of my And it grieveth me that 1} should fire, that they should be bur vinevard, and cast them into the my vineyard ¢ Who is it that hath corrupted ned. And OF saye And the Lord of the vineyard tree. trees, save it be thos’ the frem Pinek net the wild branehes * yard may brin mother tree, that perhaps the trees of my vine again in the joy have may I that forth again good fruit; and may rejoice exccefruit of my vmeyard; and perhaps that I branches of the dingly, that I have preserved the roots and the , that we may first fruit; wherefore, go to, and call servants yard, that we may labor diligently with our mights in the vine n the natural fruit, prepare the way, that I may bring forth agai e all ious abov whieh natural fruit is good, and the most prec r with our labo other fruit. Wherefore, let us go to, and nigh; anc michts, this last time: for behold, the end draweth . Graii yard vine my e prun this is for the last time that I shall in the branches: begin at the last, that they may ‘be first, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees, both old and a! young, the first and the last, and the last and the ftrst, that , tore here W time. last the n for agai may be nourished once dig about them, and prune them, and dung them once more, for the last time: for the end draweth nigh. And if it so be that these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the natural fruit, then shall ye prepare the way for them, that they may grow; and as they begin to grow, ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the sizethereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof, all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft_ thereof shail perish, and | it eveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard. For gri wherefore, ye shall clear away? according as the good shall grow, that ihe root and lose the trees of my vineyard; the bad, the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that es eh rae ly vineyard. And the branches I , will I graft in again, into the natural trees |