Scripture
Ezekiel 15
4 passages from 4 books in the Christian Reader library reference Ezekiel 15.
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And these things are soon gone. Use 2. It reproves such, 1. as bring no glory to God: They do not answer the end of their creation, their time is not truly lived, but time lost; they are like the wood of the vine (Ezekiel 15:2). Their lives are as Saint Bernard speaks, Aut pecca…
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And the particular professors, especially believers, are as the vine-trees that grow in it; So (Isaiah 5:7), The Vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel, collectively, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plants. They are called so, 1. For their feebleness in themselves (Ez…
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They give God neither the early fruit nor the latter. There are many Christians like arbors covered only with the leaves of profession; they may be compared to the wood of the vine which is good for nothing (Ezekiel 15:2). He who has not the fruits of the Spirit has not the Spir…
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But when men will have all the gains that is in what they do, set up their own ends only, and the husbandman shall have none, such branches he takes away, because they are not for his profit, for it is made a rule of equity (1 Corinthians 9:7): 'That he that plants a vineyard, s…
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