...this of Plato. The royal author speaks thus of the people of Israel, under the Metaphor of a vine : " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast " cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou madest " room for it, and when it had taken root, it filled the "' land. The hills were covered with...

...tempests roar ? We may take also from the scriptures a very fine example of an Allegory, in the 80th Psalm ; where the people of Israel are represented under the image of a vine, and the figure is supported throughout with great correctness and beauty ; " Thou " hast brought a vine out of Egypt,...

...the Lord. LXXX. The Lord filantc d, ioatere rf, and madf fruitful, the Je iai*h church. Ps. Ixxx. 8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Ver. 15. Ps. Ixxii. 16. Isa. iv. 2. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious,...

...right, of Confederation, of Redemption. /*•rael is my Son, yea my first-born ; saith God to Pharaoh! Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it; saith the Psalmist; Ixxx. 8. •* O the blasphemous diffidence of foolish men ! Can we, dare we, impute...

...LXXX. '2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come to save us. LXXX. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. LXXX. 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beasts of the field do devour it. Thy...

...their metaphor with a tempest, and end in a conflagration f. The beautiful allegory in the eightieth Psalm, where the people of Israel are represented under the image of a vine, has often been quoted as a fine example of metaphorical language. " Thou hast brought a vine out of...

...faithful servants, stir up thy strength, and work our deliverance. LXXX. 8 Thou hast .brought a -cine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thy Church of Israel is some generous and pleasant vine, which thou hast brought out of that barren...

...derided us. O Lord, the God of hosts, bring us back ', and let thy face shine and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out 9 nations and planted it. Thou didst prepare the way before it ; 10 and plant its roots and the land...

...made to stand for it. We may take from the Scriptures a very fine example of an allegory, in the 80th psalm ; where the people of Israel are represented...hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast «ut the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it ; and didst cause it to take deep root,...

...to shine ; utid we shall be saved. O Lonn God cf hosts, how long An exhortation 10/iraise God. 4&7 8 M MmN L L L H 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10...