It is a hard Taske they impose on the Church: for nothing is more laborious then the Husbandry of the Vineyard. Therefore saith Christ, Why stand yee idle? goe work in the Vineyard, Mat. 20. 6. And they that have laboured in the Vineyard doe complain how they have borne the burden and heat of the day. The Kingdome of God is likened to a Vineyard let out to Husbandmen, Mat. 21. 33. And in Song 8. 11. Solomon let out his Vine∣yard to keepers. And in the Captivity of Babylon, the poore of the Land were left to be Vine-dressers, and Husbandmen, 2 Kings 25. 12. This notes the grievious bondage and oppression the Church was under, in re∣spect of carnall and humane Ordinances, which were imposed on her, by those great pretenders to Religion, towit, her Mothers Sons, false Prophets and Brethren.
An exposition on the whole booke of Solomons song,: commonly called the canticles. Wherein the text is explained and usefull observations raised thereupon. / By John Robotham, preacher of the gospel.
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- An exposition on the whole booke of Solomons song,: commonly called the canticles. Wherein the text is explained and usefull observations raised thereupon. / By John Robotham, preacher of the gospel.
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- Robotham, John, fl. 1654.
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- 1651.
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"An exposition on the whole booke of Solomons song,: commonly called the canticles. Wherein the text is explained and usefull observations raised thereupon. / By John Robotham, preacher of the gospel." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A91908.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
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The keeper of the Vineyards.
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〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Custodivit, observavit.