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isa._n 5._o 1._o i_o will_v sing_v a_o song_n to_o my_o well-beloved_a a_o song_n of_o my_o well-beloved_a touch_v his_o vineyard_n my_o well-beloved_a have_v a_o vineyard_n in_o a_o very_a fruitful_a hill_n and_o he_o fence_v it_o and_o gather_v out_o the_o loose_a stone_n thereof_o and_o plant_v it_o with_o the_o choice_a vine_n and_o vers._n 7._o the_o vineyard_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n be_v the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n be_v his_o pleasant_a plant_n and_o say_v the_o lord_n by_o his_o prophet_n zech._n 12._o 2._o behold_v i_o will_v make_v jerusalem_n a_o burdensome_a stone_n and_o a_o cup_n of_o tremble_v unto_o all_o the_o people_n round_o about_o and_o vers_fw-la 3._o i_o will_v make_v jerusalem_n a_o burdensome_a stone_n for_o all_o people_n all_o that_o burden_n themselves_o with_o it_o shall_v be_v cut_v in_o piece_n though_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v gather_v together_o against_o it_o then_o let_v all_o persecute_v spirit_n have_v a_o care_n how_o they_o tread_v down_o god_n vineyard_n for_o say_v the_o prophet_n jer._n 50._o 10_o 11._o for_o chaldea_n shall_v be_v a_o spoil_n all_o that_o spoil_v she_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v say_v the_o lord_n because_o you_o be_v glad_a because_o you_o rejoice_v o_o you_o destroyer_n of_o my_o people_n then_o have_v a_o care_n of_o thyself_o o_o richard_n brown_n for_o god_n will_v have_v a_o controversy_n with_o thou_o for_o thy_o tread_v down_o his_o vineyard_n for_o he_o be_v the_o husbandman_n yea_o so_o say_v our_o saviour_n john_n 15._o 1_o 2._o i_o be_o the_o true_a vine_n and_o my_o father_n be_v the_o husbandman_n every_o branch_n in_o i_o that_o bear_v not_o fruit_n he_o take_v it_o away_o so_o that_o thou_o be_v but_o a_o drudge_n a_o servant_n to_o lop_v off_o the_o fruitless_a branch_n and_o therefore_o know_v that_o thou_o be_v not_o set_v on_o work_n either_o to_o cut_v off_o fruit-bearing-branche_n nor_o the_o vine_n but_o thou_o behave_v 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