. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . UPON THE BARREN FIG-TREE IN GODS HAT barren here ! in this so good a soil ?The sight of this doth make Gods heartrecoil From giving thee his bleiling; barren tree,Bear fruit, or elfe thy end will curfed be! Art thou not planted by the water-side ?Knowfl not thy Lord by fruit is glorified ?The sentence is, Cut down the barren tree:Bear fruit, or elfe thy end will curfed be! DIVINE EMBLEMS Thou haft been diggd about and dunged too,Will neither patience, nor yet dreffing do ?The executioner is come, O tree,Bear fruit, or elfe th

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. Divine emblems; or Temporal things spiritualized, &c. . UPON THE BARREN FIG-TREE IN GODS HAT barren here ! in this so good a soil ?The sight of this doth make Gods heartrecoil From giving thee his bleiling; barren tree,Bear fruit, or elfe thy end will curfed be! Art thou not planted by the water-side ?Knowfl not thy Lord by fruit is glorified ?The sentence is, Cut down the barren tree:Bear fruit, or elfe thy end will curfed be! DIVINE EMBLEMS Thou haft been diggd about and dunged too,Will neither patience, nor yet dreffing do ?The executioner is come, O tree,Bear fruit, or elfe thine end will curfed be! He that about thy root takes pains to dig,Would, if on thee were found but one good fig,Preferve thee from the axe : but, barren tree,Bear fruit, or elfe thy end will curfed be! The utmoft end of patience is at hand,Tis much if thou much longer here doth cumber-ground, thou art a barren tree,Bear fruit, or elfe thy end will curfed be ! Thy standing, nor thy name, will help at all;When fruitful trees are spared, thou mult axe is laid unto thy roots, O tree,

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