Metaphor. | Parallel
Tares are a low and base Sort of Grain, of little worth or esteem in comparison of Wheat, and some other Grain. | SO the Children of the Wicked One are a base and contemptible Sort of People, in comparison of the Children of God.
II. If Tares are sown amongst Wheat, it is done by the Hand of an Enemy, out of spite and malice, to the Injury and Loss of the Owner of the Field. | II. So the spiritual or metaphorical Tares, viz. the Children of Belial, that grow in the Field of this World, were first sowed by the Devil; he is that Enemy who did it, i. e. He infused by his Spirit, through the Corruptness of Mortals, that evil Seed into their Hearts, from whence these Tares spring, out of spite and Malice to God himself, whose is the Field, and also out of spite and malice to Mankind.
III. Tares growing among Wheat, do hurt and prejudice the Wheat, hindering its growth and flourishing. | III. So the Ungodly, or Children of the Wicked One, dwelling with or among the Saints, hurt and greatly prejudice them, hindering their Growth in Grace and Godliness. Saith David, 1Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the Tents of Kedar! It is a hard Matter to keep our Garments clean, and no way to defile them, living in the midst of a wicked and ungodly Generation. Who can touch Pitch, and not be defiled therewith? The Israelites dwelling among the wicked Natives of the Land of Canaan, 2'tis said, learned their Works, and served their Gods.
⟨p. 223⟩IV. Tares (as Wilson observes) are so like Wheat whilst they are in the Blade, as hardly the one can be discerned from the other. | IV. So Hypocrites seem so like true and sincere Christians, that for a while the one can hardly be known from the other.
V. The Man who had Tares sown amongst the Wheat in his Field whilst Men slept, would not suffer his Servants to pluck them up, lest some of the Wheat should be plucked up with them, but let them grow together until Harvest, and then commands the Reapers to separate the one from the other, and the Wheat to gather into his Barn, but the Tares to cast into the Fire; from whence it appears, that those Tares were good for nothing but Fuel for the Fire, &c. | V.
Metaphor. | Parallel
TAres are a low and base Sort of Grain, of little worth or esteem in comparison of Wheat, and some other Grain. | SO the Children of the Wicked One are a base and contemptible Sort of People, in comparison of the Children of God.
II. If Tares are sown amongst Wheat, it is done by the Hand of an Enemy, out of spite and malice, to the Injury and Loss of the Owner of the Field. | II. So the spiritual or metaphorical Tares, viz. the Children of Belial, that grow in the Field of this World, were first sowed by the Devil; he is that Enemy who did it, i. e. He infused by his Spirit, through the Corruptness of Mortals, that evil Seed into their Hearts, from whence these Tares spring, out of spite and Malice to God himself, whose is the Field, and also out of spite and malice to Mankind.
III. Tares growing among Wheat, do hurt and prejudice the Wheat, hindering its growth and flourishing. | III. So the Ungodly, or Children of the Wicked One, dwelling with or among the Saints, hurt and greatly prejudice them, hindering their Growth in Grace and Godliness. Saith David, 1Wo is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the Tents of Kedar! It is a hard Matter to keep our Garments clean, and no way to defile them, living in the midst of a wicked and ungodly Generation. Who can touch Pitch, and not be defiled therewith? The Israelites dwelling among the wicked Natives of the Land of Canaan, 2'tis said, learned their Works, and served their Gods.
⟨p. 223⟩IV. Tares (as Wilson observes) are so like Wheat whilst they are in the Blade, as hardly the one can be discerned from the other. | IV. So Hypocrites seem so like true and sincere Christians, that for a while the one can hardly be known from the other.
V. The Man who had Tares sown amongst the Wheat in his Field whilst Men slept, would not suffer his Servants to pluck them up, lest some of the Wheat should be pluck'd up with them, but let them grow together until Harvest, and then commands the Reapers to separate the one from the other, and the Wheat to gather into his Barn, but the Tares to cast into the Fire; from whence it appears, that those Tares were good for nothing but Fuel for the Fire, &c. | V.
- 1Psal. 120.6
- 2Psal. 10 6.35, 36.
