John Trapp on Isaiah 5:4

Ver. 4. What could have been done to my Vineyard?] See the like angry expoſtulations, Jer. 2.5. Mic. 6.3. when God hath done all that can be done to do wretched men good, they oft do their utmoſt to defeit him, and undo themſelves. Quid debu, facere Domino meo quod fecerim? ſaid Auſtin of himſelf by way of penitent confeſſion: quis ego, qualis ego? quid non mali ego? The Cypreſs-tree, the more it is watered, the leſs fruitful: ſo it is with many people. But God can no way be charged with their barrenneſs.

At Paris ut vivat regnet que beatus,Horat. Cogi poſſe negat.—