John Trapp on Matthew 21:33

Verse 33. Planted a vineyard, and hedged it] Of all possessions, saith Cato, Nulla majorem operam requirit, None requires more pains then that of a vineyard. [illegible: 1 word] comes up and [illegible: 1 word] alone, Mark 4. 28. Injussa [illegible: 1 word] gramina, saith the Poet: but [illegible: 1 word] must be dressed, supported, [illegible: 1 word], sheltered every day almost, [illegible: 1 word]. 15. 2. [illegible: 1 word] Church is Gods continuall care, [non-Latin text not transcribed], [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 word], &c. Isa 27. 3. and he looks for an answerable return offruits, Act. 12. 48. Regnum Angliae, regnum Dei, said Polydor Virgil long since. The Kingdom of England, is the Kingdom of God. It may weil be said so, since the Reformation [illegible: 1 word]: neither is there any thing more threatneth us then our [illegible: 2 words]. [illegible: 1 word]. The Cypresse tree, the more it is watered, the lesse fruitfull; so many of us, the more taught, the more untoward. And went into a farre countrey] As the impious husband-men imagined, who put far away the evil day. But God shall [illegible: 2 words] such with an arrow, suddenly shall they be wounded, Psal. 64. 7. As a bird is with the bolt, whiles he [illegible: 1 word] at the bow. Morae dispendium, Hieron in Jer. foener is [illegible: 1 word] pensatur. God [illegible: 1 word] men at length for the new and the old.