Behold the days come — Here is another promise literally of abundant plenty to the returned captives, and mystically of abundant grace poured forth in gospel — days. The plowman — Who breaks up the ground, and prepares it for sowing, shall be ready to tread on the heels of the reaper who shall have a harvest so large, that before he can gather it all in, it shall be time to plow the ground again. The treader of grapes — So great shall their vintage be that e'er the treaders of grapes can have finished their work, the seeds — man shall be sowing his seed against the next season. Shall drop — The vineyards shall be so fruitful, and new wine so plentiful as if it ran down from the mountains. Shall melt — Or, as if whole hills were melted into such liquors. If any object, it never was so: I answer, the sins of the returned captives prevented these blessings, which are promised under a tacit condition.

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