29 Aug. 1815

Jug. True

III Princ. Period

Ch. 27 Seed – Candle

1. Time. per Luke VIII. 1 during the progress which was ‘after’ the first anointing

2 Per Matt. XIII. 1. it was at the sea side, the same day as that on which he to see his mother and brethren, refused the Pharisees a sign which came after he had expelled the blind and dumb devil Matt. XII. 22: which was some time after the disciples plucked the corn on the sabbath Matt. XII 1 which was after the visit of John’s disciple to him Matt. XI which was after the sending out the Apostles Matt. X. 1. which was after the curing /expelling/ the paralytic dumb devil IX. 32. which was after the healing the two blind men IX. 27 which was after the resuscitating the ruler’s daughter Matt. IX 18. which was after the receiving Matthew as a disciple Matt. IX. 9.

3 Per Mark it is next after the refusal to see his Mother &c: which is next after the ordination of the 12. Mark III. 13. Object of all those parables, strengthening devotion attachment and the blind confidence.

Ch. 27

Parable of the seed sown on good and bad ground. – Parable of the tares sown after the wheat. Parables why employed – viz. that the chosen may understand; the multitude not. To the chosen, open-dealing recommended: viz. by the allusive parable of the candle set on a candlestick not under a bushel. Luke VIII 4 to 18. Matt. XIII. 1 to 53. Mark IV. 1 to 34. John silent.