Notes of the Parables of Our Lord

by Richard Chenevix Trench

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. ...12.) "What door?" exclaims the author of an ancient homily on this parable, f " That which now is open to them coming from the east and from the west, that they may sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven,--that Door which saith, Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. Behold how it is now open, which shall then be closed for evermore. Murderers come, and they are admitted,--publicans and harlots come, and they are received,--unclean and adulterers and robbers, and whosoever is of this kind, come, and the open door doth not deny itself to them, for Christ, the Door, is infinite to pardon, reaching beyond every degree and every amount of wickedness. But then what saith he? The door is shut. No one's penitence,--no one's prayer,--no one's groaning shall any more be admitted. That door is shut, which received Aaron after his idolatry,--which admitted David after his adultery--after his homicide, which not only did not repel Peter after his threefold denial, but delivered its keys to be guarded by him." (See Luke xvi. 26.) The door once shut, " aftemoards came the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us" not that they have now found the oil, but having sought it in vain, they come looking for mercy, when now it is the time of judgment.% In the title "Lord" by which they address the bridegroom, they claim to stand in a near and intimate relation to him; as in the "Lord, Lord" twice repeated, is an evidence of the earnestness with which they now claim admission; some say, also of their vain confidence; but perhaps rather of the misgiving which already possesses them, lest they should be excluded from the nuptial feast, lest it be now to late, lest the needful conditions be found unfulfilled on their...

Genres: Religion, New Testament

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1847

About the author

Richard Chenevix Trench (9 September 1807 – 28 March 1886) was an Anglican archbishop and poet.

Known as Richard Trench until 1873 .

He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Richard Trench (1774–1860) and the Dublin writer Melesina Chenevix (1768–1827). His elder brother was Francis Chenevix Trench. He went to school at Harrow, and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1829. In 1830 he visited Spain. While incumbent of Curdridge Chapel near Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire, he published (1835) The Story of Justin Martyr and Other Poems, which was favourably received, and was followed in 1838 by Sabbation, Honor Neale, and other Poems, and in 1842 by Poems from Eastern Sources. These volumes revealed the author as the most gifted of the immediate disciples of Wordsworth, with a warmer colouring and more pronounced ecclesiastical sympathies than the master, and strong affinities to Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Keble and Richard Monckton Milnes.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trench gives his own interpretations of the parables, and compares them to those made by others. Parables are presented in the order found in the Bible. Twin Brooks Series. 211 p. Extensive notes at the back of the book.

[Prof. Luis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seven Chapters Missing

I have a printer vesion of this highly regarded and strongly recommended classic. The Kindle versio, however stops at Chap. XXIII, while the printed book goes up to Chap. XXX.

[Kari · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really wanted to read The Miracles, but I probably read 3/4 of this and it's good.