ON

THE PARABLES,

OF

THE NEW TESTAMENT,

SCRIPTURALLY ILLUSTRATED AND ARGUMENTATIVELY DEFENDED.

BY HOSEA BALLOU,

Author of Treatise on Atonement,' 'Candid Review,' &c.

SIXTH EDITION, STEREOTYPED.

REVISED BY THE AUTHOR.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY A. TOMPKINS.
1860.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1831,

by MARSH, CAPEN & LYON,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

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CONTENTS.

Parable I. The Axe is laid unto the root of the trees.

IX. Men do not put New Cloth unto an Old Garment. 61

Illustration.

X. Neither do men put New Wine into Old Bottles.