AN

EXPOSITION

OF

THE PARABLES

AND OF OTHER PARTS OF

THE GOSPELS,

BY EDWARD GRESWELL, B. D.

FELLOW OF C. C. C. OXFORD.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. V. PART II.

OXFORD:

PRINTED BY S. COLLINGWOOD, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY,
FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON.
SOLD BY J. H. PARKER, OXFORD.

MDCCCXXXV.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME,

PART II.

APPENDIX.

CHAPTER I.

On the Omissions in the List or Syllabus of Parables.... P. 1

CHAPTER II.

Historical Examples of the Use of Fables.

CHAPTER III.

On the Relation of Master and Slave, as characteristic of

the Social State of Antiquity...

8

27

CHAPTER IV.

Consideration of some further Testimonies to the Doctrine

of the Millennium

67

CHAPTER V.

On the Apocryphal Second Book of Esdras, and its proba-

ble Date.

80

CHAPTER VI.

On the probable Date of the Apocryphal Book of the

Ascensio Isaiæ Vatis

96

CHAPTER VII.

On the probable Date of the Book of Enoch

103

CHAPTER VIII.

172

On the Sibylline Oracles

CHAPTER IX.

On the personal Character of the Sower in the parable of

the Seed..

CHAPTER X.

On the Existence and Locality of Hades ...

238

261

198

Final end of the prophetical part

200

Predictions of the future contained in it, subordinate to the

practical directions combined with them

Confirmed by the account of the origin of the discourse .. 203

Final end of the preceptive part; and how adapted to the

twofold purpose of the prophetical

Confirmation of this view of the prophecy in both its parts,

by a comparison with what former discourse..

205

207

General conclusions from the above premises

209

Prophecy on the Mount a memorable instance of our Lord's

regard for the welfare of his own disciples

210

Division of the discourse.

How many questions, and

what, were put upon this occasion. Distribution of the

first half of the discourse

212

Motives of the inquirers on this occasion, traced up to

what

216

(Note. Supposed division of aioves or ages among the Jews) 217

a The prophecy on the Mount, properly so called, constitutes the Prelimi-
nary Matter to the parables of the Ten Virgins and the Ten Talents re-
spectively. As such, the exposition of it is comprehended under that general
title, in the table of contents prefixed to the present volume. The import-
ance of the prophecy, however, in every point of view, induces the author to
think that a more particular analysis of the contents of this portion of his
work, may not be unacceptable to the reader.