29.  But though He endured these things, having come for the salvation of all, yet the people returned Him an evil recompense.  Jesus saith, I thirst Ib. ix. 28.,—He who had brought forth the waters for them out of the craggy rock; and He asked fruit of the Vine which He had planted.  But what does the Vine?  This Vine, which was by nature of the holy fathers, but of Sodom by purpose of heart;—(for their Vine is of Sodom, and their tendrils of Gomorrah Deut. xxxii. 32.;)—this Vine, when the Lord was athirst, having filled a sponge and put it on a reed, offers Him vinegar.  They gave Me also gall for My meat, and in My thirst, they gave Me vinegar to drink Ps. lxix. 21..  Thou seest the clearness of the Prophets’ description.  But what sort of gall put they into My mouth?  They gave Him, it says, wine mingled with myrrh Mark xv. 23..  Now myrrh is in taste like gall, and very bitter.  Are these things what ye recompense unto the Lord?  Are these thy offerings, O Vine, unto thy Master?  Rightly did the Prophet Esaias aforetime bewail you, saying, My well-beloved had a vineyard in a hill in a fruitful place; and (not to recite the whole) I waited, he says, that it should bring forth grapes; I thirsted that it should give wine; but it brought forth thorns Isa. v. 1, 2.; for thou seest the crown, wherewith I am adorned.  What then shall I now decree?  I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it Ib. v. 6.  Cf. Tertull. adv. Marcion. III. c. 23; contra Jud. c. 13:  “The clouds being celestial benefits which were commanded not to be forthcoming to the house of Israel; for it ‘had borne thorns,’ whereof that house of Israel had wrought a crown for Christ.”  Constitt. Apost. VI. § 5:  “He has taken away from them the Holy Spirit and the prophetic rain, and has replenished His Church with spiritual grace.”.  For the clouds which are the Prophets were removed from them, and are for the future in the Church; as Paul says, Let the Prophets speak two or three, and let the others judge 1 Cor. xiv. 29.; and again, God gave in the Church, some, Apostles, and some, Prophets Eph. iv. 11..  Agabus, who bound his own feet and hands, was a prophet.