Alford’s idea that in the words “compel them to come in,” there is possibly “an allusion to infant baptism,” appears to me exceedingly improbable. 24.—[None … bidden … shall taste, &c.] This expression primarily applies to the Jews. Rejecting Christ’s Gospel they were cut off for a season, until it shall please God to graff them in again. (Rom. 11:23.) Secondarily it illustrates a mournful truth about those who reject the Gospel among ourselves. They are sometimes let alone, and given over to a reprobate