...Lord tells us just the contrary, a man must first be good, before he can do any good thing. Esther make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make...corrupt and his fruit corrupt ; for the tree is known by Iris fruit, Matth. xii. 33. Luke vi. 43. as our Lord at large and plainly teaches. Gospel grace is...

...sound, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other," " O * generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil,...speak good things ? for out of the abundance of the » Matt. x. 28. » ib. xxiv. 7, 8. t ib. v. 29. q Luke xxi. C5, 26. » Luke xsiii. 30. • Matt. XI'IT-...

...We cannot speak a good word; for the same authority as positively declares the impossibility of it: "How can ye, being evil, speak good things; for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," Matt. xii. 34. We cannot do a good action void of Divine aid: for Jesus...

...manifests it in all that he doth. Therefore tl.e Saviour said to the slandering Pharisees, Matt. xii. 34. " O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things ?" What remedy is there for this.' shall the sinner only amend his conduct in some measure, and accustom...

...the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good : or...fruit corrupt : for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things 1 for out of the abundance of...

...are bad fruit, and, considered in this connection, are sinful. This is expressly asserted by Christ: "Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or...else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt. A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things : And an evil man, out...

...Lord himself, where he speaks of ' two trees, which you yourself have mentioned : hear him saying, " Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or...else make " the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt." 'When, therefore, he ' says, either do this, or do that, he shews power, not nature. ' For no one except...

...Lord himself, where he speaks of two trees, which you yourself have mentioned : hear him saying, ' Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt .' When, therefore, he says, either do this, or do that, he shews power, not nature. For no one except...

...out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. O! generation of vipers," saith the Saviour, " how can ye, being evil, speak good things; for out of the. abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." But I know that there is not in every timorous soul this judgment; and therefore...

...the assertion ; ver. 20. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Again, chap. xii. -3. Eithtr make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and hif fruit corrupt. — As much as to say, it is a very absurd thing, . for any to suppose that the...