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32. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock, Acts xx. 29. Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision, Phil. iii. 2. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever, Jude 12, 13. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie, Rev. xxii. 14, 15.

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and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me, xxxiii. 3-7. Therefore watch, and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears, Acts xx. 31. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Heb. xi. 7.

d Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him, Rom. v. 9. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come, 1 Thess. i. 10. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us, Heb. vi. 18. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. vi. 16, 17.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it, Jer. vi. 10. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness,and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall sure-for ly live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul, Ezek. iii.18-21. If when he seeth the sword come upon the Id, he blow the trumpet, and warr e people; then whosoever heareth tl sound of the trumpet, and tak-1 eth not warning; if the sword come,

VER. 8.

Ποιήσατε οὖν καρατοὺς ἀξίους τῆς μετα

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Bring a forth therefore fruits meet repentance:

* Or, answerable to amendment of life. a But what think ye? A certain man had two sons: and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second

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and said likewise. And he answered | temple of the LORD, are these. For if and said, I go, sir: and went not, ye throughly amend your ways and Matt. xxi. 28-30. For John came your doings; if ye throughly execute unto you in the way of righteousness, judgment between a man and his neighand ye believed him not: but the pub- bour; if ye oppress not the stranger, licans and the harlots believed him: the fatherless, and the widow, and and ye, when ye had seen it, repented shed not innocent blood in this place, not afterward, that ye might believe neither walk after other gods to your him, 32. Wash you, make you clean; hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell put away the evil of your doings in this place, in the land that I gave from before mine eyes; cease to your fathers, for ever and ever, Jer. do evil; learn to do well; seek judg- vii. 3–7. Therefore now amend your ment, relieve the oppressed, judge the ways and your doings, and obey the fatherless, plead for the widow, Isa. i. voice of the LORD your God; and the 16, 17, Bring forth therefore fruits LORD will repent him of the evil that worthy of repentance, and begin not he hath pronounced against you, xxvi. to say within yourselves, We have 13. It may be that the house of JuAbraham to our father: for I say unto dah will hear all the evil which I puryou, That God is able of these stones pose to do unto them; that they may to raise up children unto Abraham, return every man from his evil way; Luke iii. 8. And the people asked him, that I may forgive their iniquity and saying, What shall we do then? He their sin, xxxvi. 3. answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to

him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said

unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages, 10 -14. But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance, Acts xxvi. 20. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Forbehold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter, 2 Cor. vii. 10, 11.

b Thus saith the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The

VER. 9.

ἔχομεν τὸν ̓Αβραάμ· λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν, ὅτι Καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· Πατέρα δύναται ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ ̓Αβραάμ.

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And a think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you; That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

a Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham, Luke iii. 8.

b They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free, John viii. 33. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham, 39, 40. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 53. Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the chil

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dren of the promise are counted for the seed, Rom. ix. 7, 8. For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants: the one

from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem, which now is and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, bre

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are not, to bring to nought things that are, 1 Cor. i. 27, 28. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise, Gal. iii. 27— 29. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ, Eph. ii. 12, 13. VER. 10.

Ηδη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀξίνη πρὸς τὴν ῥίζαν τῶν δένδρων κεῖται· πᾶν οὖν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν, ἐκκόπτεται, καὶ εἰς πῦρ Βάλλεται.

thren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is And now also bthe axe is laid unto now. Nevertheless, what saith the the root of the trees: therefore every Scripture? Cast out the bondwoman tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, and her son for the son of the bond-is hewn down, and cast into the fire. woman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free, Gal. iv. 22-31.

b And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, Matt. viii. 11, 12. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out, Luke xix. 40. Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name, Acts xv. 14. (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were, Rom. iv. 17. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which VOL. 1.

a Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of Hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's sope: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness, Mal. iii. 1-3. For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble : and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch, iv. 1. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at D

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the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him, Heb.ii. 1-3. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, x. 28-31. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven, xii. 25.

bAnd now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire, Luke iii. 9. And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss, xxiii. 41.

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forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire, Matt. vii. 16-19. A good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh, Luke vi. 43–45. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit, John xv. 2.

d Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire, Matt. vii. 19. And when he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig-tree wiAnd he shall be like a tree planted thered away, xxi. 19. And the vineby the rivers of water, that bringeth yard which thy right hand hath plantforth his fruit in his season; his leaf ed, and the branch that thou madest also shall not wither; and whatsoever strong for thyself. It is burned with he doeth shall prosper, Ps. i. 3. Those fire, it is cut down: they perish at the that be planted in the house of the rebuke of thy countenance, Ps. lxxx. 15, LORD shall flourish in the courts of our 16. And he fenced it, and gathered God. They shall still bring forth fruit out the stones thereof, and planted it in old age; they shall be fat and flou- with the choicest vine, and built a rishing, xcii. 13, 14. To appoint unto tower in the midst of it, and also made them that mourn in Zion, to give unto a wine-press therein: and he looked them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy that it should bring forth grapes, and for mourning, the garment of praise it brought forth wild grapes. And now, for the spirit of heaviness; that they O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men might be called trees of righteousness, of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt the planting of the LORD, that he might me and my vineyard. What could be glorified, Is. Ixi. 3. For he shall have been done more to my vineyard be as a tree planted by the waters, and that I have not done in it? wherefore, that spreadeth out her roots by the ri- when I looked that it should bring ver, and shall not see when heat com- forth grapes, brought it forth wild eth, but her leaf shall be green; and grapes? And now go to; I will tell shall not be careful in the year of you what I will do to my vineyard: I drought, neither shall cease from yield-will take away the hedge thereof, and ing fruit, Jer. xvii. 8. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth

it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: And I will lay it waste it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns:

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