...moral kind. For morality belongs to the heart only. Accordingly, says Christ, " Either make the tre? good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt : for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart...

...fupported by the holy fcriptures. Our Lord fays, " Either make the tree good, and his fruit good, or elfe make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by his fruit." And again he fays, " Ye fhall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of...

...THOUGHTS, LANGUAGE, AND PASSIONS. KEEP thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life. How can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the monti. speaketh. A good mim, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringcth forth good things:...

...whom our Lord was speaking, that men's words as well as their actions, shewed their real temper. " O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things ?" ver. 34. You yourselves are an instance of it. The evil affections of covetousness and ambition...

...originate in and flow from the heart. Our Savior taught this doctrine in the plainest and strongest terms. "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? far out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the...

...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...

...the assertion 5 ver. 20. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Again chap. xij. 33. Either make the tree good, and his fruit good } or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt. — As much as to say, it is a very absurd thing, for any to suppose that the tree is good, and yet...

...which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down," Matt. iii. 10, i 2 chap. vii. 16 to 20: " Either make the tree good and his fruit good; or else make...fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by his fruit" Matt. xii. 33, Luke vi. 43, 44: " / will kindle a Jire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree...

...infection." And how then should they propagate it? How can a healthy body propagate a disease ? " Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or else make...fruit corrupt ; for the tree is known by his fruit."* If the Scripture makes heretics, call it, as staunch Transalpine Romanists would not scruple to call...

...for out of the heart proceed false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a inan'. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketb. A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things...