...the trees should be cut down, and the \ ineyard itself destroyed ; but he said, " The axe is laid at the root of the trees ; therefore every tree, which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire."* Instead of saying, that the everlasting covenant would cease,...

...improvement. ^ That is, God is able now to raise up as great and good men as Abraham was. ax is laid unto the root of the trees ; therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, 11 is hewn down, and cast into the fire.* 1 indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : but he...

...;" (Pa. i. 8.) " They shall be called trees of righteousness ;" (Isa. bu. 8.) " And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire ;" (Matt. in. 1 0.) " How goodly are thy tents, 0 Jacob ! and thy...

...God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 1 1 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : but jhe that...

...inevitably perish in his sins and go amongst the lost. " And now," said the Lord> " the axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire."* The parable proceeds—" And he, answering, said unto him, Lord,...

...raise up children unto Abraham, ("making the stonyhearted, true believers and real penitents). 10. Now also, the ax is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit, shall be hewn down and cast into the lire, (Acts xvii. 30.) 1 1. I indeed...

...•The wicked shall be turned into bell, and all the nations that forget God. The axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth not forth .••iiod fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Whosoever was not found written in the book...

...of his fore-runner, the messenger here spoken of, John the Baptist : " Now also the ax is laid unto the ' root of the trees : therefore every tree ' which bringeth not forth good fruit ii hewn down, and cast into the fire : I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but he that...

...vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ?" 10. " And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast inte the jire" 11. " I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance ; but he that...

...towards God."§ This accords to the instruction of John Baptist. " Now also the axe " is laid unto the root of the trees, therefore every tree, " which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down " and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with wa" ter unto repentance: but he that...