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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

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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.

And a think not to say within yourselves, b 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, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children

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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.

promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is And a now also b the 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-dis 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.

bAnd 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.

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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.

b And 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.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper, Ps. i. 3. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing, xcii. 13, 14. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified, Is. Ixi. 3. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding 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

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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 withered away, xxi. 19. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance, Ps. lxxx. 15, 16. And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and 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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begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end. be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear, 1 Pet. iv. 17, 18. VER. 11.

Ἐγὼ μὲν βαπτίζω ὑμᾶς ἐν ὕδατι εἰς μετάνοιαν· ὁ δὲ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἰσχυρότερός μου ἐστὶν, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς τὰ τίσει ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίω καὶ πυρί. ὑποδήματα βαστάσαι· αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βασ

I indeed a baptize you with water unto repentance: b but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: a See parallels on first clause of ver. 6. ch. iii.

I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry, Is. v. 2-7. When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire : for it is a people of no understanding : therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour, xxvii. 11. Son of man, What is the vinetree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; b And preached, saying, There comthe fire devoureth both the ends of it, eth one mightier than I after me, the and the midst of it is burned. Is it latchet of whose shoes I am not wor-> meet for any work? Behold, when it thy to stoop down and unloose, Mark was whole, it was meet for no work: i. 7. And as John fulfilled his course how much less shall it be meet yet for he said, whom think ye that I am? I any work, when the fire hath devoured am not he. But, behold, there cometh it, and it is burned? Therefore, thus one after me, whose shoes of his feet saith the Lord GOD; As the vine-tree I am not worthy to loose, Acts xiii. 25. among the trees of the forest, which I And he shall go before him in the have given to the fire for fuel, so will I spirit and power of Elias, to turn the give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And hearts of the fathers to the children, will set my face against them; they and the disobedient to the wisdom of shall go out from one fire, and another the just; to make ready a people prefire shall devour them; and ye shall pared for the Lord, Luke i. 17. John know that I am the LORD, when I set bare witness of him, and cried, saying, my face against them, Ezek. xv. 2-7. This was he of whom I spake, He that He spake also this parable; A certain cometh after me is preferred before man had a fig-tree planted in his vine- me: for he was before me, John i. 15. yard; and he came and sought fruit John answered them, saying, I baptize thereon, and found none. Then said with water: but there standeth one he unto the dresser of his vineyard; among you, whom ye know not; He it Behold, these three years I come seek- is, who coming after me is preferred ing fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : before me, whose shoe's latchet I am cut it down; why cumbereth it the not worthy to unloose, 26, 27. This ground? And he answering said unto is he of whom I said, After me cometh him, Lord, let it alone this year also, a man which is preferred before me: till I shall dig about it and dung it: for he was before me, 30. And I and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, saw and bare record that this is the then after that thou shalt cut it down, Son of God, 34. Ye yourselves bear Luke xiii. 6-9. If a man abide not me witness, that I said, I am not the in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and Christ, but that I am sent before him. is withered; and men gather them, He that hath the bride is the brideand cast them into the fire, and they groom: but the friend of the brideare burned, John xv. 6. But that groom, which standeth and heareth which beareth thorns and briers is re-him, rejoiceth greatly because of the jected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose bridegroom's voice: this my joy thereend is to be burned, Heb. vi. 8. For fore is fulfilled. He must increase, but the time is come that judgment must I must decrease. He that cometh from

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above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him, iii. 28-36.

c When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning, Isa. iv. 4. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring, xliv. 3. 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 fullers' sope: And he shall

sit as a refner and purifer 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. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years, Mal. iii. 2-4. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, Mark i. 8. John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire, Luke iii. 16. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost, John i. 33. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence, Acts i. 5. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,

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and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, ii. 2-4. And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, xi. 15, 16. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God, 1 Cor. vi. 11. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit, xii. 13. 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, Gal. iii. 27, 28. VER. 12.

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οιεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα αὑτοῦ, καὶ συνάξει τον σῖτον Οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ διακαθα αυτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἀποθηκην, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον και τακαύσει πυρὶ ασβέστῳ.

Whose a fan is in his hand, and bhe will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; a but he will burn up the chaffe with unquenchable fire.

a The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan, Isa. xxx. 24. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel, xli. 16. At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Jer. iv. 11. And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land, I will be. reave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways, xv. 7. And will send un

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