Wesley Corpus

13. How can you possibly evade the force of our Lord's words, so full, so strong, so express How can ye evade knowing yourselves by your fruits, evil fruits of evil trees And how should it be otherwise "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles" Take this to yourselves, ye to whom it belongs! O ye barren trees, why cumber ye the ground "Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit." See ye not, that here is no exception Take knowledge, then, ye are not good trees; for ye do not bring forth good fruit. "But a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit;" and so have ye done from the beginning. Your speaking, as from God, has only confirmed them that heard you in the tempers, if not works, of the devil. O take warning of Him in whose name ye speak, before the sentence he hath pronounced take place: "Every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire."