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."