...their sins." But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, " O generation of vipers ! who hath warned you...Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance." As if he had said, " So vile and corrupt do I know most of your sects to be ; so inflated with pride...

...would prevent their final perdition. John the Baptist cautioned them against this false opinion : " Think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father ; for I say unto »ou, that God is able of these ¿tones to raise up children unto Abraham." Something like...

...when their •willingness was so far evinced as to come to be baptised of him, his exhortation was ; " Bring forth therefore, fruits meet for repentance...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." Say not, we are...

...Observe : " But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadi'ucees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you...flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth, therefore, fruiti meet for repentance : And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our lather...

...excellence — " We have Abraham to our father," was their cogent argument 5 how did John receive it ? " O generation of vipers ! Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth fruits meet for repentance—- think not to say within yourselves, ' we have Abraham to our father'...

...them, O generation of vipers, who hath," says he, " warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Brmg forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance. * And think not to say, within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father : for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones, to raise up children...

...several conditions. " When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you...Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance." Matthew iii. 7, 8. " Then came also publicans (or tax-gatherers) to be baptized, and said unto him,...

...Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, 0 generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore...repentance: and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. The axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth...

...Gal. v. 31 ) he says to them " say not, within yourselves, we have Abraham to our lather." Sahh he, " O, generation of vipers ! who hath warned you to flee...bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance." When John had told them that the axe was laid unto the root of the trees, and that every tree which...

...rich and excellent waterings of ordinances, that can secure us from the wrath of God. " Bring forth fruits meet for repentance; and think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father," Matth. iii. 8. If Abraham's faith be not in your hearts, it will be no advantage...