...the haughty, self righteous pharisees, one of the most powerful religious orders among the Jews ! " O generation of vipers ! who hath warned you to flee...within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father : for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children untd Abraham." Nor did he spare...

...spiritual kingdom. Insomuch, that the Baptist said to the Pharisees, as well as to the Sadducees, " O generation of vipers, who hath warned " you to flee...and " think not to say within yourselves, We have " Abraham to our father."1 — Not long after, our Lord himself condescended to preach the gospel ;...

...one would think he should rather have encouraged and and commended, and received wilh open arms. " O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forlh, therefore, fruits meet for repentance*." Till you have done this, till you have purified your...

...addressed them in language which would have the effect of discouraging rather than attracting followers. ' O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee...Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.' His very next observation is directed against their most favourite and deeplyrooted prejudice, and...

...forerunner protested against a similar confidence, in the circumcised persons, who came to his baptism : " Bring" "forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:...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. And now also...

...can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sakes be ploughed as a field. — M,c. iii. 9 — 13. Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father, &c. — Matt. iii. 8 — 10. Luke iii. 8. 478 Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied...

...can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sakcs be ploughed as a field. — Mic. iii. 9 — 13. Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father, &c. — Matt. iii. 8 — 10. Luke iii. 8. 478 479 Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied...

...viwarned you flee from the wrath to come ? to 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : 9 And think 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. 10 And now also...

...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." Neither Abraham, nor Abraham's God, will acknowledge such degenerate children...

...spiritual kingdom. Insomuch, that the Baptist said to the Pharisees, as well as to the Sadducees, " O generation of vipers, who hath warned " you to flee...and " think not to say within yourselves, We have " Abraham to our father."1 — Not long after, our Lord himself condescended to preach the gospel ;...