...imitate not his Faith and his Piety, God he laid unto themj O generation of vipers,who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth therefore...fruits meet for repentance.- - . 9 And think not to fay within your felves, We have Abraham to our father : for [ fay unto you, that God b able of Ijiefe...

...P» . IU. JO HN. CHAP. III. 4 And the fame John CHAP. ;I. 6 And John was •Si MATTHEW. CHAP. III. 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance. 9 And think not to fay within your felves, We have Abraham to our fasher : for I fay unto you,, that God is able of thefe...

...round about Jordan, 7. But when he faw many of the Pharifees and Sadducees come to his Baptifm, he faid unto them, O Generation of Vipers, who hath warned...Bring forth therefore FRUITS meet for REPENTANCE. 10. And now alfo the Ax is laid unto the Root of the Trees: therefore every Tree which bringeth not...

...wild beasts. Allusion is often made to these thickets in the sacred scriptures, Jer. xlix, 19; 1. 44. 7 If But when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees...them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to nee from the wrath to come ? 7. ' Pharisees and sadducees.' The Jews were divided into three great...

...deeper self-deception? Did John the Baptist thus deceive his unconverted hearers ? No. For when ho saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he exclaimed in plainest language, ' O generation of vipers, who hath warned yon to flee from the wrath...

...aboutJordan, . 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 If But when he saw many the Pharisees and Sadduce.es come to his baptism, he said unto them, 0 generation of vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth, therefore,...

...Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees...them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: and think not to...

...young man declared he- .•• went to hear Mr. Whitefield. He preached that evening from Mat. iii. 7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he faid unto them, 0 generation of vipers, who hath warned you to Jlee from the wrath to come ? — "...

...to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation ot vipers ! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father : for I...

...disciples of the Saviour? Far from it. He sharply rebuked many of these professed penitents ; for, " when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, О generation of vipers, who halli warned you to flee from the wratli to corne • bring forth fruits...