...? to whom I made the following answer. Let the rule of Christ determine this question : he says, " By their fruits ye shall know them ; do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ?" Mat. vii. 16The fruits then of the Spirit of Christ are, love, faith, hope, patience,...

...To whom I made the following answer, viz. Let the rule of Christ determine this question; he says, " By their fruits ye shall know them : Do men gather grapes of thorn?, or figs of thistles ?" Matt. vii. 16. The fruits then of the Spirit of Christ are love, faith,...

...works of the fash be manifest, which are, $c. This place is not unlike to this sentence of Christ, " by their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of brambles? So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and an evil tree bringeth forth evil...

...persons and doctrines by the fruits which they produce. When Christ speaks of false teachers, Fie says, By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Wicked men will at length betray them'selves, and so also will false doctrines....

...designing men, who, under pretence of extraordinary piety and goodness, attempt to deceive and mislead us. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth...

...might surely affect even a heart of stone. If the test of the Divine Teacher is to be depended on,—" By their fruits ye shall know them : do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ?" — it cannot but be obvious, that the doctrines, of which, when received in the...

...their own clement," and would much rather resort to their own company. Accordingly, our Saviour says, "By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns? or figs of thistles?" Such persons, in the parable of the sower, are represented as flourishing for a...

...works of the flesh be manifest, which are, fyc. This place is not unlike to this sentence of Christ, " by their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather , grapes of thorns or figs of brambles ? So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and an evil tree bringeth forth evil...

...works of the flesh be manifest, which are, 8$c. This place is not unlike to this sentence of Christ, " by their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of brambles ? So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and an evil tree bringeth forth evil...

...to be supposed that effects will be produced of a nature opposite to the cause that excites them. " By their fruits ye shall know them : do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ?" Matt. vii. 16. No : every tree and plant produces fruit according to its own nature....