Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse XII · §5 · John Wesley

A good tree cannot

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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matthew 7:18.

1771 text

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

About this text

The twelfth sermon on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 7:15-20: beware of false prophets, and know them by their fruits.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

Reference

Sermon 32 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 7:15-20.

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