...husbandman," or the proprietor, who cultivates it in the best manner. Ver. 2, " Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth" or pruneth " it, that it may bring forth more fruit." ' All who make a profession of faith in me, are...

...by Christ Jesus to the praise and glory of God. ' Every branch,' says the Saviour, ' that bearetta not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Herein is our heavenly Father glorified, that we bear much...

...him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. JOHN, xv. 2 : Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fttiit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. f See on MAT. viii. 12. *"See on ACTS, i....

...brethren : he that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.' John xv. 2, and 8. 'Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so...

...exhorta/i his disciples, fcc. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 1 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. S Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto...

...shall live by me. John vi. 57. I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, tliat it may 77. Q. Where has Christ promised, that he will as certainly give to those who believe...

...of the 15th chapter, — " I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto...

...that beareth not fruit, he will take " away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will " purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. As " the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide " in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide n me.2 3° But if men will...

...35. Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well : for so I am. — John xiii. 13. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, IIP purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit, &c. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear...

...my mind, altogether differently from what it ever looked before. John, xv. 2.—" Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." I had always conceived that this passage was a principal one...