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XXX.50 From the same Catena. Compare book v. chap. xvii. 4.

“The axe unto the root,”51 Matt. iii. 10. he says, urging us to the knowledge of the truth, and purifying us by means of fear, as well as preparing [us] to bring forth fruit in due season.