Religion
Luke 3:9: The axe is laid unto the root of the tree
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Religion
Sinner who dost not bear
The penitential fruit.
The righteous Judge will not defer,
The axe is at the root:
His justice hath decreed
To cast thee into hell.
And every barren tree shall feed
The fire unquenchable.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 3:9: The axe is laid unto the root of the tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5042/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 3:9: The axe is laid unto the root of the tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5042/.
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