Fruits

The produce of corn, & c — Deuteronomy 22:9; Psalm 107:37.

The produce of trees — Genesis 1:29; Ecclesiastes 2:5.

Called the

• Fruit of the ground. — Genesis 4:3; Jeremiah 7:20.
• Fruit of the earth. — Isaiah 4:2.
• Increase of the land. — Psalm 85:12.

Given by God — Acts 14:17.

Preserved to us by God — Malachi 3:11.

Require

• A fruitful land. — Psalm 107:31.
• Rain from heaven. — Psalm 104:13; James 5:18.
• Influence of the sun and moon. — Deuteronomy 33:14.

Produced in their due seasons — Matthew 21:41.

First of, devoted to God — Deuteronomy 26:2.

Divided into

• Hasty or precocious. — Isaiah 28:4.
• Summer fruits. — 2 Samuel 16:1.
• New and old. — Song 7:13.
• Goodly. — Jeremiah 11:16.
• Pleasant. — Song 4:16.
• Precious. — Deuteronomy 33:14.
• Evil or bad. — Matthew 7:17.

To be waited for with patience — James 5:7.

Often sent as presents — Genesis 43:11.

Often destroyed

• In God’s anger. — Jeremiah 7:20.
• By blight. — Joel 1:12.
• By locusts, & c. — Deuteronomy 28:38,39; Joel 1:4.
• By enemies. — Ezekiel 25:4.
• By drought. — Hag 1:10.

Illustrative

• Of effects of repentance. — Matthew 3:8.
• Of works of the Spirit. — Galatians 5:22,23; Ephesians 5:9.
• Of doctrines of Christ. — Song 2:3.
• Of good works. — Matthew 7:17,18; Philippians 4:17.
• Of a holy conversation. — Proverbs 12:14; 18:20.
• Of praise. — Hebrews 13:15.
• Of the example, & c of the godly. — Proverbs 11:30.
• Of effects of industry. — Proverbs 31:16,31.
• Of the reward of saints. — Isaiah 3:10.
• Of the reward of the wicked. — Jeremiah 17:9,10.
• Of converts to the church. — Psalm 72:16; John 4:36.
• (Bad,) of the conduct and conversation of evil men. — Matthew 12:33.

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