Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 3:8

8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.

You come here and thrust your selves into a Crowd of Penitents, but this is not enough, true Repentance is not a barren thing, neither are your leaves of external Profe[illegible: 1 letter]sion a sufficient Indication of it, you must bring forth the Fruits of Holiness, Fruits that may answer the Nature of true Repentance. The proper Products of Habits, are called their Fruits, thus we read of the Fruit of Sin, and the Fruit of Righteousness, Fruits meet for Repentance; are Works that are the proper Product of Repentance, or justly answering an external Profession of Repentance. As Faith, so Repentance without Works is dead.

Marginal references: Or, answerable to amendment.