28. All that has been said so far is taught in the Word in many places; but only the following passages will be adduced. The Word teaches that no one can be in good and at the same time in evil; or what is the same thing, that no one as to his soul can be in heaven and at the same time in hell. It teaches this in the following passages:
No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one, and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt. vi 24.
How can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. Matt. xii 34, 35.
A good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Luke vi 43, 44.
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