God's terrible voice in the city

O the unfruitfulness of London! O the briars and thorns which have flourished in this ground, whereby the seed of the Word hath been choked! O the hemlock, the thistle, and the wormwood, that have sprung up in the furrows of the field! O the tares that have abounded and overtopped the wheat, and how little good Corn hath there been brought forth! O the wild Olive Trees which have grown up in Gods Garden, and wild Figs and wild Grapes, which the Fig-Trees and Vines of God have yielded unto him! O the leanness of his sheep in such fat pasture! O the barrenness! the barrenness! of London under such plentiful showers of the Word! instead of the fruits of righteousness, which are to the praise and glory of God, there have been the fruits of unrighteousness and wickedness, which are to Gods dishonour;¹ instead of the fruits of the spirit, which are love, joy, peace, gentleness, meekness, temperance, goodness, faith; there have been the works of the flesh, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, hatred, variance, emulations, wraths, strifes, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which the Apostle tells us, that they which do such things, shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

O the unfruitfulness of London! O the briars and thorns which have flourished in this ground, whereby the seed of the Word hath been choaked! O the hemlock, the thistle, and the wormwood, that have sprung up in the furrowes of the field! O the tares that have abounded and overtopped the wheat, and how little good Corn hath there been brought forth! O the wilde Olive Trees which have grown up in Gods Garden, and wilde Figges and wilde Grapes, which the Figg-Trees and Vines of God have yielded unto him! O the leanness of his sheep in such fat pasture! O the barrenness! the barrenness! of London under such plentifull showers of the Word! instead of the fruits of righteousness, which are to the praise and glory of God, there have been the fruits of unrighteousness and wickedness, which are to Gods dishonour;¹ instead of the fruits of the spirit, which are love, joy, peace, gentleness, meekness, temperance, goodness, faith; there have been the works of the flesh, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, hatred, variance, emulations, wraths, strifes, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which the Apostle tells us, that they which do such things, shall not inherit the Kingdome of God.