Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I:
IRENÆUS: XXX.

XXX. 4846

“The axe unto the root,” 4847 he says, urging us to the knowledge of the truth, and purifying us by means of fear, as well as preparing [us] to bring forth fruit in due season.

Footnotes

From the same Catena. Compare book v. chap. xvii. 4.

Matt. iii. 10.