...corporeal kind was certainly intended in that reproof given by the Spirit to the church of Laodicea — " Thou sayest I am rich and increased in " goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not " that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, "and blind, and naked c." An attention to this...

...besotted by the deceitfulness of the world, the flesh, and the devil, as to have said, to this moment, '' I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." Yet if thou awcikest fully to thy danger, despair not. Upon thee, even thee, false as well as sinful...

...sincere language of every unhumbled heart is similar to that, which the church of Laodicea used ; « I am rich, and increased in goods, and ' have need of nothing.' While every genuine member of our church, who offers unto God « humble and hearty thanks,' approaches...

...of thine own eye ; and then shall thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eyef. Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not thai thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked*. Wo unto you scribes and...

...temporalities. May not the following words he applied to many in the present day : " Because thousav', I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserahle, and poor, and hlind, and naked : I counsel thee to huy of...

...minds of sceptical and inconsiderate persons, while listening to such statements as the following : " Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." Mr. Foster has done considerable...

...inhabitants as his subjects, he is not more beside himself than the sinner often is. He also says, "I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and knows not, that he is wretched and poor and miserable and blind and naked." It is by this self-delusion,...

...want words, brethren, to express the greatness of the danger of these Laodicean sinners, who say, '* I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." I shall only observe, that if the blood of ABEL cried to heaven for vengeance against CAIN, the blood...

...not be wanting to do his duly." &c.] For 1. Man is many times deceived in his present condition. — Thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art WRETCHED and MISERABLE and POOR and BLIND and NAKED. Rev. iii, 17 ; Gal. vi, 3. 2....

...then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing. And knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." Can language furnish a...