...thy first love."d Such also was the case of many in the church at Sardis, when the Saviour said, " I know thy works, that thou hast a name, that thou...strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die."6 Such also, in a still more deplorable degree, was their case at Laodicea, of whom he said, "...

...not in constant operation. Let them read, examine, and improve the following admonitory injunctions: "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain,...not found thy works perfect before God." Revelation iii. 2. — "Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works;...

...loitering amidst the occupations or the cares or the pleasures of life, to need the monitory rebuke, " Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain,...for I have not found thy works perfect before God ! " And can our High Priest fail to be offended, and his Holy Spirit grieved, when he sees the grace...

...the occupations or the cares or the pleasures of life, to need the monitory rebuke, " Be watehful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready...for I have not found thy works perfect before God ! " And can our High Priest fail to be offended, and his Holy Spirit grieved, when he sees the grace...

...warning voice was addressed to it by the mouth of the apostle, it was then evidently already declining. " And unto the " angel of the church in Sardis write;...thou hast " a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watch" ful, and strengthen the things which remain, that " are ready to die: for I have not found thy...

...ear, let him hear what th« Spirit saith unto the churches. CHAP. III. To the church of Sardis, Л'c. AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ;...seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know tby works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the...

...is ", cloathed with flesh and bone, 'yet a glorified body in the heavens above the stars. Fifthly, Unto the angel of the church in Sardis write, These...hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars. This he is Christ, the First and the Last, he that was dead and is alive, this is he that hath the...

...9. c 1 Cor. iii. 8. d 1 Cor. xv. 41. • Matt. xiii. 43. MMCCCCXCIV. EPISTLE TO SARDIS. Rev. iii. 1. And unto the angel of the Church in Sardis write ;...that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. IF we thought, as some do, that the epistles to the different Churches in Asia were descriptive of...

...from the holy temple above, and must lie down in eternal sorrows. LECTURE IV. REVELATION III. Ver. 1. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write :...that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Four of the epistles of Christ to the churches have been considered. Three yet remain. Sardis, southward...

...addressed is that of Sardis, and to this Church our Saviour speaks in the language of reprobation. " I know thy works, that thou hast a name, that thou...for I have not found thy works perfect before God." It has been observed that in the name Sardis, there may be an allusion to the Sardine stone, called...