 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found (hem liars. Ver. 3. And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Ver. 4. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Ver. 5.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...thou canst not bear them which are evil. And thou has tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and...Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen." Timothy tells us that joy, which springs from first love, is a joy founded in sense, and is very uncertain.... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...thou canst not bear them which are evil ; and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars ; and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted," Rev. ii. 2, 3. Thus we see a man's patience is not... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...being stubborn and sullen under the rod, with many slips and falls into sin. Hence the complaints; " Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love; thou hast a name that thou livest, but art dead." " My people are bent to backsliding from me." " Hezekiah... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 pages
...angel of the church of Ephesus, when our Lord said to him, " 1 know thy works, and thy patience : thou hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured and hast not fainted," Rev. ii. 2, 3, 4. But was there in the mean time no sin in his heart ? Yea, or Christ .would not have... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 520 pages
...particular season, It has its winters and decays, as well as its spring and growing times, Rev. ii. 4. ' I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.' Yet, 2. It never decays utterly, 1 John iii. 9. ' Whosoever is born of God, — his seed remaineth... | |
 | John Fleetwood - 1813 - 558 pages
...canst not bear them which are evil ; and thou hast tried them which eay they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars. And hast borne, and...not fainted. " Nevertheless, I have somewhat against Ihee ; because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen : and... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and sre not, and hast found them liars. Ver. 3. And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Ver. 4. Nevertheless, I have somewhat'against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Ver. 5.... | |
 | 1813 - 684 pages
...simplicity and independence. " Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast not kept thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and 'repent, and do thy ñrst works ; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick ont of his place,... | |
 | J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 pages
...labour, and patience, the angel of the Ephesian church; but, like him, they must expect the reproof, " I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love;" and in general where the reproof is disregarded, and they do not rise from their fall, their state... | |
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I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's... 
