...had itself laboured jn the work of the Gospel, but that it disliked and rejected the evil doers : / know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience ; and how thou canst not bear them which are evil. This thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.0 Yet it may happen,...

...man as Timothy was. — Thus he speaks to him : " I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patienre, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil :...apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars. And hast borne and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored and hast not fainted. Nevertheless,...

...which Christ specially appropriates to himself in addressing the Ephesian church : " These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks." This designation may be considered amongst the rest as generic ; that is, expressive...

...&c. ' And unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write these things, saith he,' to wit, Christ, * that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks : I am he who lives forever, who was dead ; but behold, I am alive for evermore, and have...

...favour of episcopacy. One of those Churches was Ephesus ; and when we read concerning its .angel, " thou hast tried them which say they are Apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars,'" do we requirefurther evidence that what Timothy, the chief officer there, was in the year 65, in regard...

...pretensions of those who laid a claim to the highest office in the Christian 1 Revelations ii. 2. Church. "Thou hast tried them which say they are Apostles, and are not; and hast found them liars 1." The angel of this Church had exercised his superintending authority with zeal and discretion, and...

...John in the Revelations1 writes to the seven churches, and Christ saith to the church of Ephesus, ' Thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars,' showing that they bad power, &c. and ' Thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.'...

...favour of episcopacy. One of those Churches was Ephesus ; and when we read concerning its angel, " thou hast tried them which say they are Apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars,"1 do we require further evidence that what Timothy, the chief officer there, was in the year...

...his mystical body. XL. CHRIST'S CARE OVER CHURCHES AND MINISTERS. REV. ii. 1.— These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. As Jesus Christ is the " true light" of the world, so a principal means, by which he...

...one God and one spirit. As thus : First, he wrlteth to the church of Ephesus with this title, Saith he, that holdeth the .seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. These golden candlesticks are the seven churches. Is there any spirit that can walk in...