...and is there no reason why certain persons should tremble at the sound of that voice which says, " Thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars," Rev. ii. 2. Yet, if they are really successors to the apostles, why do they not take the name ? This...

...havingleft his first love, do not seem to agree to so holy a man as Timothy was. Thus he speaks to him ; " I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how t lion canst not bear them which are evil ; and thou hast tried them which eay they are apostles, and...

...of those who say they are apostles and are not, but do lie ; and they are summed up in the words, " and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted." Works are named in the Word as the exterior and outward form of all the interior graces which are embodied...

...and conduct; yet the Lord may have •just occasion to address you, as he did the church at Ephesus : /know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them that are evil ; nevertheless I have somewhat against thee ; because thou hast left thy first love....

...labour, and (hy patienee, and how thou eanst not bear them whieh are evil; and thou hast tried them whieh say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patienee, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 6...

...religion in question. But that seasonable expression has here an important and encouraging meaning. " I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience ; and how thou canst not bear them which say they are apostles, and hast found them liars; and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my sake...

...labour, with thy patience, and how thou canst not bear the evil ones; yea, thou hast tried them who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars ; 3. Thou hast born trouble with patience, and for my name's. sake hast laboured and not fainted. 4....

...disobedience. In the second and third verses, we have an acknowledgment of what was good in that church, " I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,...hast laboured, and hast not fainted." Nevertheless, says he, in the 4th verse, " I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."...

...against thee?" it is as though he had said : " then I will give thee counsel. Thou art not dead. Iknow thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear error. I am a witness for thee. Still, because a* many as I love I rebuke and chasten, I tell thee...

...commendation given to one of the first churches for their zeal in this respect : Thou hast tried them that say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars. Such carnal Gospellers may, indeed, like those of old, take upon them to call over those who have evil...