...danger of despising the righteousness which he has provided,* the Lord saith, " 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 : I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire,...

..."Hear," says he, "in the Revelation, the voice of thy Lord, reproving such men as these, '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."* Again, "So in the Holy Scriptures, by which the Lord...

...themselves in a fancied righteousness — exalting themselves in imaginary grandeur! and saying — " I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing" — and not knowing that they are " wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" — and though...

...neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned, 1 Cor. ii. 11. Because thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing (spiritually,) and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,...

...awayjustified and accepted. If you be fair in your own eyes, "if your sense be that of the Laodicean church, " I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and blind, and naked;" you have no place in you for...

...from it. "Hear in the Revelation, the voice of thy Lord reproving such men as these : ' 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.'" Again: "So in the Holy Scriptures, by which the Lord...

...our Lord addresses the Epistle that was written to the Church of Laodicea : * " 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, — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the Jire,...

...from it. "Hear in the Revelation, the voice of thy Lord reproving such men as these: 'Thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and knovvest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.'" Again: "So in...

...Thus, too, boasted the Laodicean church, in reference to her fair, but superficial, exterior — " I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." And with similar fidelity, the Searcher of hearts prostrated her pride, by the allegation, " thou art poor,...

...independence ; affecting to be like the Most High : hence pride, in all its forms ; teaching thee to say, " I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing " From this evil fountain flow forth the bitter streams of vanity, thirst of praise, ambition, covetousness,...