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...Remember therefore how thou haft received and heard, and hold faft and repent ; if therefore thou fhalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou Ihalt not know what hour I fhall come upon thee :" thee :" And then ,a promife is made to fuch as "...

...night. — 12 looking for and hafling unto the day of the Lord. Rev. iii. 3. — If therefore thou (halt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou flialt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Rev. xxii. 12.20. See above, feft. XIV. OBJECTIONS,...

...for with .my ftafF. I pafll.d over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands, Rev. iii. 4. Thou haft a few names even in Sardis, which. have not defiled their garments ; and they. fhall walk.with.me in white; for they are. worthy. a Pfalm xlix. 8. For the redemption of their. foul...

...he that oppofes the power of godlinefs is a zealous man: but God will have a remnant, and there are a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments, and they fhall walk with him in white raiment, for he accounts them worthy. The Lord make and keep thee of this...

...received and heard, and holdfast and repent. If, therefore, thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee* as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. With this admonition before us, waiting for the glorious consummation of the redemption of our purchased...

...general declining, a deadnefs and formality, and the bnre carcafe of religion : Rev. iii. 4. " Thou haft a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments ; and they mall walk with me in white, for they are worthy," — We obferve, 3. That they muft witnefs againft...

...of temptation. Hence the following condition, fpoken byway of threatening ; If therefore thou Jhalt not watch , I will come on thee as a thief, and thou Jhalt not know what hour I TO;// come upon thee. Rev. iii. 3. Thefe words plainly imply, that thofewho...

...Remember, therefore, how thou hast received, and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shall not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shall not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not...

...Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. iii. 4. Thou haft a few names, even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments ; and they fhall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. R-ev. vii. 15. They are before the throne of GOD,...