...rich and in-. creased with goods and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked ; I counsel...anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see." When I began to read, I felt as though a fire ran through my bones, my eyes began to weep, my heart...

...miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked : 18. / counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in thejire, that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment, that...anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zealous therefore, and repent. 20. Behold, I stand...

...Lord's advice. He might command, for he has all authority; but he says, " I counsel thee to bay of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich ;...and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear ; * 2 Pet. i. 16. ; 2 Cor. vi. 1. f ps« and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see."*...

...she should do for her recovery out of this very disease of hypocrisy: " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed," &c. As if he had said, Laodicea, thou tradest in false ware, deceiving thyself and others with appearances...

...all, The other is that of Christ to the angel of the church of " Laodicea, I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich, and...anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see,"f where he commends his gold for such as is tried in the fire, his raiment for sucfo as will take...

...unquenchable fire." The parellel passage in Luke iii. 17. Rev. iii. 18 : "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich ;...and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear." 300 It appears, then, that since the terms antav and cucovios, are constantly applied to things which...

...rich, aud increased with goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest nut that thou art wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked : I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in thejire that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed, and...

...the Jire, that ihou . mayesl be rich ; and white raiment, t/iat ihou mayest be clotlied, and t/iat the shame of thy nakedness do not appear ; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, thai tJtou mayest see." *• 'On the Sunday following, the same Text. 1 Jihn, Chap. IV. verse 14. "...

...address to such lukewarm professors. He condescends to say even to them, " I counsel " thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that " thou mayest be rich...see. As " many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zea*' lous therefore, and repent." Think then frequently and intensely on eternity and its infinite...

...ever and ever? О no! Fatal delusion ! Hearken to the voice of the Lord. " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich;...and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear." — " Ho, every one that thirst e th, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy...