...in the beginning of this address to the church in Ephesus, it is said, " These things saith he who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand ; who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;" and in the address to the church in Smyrna it is said, " These things saith the First...

...epistle to the UNTO the Angel of the church of Ephesus write : 2 church of EPHESUS. These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who...seven golden candlesticks ; I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst 2 not bear them which are evil ; and thou hast tried them...

...seven churches. CHAP. II. g TTNTO the angel of the \_} church of Ephesus write : These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks ; e 2 I know thy works, and thy lahour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not hear...

...Asiatic churches, may perhaps lead us to the same conclusion. Thus to the church at Ephesus L he writes, Thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars, (ii. 2.) This may be understood of the Gnostic teachers, who falsely called themselves Christians,...

...favor of Episcopacy." " One of those churches is 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 require further evidence that what Timothy, the chief officer there, was in the year 65, in regard...

...write ; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the 2 midst of the seven golden candlesticks ; I know thy...are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : 3 and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted....

...Ephesian Presbytery for patiently and resolutely examining and rejecting these gifted errorists : " I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,...apostles, and are not, and hast found them LIARS." In Durham's next paragraph he shows that ministerial gifts, instead of being indifferent to truth and...

...menaces : " Write unto the angel of the church of Ephesus," said he to St. John, " I know thy former works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou...are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars, &c. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore,...

...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,...

...respect to the Church of Ephesus. Chap. ii. I. "Unto the Angel of the Church of Ephesus write. 2. / know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,...are Apostles and are not, and hast found them liars: 3. And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4....