...faith. And the author of this book infdrms the churches of Asia, (chap. i. ver. 9,) that he, their brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, received these revelations, when he was in the isle called Patmos, for the word of God, and...

...and who is to come, the Almighty. 9 I John, who am your brother, and a partaker in this affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, on the account of the 10 word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ....

...death, yet he was beaten • by the command of the Jewish council, was c banished into the isle of Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ, and calls himself a companion with the Asiatic i Luke xii. 50. If we omit ft with six mss. this difficult...

...apostles, Acts ii. 43. iv. 33. v. 12. We are told, Rev. i. 9. That John was banished to the Isle of Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus. In that island, he was favoured with the visions, which he hath recorded in his book of the Revelation....

...ending, saith the Lord which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in...word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 1 1 Saying,...

...friendship to others. I am, &c, &c. J. BOWDEN', LETTER XXXV. TO THE REV. DW . Jan. 21, 1812. My dear Son, my Brother and Companion in tribulation, and in the " kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ," I AM prepared by the painful trials which I have endured, to sympathise in your sorrows ;...

...the name of the emperor, by whom he was banished, saying in the Reve' lation : " I John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in...kingdom ' and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle of Patmos, for the word of God and for the testi' mony of Jesus Christ." And b it seems, that the Revelation...

...she holds her pencil, but it slides from beneath her hand." Mr. Newton was a sort of second self: " I John who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ," were the words with which Mr. Newton saluted him in London, when they met for the first time...

...things in God, is light in darkness, life in death. The words, which revived him, who stiles himself your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ (Rev. i. 9) remain to cheer a solitude darker, if possible, than his : Fear not : I am the first...

...altogether prefatory to the vision of John, which commences at the ninth verse thus, " I John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in...patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Isle that is called Palmos," &c. — It is then unl v by a reference to our Lord's own prediction of future events, as...