...complained of a declension of his love to the Lord Jesus; and once, while meditating on that text, ' I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love,' he exclaimed, ' Ah! I too have left my first love!' A few days before his end, being visited by one...

...borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted ; nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." You will anticipate me, in saying, that neither is this the piety which should satisfy the desires...

...it as we have been ? May not Christ say to us, as he did to the church of Ephesus, " Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love?" Might not Christ say to us, " Once I was had- in esteem among you ; you took pains to obtain and secure...

...borne, and hast had patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen ; and repent, and do the first worksc." So then say...

...the Apostle John to the seven churches in Asia Minor. To one of these the Searcher of hearts said, ' I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.' To another, ' I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine...

...! Declining Christian ! attend to the admonitions given to the declining churches : " Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will...

...fervours allayed; and strong resolutions decline to remissness! Our Saviour tells the church of Ephesus, ' I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works,' Jehoshaphat walked in the...

...every church and every individual, that takes part in this degeneracy, in the following words : — " I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence though art fallen, and repent, and do the first works. He that hath...

...hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake has laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will...

...peacefully reposing in the lap of abundance, lay this to heart : and with it the awful admonition : " I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will...