...of a living principle within us, we shall soon become liable to that awful rebuke — " Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."* The soul of the believer must be habituated to action ; it must maintain a steady energy towards the...

...which animates, and that deportment which adorns, a confession of the name of Christ. " 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." 3. These wonders...

...borne, and hast 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 works j or else I will...

...borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will...

...But was there, mean time, no sin in his heart 1 Yea, or Christ would not have added, " Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." This was a real sin which God saw in his heart ; of which, accordingly, he is exhorted to repent :...

...borne, and hast patience, and for rny name's sake hast labored, and ha.st 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...

...me.^Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Rev. ii. 4. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. (3) Mark vi. 52. For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark...

...plenitude of bliss. LXXIV. ADMONITION TO THE CHURCH. PLAN OF A SERMON ON REV. 11. 14. " NEVERTHELESS I HAVE SOMEWHAT AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAST LEFT THY FIRST LOVE." " I KNOW thy works, and thy labours, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them that are evil...

...and love, and the most abundant consolation. " Nevertheless," says the Great Head of the Church, " I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.'" If, then, even in this apostolical churchstate, the Lord had a quarrel against His people, if He had...

...of the strongest condemnation to the infant communities. To the Ephesians he writes, " 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 work ; or else I will...