...church at Sardis : " Remember, therefore, how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast and repent. If, therefore, thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a ///,/'<:/', and thou sltalt not know what hour I come upon thee." As in his address to the Jewish church...

...Sardis he says, Remember how than hast received, and heard, and holdfast, and repent; if thou shall not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shall not know what hour I will come upon thee: Rev. iii. 3. And ch. xvi. 15, of the same book, he...

...should overtake you as a thief. How consonant is this with Jesus' words ; " If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee." In John's writing to the angel of each church, the Lord evidently addresses his exhortation to the...

...party motives, in its stead. Sardis disappears suddenly, according to the threat — "I will come upon thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee." Philadelphia is translated to the temple of God; and Laodicea stands upon the earth, to pass a probation...

...dead from the life, and power and spirit that was in the apostles ? and upon such Christ will come as a thief. ' And thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee,' saith Christ, [mark,] ' but thou hast a few names in Sardis which have notdetiled their garments.'...

...Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent If therefore thou shall not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shall not know what hour I will come upon thee." Lay these things to heart Say, " О that it wan with...

...that hold the doctrine of Balaam" — " thou sufferest that woman Jezebel ... to teach, &c." — " if thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief" — " thou art neither hot nor cold."? Similar to these are the warnings of CHRIST to these '•' angels,"...

...perfect before God. Remember therefore how " thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and " repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will " come on...shalt not know " what hour I will come upon thee. Thou hast a " few names even in Sardis which have not defiled " their garments; and they shall walk...

...repent," is kept in uncertainty as to the time of that visitation, by being told that Christ " shall come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee." (Rev. iii. 3.) Again, in the 16th chap. ver. 15, where woes of a general nature are foretold, we are...

...perfect before God. 3. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard ; and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on...thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. They were here warned immediately to awake, and cherish whatever of Christianity was still existing...