" overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the P first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art 'rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou "faithful unto death, and I will give thee a ▾ crown of life.

11 He that hath "an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

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n 2 ESDR. vii. 57, 58: This is these conditions of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight; that, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said, but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.

GEN. ii. 9: Out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. REV. xxii. 2, 14: In the midst of the street of it-was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life.

" MAT. x. 22: He that endureth to the end shall be saved. do. xxiv. 13: The same words.

* REV. xx. 14: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. REV. xxi. 8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

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13 T'know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where * Satan's seat is : and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of ° Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stum blingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

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and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

v REV. i. 16. See on EPH. vi. 17.

: Ver. 2. Rev. iii. 1, 8, 15.

: Ver. 9.

2 TIM. ii. 12: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.

c NUMB. xxiv. 14 : I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. do. xxv. 1-3: And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor. do. xxxi. 16 : These caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor. 2 PET. ii. 15 : Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. JUDE, 11: Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. d 1 COR. viii. 9, 10: But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols? See on ver. 20.

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15 So hast thou also them that hold the fdoctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.

16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

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17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in2 the stone a 1new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

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meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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REV. iii. 3, 19.

b REV. i. 16. See on EPH. vi. 17.

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* Ps. xxv. 14: The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. JOHN, vi. 33, 49, 58: The bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

REV. iii. 12. ExOD. xii. 23: The LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Isa. lvi. 5: Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. EZEK. ix. 4: The LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. REV. vii. 3: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. do. ix. 4: It was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green her ary tree; but only those men which have not

18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his "eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass ;

19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy P patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,

the seal of God in their foreheads. do. xiii. 14-16: [Another beast] deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. do. xiv. 1-10: I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. The third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God. do. xix. 12: He had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. do. xx. 4: I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. do. xxii. 4: They shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

m 1 COR. ii. 14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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• Ver. 2. REV. iii. 1, 8, 15.

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91 KINGS, Xvi. 31: It came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he [Ahab] took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. do. xxi. 25: But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sigh

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21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

22 " Behold, I will cast her into a bed,3 and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

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of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 2 KINGS, ix. 7: Thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

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• Ver. 14. See on Acтs, xv. 20, 29.

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"See EZEK. xvi. 37; and xxiii. 29, &c.

V 2 CHR. vi. 30: Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men. JOHN, ii. 24, 25: But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. See on ACTs, i. 24.

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* 2 THES. ii. 9-12: Even him, whose coming is after the