CONTENTS.

PRACTICAL EXPOSITION.

LECTURE I.

REVELATION i. 3.

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear, the

words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are

written therein,”...

LECTURE II.

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EPISTLE TO EPHESUS.

REVELATION ii. 5.

Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen;

and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come

unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of

his place, except thou repent,"

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LECTURE III.

EPISTLE TO SMYRNA.

REVELATION ii. 9.

"I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,

but thou art rich,”.

LECTURE IV.

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EPISTLE TO PERGAMOS.

REVELATION ii. 17.

"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the

hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in

the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth,

saving he that receiveth it,"

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LECTURE V.

EPISTLE TO THYATIRA.

REVELATION ii. 28.

"And I will give him the morning star,”.

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LECTURE VI.

EPISTLE TO SARDIS.

REVELATION iii. 3.

Remember, therefore, how thou hast received and

heard, and hold fast, and repent,"

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LECTURE VII.

EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA.

REVELATION iii. 12.

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the

temple of my God, and he shall go no more out,".. 185

LECTURE VIII.

EPISTLE TO LAODICEA.

REVELATION iii. 20.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any

man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to

him, and will sup with him, and he with me,'

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PRACTICAL EXPOSITION,

ETC.

LECTURE I.

REVELATION i. 3.

BLESSED IS HE THAT READETH, AND THEY THAT HEAR THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY, AND KEEP THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN THEREIN.

THE astonishing book from which these words are taken, and to the contents of which they so remarkably refer, is undoubtedly less known, and less read, and less valued by the generality of Christians, than any other portion of the canon of Scripture. It is viewed by unthinking persons as a mere collection of unintel

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