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Apocalipse 3

1 And unto the angel of the church inSardis is the name of a most flourishing and famous city, where the kings of Lydia kept their courts.SardisThe fifth passage is to the pastors of Sardis. The introduction is taken from (Rev_1:4, Rev_1:16).write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast aYou are said to live, but are dead indeed.name that thou livest, and art dead.

2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that areOther things, whose state is such, that they are now going, and unless they are confirmed, will perish without delay.ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

3 Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, & hold fast & repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vpo thee.

4 Thou hast a few names even in SardisThat is, who have with all religion guarded themselves from sin and moral corruption, even from the very show of evil; (Jud_1:23).which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me inPure from all spot, and shining with glory. So it is to be understood always hereafter, as in (Rev_3:5).white: for they areThey are suitable and proper, that is, because they are justified in Christ, as they have truly showed it: for he who acts righteously is righteous in the same way that a tree bears good fruit; (Rom_8:18).worthy.

5 He that ouercommeth, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I will not put out his name out of the booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.

6 Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches.

7 The sixth passage is to the pastors of Philadelphia. The introduction is taken from (Rev_1:18).And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath theAll power of rule in commanding and forbidding, in delivering and punishing. The house of David is the Church, and the continual promise of David's kingdom belongs to Christ.key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

8 The note of praise is in this verse of promises, and (Rev_3:9) to bring home again them that wander, in (Rev_3:10) to preserve the godly and in (Rev_3:11) to exhort.I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

9 Behold, I will make themI will bring them to that case.of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to comeThat is, fall down and worship either you civilly, or Christ religiously at thy feet (this is how I would rather take it) whether here in the Church (which seems more proper to the argument here) or there in the world to come, for Christ shall truly fulfil his word.and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

10 Because thou hastBecause you have been patient and constant, as I would have my servants be.kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Beholde, I come shortly: holde that which thou hast, that no man take thy crowne.

12 The conclusion which contains a promise, and a commandment.Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:That is, the new man shall be called after his father, mother, and his head Christ.and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.

13 Let him that hath an eare, heare what ye Spirit saith vnto the Churches.

14 The seventh passage is to the pastors of the Church of Laodicea. The introduction is taken out of (Rev_1:5).And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith theAmen sounds as much in the Hebrew tongue, as truly, or truth itself.Amen, the faithful and true witness, theOf who all things that are made, have their beginning.beginning of the creation of God;

15 The proposition of reproof is in this verse, and in (Rev_3:16) a threat while in (Rev_3:17) a confirmation declares the same. To faith and repentance in (Rev_3:18-19) a conditional promise is added in (Rev_3:20).I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 Therefore, because thou art Luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth.

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable,The spiritual misery of men is metaphorically expressed in three points which are matched as corresponds to those remedies offered in (Rev_3:18).and poor, and blind, and naked:

18 I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: beZeal is set against those who are neither hot nor cold.zealous therefore, and repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:This must be taken after the manner of an allegory; (Joh_14:23).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.

21 The conclusion, consisting of a promise, as in (Rev_2:26) and of an exhortation.To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22 Let him that hath an eare, heare what the Spirit saieth vnto the Churches.

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