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°i''cn|us'r's ssconn course. 141ty, and held to the doctrines of the word of God. Atany rate this church is represented as beingin a stateof heavy trial, and subject to seduction by some powerrepresented by that woman Jezebel, of which I shallspeak in its place. _"These things saith the Son ofGod, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, andhis feet are like fine asbrassg" representing,in allthe other declarations tothe churches, that the characteraddressing them is no less than the mighty God, theomniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent Jehovah, whosays, "I know thy works, and charity, and service, andfaith, and patience, and thy works; and the last to bemore than the first." When this church existed, whichwas when anti-Christ began her reign, there was greatneed of the exercise of those graces of the spirit whichin this passageare enumerated. lst. In worksthey hadto, and without doubt did, combat the anti-Christiandoctrines which began in the sixth to overwhelmthe Christian world, such as worshippingcenturyangels,d saints, supjection to councils and bishops,of the &c. They,rips,in charity, too,'bilityhad many of their bre en to sustain while combattinthese erm!! against the power of this beast. They digmuch service in holdin up the hands of their piousteachers and pastors wgo were not led away by thiswicked one. How much faith, too, must they havebeen in possession of to have withstood the powerof their councils, the excommunications of the Pope,and t. majority of their brethren who had fell intoPapal errors! how much "patiknce"to have renamedunwavering amidst persecution when drivenHum their homes, theircount? and friends, into thewildernx, where God prepare a place for her! andhow much more necessary were their last works to supponeach other in exile, poverty, and distress, the naturalof being driven from among men! Butso, according to the best account weein tain o*were those times.1"Notwithstanding,Ihaveafew thingsa instthee,suihrest that woman Jezebel, veltich call-'a|¢'prophetess, to teach and to seduce my