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»`159,moron x.neither cold nor not in re' 'ousimplies afession of religion withouiilgl spiritual `fe,or the misdl:way between the world and Christ; much painsalter worldly things, to the neglect of spiritual thmgs;endeavoring to move between the doctrine of Christ andthe doctrine of men; taking the middle ground,as I haveoiten heard it expressed.16th "verse, So then, because thou art lukewarm, andneither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."For this cause, that is, because they are engaged morefor show, honors, or profits of this world thanfor God, hewould spue them out of his mouth. The word spue isbesides the one underused in three places in Scripture,consideration; in Levit. xviii. 28, xx.22, Jer. xxv. 27;and in all these places stands connected with the 'midgmentsof God upon Israel, or the nations spoken oii andimplies a shaking out or driving from their resentstanding, either amongnations or in the om ofChrist, as the case may be. And this passage, suppose,alludes to the time when God hath"promised, saying,Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but alsoheaven," Heb. xii. 26. So we may expect a shakingofthe church of Christ, if this is the age spoken of; thatthose things which cannot be shaken may remain. This,too, is the age when the wise and foolish virgins aresleeping and slumbering together.1 th verse, "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increasedwithtgoods, and have need of est not thatnothing,and know-edgoods."ou art wretched, and miserab e, and poor,and blind, and naked." Our heavenly Instructor hasgiven us inthis verse the reason why they are lukewarm;"because thou sayest, I am rich." The church in thisLsodicean state, like the rich man, will be laying upgoods, or making great calculations for the outward orworldly concerns of the church for many years to come,building places for worship, establishing colleges, highschools, academies, theological instimtions, to raise upa popular ministry, that the world may be pleased, theministry well supported, and they become the most popularsect of the day, " increased with This, too,lsthe church. What shallbe call the goods of the