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the_o church_n militant_a unto_o i_o 11_o say_v these_o word_n i_o be_o a_o and_o ω_n to_o wit_n the_o first_o and_o the_o last_o write_v thou_o in_o a_o book_n what_o thou_o see_v and_o send_v it_o to_o the_o seven_o church_n in_o asia_n the_o name_n of_o which_o be_v these_o ephesus_z smyrna_n pergamos_n thyatyra_n sardis_n philadelphia_n and_o laodicea_n 12_o and_o when_o i_o turn_v i_o to_o see_v the_o voice_n 10._o verse_n 10._o i_o do_v see_v seven_o candlestick_n represent_v these_o seven_o church_n 13_o and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o they_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n represent_v he_o clothe_v with_o a_o side_n garment_n for_o gravity_n and_o gird_v about_o the_o pap_n with_o a_o girdle_n of_o gold_n for_o glory_n 14_o his_o head_n and_o hair_n be_v white_a as_o white_a wool_n 17._o psal_n 51._o esay_n 4._o matth._n 3._o jerem._n 1.15_o esay_n 17._o or_o snow_n for_o innocence_n and_o his_o eye_n be_v bright_a like_o flame_n of_o fire_n to_o signify_v his_o 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burden_n and_o yet_o willing_o sustain_v it_o and_o for_o the_o love_n of_o my_o name_n have_v thou_o travail_v much_o and_o yet_o weary_a not_o 4_o but_o in_o this_o i_o must_v find_v fault_n with_o thou_o that_o thy_o former_a charity_n be_v wax_v cold_a 15._o destruction_n to_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n except_o they_o repent_v chap._n 1._o joh._n 12._o v._n 35._o nicolate_v poverb_n 15._o 5_o remember_v then_o from_o whence_o thou_o have_v fall_v and_o repent_v turn_v thyself_o to_o thy_o first_o work_n otherwise_o i_o will_v turn_v against_o thou_o soon_o and_o will_v remove_v thy_o candlestick_n out_o of_o the_o place_n it_o be_v in_o to_o wit_n the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o thy_o church_n if_o thou_o repent_v not_o in_o time_n 6_o but_o this_o again_o thou_o do_v well_o to_o hate_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o nicolaitan_o which_o also_o i_o hate_v 23._o matth._n 23._o 7_o let_v all_o who_o have_v ear_n or_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v follower_n of_o i_o hear_v and_o 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