| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 540 pages
...ministers of the gospel called. Rev. i. 16. " And-he had in his right hand seven stars." And verse 20. " The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest...seven stars are the angels of the seven churches." Here also ministers of the gospel are implicitly compared to those lamps that enlightened the temple... | |
| Bible - 1809 - 658 pages
...which thou hast seen, and the things which now are, and the things which will be hereafter. 20 As to the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and a* to the seven golden candlesticks ; the seven stars are the angelstt of the seven churches, and the... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...and which was, and which is to come ; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne. Ver. 20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest...candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Rev. ii. 1. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write ; These things saith he that holdeth the... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 522 pages
...is ascertained by that passage in the revelation ; the mystery of the seven stars which tkousawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks: the seven stars are the angels oj the seven churches ; and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. ' To signify... | |
| George Campbell - Bible - 1811 - 500 pages
...themselves with the letter, and searched no further. In this sense, fiv$vipiov is used in these words : The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in...of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches ". Again, in the same book : / will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - Bible - 1811 - 396 pages
...the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest...seven stars are the angels of the seven churches ; and tTie seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. II. From Revelation, Chap. 4. 1 AJter... | |
| John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...circumstantial delineation. We know that the candlesticks arc emblematic of the churches. Revelations i. 20, " The mystery of the seven stars which thou...seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angel of the seven churches : and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest, arc the seven churches."... | |
| John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...and of hades. Write the things which thon hast seen, and which are, and which 20 shall be hereafter : The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and of the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are angels of the «even churches : and the seven... | |
| William White - 1813 - 532 pages
...may be found in other places. Thus — " These" [Sarah 'and Hagar] " are the two covenants"!— * " The seven stars are the angels of the seven Churches;" and — " The seven candlesticks are the seven Churches."} The way in which this form of expression became frequent in the New Testament,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1865 - 630 pages
...must believe the certainty of their fulfilment. This fulfilment wfll not accomplish the mistaken * " The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in...candlesticks which thou sawest, are the seven churches." REVELATION i. 19, 20. 28 484 THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS interpretations of men, but the living... | |
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