...aware of their fpiri- cr* 4 ' tual Indigence and Diftrefs : They fay, they are rich, and increajed in Goods, and have need of nothing ; and know not, that they are wretched, and mifer able, and poor, and blind, and naked. (Rev. iii. ij.) When once they come to be awakened to a...

...of their fituation, and-dream of a ftate from which they are greatly removed. They may think, thtt they " are rich, and increafed with goods, and have " need of nothing ;" while,— how melancholy, how fatal the delufion ! they " know not that they are " poor, and mifcrable,...

...feek not the true Riches, which come from God only j they mall be fent empty away ; mall be convinced that they are wretched and miferable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Rev. iii. 17; ihall be deftitute of God's Favour'here, and configned to everlafting Deftruclion hereafter....

...character with contempt or indifference, who fuppofe that they are " rich, and in•creafed with gocds, and have need of nothing ; and know not, that they...wretched, and miferable, and poor, and blind, and naked J." 3. He is our King. To eftablifli a government in the world, was the great obje£t of his incarnation....

...whom I reckon myfelf more immediately a debtor, I mean thofe whofe eyes are fo far opened as to lee that they are wretched, and miferable, and poor, and blind, and naked. It is to you, my dear friends, that our Saviour doth this day addrefs the advice in my text: " I courifel...

...hardened hearts, to make them tofubmit unto thee, that they may not bejlain before thee. And fuch as think they are rich, and increafed with goods, and have...wretched and miferable, and poor, and blind, and naked ; O Lord, difcover them to themfelves, and mew them the true ftate of their fouls ; that they may be...

...that if there be a foul under heaven needs Chriit, it is fuch a perfon. They who, like the Laodiceans, are rich and increafed with goods, and have need of...that th,ey are wretched, and miferable, and poor, Hind, and naked, O how much need had they to liften to the counfel of Jefus, and buy of him gold tried...

...outward ceremonies, or by artificial fyftems and fine reprefentations of virtue. Thus they all became " rich and increafed with goods, and have need of nothing, and know not that they are wretched, miferable, poor, blind, anJ naked !" They boaft, indeed, loudly, that they are making at prefent, great...

...unto thee, that they may not be slain before thee. And such as think they are rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and know not that they are wretched and miserable, •and poor, and blind, and naked; O. Lord discover them to themselves, and shew them the...

...are not aware of their spiritual indigence and distress : they say they are rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and know not that they are •wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. (Rev. iii. n.) When once they come to be awakened to a just...