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To come to the Epistles particularly: In the first he writeth to the Church of Ephesus. Christ describeth himself by that, by which he is set down, Chap. 1. 13. 16. namely, to be he which hath the seven Stars in his hand: noting, that all good things whatsoever are in the Ministers, they come from him, and the praise thereof is due unto him. And secondly, in that he walketh in the midst of the Candlesticks, he noteth, that he seeth all their doings, and therefore he knoweth their works and their labours. And here he commends in them, first, their Patience, then their Impatience; the latter he handles first, as is the manner of the Scripture; namely, that they could not forbear those that feigned themselves to be Apostles, and yet were not, and therefore they proved them and tried, and found them to be liars: Secondly, their Patience, that they had borne much affliction, and many troubles for the truths sake, and did still bear in the maintenance thereof, and were not weary, which is required in true patience.

To come to the Epistles particularly: In the first he writeth to the Church of Ephesus. Christ describeth himselfe by that, by which he is set downe, Chap. 1. 13. 16. namely, to be hee which hath the seauen Starres in his hand: noting, that all good things whatsoeuer are in the Ministers, they come from him, and the praise thereof is due vnto him. And secondly, in that hee walketh in the midst of the Candlestickes, hee noteth, that hee seeth all their doings, and therefore he knoweth their workes and their labours. And here he commends in them, first, their Patience, then their Impatience; the latter he handles first, as is the manner of the Scripture; namely, that they could not forbeare those that fained themselues to be Apostles, and yet were not, and therefore they proued them and tried, and found them to be lyars: Secondly, their Patience, that they had borne much affliction, and many troubles for the truths sake, and did still beare in the maintenance thereof, and were not weary, which is required in true patience.

And having commended the good in them, he comes to the reproof; where he teacheth those that are to reprehend others, that they set down in the first place, the things that are praise-worthy in the parties to be reprehended, and then to set down the reproof: Which condemneth those which use to rell the faults, leaving out the remembrance of the good;