...remained thus, had not his most gracious Lord and Saviour addressed him, saying, " Fear not ; I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth, and was...behold, I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death," Rev. i. 17, 18. The apostle having taken his motto, speaks of his qualification...

...I fell at his feet as dead; and He laid his right " hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am " the First and the Last, I am He that liveth, and "...behold I am alive for evermore, " and have the keys of Hell and of Death." These, my brethren, are the sublime anticipations of the true Christian — these...

...strength." Johns description being finished, mark what he immediately says of himself." — " I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." To the Philadelphian...

...providence, requisite for the ordering all the great events that should befal it: and said, " I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold, I live for ever, and have the keys of hell, and of death:" wherein he appropriates...

...therefore mine own arm " brought salvation unto me."f The Redeemer proclaims to his faithful people: " 1 am the first " and the last : I am he that liveth, and was • Roman* ir. 85. i. 4. f J*<"nh kiii. I. 3. 5. "dead; and behold I am alive for evermore; " and have...

...Jesus Christ (Rev. i. 9) remain to cheer a solitude darker, if possible, than his : Fear not : I am the first and the last : I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen: and have the keys of hell and of death: Rev. i. 17,...

...him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST : I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; And have the keys of hades and of death." The force...

...him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am the first and the last ; " I am he that liveth, and was dead : and behold, I am alive for evermore. "f It may be questionable whether this sublime passage...

...him, I fell at his feet as dead : and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, tear not ; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth, and was dead : and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and death. II. After this...

...by Christ, who is the author and the finisher of our faith. 3. Rev. i. 1 7, 1 8. " Fear not : I am the first and the last ; I am he that liveth and was dead," &c. 4. Rev. ii. 8. "These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive."...