...banishment, omitting the name of the emperor, by whom he was banished, saying in the Reve' lation : " I John, who also am your brother and companion in...kingdom ' and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle of Patmos, for the word of God and for the testi' mony of Jesus Christ." And b it seems, that the Revelation...

...things in God, is light in darkness, life in death. The words, which revived him, who stiles himself your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ (Rev. i. 9) remain to cheer a solitude darker, if possible, than his : Fear not : I am the first...

...pencil, but it slides from beneath her hand." Mr. Newton was a sort of second self: " I John who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ," were the words with which Mr. Newton saluted him in London, when they met for the first time...

...of our salvation — he cometh in glorious majesty, as a reward for the. travail of his soul. . 9. I John, who also am your brother, and companion in...patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Fatmos, for the Word of God, and for the testimony of Christ. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's...

...observe, that it is altogether prefatory to the vision of John, which commences at the ninth verse thus, " I John, who also am your brother and companion in...patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Isle that is called Palmos," &c. — It is then unl v by a reference to our Lord's own prediction of future events, as...

...observe, that it is altogether prefatory to Ihe vision of John, which commences at the ninth verse thus, " I John, who also am your brother and companion in...the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Jsle that is called Patmos," &c.— It is then only by a reference to our Lord's own prediction of...

...churches of Asia, which had either been planted or cultivated by him ; and his styling himself " their brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ ;" these, and many more circumstances that might be mentioned, added to the doctrine contained...

...when that venerable man, a last and lonely relict of the Saviour's much loved family, was banished to Patmos " for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ," we have innumerable examples of the meekness and piety, with which the rlim-iplpa nf the Saviour have...

...displeasure of Domitian, who banished him to Patmos at the end of his reign. He himself tells us, that he " was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ ;" and Irenaeus, speaking of the vision which he had there, says, " It is not very long ago that it...

...demonstrated by its success, and he became a joyful martyr to the truth which he published to the world. A " brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ," in common with their saints, he retired into exile in " the isle that is called Patrnos,"...