C A .Zö ,evelatïan of`the Á.pacalyple. 3 5 8 To the Angel ofthe Church of Smyrna write,thefe things faith he that is the firft and laft, who wac dead, and is alive. 9 I know thy works,and thy afficiion,and poverty(but thóu art rich) and the blafphemyofthem that fay they are Jews, and are not, but the fynagogue of Sathan. r o pear none ofthole things which thou 'halt fuffef: Behold it (hall come to paffe,that Satan fhall call fome of you into prifon, that youmay be tryed ; and ye 'hall have aflliEtion ten days ; Be faithfull unto death, and I will give thee the Crownoflife. z r Let him that bath anear,hear what the fpirit faith to the Churches; He that 'hall overcome, fhall not behurt ofthe fecond death. 12 And to the Angel ofthe ChurchofPerganius write, hefe things faith he, that hath that íharpe two edged fword. 13 I know thyworks,and where thou dwellefl, to wit, where Satans throne is, and that thou keepeft my Name, and haft not denyed my Faith yea even in thofe dayes in which Antipas , that my faithful! Martyr was flain among you, where Sathan dwelleth : 14 But I have a few things againft thee, that thou haft there thole that hold the datrine of Balaam who taught Balack to lay a 'tumbling blockbefore thechildren of Ifrael , that they fhould eat of thole things, which, were offered to Idols and that they fhould commit for- nication. 15 So allo haft thou them, which hold the doEtrinc of theNicolaitans, which I hate. 16 Repent : or elfe I will come againft thee einick- ly, and fight with them , with that fword of my- mouth. 17 Let him that hash an ear , hear what the fpirit G z faith
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