...which is given of the Lord Jesus Christ as — "He that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the keys of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth." We have noticed the peculiar blessings bestowed upon this Church, and declared in the terms — " I...

...Master." No man may challenge this absolute power of the keys, but ^he that hath the key of David, that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth ; he to whom SM the Father hath given power over all flesh, yea, asaW power in heaven and in earth...

...hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 7 And to the angel of the church in PHILADELPHIA write ; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,...no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth ; 8 I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou...

...receive them unto himself: John, 14 : 3. He will do it. He will not trust the business to Peter. " He that hath the key of David, he that openeth and...no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth, is not Peter, but Christ." Rev. 3 : 7. But the Catholics will have it that Peter is the one ; and he,...

...receive them unto himself: John, 14 : 3. He will do it. He will not trust the business to Peter. " He that hath the key of David, he that openeth and...no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth, is not Peter, but Christ." Rev. 3 : 7. But the Catholics will have it that Peter is the one ; and he,...

...and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open," Isaiah xxii. 22. " These things saith he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and...no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth," Rev. iii. 7 " Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall...

...and receive them unto himself: John, 14 : 3. He will do it. He will not trust the business to Peter. "He that hath the key of David, he that openeth and...no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth, is not Peter, but Christ." Rev. 3 : 7. But the Catholics will have it that Peter is the one; and he,...

...receive them unto himself: John, 14 : 3. He will do it. He will not trust the business to Peter. " He that hath the key of David, he that openeth and...no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth, is not Peter, but Christ." Rev. 3: 7. But the Catholics will have it that Peter is the one; and he,...

...uncontroulable power and universal authority are therefore implied when Christ here reveals himself as "he that openeth and no man shutteth ; and shutteth and no man openeth ;" corresponding nearly to the terms employed when he gave his Apostles a participation in it, saying,...

...him at last SERMON XXIV REVELATION in. 7, 8. And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write ; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true,...no man shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth ; I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : For thou...