because thou art lukewarm The image is of course taken from the tendency of lukewarm water to excite vomiting. It is intendedto be an offensive one, interfering with the self-satisfied refinement to which it is addressed.

I will Rather, I shall soon, or, I am likely to …: the word used does not necessarily imply that the intention is final, and Revelation 3:19 shews that it is not.

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