15.-12.19. Ep 36 2Th 18, Lu 12.5. Ga.5.21. Ep. 4.17. 14,15. 2 Co 2.14 -9.15. for. See on ch.2.19. before. De 12. 611. 25.6.21. Ps.68 3.-96.12, 5.9. ght. Lu.2.37. Ae 26.7. 2 Ti. 1.3. -7.15. praying. ver 11. ch.2. Ba. L10 – 15. 3. 32. Phile 22. perfect Ro 1.11.12. 2 Co.1.15, 11. Phi.1.25. Col.1.28.-4.12. d. ver. 13. Is 63. 16. Je 31 9. Mat.6.4,6,8,9,14,18,26,32 Lu. Jno 2017, 2Co.6.18 Colt 2. I and ear Lord. Se on Ro. 5.2.16. direct, or, guide. GNT ar 9.21..23. Pr.3.5,6 Mar. 1 3. * Lord. ch.4.10 P. 115 4. Lu. 30% 9 10. Ja. 1.17. 2 Pe. 3.18. eb.4.9,10. Phi. 1.9. 2 Th. 1.3. 6.5 15. Mat.7.12.-27.39. Ro.13. XIII. Ga 56,13,14,22. 2 Pe 1 7. 11.19.-4.7.16. even. ch.28. may, ch.5.23. Ro.14 4.-16.25 1 Phil 10, 2 Th.2.16,17. 1 Pe 5. 03 20,21. unblameable. Ep.5. A1.2. Jos. 3. 20, 21. Jode 24. See on ver. 11. at the ch.2.19. 23. 1 Co.1.7.-15.23. 2 Tb.2 1. Dr. 33.2. Zec, 14.5. 2 Th. 1.10. CHAP. IV. barfoth them to go forward in manner of godliness, 1-5; to Adily and justly, 6-8; to love mother, 9, 19; and quietly to • their own business, 11, 12; Jest of all, to sorrow moderately be dead, 13-16. And unto this Cortation is annexed a brief ption of the resurrection, and coming of Christ to judg . 17, 19. + eh 21). Ra 121. 2Ca 6.1-10. 4.1. Pbile 9,10. He.13.22. 4 er, we request. exhort. or, h. by the ver 2 Ep.4.20. 2Th.2. 521-6.13,14 271.4.1. ye have. 12. Ac.20.27 1 Co 11.24-15.1. 27. Cal 2 6. 2 Tb.3 10 12. See on cb.2.12. to please. Ko. 22 Ep.5.17. Col.1.b. He.11.6. 6. 1 Jus 3.22. so ge. ver. 10. Job P 92.14. Pr.4.18. Juo 15.2. 1 Co. Phi19.314. 2Tbl3. 4Pel. -3.18. 2.3.17. Mat.28 20. 1Co.9.21. Tb. As ch 5.18. Ps.40.8.-143.10. Mat. -11.30. Mar. 3.35. no.4.34.-7.17. 12 Ep. 5 17.-6.6. Col.1.9.-4.12. 4-121. 1 Pe 4.2. 1 Jno 2.17. Ter 4. ch.5.23. Jno 17.17. 19. Aa. 2-219 Ro.6.22 Gr. 1Co.1.30 -6. 58,27. 2Tb.2.13. Tit.2.14. 1Pe. that. Mat.15.19. Ac.15.20,29. Ro. 1.5.3.11-6.9,10,13,18-7.2. 12.2 Ga.5.19. Ep.5.3..5. Col. 35. 1710.-13.4. Re.21.8-22.15. Gr. should Ro.6.19.-12.1. 1 Co. 6. 15, his. 15a.21.5. Ac.9.15. Ro.9. 3. 2 Ti.2.20,21. 1 Pe.3.7. honour. 1.3. He 13.4. In the. Ru. 1.24,26. Col 3.5. as the. 637. La.12.30 Ep.4.17 19. 1 Pe 4. Row. Ac. 17.23,30,31 Ro.1.28. ICo. -15.34. Ga 19 Ép 2 12. 7Th1 9. 8. Ex.20.15,17. Le.19.11,13. De. -13.16. Pr.11.1.-16.11-20 14, 2 24. 1.5.7.-9.4.7. Je 9 4. Ezo. 3-45.9.14 Am 8.5,6. Zep 3.5. Mal. Mar.10.19. 1 Co.67.9. Ep.4.28. Ja. defraud. er, oppress, or, overh. Le 25.14,17. 15a 12.3,4, Pr 22.22. 16 Mi 2.2. Zep.3.1. Ja 2.6. in any terer, in the matter. the Lord. 32.35 Job 31.13,14. Ps 94.1-140.12. 22.22,23 Ec.6.8 Is.1.23,24. Rel 7 God. Le 11 44.-19.2. Ro.1 7.-8. 2,30 1Cola Ep 14 – 2 10 – 41 2 Th.2 13,14. 2 Ti.1.9. He 12.14. 1 Pe 1. 14.16-2.9.12,21,27, uncleanness, ch. 2.3. Ga 5.19. Ep 4.19. 2 Pe 2.10. despiseth or, rejecteth. 1 Sa 8.7. -10.19. Jno. 12.48. despiseth not. Pr. 17.-23.9 Is.49 7.-53 10. Lu.10.16. Ac. 13.41 Jude 8, who. Ne 9.30. Ac 5.3,4. 1 Co.2.10.-7.40. 1 Pe. 1.12. 2 Pe.1.21. 1 Jno.3.24. 9 touchin, Le.19.8. Ps.133.1. Jno. 13.34,35.-15.12.17. Ac. 4.32. Ro 12 10. Ep.5.1,2 He.13 1. 1 Pe 38. 2 Pe 1.7 1Jno 2.10-3.11,14. 19,23-4.7.16 ye need. ch.5.1.Je.31.34. H.9 10 11 1Jno. 2.20. 27. for ye. 18.51.13. Mat 22.39 Jno 6.44,45 13 34.— 14 26.-15. 12,17. Ep.5.2. He 10 16. 1 Pe.4 8. Juo 3.11, 23.-4.21.-5.1. 10 all the ch.1.7. 2 Co. 8. 1, 2,8. 10. Ep.1.15. Col.1.4. 2 Tb.1.3. Phile 5 7. that ye ver.1, ch.3.12. Phi.1.9.-3.13.. 15. 2 Pe.3 18. 13 34. La 12.42,43. Ro.12.4. 8. Col. 3. 22. 24. 2 Th 3.li, 1 Ti.5. 13. Tit24 10 1 P. 4.10,11,15. to work. Ac 20.35. Rs.12.11. 1 Co.4.12. Ep.4.28. 2 Th.3.7.. 12. Tit.3.14, marg. 12 ye may walk ch.5.22. Ro. 12.17.13.13 2Co 8.20,21 Phi 4.8. Tit. 2.8.10. 1 Pe.2.12-3. 16,17. them. Mar. 4. 11. I Co 5.12,13. Col.4.5. I T 3.7. 1 Pe 31. nothing or, no mas. 2 Co.11.7.9. 13 I would. Ro.1.13. 1 Co.10,1.-12.1. 2 Co.1.8. 2 Pe 3.8. which are ver. 15. ch.5.10. 1 Ki 1.21.-2.10. Da.12.2. Mat. 27.52. La 8.52,53. Jno 11.11.13. Ac.7. 60.-13 36. 1 Co. 15.6,15. 2 Pe 3.4. ye BOTTON. Ge 37.35. Le 19.29. De.14.1,2 2 Sa 12.19,20-18.33. Job 1.21. Eze 24. 16. 19. Jao. 11.24. Ac.8.2. which have. See on Ep.2.12 Job 19.25..27. Pr.14.32. Eze 37.11.1 Co 15 19. 14 if we Is 26 19. Ro.8.11. 1 Co.15. 12. 23. 2Co.4.13,14.Re.1.18. sleep. ver. 13. ch 3 13 1Co 15.19. Re.14 13 God. ver.17. Ge.49 19. Zec.14.5. Mat.24 31. 1C91523. Phi 3.20,21 2Th21. Jude 14,15. 15 by the. 1 Ki.13.1,9,17,18,22.-20. 35.-22.14. which are 1 Co 15.51..53. 2 Co.4.14. prevent, Job41,11. P..89.13. -119.147,148. Mat.17.25. asleep. See on ver. 13. 18 the Lord. Is 25.8,9. Mat 16.27.24.30,31-25 31-26 64. Ac.1.11. 2 Th. 1.7. 2 Pe 3.10. Re 1.7. with a. Nu 23. 21. P. 47.1,5. Zoo. 4 7.-99. the archangel. Jude 9. with the trump. Ex. 19. 16-20 18. Is.27 13. Zec. 9.14. 1 Co. 15.52. Re.1.10.-8.13. and the. 1 Co. 15.23,51,52 Re.20.5,6. 17 we which ver. 15, 1 Co. 15. 52. caught. I Ki 18 12. 2 Ki.2.11, 16. Ac.8. 39 2 Co.12.2.4. Re 11.12.-12.5. in the. Mat. 26.64. Mar 14.62. Ac.1.9. Re. 1.7. and so. Ps.16 11.-17.15-49.15,73.24. 18.35.10-60.19,20 Jao 12.26--14. *−1724 2Ca 5 9 Phil 23 ) Pe 3.13. R. 7,14 17.-21.3.7,22,23.-22.3..5. 19 Wherefore cb.5.11,14. Is.40.1,2. Lu.21.28. He 12.12. comfort. or, exbort. He 10.24,25. CHAP. V. He proceedeth in the former descrip tion of Christ's coming to judgment, 1-15; and giveth divers precepts, 16-22; and so concludeth the opistle, 23-28 I the times. Mat.24.3,36, Mar.13.30.. 32. Ac.1.7. ye. ch.4 9. 2Co.9.1. Jude3, 2 know. Je 23.20. the day. Mat.94. 42.44.-25.13. Mar, 13.34,35. Lu.12.39, 40. 2 Pe.3.10. Re 3.3.-16.15. 3 Peace. De 29.19. Ju.18.27,28 Ps. 10.11.13. s.21.4-56.12. Da.5.3..6. Na 1.10. Mat 24 37. 39. Lu 17.26. 30-21.34, 35 then Ex. 15.9,10. Jos 8.20 22. Ja. 20.41,42. 2 Ch. 32.19..21. Ps.73.18.20. Pr.29.1. 18.30.13. Lu.17.27..29-21 34, 35. Ac 12.22.23. 12.41 2 1.1.9. 2 Pe. 2.4. Re. 18.7,8. as. Ps 48 6. 1s.43.6. 9. -21.3. Je 4 31-6.24.-13.21.-22.23. Ho. 13.13. Mi.4.9,10. and they. Mat.23.33. Me.2.3-12 25. 4 are. Ro. 13.11.13. Col.1.13. 1 Pe.2. 9,10. Jno 2.8. overtake. De 19.6.28.15,45. Je 42.16. Ho. 10.9 Zec. 1.6. 6 Lu.16.8 Jno.12.36 Ac.26.18. Ep.5.8. 6 let us not. Pr.19 15. In 56.10. Jon. 1.6. Mat.13.25.-25.5. Mar.14.37. La 22. 46. Ro.13.11. 14. ICal34. Ep 5 14. watch. Mat 24.42-25.13.-26.38,40,41, Mar 13.34,35,37-14.38. Lu. 12.37,39.21.36.-72 46. Ae 20.31. 1 Co.16.13. Ep. 6.18 Col.4.2. 2 Ti.4.5. 1 Pe.4.7. Re.3.2. -16.15. sober. vers. Phi 45. IT, 9,15-3.2,11. Tit 2.6,12. 1 Pe.1.13.-5.9. 7 they that sleep. Job 4. 13.-33.15. Lu.21 34,35. Ro.13 13. 1Co. 15.34. Ep 5. and they 1 Sa 25.36,37, Pr 23.29. 35. Is 21.4,5. Da.5.4,5. Ac 2.15. 2Pe.2.13. 8 h. ver.5. Ro 13.13. Ep.5.8,9 1Pe. 29. Jno 1.7. the breastplate. 16.59. 17. Ro.13.12. 2 Co 67. Ep 6.11,13..18. the hope. Job 19 23. 27. Ps. 42.5, 11.-43. 5. La 3.26. Ro 5 2 5-8.24,25. 1 Co.13. 13. Ga.5.5 2 Th.2.16. He 6.19.-10 35, 36. 1 Pe.1.3..5,13. 1 Joo.3.1. 3. 14. 9 not, ch.1.10.-3.3. Ex 9.16. Pr. 16. 4. Eze 38.10.17. Mat 26 24. Ac. 1.20,25. -13.48. Ro 9.11. 23. 2 Ti 2 19,20. I Pe. 2.8. 2 Pe 2.3. Jude 4. obtain. Ro.11.7, 30 4 Th 273,14 | TiL13,16. 2 Ti 2.10 1 Pe 2.10. 2 Pe.1.1. 10 died. Mat.20.28. Jno 10.11,15,1715.13. Ro.5 6. 8. 8.34.-14.8,9 1 Co. 15. 3. 2 Co 5.15,21. Ep 5.2. 1 Ti.2.6. Tit. 2. 14. 1 Pe 2.24.-3.18. whether. See on cb.4.13,17. 1 Wherefore. See on ch 4.18. comfort, or, exhort. He.3.13.-10 25. and edify. Ro.14.19-15.2 1 Co. 10.23.-14. 5,12,29. 2 Co.12 19. Ep 4.12,16,29. | Ti 14. Jude 20. even ch 4.10. Ro.15 14. 2 Pe. 1.12. 12 to know. 1 Co.16.18. Phi 2.29. He. 13.7,17. labour. ch.2 9. Mat.9.37,38. La 10.1,2,7 Joo.4.38 Ac.20.35, 1 Co.3. 9.-15.10.-16.16. 2 Co 5.9-6.1.-11.23. Ga 4.11. Phi 2.16. Col 1 29. IT.5.17,18. 2 11.2.6. Re.2.3. and are. Ac.20 28. I Co. 12.28. Tit 1.5. He.13.7, 17. 1 Pe.5. 2,3. Re. 1. 20-21, 8, 12, 18-3.1,7,14. and admonish. ver. 14. 1 Ti.5.1,20. Tit. 1.13.-2.15. 13 esteem. Mat. 10.40. 1 Co. 4.1,2-9. 7..11. Ga.4.14.-6.6. And be. Ge.45.24. Ps. 133.1. Mar. 9.50 Lu.17.3.5 Jao. 13. 34,35.-15.17. Ro.14.17. 19. 2 Co.13.11. Ga 5.22. Ep.4.3 Col.3.15. 2 Th.3.16. 2 Ti.2.22. He 12.14. Ja.3.18. 14 exhort, or, beseech. Ro. 12.1. you. See on ver. 12. warn Je 6.10. Eze 3. 17..21-33.3..9. Ae 20.27,31. 1 Co.4.14. Col.1 28. that. Tit. I 6,10, unruly. or, disorderly 2 Th.3 11.13. comfort. ch.2.7.12. 15.35.3,4-40 1,2,11. Eze 34. 16. Mat.12.20. Lu.22.32 Jao.21 15..17. Ro.141-15.1..3. Ga.6.1,2. He 12.12. support. Ae. 20. 35. Gr. be. Is. 63. 9. 1 Co 13.4,5. Ga.5.22. Ep 4.2,32.-5.1.2. Col.3.12,13. 111.3 3.-6.11. 2 Ti.2.24, 25.-4.2. He 5.2,3.-13.3. 15 See Ge 45.24. 1Co 1610, EpS. 15,33. 1Pe 1.22. Re 19.10.–22.9. поле. Ex.23.4,5. Le 19.18. 1 Sa 24 13. Ps 7.4. Pr.17 13.-20.22.-24.17,29.-25.21. Mat. 5.39,44,45. La 6 35. Ro.12.17..21. 1 Co. 6.7. 1 Pe 2.22.23-3.9. ever. ch.2.12. De 16.20 P, 38 20. Ro.14.19. 1 Co.14.1. IT.6.11. He 12 14.1 Pe 3 11,13 3Jno.11. and Ro 12.17,18. Ga.6.10. 2 Ti. 2. 24. Tit.3.9. 1Pe.2.17. 16 Rejoice. 2 Co.6.10. Phi 4.4. Mat. 5.12. Lu.10.20. Ro. 12.12. 17 Pray See on Lu. 18.1.-21.36. Re. 12.12 Ep.6.18. Col 4.2. 1 Pe.4.7. 18 every. Ep. 5.20. Phi.4.6. Col.3.17. Job 1.21. Ps 34.1. He.13.15. for. ch.4. 3. 1 Pe.2.15.-4.2. 1 Joo.2.17. 19 Quench. Ca. 87. Ep 4.30.-6.16. the Spirit. Ge 6 3 1 Sa 16.14. Ne.9.30 P..51.11. Is 63.10. Ac.7.51. 1 Co.14.30. Ep 4.39 1 Ti.4.14. 2 Ti.16. 22 ch.4.12. Ex 23.7. Isa 23.15. Mat. 17.26,27. Ro. 12. 17. ICo.8.13-10.31 33. 20 ch 45. NaJ2 3 1Sa 10.5,6,| 2Ca.63–4 20,21. Phias Jude 10.13.-19.20..24. Ae.19.6. 1C.11.4.12.10,8-13.2,9.-14.1,36,22.25,29..32, 37..39 Ep.4.11,12. Re. 11.3..11. 21 Prove. Is 8,20, Mat 7 15..20. Mar. 7.14.16. La. 12.57. Ac.17.11. Ro 12.2. 23 Ged. Re 15.3,13,33.-16.20.1C.14. 170 2|1,14,15-14.25. Ep5.10. Phi Jade 1. your He 4.12. preserved. 24 Faithful. De 7.9. Ps.36.5.-40.10. The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the CHAP. I. Saint Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which he had of their faith, love, and patience, 1–10; and there withal with divers reasons for the Comforting of them in persecution, whereof the chief is taken from the righteous judgment of God, 11, 12. 1 See on 2 Co 1.19. 1 Th. 1.1, &e. 3 are ch.2.13. See on Ro.1.8, ICo.I. 4. 1 Th.1.2,3-3,6,9. as it. Lu.15.32. РЫ. 1.7. 2 Pe.1.13. your. Job 17.9. Ps.54 7.-92.13. Pr. 4.15. Is. 40.29.31. Lu. 17.5. Jno 15.2. Phi 1.9. 1 Th.4.1,9, 10. I Pe. 1. 22. 2 Pe. 1.5..10.-3. is. grower. The word reparare, from Prop, intensive, and avar to grow, increase, siguibes, as Dr. Clarke remarks, to grow luxuriantly, as a good and healthy tree in a good soil; and, if a fruit tree, bearing an abundance of fruit to compensate the labour of the husbandman. Faith is one of the sreds of the kingdom: this the Apostle had Bowed and catered, and God gave an abundant increase. Their faith was multiplied, and their love abounded: and this was not the case with some distinguished characters only; it was the case with every one of them. For this the apostle felt himself bound to give continual thanks to God on their behalf, as it was nieet' and right. THESSALONIANS. 20.10,14,15.-21.9. taking. or, yielding. vengeance. De 32.35,41,42. P 29.12. -94.1. Is.61.2-63 4.6 Me.10.30. Re 6. 10,16,17. that know Ex.5.2. 1 Sa.2. 12. Pa 9.10-79.6, 1.27.11. J 9.6. Zep. 1.6 Jno.3.19.-8.19. Ra. 1.28. Co.15.34 1 Th.4.5. and that. De.4.30. Ps. 18.44. Is.1.19. Ac.6.7 Ro.1.5.-2.7,8.-6.16.-— 10.16.-15.18.-16.26. 2 Co. 10.5. Ca 3.1. He.2.3.-5.9.-11. 8. 1 Pe. 1. 236. 4.17. 9 be. 1s.33.14.-66.24. Da.12.2. Mat. 25.41,46-26.24. Mar 9.43.49. La 16.25, 26. Juo 5.14. Phi.3.19, H. 10.29. 2 Pe. 2.17.-3.7. Jude 13. Re. 14.10,11.—20 14. -21.9.-22.15 from the presence, Ge. 3.8.-4.16. Job 21.14 -2.17. Ps.16.1151.11. Mat.7.23.-22.13.-25.41. 1.13. 27. the glory. ch.2.8. De 33.2. 1.2.10, 19,21. Mat.16.27.-24.30. Tit.2.13. Gr. Re 20.11. 10 to be glorified. ver.12. Nu 23.23. Ps 89.7. 15.43.21.44.23.-49.3.-60.21. Je.33.9. Mat. 25.31. Jno. 11.4-17.10. Ga. 1.21. Ep. 1. 6, 12, 14, 18.-2.7.-3. 10,16. 1 Pe 2.9. Re 7.11,12. to be admired. Ps.68.35 our ch.2.13. ITb.1.5.-9.13. in that. Mal.3.17. Mat.7.22-24.36. Lu 10.12. 2 Ti.1.12,18.-4.8. 11 we pray. See on Ro.1 9. Ep. 1.16. -3 14.21. Phi 1.9..11. Col 1.9.15. ITH. 3.9.13. our God. Ps.45 14-65.20. Is. 25 9-55.7. Da.3.17. Re.5.10. would. See on ver.5. Col.1.12. Re 3.4 count. or, vouchsafe. calling. ch.2.14. R.8. 30.-9.23,24. Phi.3.14.1 Th.2.12. He 3. 1. 1Pe.5.10. fulfil. Ps.138.8. Pr.4.18. 1.8. Phi.1.6. glory. 2 Co.7.14.-9.2,4. 1Tb 2.19. your patience, ch.3.5. Ro.2.7-5.3.3-1.60.9. Ho 6.3 Zec.4.7. Mar 4:25. ICs. 8.25.-12.12. 1 Tb.1.3.-3.2.8. He 6.15. the good. Ps.51.15. Lu. -10.36.-12.1..3. Ja.1.3,4.-5.7,8, 2Pe.1. 12.32. Ep.1.5,9. Phi.2.13. Tit.3 4.7 6. Re.14.12. your persecutions. Th. the work Joo.6.2729. Ep.1.19,20, ITh 2.14-3.3,4. J.5.11. 5 a manifest. ver.6. Phi.1.28. 1P.4. 14..18. righteous. Job 9.3 P.9.7.5. 33.5.-50.6-72.2.-99.4-111.7. Je 9.24. Da.4.37. Ro.2.5. Re. 15.4.-16.7-19.2. may. ver. 11. Lu 20.35.-21.36. Ac.13.46, Ep. 4.1. Col.1.12. Re.3.4. for. ver 7. Ac.14.22. Ro.8.17. I Th.2.14. 2 Ti.2 12. He 10.32,33. 6 De 32 41..43. Pa. 74.22,23-79.10.. 12-94.20.23. 18.49.26. Zec.2.8. Re 6, 10.-11.18.-15.4.-16.5,6.-18. 20,24. 19.2. 7 Ao. Is.57.2. Mat.5.10..12. Lu.16. 25. Ro.5.17. 2Co.4.17. 2Ti.2.12. He 4.1, 9,11. Pe. 4.1. Re.7 14.17 -14.13.-21.4. when. Mat 13.39..43.-16.27.-25.31.26.64. Mar 5 35.-14.62. Jao. 1.51. Ac.1 11. Th.4.16,17. Tit.2.13. He.9.28. Jude 14,15. Re.1.7.-20.11. his mighty angels Gr. the angels of his power. Juo. 1.3. Ep.1.2. Col.1.16 1 Pe.3.22. Re.22. 6,9,16. Aaming. Ge 3. 24. De. 4. 11.5.5. Ps.21.9,3-50.2. 6. Da 7.10. Mat.25.41, 46. He 10.27.-12.29. 2Pe.3.7,10..12. Re. 1.3.-2.13. He 12.2. 12 the name. See on ver.10. Jno.17. 10. 1Pe 4.14. and ye, Gr.15.18. Ps.72. 17. Is.45.17,25. Jno.17.21.26. Phi.3.9. Col.2.9,10. 1 Pe.1.7,8. the grace. See on Ro.1.7. 1 Co. 1.4. 2 Co. 8. 9.-13.4. Tit.2.11. Re.1.4. CHAP. 11. Paul urgeth them to continue stedfast in the truth received, 1, 2; showeth that there shall be a departure from the faith, 3-8, and a drecovery of 11,19. Re1.7. Cal 3.1 m Antichrist, before the day of the from Cell. Pra Lord come, 9-14; and thereupon.44. He 1.19. repeateth his former exhortation, and prayeth for them, 15-17. Is. See on Ro.12.1. by the. See on 1 Th. 4. 14.16. and by. Ge. 49.10. Mat 24.31.-25.32. Mar.13.27. Ep 1.10. 1 Tb.3.13-4.47. 2 Ti.4.1. be N 2 The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS. A. D. 54. CHAP. I. and Silvanus, and Timotheus, he church of the Thessalonians a 1Th.1.1, &c. our Father and the Lord Jesus 3 orholdeth b 1 Co. 1. 3. ce unto you, and peace, frome 13.4.3. ir Father and the Lord Jesus d Da7.10,11. are bound to thank God always brethren, as it is meet, because ir faith groweth exceedingly, and rity of every one of you all toich other aboundeth; Dat we ourselves glory in you in arches of God, for your patience th in all your persecutions and sons that ye endure; 4 ach as a manifest token of the as judgment of God, that ye may ted worthy of the kingdom of God, hye also suffer: ing it is a righteous thing with recompense tribulation to them uble you; i to you who are troubled, rest ; when the Lord Jesus shall be from heaven with 7 his mighty flaming fire d taking vengeance a that know not God, and that ot the gospel of our Lord Jesus shall be punished with everdestruction from the presence Lord, and from the glory of his 'hen he shall come to be glorified saints, and to be admired in all at believe (because our testimony you was believed) in that day. herefore also we pray always for bat our God would count you * of this calling, and fulfil all the pleasure of his goodness, and the of faith with power; that the name of our Lord Jesus t may be glorified in you, and ye in according to the grace of our God he Lord Jesus Christ. CHAP. II. W we beseech you, brethren, by the g of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by ithering together unto him, hat ye be not soon shaken in mind, troubled, neither by spirit, nor by , nor by letter, as from us, as that ay of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any s: for that day shall not come, exthere come a falling away first, that man of sin be revealed, the of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself e all that is called God, or that is hipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in emple of God, shewing himself that God. e Is. 11. 4. Re.19.15,21. He. 10, 27. 2 Co. 9. 2. 1Th.2.19,20 Ja. 5. 11. i Phi. 1.22 He. 3. 13. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth, that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. 1Co.16.22 working of Satan, with all powe; and 9 Even him, whose coming is after the signs and lying wonders, / 1 Th. 2. 14. He.10.32.33. Re. 6, 10. Eze. 14.9. Ro. 1. 24. Re. 14. 13. De. 32. 35. 91 Th. 4. 16. p Jude 14. y the angels of his power. 2 Pe. 3. 7. 10 And with all deceivableness; of unrighteousness in them that perish be cause they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion," that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks 27.alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from through sanctification of the Spirit and the beginning chosen you to salvation De 32.41,43 Ps. 79. 6. 1 Th. 1. 4. 1 Pe. 1. 2. Phi. 3. 19. 2 Pe. 3.7. # 1 Pe. 5. 10. 18. 2. 19. 6 Mat.25.31. e Ps. 68, 35. d Jn. 13. 1. Re. 1. 5. e belief of the truth; 14 Whereunto he called yon by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish or, vouch-you in every good word and work. CHAP. III. safe. Col. 1.12. Re. 3. 4. f 1 Pe. 1. 3. g 1 Pe. 1.7. run, • absurd. 1 Co. 1.9. i Mat.24.4.6. * Jn. 17. 15. 1 2 Co. 7. 16, m1 Ti. 4. 1. Da. 7. 25. o Jn. 17. 12. p 1Ch.29.18. Nor, pa- FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from @unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct? your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every Christ, that with quietness ther wink and eat their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, be on MET in well doing. 14 And if any man obey not our WIL by this epistle, note that have no company with him, task an may be ashamed. 15 Yet count im not as an enemy, De admonish Arm as a brother! 16 Now the Lord of pears and give you peace always by a The Lord & with you al 17 The salutation of Pas vd own band, which is the tam a ey epistle: so I write. 18 The grace of our Lor: lesa Omni be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Thessa was written trein Athens. 25.-24.30, 34. 1 Th.4.11. 2Ca 1.5 10. 1 Th.2 19. 2 Ti.4.17. MA- 119. that Ge.3.19. Pr.13.4.-20.4.-21. nd. See on 1 Co.15.58.-16.13. & old cb.3.6.1C.11.2. the traRo.6.17. Jude 3. Gr. whether. 3.14 Lord. eb.1.1,2. See on Ro.1. 3.11. which See on ver. 13. -131.-15.9,13. Ro.5.8. Ep.2. 25. Tit.3.4..7. 1 Jna 3.16.-4.9, 5.-3.9. everlasting. Po 103. 33.10. -51. 11. 60, 19, 20.-61.7. Jno.4.14.-14.16..18.-16.22. IS. H.6.18.1Pe.1.5.8. Re 7.16, good. Ro. 5. 2. 5.-8.24,25. 3. 1Tb.1.3. Tit.1.2.-2.13. Ho. 19.-7.19. 1 Pe.1.3.5. 1Jno 3.2, engi. Ac.15.11.-18.27. Ro.4.4, -11.5,6. mfort ver. 16. Is. 51.3,12.-57. CHAP. III. weth their prayers for him2 testifieth what confidence tà in them, 3, 4; maketh reto God in their behalf, 5; them divers precepts, espe. to shun idleness, and ill com. 6-15; and then concludeth trager and salutation, 16-18. Mat 9.39. La 10.2. Ro. 15.30. Ep 6.19,20. Col.4.3. 1 Th.5. Re.13.18,19. the word. Ac.6.7. -13.49.-19 20 I Co 16.9. 2 Ti. we free course. Gr. run be. 2. Ac.13 48. even. 1 Th.1.5.-2. Ro. 15. 31. 1 Co. 15.32. vered. 3 the Lord. See on I Co.1.9.-10.13. I Th.5.24. stablish. See on ch.2.17. and, Ge. 49. 16. 1 Ch.4.10. Ps.19 13,121 7. Mat. 6.13 La.11.4. Juo.17.15. 2 Ti.4.19. 2 Pe 2.9. Jude 24. 4 we have. Ro.15.14. 2Co.2.3.-7.16.8. 22. Ga. 5.10. Phi. 1.6. Philem. 21. that. ver 6,12. Mat.29.20. Ro.2.7.-15. IS. ICo.7.19.-14.37. 2Co.2.9.-7.15. Phi. 2.12. 1Tb.4.1,2,10, 5 the Lord. I Ki. 8. 58. 1 Ch. 29.18. Ps.119.5.36. Pr 3.6. Je.10.23. Ja 1.16.. 18. into. De 30.6. Je 31.33. Ro 5.5. -9.28. I Co.8.3. Ga.5.22. Ja 2.5, 1Jno. 4.19. and into. Ps.40 1-130.5,6 La. 3.26. La.12.36,37, Ro.8.25 Phi 3.20,21. I Th.1.3,10. 2 T4.8. Tit.2.13. He 9.29. 2 Pe.3.12. R 3.10,11.-13.10. the patient waiting for Christ. er, the patience of Christ. He 12.2,3. 1 Pe.4.1. 6 in the 1 Co.5.4. 2 Co.2.10. Ep.4. walketh. ver. 7, 11. 1 Th. 4. 11.-5. 14. ? hot ver D. 1C9416.-1L1. Phi A, 11 walk. See on ver. 6 working. 1 Th.4.11. 1 Ti.5.13. 1 Pe.4.15. 12 we. See on ver G. that with. Ge. 49.14,15. Fr. 17.1. Ee. 46. Ep.4.29 Th. 4.11. 1 Ti.2.2. eat. See on ver.8. La. 11.3. 13 . Is.40.30,31 Mal 1.13. Ro 2.7. ICa.15.29. Ga 9,10 Phi19. | Th.41. He 12.3. be not wearg er, faint not. De.20.8. P.27.13. Is. 40.29. Zep. 3.16, marg. La. 18.1. 2 Co. 4. 1, 16. He.12.5. Re.2.3. 14 obey. De 16.12. Pr.5.13. Zep 3.2. 2Co29–715 –106. Phí 2 12. 1 Th 4 8. Philem 21. He. 13.17. by this epistle, note that man, or, signify that man by an epistle. ver. 6. Mat 18.17. Ro.16.17. 1 Co 59,11. Tit.3. 10. that he. Nu.12. 14. Ezr.9.6 Ps.83.16. Je 3.3.-6.15.-31. 18.20 Eze.16 61.63.-36.31,32. Lu. 15. 18.21. 15 count. Le.19 17,18. 1 Co. 5.5. 2Co. 2.6.10 10 8.-13 10. Ga.6.1. 1 Th.5.14. Jude 22,23 admonich P.141.5. Pr.9. 9.-25.12. Mat.18.15. ICo.4.14. Tit.3.10. Ja 5.19.20. 16 the Lord of. Ps.72.3,7. Is 9.6,7. Zec 6.13. Lu.2.14. Jno. 14.27. Ro.15.33. -16.20, 1Co.14.33. 2Co.5.19.21.-13.11. Ep.2.14.17 1 Tb.5.23. He.7.2.-13.20. give. Nu.6.26. Ju.6.24, marg. Ps.29.11. 85.8.10. Is.26 12-45.7.-54.10-66.12. Hag 29. Jno. 16.33. See on Ro.1.7. Phi. The Lord be. ver. 18. 1 S.17. 37.-20.13. Ps 46.7,11. I.8.10. Mat.1.23. -29.20 2 Ti 4:22. Philem 25. 8 sat. ver. 12. Pr. 31. 27. Mat. 6.11.4.7.9. 10 when. Lu. 24.44. Jno.16.4. Ae.20. 17 with. 1 Co.16.2. Col.4.18. the token. See on ch.1 5. Jos. 2. 12. 1 Sa. 17.19. 15 See on Ro.16.20,24. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS. "irst Epistle to the Thessalonians, it is generally agreed, was the earliest written of all St. Paul's epistles; whence the reason and propriety of his anxiety that it should be read in all the Christian churches of Macedonia. -' 1 yes by the Lord, that this Epistle be read unto all the boly brethren.' (cb. v. 27.) The existence of this clause," Dr. Paley, is an evidence of its authenticity; because, to produce a letter, perporting to have been publicly the church at Thessalonica, when no such letter had been read or heard of in that church, would be to produce stare destructive of itself... Either the Epistle was publicly read in the church of Thessalonica, during St. Paul's er it was not. If it was, no publication could be more authentic, no species of notoriety more unquestionable, kad of preserving the integrity of the copy more secure.. If it was not, the clause would remain a standing conan of the forgery, and one would suppose, an invincible impediment to its success." Its genuineness, however, r been disputed; and it has been universaliy received in the Christian church, as the inspired production of St. from the earliest period to the present day. The circumstance of this injunction being given, in the first epistle iss A postle wrote, also implies a strong and avowed claim to the character of an inspired writer, as in fact it placed tugs on the same ground with those of Moses and the ancient prophets. The Second Epistle, besides those marks Beess and authority which it possesses in common with the others, bears the highest evidence of its divide es, to the representation which it contains of the papal power, under the characters of the Man of sin,' and the ry of iniquity.' The true Christian worship is the worship of the one only God, through the one only Mediator, in Christ Jesus; and from this worship the church of Rome has most notoriously departed, by substituting other tors, invocating and adoring saints and angels, worshipping images, adoring the host, &c. It follows, therefore, the man of sin' is the Pope, not only on account of the disgraceful lives of many of them, but by means of their Jess doctrines and principles, dispensing with the most necessary duties, selling pardons and indulgences for at abominable crimes, and perverting the worship of God to the grossest superstition and idolatry. It was 10y the chief design of the Apostle, in writing to the Thessalonians, to confirm them in the faith, to animate them Gorgeous profession of the Gospel, and to the practice of all the duties of Christianity; but to suppose, with Dr. night, that he intended to prove the divine authority of Christianity by a chain of regular arguments, in which he and the several objections which the beathen philosophers are supposed to have advanced, seems quite foreign to ature of the epistles, and to be grounded on a mistaken notion, that the philosophers designed at so early a period er a regular disputation with the Christians, when in fact they derided them as enthusiasts, and branded their aes & foolishness. la parsuance of his grand object, it is remarkable,' says Dr. Doddridge, with how much be improves all the influence which his zeal and fidelity in their service must naturally give him, to inculcate them the precepts of the gospel, and persuade them to act agreeably to their sacred character. This was the grand he always kept in view, and to which every thing else was made subservient. Nothing appears, in any part of his op, like a design to establish his own reputation, or to make use of bis ascendancy over his Christian friends to On the contrary, in this and in his other epistles, he discovers a most generous, rany secular purposes of bis own. erested regard for their welfare, expressly disclaiming any authority over their consciences, and appealing to them, be bad chosen to maintain himself by the labour of his own bands, rather than prove burdensome to the churches, te the least colour of suspicion, that, under zeal for the gospel, and concern for their improvement, he was carrying private sinister view. The discovery of so excellent a temper must be allowed to carry with it a strong presump ergament in favour of the doctrines he taught. And, indeed, whoever reads St. Paul's epistles with attention, and nate the spirit with which they were written, will discern such intrinsic characters of their genuineness, and the 24 authority of the doctrines they contain, as will, perhaps, produce in him a stronger conviction than all the real evidence with which they are attended. These remarks are exceedingly well grounded and highly important. to no other Epistles can they apply with greater force than the present most excellent productions of the inspired The last two chapters of the first epistle, in particular, as Dr. 4. Clarke justly observes, are certainly among Gost important, and the most sublime in the New Testament. The general judgment, the resurrection of the body, The states of the quick and the dead, the unrighteous and the just, are described, concisely indeed, but they are bited in the most striking and affecting points of view. |